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America’s most unlikely Crystal Meth kingpin.

- The title comes from a colloquialism "to break bad" which is defined as "when someone...has taken a turn off the path of the straight and narrow, when they've gone wrong".

- The AMC network originally ordered nine episodes for the first season (including the pilot), but the Writers Guild of America strike limited the production to seven episodes.

- AMC has just greenlighted a third season.

Breaking Bad

Rating: TV-14 Genre: Drama

Synopsis:

In Breaking Bad, Walter White has a quiet life with a pregnant wife (Anna Gunn) and a teenage son (RJ Mitte) with cerebral palsy. But after a diagnosis of terminal cancer White goes from a mild mannered chemistry teacher to a criminal in the unfamiliar world of meth. Question is, with Season 2 around the corner can the best little meth lab in Albuquerque keep pace with the cops and the criminals, while outrunning the cancer?

Watch these Breaking Bad Original Minisodes, that reveal another side of Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and the rest of his unusually extended family.

Starring:
Bryan Cranston - Walter White IMDB
Anna Gunn - Skyler White IMDB
Aaron Paul - Jesse Pinkman IMDB
Dean Norris - Hank Schrader IMDB
Betsy Brandt - Marie Schrader IMDB
RJ Mitte - Walter White Jr. IMDB

Created By:
Vince Gilligan IMDB

- Breaking Bad season 1 is now available on DVD.

Breaking Bad: Season 1 Ep. 1 - Minisode

(8:16)

By: breakingbad Released: 3/6/2009 Genre: Drama

18 Ratings

"Pilot" - What happens when a 50-year-old chemistry teacher finds out he has terminal lung cancer? If you guessed "Starts making crystal meth with an old student", you win. Walter White (Bryan Cranston) is Albuquerque's newest drug kingpin.