"Breaking Bad Breaking Bad is an American neo-western crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. The show originally aired on AMC for five seasons, from January 20, 2008 to September 29, 2013. Set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series tells the story of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a struggling and depressed high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with lung cancer. Together with his former student Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), White turns to a life of crime by producing and selling crystallized methamphetamine to secure his family's financial future before he dies, while navigating the"
"Walter White (Breaking Bad) Walter Hartwell White Sr., also known by his clandestine alias Heisenberg, is a fictional character and the main protagonist of ""Breaking Bad"". He is portrayed by Bryan Cranston. A chemistry honors graduate of the California Institute of Technology, Walt co-founded the company Gray Matter Technologies with his close friend Elliott Schwartz and his then-girlfriend Gretchen. He left Gray Matter abruptly, selling his shares for $5,000; soon afterward, the company made a fortune, much of it from his research. Walt subsequently moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he became a high school chemistry teacher. ""Breaking Bad"" begins"
"Bryan Cranston Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is an American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. He is best known for his roles as Walter White on the AMC crime drama ""Breaking Bad"", Hal on the Fox sitcom ""Malcolm in the Middle"", and Dr. Tim Whatley on the NBC sitcom ""Seinfeld"". For ""Breaking Bad"", Cranston won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series four times (2008–2010, 2014), including three consecutive wins (the second time in television history after Bill Cosby in ""I Spy"" during the 1960s). After becoming one of the producers of ""Breaking"
"preferred ending, MacDonald emphasized the seemingly unreal scenarios of Walt's final day, as well as what he deemed as unreliable acting. However, series creator Vince Gilligan debunked this theory, explaining that Walt could not possibly have known several things that happened, like Jesse being held in captivity by Jack's gang instead of being murdered by them, or that Todd had begun taking meetings with Lydia regarding the meth trade. Walter White (Breaking Bad) Walter Hartwell White Sr., also known by his clandestine alias Heisenberg, is a fictional character and the main protagonist of ""Breaking Bad"". He is portrayed by Bryan"
"Pilot (Breaking Bad) ""Pilot"" (titled ""Breaking Bad"" on DVD and Blu-ray releases) is the pilot episode and series premiere of the American television drama series ""Breaking Bad"". It originally aired on AMC on January 20, 2008, and was written and directed by series creator and showrunner Vince Gilligan. Walter White is a high school chemistry teacher living in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with his pregnant wife Skyler and their teenage son Walter Jr. (RJ Mitte), who has cerebral palsy. Walt supplements his low teaching salary by working part-time at a local car wash, where he ends up being humiliated in front"
"a post-modern western. For the final episodes of the series, Porter incorporated four important themes that were in previous seasons. Porter currently composes music for NBC's crime thriller ""The Blacklist"", as well as for the ""Breaking Bad"" prequel series ""Better Call Saul"". Porter has a wife, Jeanine, and a son. Dave Porter (composer) Dave Porter is an American composer, best known for the original score for the television series ""Breaking Bad"". At Sarah Lawrence College, Porter studied classical and electronic music composition. For his work on ""Breaking Bad"", Porter has won an ASCAP Award. Bryan Cranston, who portrays Walter White,"
"Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series three times; Anna Gunn won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series twice. In 2013, ""Breaking Bad"" entered the ""Guinness World Records"" as the most critically acclaimed show of all time. A spin-off prequel series, ""Better Call Saul"", starring Bob Odenkirk and Jonathan Banks, debuted on February 8, 2015, on AMC. , a feature film spin-off is also in development. Set in Albuquerque, New Mexico between 2008 and 2010, ""Breaking Bad"" follows Walter White as he is transformed from a meek high school science teacher who wants to"
"a Gap campaign. In June 2015, Mitte walked for Vivienne Westwood on a catwalk. RJ Mitte Roy Frank ""RJ"" Mitte III (born August 21, 1992) is an American actor, producer, and model. He is best known for his role as Walter ""Flynn"" White Jr. on the AMC series ""Breaking Bad"" (2008–13). Like his character on the show, he has cerebral palsy. After moving to Hollywood in 2006, he began training with personal talent manager Addison Witt. They sought acting opportunities where his disability would serve to educate viewers, which led him to audition for the role in ""Breaking Bad"". Mitte"
"February 23, 2014, Paul won the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film for the final season. On June 19, 2014, Paul won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for the final season. On June 26, 2014, Paul won his third and final Saturn Award for his portrayal of Jesse Pinkman for the final season, making him the only actor to win this award three times. Jesse Pinkman Jesse Bruce Pinkman is a fictional character in the television series ""Breaking Bad"", played by Aaron Paul. He is"
"affection."" In 2011, Norris was nominated at the 37th Saturn Awards for Best Supporting Actor on Television for the third season, but lost to John Noble for his performance as Dr. Walter Bishop in ""Fringe."" Hank Schrader Henry ""Hank"" R. Schrader is a fictional character in the AMC drama series ""Breaking Bad"". He is portrayed by Dean Norris and was created by series creator Vince Gilligan. Hank's character development over the course of the series and Norris' performance have been critically acclaimed. Hank is the brother-in-law of main character Walter White, and is a DEA agent in Albuquerque, New Mexico."
"RJ Mitte Roy Frank ""RJ"" Mitte III (born August 21, 1992) is an American actor, producer, and model. He is best known for his role as Walter ""Flynn"" White Jr. on the AMC series ""Breaking Bad"" (2008–13). Like his character on the show, he has cerebral palsy. After moving to Hollywood in 2006, he began training with personal talent manager Addison Witt. They sought acting opportunities where his disability would serve to educate viewers, which led him to audition for the role in ""Breaking Bad"". Mitte was born in Jackson, Mississippi. He was delivered by emergency caesarian and was not"
"made. On August 14, 2011, AMC renewed the series for a fifth and final season consisting of 16 episodes. In terms of ""Breaking Bad""s immense global popularity, Gilligan thanked the on-demand video service Netflix at the Emmy Awards in September 2013. He even went as far as to say that Netflix ""kept us on the air"". ""Breaking Bad"" creator Vince Gilligan cast Bryan Cranston for the role of Walter White based on having worked with him in an episode of the science fiction television series ""The X-Files"", on which Gilligan worked as a writer. Cranston played an anti-Semite with a"
"Mike Ehrmantraut Michael ""Mike"" Ehrmantraut is a fictional character in ""Breaking Bad"" and its spinoff prequel ""Better Call Saul"", played by Jonathan Banks. Mike is a former Philadelphia police officer who works for Gus—and, on occasion, Saul—as a private investigator, head of security, cleaner, and hitman. His reasons for leaving the force in Philadelphia are never specified during the ""Breaking Bad"" series, but are detailed in ""Better Call Saul"". In the ""Better Call Saul"" episode ""Gloves Off"", it is implied that Mike is a Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War. Given the story he told Walter White about missing"
"Shortly after, he was offered the role of Walter White Jr., who also has cerebral palsy, in the AMC series ""Breaking Bad"". At the 2013 Media Access Awards, Mitte received the SAG-AFTRA Harold Russell Award for his portrayal of Walter White, Jr. on the series, and also presented the eponymous RJ Mitte Diversity Award to deaf actor Ryan Lane. The Screen Actors Guild named Mitte as the spokesman for actors with disabilities and he is the representative of ""Inclusion in the Arts and Media of Performers with Disabilities"", which employs artists with disabilities. In 2011 he starred in the short"
"Todd Alquist (Jesse Plemons) and Lydia Rodarte-Quayle (Laura Fraser). ""Breaking Bad"" is widely regarded as one of the greatest television series of all time. By the time the series finale aired, it was among the most-watched cable shows on American television. The show received numerous awards, including 16 Primetime Emmy Awards, eight Satellite Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Peabody Awards, two Critics' Choice Awards and four Television Critics Association Awards. For his leading performance, Cranston won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series four times, while Aaron Paul won the Primetime Emmy Award for"
"Similar testimonials were included by his co-stars and colleagues; Bryan Cranston stated that his ""Breaking Bad"" character, Walter White, would not have existed without Tony Soprano. Tony Soprano quickly became a pop culture icon during the show’s run. In an article for the ""Los Angeles Times"", Chris Lee referred to Tony Soprano as a “cultural sensation” who became the “unlikeliest of sex symbols.” On the importance of Gandolfini’s performance, Lee stated: “He forever rejiggered television's fascination with morally challenged antiheroes and less-than-physically-perfect protagonists.” Mark Lawson of ""The Guardian"" praised Gandolfini for his “towering central performance” as Tony Soprano, writing: “The"
"the cover of his 1996 ""Ironman"" album. His 2008 compilation album was also called ""The Wallabee Champ"". In the cult TV series, ""Breaking Bad"", lead character Walter White (played by Bryan Cranston) morphs from a bland high school chemistry teacher into an all-powerful drug kingpin with trademark pork pie hat, black sunglasses and goatee, but he still wears Wallabees, just about the only shoe he wears from the beginning of the five-season series until its completion. The Shoe Museum was established in 1950 by Laurence Barber at 40 High Street near the Clark's headquarters in Street, Somerset. Today the museum"
"the 4.77 million of the previous episode. The episode received strongly positive reviews, with Walter's monologue particularly praised. TVLine named Aaron Paul the ""Performer of the Week"" for his performance in this episode. Gennifer Hutchison won the for this episode. Aaron Paul won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2014 for his performance in this episode. Confessions (Breaking Bad) ""Confessions"" is the eleventh episode of the fifth season of the American television drama series ""Breaking Bad"", and the 57th overall episode of the series. Written by Gennifer Hutchison and directed by Michael Slovis,"
"later led to his casting as Walter White in Gilligan's AMC series ""Breaking Bad"". Via a live news report, a high-speed car chase comes to an end in the Nevada desert. Assuming it to be a kidnapping, police pull the female passenger from the car and place her into the protective custody of a police vehicle. The driver, Patrick Crump (Bryan Cranston), is pushed to the asphalt and handcuffed. The woman in the police car begins violently banging her head against the car window. As the news chopper catches all of this on film, the woman's head explodes, sending a"
"Hank Schrader Henry ""Hank"" R. Schrader is a fictional character in the AMC drama series ""Breaking Bad"". He is portrayed by Dean Norris and was created by series creator Vince Gilligan. Hank's character development over the course of the series and Norris' performance have been critically acclaimed. Hank is the brother-in-law of main character Walter White, and is a DEA agent in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Throughout the series, he leads the investigation of the methamphetamine cook ""Heisenberg"" — unaware that the elusive drug kingpin is his own brother-in-law. Hank is also faced with numerous threats from the rival drug cartels"
"headstone was placed with a photo of Cranston as White. While some residents were unhappy with the makeshift gravesite for closure with the show, tickets for the event raised nearly $17,000 for a local charity called Healthcare for the Homeless. Breaking Bad Breaking Bad is an American neo-western crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. The show originally aired on AMC for five seasons, from January 20, 2008 to September 29, 2013. Set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series tells the story of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a struggling and depressed high school chemistry teacher"
"he has been mortally wounded by bullets from the machine gun. He answers a call from Lydia on Todd's phone and coldly informs her that she is going to die. He exchanges a knowing nod with Jesse, who escapes the compound. Walt takes a moment to admire the lab equipment Jesse had been using, and collapses on the floor from his wound as the police arrive. ""Breaking Bad"" creator Vince Gilligan cast Bryan Cranston for the role of Walter White based on having worked with him in a sixth season episode of the science fiction television series ""The X-Files"", where"
"and ""Breaking Bad"" (2008–13). Hawley thought that the actor's bulky physique, weight he had gained previously for ""Black Mass"" (2015), captured the cow-like deportment of his character. Plemons said that he had trouble interpreting his role initially because he ""was worried that [being cow-like] meant dumb and just went along with whatever his wife said"". Wilson, Ted Danson, and Jean Smart completed the principal cast by January 2015. Wilson appeared as officer Lou Solverson, Danson as sheriff Hank Larsson, and Smart as Floyd Gerhardt, the matriarch of the Gerhardt crime family. Wilson's casting was unique because he was the only"
"castmate Bryan Cranston both got ""Breaking Bad"" tattoos on the last day of filming; Paul had 'no half measures' tattooed onto his bicep, while Cranston got the show's logo tattooed on one of his fingers. In 2013, Paul and his wife helped raise $1.8 million for the Kind Campaign, a non-profit anti-bullying organization. The winners of the contest won a trip to the Hollywood Forever Cemetery screening of the final episode of ""Breaking Bad"". During a ceremony at the Egyptian Theatre in Boise, Idaho, Idaho governor Butch Otter declared October 1 ""Aaron Paul Sturtevant Day"". Aaron Paul Aaron Paul Sturtevant"
"""stumbled"" when it came to ""compelling drama in which everyone involved acts in character and within the bounds of recognizable, reasonable human behavior."" HitFix's Alan Sepinwall thought ""Buyout"" was ""a bit more muddled"" when compared to the previous episodes, adding, ""There are incredible individual components — the pre-credits sequence, Walt's improvised blowtorch, even another awkward meal at the White house — but they didn't entirely work together."" Aaron Paul was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in this episode. Buyout (Breaking Bad) ""Buyout"" is the sixth episode of the"
"as co-executive producer and Hutchison as supervising producer. Also on the writing staff are Bradley Paul, and Gordon Smith, who was a writer's assistant on ""Breaking Bad"". Bob Odenkirk stars as lawyer/con-man Jimmy McGill (originally known as Saul Goodman in ""Breaking Bad""). In January 2014, it was announced that Jonathan Banks would reprise his ""Breaking Bad"" role as Mike Ehrmantraut and be a series regular. Dean Norris, who played Hank Schrader in ""Breaking Bad"", announced that he would not make an appearance, partly due to his involvement in the CBS series ""Under the Dome"". Anna Gunn also mentioned a ""talk"""
"Shotgun (Breaking Bad) ""Shotgun"" is the fifth episode of the fourth season of the American television drama series ""Breaking Bad"", and the 38th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on AMC in the United States on August 14, 2011. Walter (Bryan Cranston) is racing to Los Pollos Hermanos to confront Gus (Giancarlo Esposito) about Jesse (Aaron Paul)'s disappearance. Worried about what will happen, Walter leaves a voicemail for Skyler (Anna Gunn) and his children, saying only that he loves them. Walter learns that Gus is not in, and Mike (Jonathan Banks) eventually calls, explaining that Jesse is with"
"Mars, which eventually signed to Immortal Records. In 1999, Leto played a gay high school teacher who attracts the attentions of Robert Downey, Jr. in ""Black and White"", and got a supporting role in the drama ""Girl, Interrupted"", an adaptation of the memoir of the same name by Susanna Kaysen. He then portrayed Angel Face in ""Fight Club"" (1999), a film adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's novel of the same name, directed by David Fincher. He began dating actress Cameron Diaz in 1999 and the couple became engaged in 2000. Leto played Paul Allen, a rival of Patrick Bateman, in the"
"than 8. Shotgun (Breaking Bad) ""Shotgun"" is the fifth episode of the fourth season of the American television drama series ""Breaking Bad"", and the 38th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on AMC in the United States on August 14, 2011. Walter (Bryan Cranston) is racing to Los Pollos Hermanos to confront Gus (Giancarlo Esposito) about Jesse (Aaron Paul)'s disappearance. Worried about what will happen, Walter leaves a voicemail for Skyler (Anna Gunn) and his children, saying only that he loves them. Walter learns that Gus is not in, and Mike (Jonathan Banks) eventually calls, explaining that Jesse"
"""Breaking Bad"" or it's two seasons of ""Game of Thrones""."" He was officially cast on March 18, 2011. Robin Wright was approached by Fincher to star in the series when they worked together in ""The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"". She was cast as Claire Underwood in June 2011. Kate Mara was cast as Zoe Barnes in early February 2012. Mara's sister, Rooney, worked with Fincher in ""The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"", and when Kate Mara read the part of Zoe, she ""fell in love with the character"" and asked her sister to ""put in a word for me"
"lower section formed with seat indentations and cupholders. Other features included a rear center console that doubled as a removable cooler, rear stereo controls in the cargo area, a sliding cargo floor with grocery compartments and an available camping package with an attachable tent and inflatable mattress. While a commercial failure that is commonly cited as one of the worst automobiles ever produced, the Aztek has seen a resurgence in popularity and public interest thanks to its association with the TV series ""Breaking Bad"" as the car driven by main protagonist Walter White. When filming ended in 2013, one of"
"producer. In ""Breaking Bad"", the character is introduced to help Walter White launder the proceeds of his methamphetamine production, and later introduces White and Pinkman to drug kingpin Gus Fring. He is depicted as using tacky television commercials to advertise his practice, which is based in a strip mall office that features a giant rendering of the United States Constitution. Until the final episodes of the series, he is portrayed as a relatively light-hearted character, mainly interested in profiting while other characters are concerned with life and death. By the end of the series, when Walt's drug empire has collapsed,"
"for the ""Breaking Bad"" prequel spin-off, ""Better Call Saul"", and currently stars as a series regular. Walt, Mike, and Jesse meet with Declan, their Phoenix-based competitor. Instead of agreeing to Declan's offer to purchase the heisted methylamine for $15 million in exchange for removing Walt's blue meth from the drug market, Walt offers a counterproposal: to sell his superior product through Declan's distribution network in exchange for a substantial share of the business and a one-time, $5 million payment to Mike for his share. Frustrated with having to negotiate with Walt, Declan demands to know who he is. Refusing to"