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Walter White: Who are you talking to right now?
Synopsis
A chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with a former student to secure his family’s future. Celebrate the fan-favorite series “Breaking Bad” by revisiting some of its most memorable scenes. Jesse Pinkman was originally supposed to be written out by episode nine. During the hiatus caused by the writers’ strike, creator Vince Gilligan, impressed by Aaron Paul’s portrayal of Jesse and the fact that everyone simply loved Paul, decided to reinstate the character and hand Jesse’s fate over to another character in the first-season finale. In the opening credits, the letters in the cast and crew names are highlighted in green to represent chemical element symbols. However, the “Ch” in Michael Slovis’ name was highlighted in several early episodes, even though Ch is not a chemical element symbol. In later episodes, only the “C” (for Carbon) is highlighted.
Ceases to exist, without me
Who do you think you’re seeing? Do you know how much I make a year? I mean, even if I told you, you wouldn’t believe it. Do you know what would happen if I suddenly decided to stop going to work? A company big enough to be listed on the NASDAQ goes out of business. Disappears. No, you clearly don’t know who you’re talking to, so let me give you a hint.
I AM the danger
I’m not in danger, Skyler. A guy opens the door and gets shot, and you think that about me? No! I’m the one knocking! The opening credits use chemical symbols from the periodic table of elements as part of the names: bromine (Br) and barium (Ba) for the title, none for creator Vince Gilligan (except when he gets a V for Vanadium), one for each cast and crew member. All episodes were rebroadcast on an on-demand cable channel in some areas, without commercials but with additional scenes not included on AMC. Edited in CollegeHumor Originals: Breaking Bad/Walking Dead Mash-Up (2013).
Dead Fingers Talkingby Working in a Nuclear Free City
'Breaking Bad' is one of the most popular shows on IMDb, it’s one of those rare shows where every season has been met with great or near-universal critical acclaim and all of my friends have said nothing but great things about it. Very few shows in recent memory have gripped me so from the start that I’ve watched the entire show before the week is out, especially when for many shows on the air now, watching an episode from start to finish can be a feat. ‘Breaking Bad’ had that effect on me, and its reputation as one of the best, consistently brilliant, and most compelling shows of recent years (maybe even ever) is more than deserved in my eyes. Its weakest season is probably its first season, which is understandable since the first season of any show is usually when things are still settling in. It’s really set up remarkably early on, but once the writing and characterization gets even more substantial, the show takes things to even greater heights. Visually, “Breaking Bad” is one of those shows that is both stylish and beautiful, with cinematography and editing that puts many films today to shame, where there are many visually beautiful films but also some that are painfully amateurish looking. The music is always in the right mood, never too intrusive, never too muted.
The direction couldn’t be better
The writing for “Breaking Bad” is a fine example for all shows of having a lot of style but also a lot of substance. The dialogue is thought-provoking and tense, but also has a dark, wicked sense of humor and touching pathos. The stories are richly textured, intimate, tense and layered, with a consistently deliberate but tense pacing. Nothing bad can be said about the acting.