• Network: AMC
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 20, 2008
  • Season #: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5
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Metascore

Universal acclaim - based on 15 Critics What's this?

User Score

Universal acclaim- based on 577 Ratings

  • Summary: Walter (Bryan Cranston) has to deal with the fallout from his dishonesty, which led to the plane crash and his wife, Skyler, leaving him.
  • Genre(s): Drama, Suspense
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    100
    The show keeps delivering the kind of mind-expanding dramatic highs that ought to require a prescription.
  2. Soak in the visuals, listen to the mesmerizing use of sound. The writing and acting will lure you in, but have appreciation for all the details that go into making this series so great.
  3. Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    100
    This show--still TV's best--remains utterly true to itself.
  4. 80
    Suffice it to say that Breaking Bad is an enthralling narrative, for all that it remains tough to watch.

See all 15 Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 43 out of 44
  2. Negative: 0 out of 44
  1. I've never seen anything like it, refreshingly original and brutally logical. Brilliantly cast and acted all around. It manages to stay unpredictable with absolutely no hint of jumping the shark. Just watch it. Expand
  2. Wow, can I say about this great show?



    This is easily the best show on television right now, and season 3 is keeping the pace going. While Vince Gilligan and the crew did have some slower establishing episodes early on, the episode "Mas" blew the doors off the barn. Such great writing, great acting, mind-blowing cinematography, gorgeous audio and painstaking attention to detail go into every single shot. Expand

  3. I didnt like it as much as the previous season because it took a few episodes to really get into it but I love it none the less. I feel that the addition of Gus and Mike do wonders for the show, Great writing and the acting is still amazing. Expand
  4. First season was not bad, second simply enogh and the third is a festival of monotony. They make money and they loose all money, they make money again and they loose all money again. Expand

See all 44 User Reviews

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