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Breaking Bad

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Universal acclaim based on 98 Critic Reviews

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87

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Universal acclaim based on 1399 Ratings

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Series Details & Credits

AMC | Release Date: January 20, 2008

Starring: Bryan Cranston, Bob Odenkirk, Anna Gunn, Jonathan Banks, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, RJ Mitte

Summary: Bryan Cranston (Malcolm in the Middle) stars in this drama focused on a mid-life crisis gone bad for a high school chemistry teacher who becomes a drug dealer after he discovers that he has lung cancer.

Breaking Bad is produced by High Bridge Productions, Inc. and Gran Via Productions in association with Sony Pictures Television for AMC.

Creator: Vince Gilligan

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Suspense

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S5:E16. Felina
Air Date: September 29, 2013
9.5
S5:E15. Granite State
Air Date: September 22, 2013
9.6
S5:E14. Ozymandias
Air Date: September 15, 2013

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Metascore

87

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Critic Reviews

100

Washington Post

Hank Stuever

Jul 15, 2011

Season 4 Review: Creator Vince Gilligan's much-lauded meth lab saga Breaking Bad, which is back for what looks to be another superior season Sunday night on AMC, is one of those shows that comes from such a dark hole of the American cultural psyche that you sometimes have to wonder how it ever made it on TV. Read full review

100

San Francisco Chronicle

David Wiegand

Jul 12, 2012

Season 5 Review: From the two new episodes made available to critics for review, it's clear that the quality of Breaking Bad will continue undiminished. Read full review

100

The New Yorker

Emily Nussbaum

Aug 22, 2012

Season 5 Review: Breaking Bad [is] a radical type of television, and also a very strange kind of must-watch: a show that you dread and crave at the same time. Read full review

88

Chicago Sun-Times

Paige Wiser

Season 3 Review: The bleakness is a little relentless for my taste, but you have to marvel at the series' dark vision. Odenkirk is working with the best of the best, and he knows it. Read full review

80

Kansas City Star

Aaron Barnhart

Season 2 Review: Breaking Bad is not an easy show to watch. [But] this is the Cranston show, and for those of us who still see reruns of “Malcolm in the Middle” and the red-faced, eye-bulging slapstick that Cranston was put through on that show, he is quite a revelation on Breaking Bad. Read full review

80

Newsday

Diane Werts

Season 1 Review: Creator Vince Gilligan ("The X-Files") never loses touch with the mundane reality that so brilliantly magnifies its absurd horrors. Read full review

50

Chicago Sun-Times

Doug Elfman

Season 1 Review: Breaking could be a good study of acting, since Cranston and Aaron Paul (as his partner, Jesse) get under the grimy skin of their characters. But there's not enough of the good stuff, like writing, directing, mood, cinematography--you get the point. Read full review

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Shahin098

Jun 5, 2021

Best tv show I've ever seen in my life i think you should watch it....11/10

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samuelmarca

Apr 20, 2020

La mejor serie de la historia. No hay ningún capitulo de relleno. Excelentes actuaciones y guion.

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10

Imadba

May 25, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. He was and still the best série in the world i loves chimiquelles thanks for it… Expand

13 of 15 users found this helpful132

10

Leandrobalck

Jun 4, 2022

Die beste Drama Serie die Es gibt.

Ich finde es Richtig geil wie die Story sich aufbaut von Staffel 1-6 und noch der film dazu wo mann sieht was mit jessi nach der letzten folgen noch alles passiert .

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Gui69

May 12, 2023

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StoryLover7

Jan 11, 2022

Started watching it with not that high expectations, but boy, had I been wrong. The series was addictive like meth (though I can't compare from experience) and the characters were masterfully written. There was not a single episode that was remotely bad and Bryan's acting was out of thisStarted watching it with not that high expectations, but boy, had I been wrong. The series was addictive like meth (though I can't compare from experience) and the characters were masterfully written. There was not a single episode that was remotely bad and Bryan's acting was out of this world. This show has to be my all-time-favourite.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

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SuperFrank

Jan 31, 2023

Very disapointing, i was expeting lot more. Slow start ja got really sleepy after episode.

0 of 8 users found this helpful08

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Seasons & Episodes

87

Series Overview
Season 5

99
- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: July 15, 2012
- 9.6
  S5:E16. Felina
  Air Date: September 29, 2013
- 9.5
  S5:E15. Granite State
  Air Date: September 22, 2013
- 9.6
  S5:E14. Ozymandias
  Air Date: September 15, 2013
- 9.8
  S5:E13. To'hajiilee
  Air Date: September 8, 2013
- 9.1
  S5:E12. Rabid Dog
  Air Date: September 1, 2013
- 9.7
  S5:E11. Confessions
  Air Date: August 25, 2013
- 9.5
  S5:E10. Buried
  Air Date: August 18, 2013
- 9.6
  S5:E9. Blood Money
  Air Date: August 11, 2013
- 9.6
  S5:E8. Gliding Over All
  Air Date: September 2, 2012
- 9.5
  S5:E7. Say My Name
  Air Date: August 26, 2012
- 9.2
  S5:E6. Buyout
  Air Date: August 19, 2012
- 9.7
  S5:E5. Dead Freight
  Air Date: August 12, 2012
- tbd
  S5:E4. Fifty-One
  Air Date: August 5, 2012
- tbd
  S5:E3. Hazard Pay
  Air Date: July 29, 2012
- tbd
  S5:E2. Madrigal
  Air Date: July 22, 2012
- 9.2
  S5:E1. Live Free or Die
  Air Date: July 15, 2012
Season 4

96
- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: July 17, 2011
Season 3

89
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: March 21, 2010
Season 2

84
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: March 8, 2009
Season 1

73
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: January 20, 2008