Sunday, 17 April 2011
Breaking Bad
Genre: Drama
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, RJ Mitte, Bob Odenkirk, Giancarlo Esposito, Jonathan Banks
"Breaking Bad is an American television drama series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. The series is broadcast in the United States and Canada on the cable channel AMC, and is a production of Sony Pictures Television. It premiered on January 20, 2008. To date, three seasons comprising 33 episodes have aired. The series has been renewed for a fourth season, scheduled to premiere summer 2011.
Set and produced in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Breaking Bad is the story of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a struggling high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with advanced lung cancer at the beginning of the series. He turns to a life of crime, producing and selling methamphetamine with his former student, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), with the aim of securing his family's financial future.
Breaking Bad has received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for its writing and cinematography as well as for Cranston's and Paul's performances. It has won six Emmy Awards—including three consecutive wins for Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Cranston—in addition to numerous other awards and nominations."
In the first episode of Breaking Bad we meet Walt White, a high school chemistry teacher, who holds down a second job at a car wash to make ends meet. In talking to his brother-in-law, a DEA agent, Walt is amazed at how much money there is to be made in selling drugs. When he learns that he has inoperable lung cancer he teams up with his former high school student Jesse Pinkman, now selling crystal meth, to make as much money for his family as he can before he dies. They set up a mobile meth lab in a Winnebago mobile home and as promised, Walt's attention to detail results in a top notch product. Their first attempt at marketing the stuff doesn't quite go as planned however.
This is a really brilliant show and an amazing pilot. It shows what a normal man is capable of when faced with a life threatening illness and the fact that if he dies his family will not be able to cope with the mounting bills and costs of living. Great acting from the whole cast and a tense and gripping storyline make this series a must watch for fans of the drama genre.
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