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Rated as 9.5 on IMDB and 99 by 5Metacritic, Breaking Bad is one of the most popular series Aired in history. The first episode Aired on January 20th, 2008 at 10PM in United States on AMC channel. Last episode was from the fifth series, and it aired on 29th September 2013(Hibberd, 2013). Whole series were produced in Albuquerque, New Mexico and consist of five seasons. The series have received award of highest rated series of all time by Genesis World Records. It has also received Sixteen Primetime Emmy Awards, Two Golden Globes, Eight Satellite awards and a People’s choice award. (IMDB, 2014)
Breaking Bad is the story of a Chemistry Teacher diagnosed with lung cancer. The crime drama consists of 62 episodes, and 62nd element is Samarium; a drug used to cure Cancer patients.
First Season:
First season of Breaking Bad aired from January 20 to March 9; numbers of episodes in the first season are seven and aired on AMC channel. (Becker, 2008)
Breaking Bad is thestory of Walter Watt White (Bryan Cranston), a Chemistry Professor, who is patient of Lung Cancer. He turns towards drug selling to save his family's future.He lives with family of two, a son (RJ Mitte) with Cerebral Palsy and pregnant wife (Anna Gunn). Walter teams up with his student (Aaron Paul) to cook METH and tries selling it to Krazy-8. Krazy-8 is a drug dealer and thinks of Walter as a cop and tries killing him, Walter resists and ends up killing krazy-8’s cousin. Walter returns to cooking meth and denies the offer of financial help by his Brother-in-Law.
Season 2:
Season 2 aired a year after end of first Season March 8th, 2009 and ended on 31st May 2009. It consisted of thirteen episodes. Channel to air the show was AMC.The story continues as Walter and Jesse team up again to cook METH and sell it through Jesse’s friends. Jesse’s friend (Matt L. Jones) gets arrested while selling meth and another friend die while selling it. Walt hires a lawyer (Saul Goodman) to help Jesse’s friend; he suggests them that they should find new distributors. Jesse falls in love with his neighbor Jane (Krysten Ritter) and meets his parents. Walter’s wife gets suspicious of his disappearing and leaves with his newborn daughter and son. Saul finds a new dealer who offers 1.2 Million for the METH they have cooked. Walter delivers Meth to GUS Fring and keeps the Jesse's share. Jesse’s girlfriend threatens Walter about the money but dies of choking on her own Vomit. Jesse blames himself of Jane’s death and goes into rehab and Walter donates all the money to himself through his son’s website.
Season 3:
On 1 March 2010, Third Season of breaking bad started airing and consisted of 13 episodes. It concluded on 13th June 2010 and aired on AMC channel.
Walter is confessing to Skyler that he was cooking METH. Upon hearing, she demands a divorce, and Walter finds out that she has been cheating on him. Jesse is back from Rehab and buys his old house and starts selling Meth on his own. Walter gets offer of 3Million$, a lab and lab assistant by GUS to cook meth. Walter offers Jesse position of Lab Assistant, but Jesse steals from METH from Walter and starts selling it. GUS loses trust on Walter and asks Henchmen to kill Walter and Jesse. Walter iskidnapped by Henchman and instructs Jesse to kill Gale.
Season 4:
Season four of Breaking Bad premiered on July 17th of 2011 and last episode was on 9th October 2011, it was also a 13 episode season.
Season Four starts with Jesse killing Gale and Walter getting charge of thelab again. Gus tries to break a relationship of both Walter and Jesse, and they become hostile to each other. Hank finds out that Gus is a drug dealer and collects evidence to arrest Gus. Gus finds out about Hank and Walter and fires Walter telling him that Hank is going to die. Jesse and Walter join forces to deal with Gus and convince former cartel enforcer to denote a suicide bomb. Hector (former cartel enforcer) succeeds and kills Gus, Tylor, Gus’s Henchmen and himself. Episode ends with Jesse and Walter destroying the lab.
Season 5:
Announced in 2011, Season 5 consisted of two parts; season one aired on July 2012, and second was on August 2013. Both parts were of eight episodes each. (Ausiello, 2013)
Season starts with Jess and Walter starting METH operation again with Mike. Hank and DEA find out about mike through prison inmates. Walter kills Mike and asks Jack (gang leader) to end prisoners. Walter ends his business after acquiring 80$million. Hank finds out about Walter’s secret identity and asks Jesse to help him arrest Walter. Upon hearing about Jesse’s alliance with Hank, Walter hires Jack to murder Jesse. Walter tries talking to Jesse in a dessert where he keeps all his money; Hank raids the site and captures Jesse. Jack and his men show up at the scene killing Hank. Jack captures Jesse as his prisoner and takes Walter's money, leaving him with only 11Million dollars.
Walter isaccused of Hank's death and leaves Albuquerque. Walter returns after some time to avenge Hank’s death and set’s Jesse free from Jack after eliminating his gang. Season ends with Walter succumbing from injuries and police searching the compound.
References
Ausiello, M. (2013, April 17). AMC announces Breaking Bad's Final Premiere Date. Retrieved from TV Line: http://tvline.com/2013/04/17/breaking-bad-return-date-final-8-episodes/
Becker, A. (2008, January 23). AMC's Breaking Bad to sold numbers. Retrieved from Broadcasting Cable: http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/print/112115-AMC_s_Breaking_Bad_Premieres_to_Solid_Numbers.php
Hibberd, J. (2013, September 30). Inside TV is breaking bad smashes all records. Retrieved from Time inc Network: Entertainment weekly: http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/09/30/breaking-bad-series-finale-ratings/
IMDB. (2014, December 4). Breaking Bad. Retrieved from IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903747
