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Overview[]

The show takes place in Albuquerque, New Mexico, between 2008 and 2010. Breaking Bad follows Walter White, a struggling, frustrated high school chemistry teacher who transforms into a ruthless kingpin in the local methamphetamine drug trade, driven to provide for his family financially after being diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. Initially making only small batches of meth with his former student Jesse Pinkman in a rolling meth lab, Walter and Jesse eventually expand to make larger batches of an extremely pure, blue meth which creates high demand. Walter takes on the name "Heisenberg" to mask his identity. Because of his drug-related activities, Walter eventually finds himself at odds with his family, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) through his brother-in-law Hank Schrader, the local gangs, and the Mexican drug cartels (including their regional distributors), putting him and his family's lives at risk.

Notable Characters[]

  • Walter White
  • Skyler White
  • Jesse Pinkman
  • Hank Schrader
  • Marie Schrader
  • Walter White, Jr.
  • Saul Goodman
  • Gustavo "Gus" Fring
  • Mike Ehrmantraut
  • Lydia Rodarte-Quayle
  • Todd Alquist
  • Steven “Gomey” Gomez
  • Brandon “Badger” Mayhew
  • Skinny Pete
  • Christian “Combo” Ortega
  • Gretchen Schwartz
  • Elliott Schwartz
  • Tuco Salamanca
  • Hector Salamanca
  • Ted Beneke
  • Jane Margolis
  • Donald Margolis
  • Gale Boetticher
  • Leonel Salamanca
  • Marco Salamanca
  • Juan Bolsa
  • Andrea Cantillo
  • Victor
  • Tyrus Kitt
  • Huell Babineaux
  • Francesca Liddy
  • Patrick Kuby
  • Jack Welker
  • Kenny
  • Tortuga
  • Getz
  • Lawson
  • Don Eladio Vuente
  • Ed Galbraith
  • Charlie Rose

Plot Summary[]

Season 1[]

Desperate to secure the financial future of his family, wife Skyler and son Walt Jr., he quits his second job at a car wash and teams up with his former student Jesse Pinkman, now a drug dealer known as Cap'n Cook, to make and sell crystal meth for profit.

Season 2[]

Jesse and Walt escape and are hiding nearby when Hank approaches Tuco and kills him in a shootout ("Grilled"). To cover for their disappearance, Walt fakes amnesia and is hospitalized while Jesse removes meth evidence from his house, persuades Badger's cousin, Clovis, to tow away the RV, and gets himself arrested.

Season 3[]

Walter is forced to move to an apartment and comes clean about manufacturing meth to Skyler White, who promises not to divulge his criminal activities if he grants her a divorce and keeps his distance. Jesse Pinkman, meanwhile, emerges from rehab changed by Jane Margolis's death.

Season 4[]

Gus, Tio, and Tyrus are blown to pieces. At the superlab, Walt arrives and kills Jesse's captors. He and Jesse torch the lab, leaving no more evidences behind. Later, Jesse tells Walt that the common plant Lily of the Valley poisoned Brock, not ricin.

Season 5[]

Mike's lawyer and the nine prisoners are killed under Walter's orders. The meth production runs profitably for months. Skyler makes another effort to convince Walter to give up his criminal life, and Walter ultimately relents after realizing they now have more money than can even be counted.

Episode Guide[]

Season 1[]

# Placeholder Episode Title Air Date
1.01 Pilot (Breaking Bad) Breaking Bad Pilot

January 20th, 2008
1.02 Cat's in the Bag... Cat's in the Bag...

January 27th, 2008
1.03 ...And the Bag's in the River ...And the Bag's in the River

February 10th, 2008
1.04 Cancer Man Cancer Man

February 17th, 2008
1.05 Gray Matter Gray Matter

February 24th, 2008
1.06 Crazy Handful of Nothin' Crazy Handful of Nothin'

March 2nd, 2008
1.07 A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal

March 9th, 2008

Season 2[]

# Placeholder Episode Title Air Date
2.01 Seven Thirty-Seven Seven Thirty-Seven

March 8th, 2009
2.02 Grilled Grilled

March 15th, 2009
2.03 Bit by a Dead Bee Bit by a Dead Bee

March 22nd, 2009
2.04 Down Down

March 29th, 2009
2.05 Breakage Breakage

April 5th, 2009
2.06 Peekaboo Peekaboo

April 12th, 2009
2.07 Negro y Azul Negro Y Azul

April 19th, 2009
2.08 Better Call Saul (Breaking Bad) Better Call Saul

April 26th, 2009
2.09 4 Days Out 4 Days Out

May 3rd, 2009
2.10 Over Over

May 10th, 2009
2.11 Mandala Mandala

May 17th, 2009
2.12 Phoenix Phoenix

May 24th, 2009
2.13 ABQ ABQ

May 31st, 2009

Season 3[]

# Placeholder Episode Title Air Date
3.01 No Más No Mas

March 21st, 2010
3.02 Caballo sin Nombre Caballo sin Nombre

March 28th, 2010
3.03 I.F.T. I.F.T.

April 4th, 2010
3.04 Green Light (Breaking Bad) Green Light

April 11th, 2010
3.05 Más Mas

April 18th, 2010
3.06 Sunset Sunset

April 25th, 2010
3.07 One Minute One Minute

May 2nd, 2010
3.08 I See You I See You

May 9th, 2010
3.09 Kafkaesque Kafkaesque

May 16th, 2010
3.10 Fly Fly

May 23rd, 2010
3.11 Abiquiu Abiquiu

May 30th, 2010
3.12 Half Measures Half Measures

June 6th, 2010
3.13 Full Measure Full Measure

June 13th, 2010

Season 4[]

# Placeholder Episode Title Air Date
4.01 Box Cutter Box Cutter

July 17th, 2011
4.02 Thirty-Eight Snub Thirty-Eight Snub

July 24th, 2011
4.03 Open House Open House

July 31st, 2011
4.04 Bullet Points Bullet Points

August 7th, 2011
4.05 Shotgun Shotgun

August 14th, 2011
4.06 Cornered Cornered

August 21st, 2011
4.07 Problem Dog Problem Dog

August 28th, 2011
4.08 Hermanos Hermanos

September 4th, 2011
4.09 Bug Bug

September 11th, 2011
4.10 Salud Salud

September 18th, 2011
4.11 Crawl Space Crawl Space

September 25th, 2011
4.12 End Times End Times

October 2nd, 2011
4.13 Face Off (Breaking Bad) Face Off

October 9th, 2011

Season 5[]

# Placeholder Episode Title Air Date
5.01 Live Free or Die Live Free or Die

July 15th, 2012
5.02 Madrigal Madrigal

July 22nd, 2012
5.03 Hazard Pay Hazard Pay

July 29th, 2012
5.04 Fifty-One Fifty-One

August 5th, 2012
5.05 Dead Freight Dead Freight

August 12th, 2012
5.06 Buyout Buyout

August 19th, 2012
5.07 Say My Name Say My Name

August 26th, 2012
5.08 Gliding Over All Gliding Over All

September 2nd, 2012
5.09 Blood Money Blood Money

August 11th, 2013
5.10 Buried Buried

August 18th, 2013
5.11 Confessions Confessions

August 25th, 2013
5.12 Rabid Dog Rabid Dog

September 1st, 2013
5.13 To'hajiilee To'hajiilee

September 8th, 2013
5.14 Ozymandias Ozymandias

September 15th, 2013
5.15 Granite State Granite State

September 22nd, 2013
5.16 Felina Felina

September 29th, 2013

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