Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad

Breaking bad is a excellent gripping show that focuses on a high school chemistry teacher, he is diagnosed with a type of lung cancer and cant afford any treatments on his current salary so as paths cross he runs into an old student he taught who is creating Crystallised Methamphetamine (Crystal Meth) to make sure his family will be able to survive when he dies of his illness. With the dying chemistry teacher (Walter White) working with a drug dealer they end up creating the best product on the street due to Walters knowledge of chemistry and this causes a serious uproar in America and Mexico. Walter is quickly transferred from an innocent family man into a hard criminal who has to quickly adjust to his new life, he has to find balance between creating the drug, selling it and up keeping his family life whilst finding a reasonable excuse as to where he could get money for his treatment.

Crime Hardened Walter White

With Walter working with his former student Jessy Pinkman (Aaron Paul) it initially become difficult as he is reckless and is in the business for different reasons from Walter, he also takes the substance where as Walter just is making a means to an end from it. Straight from the start you are gripped into this unique world and find yourself imagining yourself in their shoes imagining how good a life of luxury would be from the crime, I think this adds to the excitement of watching the show as you are constantly wanting Walter to succeed and tough challenges constantly arise throughout the show including covering Jessy's back from his own mistakes.

Status

Aaron Paul & Bryan Cranston at the Golden Globes

The show became widely accepted and recognised as one of the greatest television series' of all time this was shown with a wide range of awards ranging from Golden Globe's to Televisions critic's choice awards. The show was even entered into the Guinness World Records Book in 2013 for the most critically acclaimed show of all time.

Seasons

The show had 5 seasons which ran from 2008-2013 which saw worldwide recognition for the amazing televisions that they had created. I would highly recommend it if you haven't already seen the show as it is very gripping and draws you into the show. It is like the ultimate fantasy of making a quick buck to just quit everything else this is effectively what Walter White is doing to provide for his family but throughout seems to enjoy what being know as Heisenberg and what being the best around does for him. Jessy and Water become a major player within the drug game very quickly and it is to much of the despise of Walters half brother who is a DEA agent and is hunting down this "Heisenberg" who he has no idea is right under his nose. This adds a sense of thrill into the mix with that as Water has to watch what he says and does at family outings which become often regular due to his illness.

With the large stacks of cash now flowing in for both Jessy and Walter it was time for them to find a way to launder the money so they could spend it legitimately and the find a crooked lawyer called Saul Goodman to help them with this. After the 5 seasons a spin off show was created that featured Saul Goodman it was called "Better Call Saul", personally I never ventured into this as spin offs are usually worse than the original series and I never wanted to tarnish the show in my eyes.

If you are looking for some new viewing then this is definitely worth a watching, some episodes can be slower than others but this is mainly due to filling in crucial story lines but this is made up from when they start making millions of dollars from one batch of meth amphetamine. It the story of a hard working class man being thrown down by a cancer battle and see's one way out and that is to sell drugs to provide for his family.

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