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Walter White: Who are you talking to right now?
Synopsis
A chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to making and selling meth with a former student to secure his family’s future. Celebrate the fan-favorite series “Breaking Bad” by revisiting some of its most memorable scenes. Jesse Pinkman was originally supposed to be written out by the ninth episode. During the writers’ strike hiatus, creator Vince Gilligan, impressed by Aaron Paul’s portrayal of Jesse and the fact that everyone loved Paul, decided to bring the character back and give Jesse’s fate to another character in the first season finale. In the opening credits, the letters of the cast and crew names are highlighted in green to represent symbols for chemical elements. However, the “Ch” in Michael Slovis’ name was prominently featured in several early episodes, even though Ch is not a symbol for a chemical element. In the following episodes, only the “C” (for Carbon) is highlighted.
Who do you think you see?
Do you know how much I make a year? I mean, even if I told you, you wouldn’t believe it. Do you know what would happen if I suddenly decided to stop working? A company big enough to be listed on NASDAQ goes bankrupt. Disappears. It ceases to exist, without me. No, you clearly don’t know who you’re talking to, so let me give you a hint.
I AM the danger
I’m not in danger, Skyler. A guy opens his door and gets shot, and you think that’s me? No! I’m the one knocking! The opening credits use the chemical symbols from the periodic table of elements in the names: bromine (Br) and barium (Ba) for the title, none for creator Vince Gilligan (except when he gets a V for Vanadium), one for the cast and crew. All episodes have been rebroadcast on an on-demand cable channel in some areas, commercial-free but with additional scenes not included on AMC. Edited into CollegeHumor Originals: Breaking Bad/Walking Dead Mash-Up (2013).
Dead Fingers Talkingby Working in a Nuclear Free City
'Breaking Bad' Breaking Bad is one of the most popular series on IMDb, one of those rarities where every season has been very positive or nearly universally acclaimed by critics and all my friends have said nothing but good things about it. Very few shows in recent memory have had me so hooked from the beginning that by the end of the week, the entire series had been watched, especially when for many shows on the air now, watching an entire episode can be an undertaking. Breaking Bad had that effect on me, and its reputation as one of the best, most consistently brilliant, and most addictive shows in many years (maybe ever) is more than deserved in my eyes. Its weakest season is perhaps the first season, which is understandable because the first season of any show is when things are still settling down. In fact, everything is established remarkably early on, but once the writing and characterization become even more fleshed out, the show reaches even higher levels. Visually, Breaking Bad Breaking Bad is one of those shows that is both elegant and beautiful, with cinematic cinematography and editing that puts many of today’s films to shame, where there are plenty of visually beautiful films but also some painfully amateurish ones. The music always has the right mood, never too intrusive, never too subdued.
The direction couldn’t be better
The writing in Breaking Bad is a good example for all shows of how to have a lot of style but also a lot of substance. The dialogue throughout is thought-provoking and tense, while also having a dark, wicked sense of humor and heartbreaking pathos. The stories are richly textured, intimate, tense, and multi-layered, with a consistently deliberate but tense pace. I can’t say anything bad about the acting.