Breaking bad is an American television series created and produced by Vince Gillian. Series was orginally aired on USA for five seasons, from January 20, 2008, to September 29, 2013. It has 62 episodes. Series tells about high school chemistry teacher Walter White (Bryan Cranston) also known ass Heisenberg in drug business. In the beginning of first season Walter gets diagnosed with inoperable Lung cancer. Walter starts his criminal lifestyle together with his former student Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) who is producer of crystallized methamphetamine. Walter exploits his knowlendge of chemistry to produce maybe the best crystal methamphetamine in the whole world. But why he does this all? He wants to secure his family’s financial future before he dies. Walter and Jesse are going to notice that drug business isn`t so easy, when they start doing it whit New Mexico`s ruthless drug cartell, and get in trouble whit New Mexico`s police.
Walter’s family consists of his wife Skyler (anna Gunn) and children, Walter ,J.R a.k.a. Flynn (RJ Mitte) and Holly (Elanor Anne Wenrich). The show also features Skyler’s sister Marie Schrader (Betsy Brandt), and her husband Hank (Dean Norris), who is Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent. Walter hires lawyer Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk), who connects him with private investigator and fixer Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) and in turn Mike’s employer, drug kingpin Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito). The final season introduces the characters of Todd Alquist (Jesse Plemons) and Lydia Rodarte-Quyale (Laura Fraser)(233).
Breaking Bad is widely regarded as one of the greatest television series of all time, and me, myself think, that its true. The series was the most-watched cable show on American television at the time. The series received numerous awards and nominations, including 16 Primetime Emmy Awards and 58 nominations, including winning for Outstanding Drama Series in 2013 and 2014(295).The show also received eight Satellite awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Peabody Awards and a People`s choise Award. For his leading performance, Cranston won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series four times. In 2013, Breaking Bad entered the Guinness World Records as the highest rated show of all time.