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Breaking Bad (TV Series)

Breaking Bad

2008

Vince Gilligan (Creator), Michelle MacLaren ...

Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Dean Norris ...

8.8

104,430

TV Series. Thriller. Drama TV Series (2008-2013). 5 Seasons. 62 Episodes. Breaking Bad follows protagonist Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a chemistry teacher who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with his wife Skyler (Anna Gunn) and teenage son (RJ Mitte) who has cerebral palsy. White is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of two years left to live. With a new sense of fearlessness based on his medical prognosis, and a desire to secure his ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Tom Shales The Washington Post	"A mondo-bizarro, dark-as-midnight, bitterly bleak tragicomedy (...) 'Breaking Bad' may give you an oddly gratifying case of the creeps"
		Ken Tucker Entertainment Weekly	"Breaking Bad mixes desperation and deviousness to yield a volatile, valuable product"
		Alessandra Stanley The New York Times	"It’s the pacing that makes 'Breaking Bad' more of a hard slog than a cautionary joy ride. It has good acting"
		Brian Lowry Variety	"Series creator Vince Gilligan brings a quirky sensibility to the pilot, and the show grows increasingly rich and absorbing in the second and third hours"
		James Poniewozik Time	"It's an uneven Coen Brothers--like mix of dark comedy and darker moral drama, but Cranston is amazing as a desperate, conflicted gangsta-nerd"
		Barry Garron The Hollywood Reporter	"[A pilot] that is suspenseful and surprising. Cranston is always fun to watch, and 'Bad' is no exception."
		William Thomas Empire	"Walt is the perfect anti-hero. Thanks in no small part to Cranston’s diamond-edged charm (...) It is fascinating, really (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Nancy Franklin The New Yorker	"[It] is very well done, but it has a bleakness that seems to be manufactured for no good reason"
		Troy Patterson Slate	"Its achievement rarely matches its ambitions, but the effect is still pretty dope."
		Donna Bowman AV Club	"It's rough, it's ugly, and it's sometimes nauseating. I can't wait to see more."

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