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Bryan Cranston | ... |
Walter White
(62 episodes, 2008-2013)
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Anna Gunn | ... |
Skyler White
(62 episodes, 2008-2013)
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Aaron Paul | ... |
Jesse Pinkman
(62 episodes, 2008-2013)
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Betsy Brandt | ... |
Marie Schrader
(62 episodes, 2008-2013)
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RJ Mitte | ... |
Walter White, Jr.
(62 episodes, 2008-2013)
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Dean Norris | ... |
Hank Schrader
(62 episodes, 2008-2013)
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Bob Odenkirk | ... |
Saul Goodman
(43 episodes, 2009-2013)
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Steven Michael Quezada | ... |
Steven Gomez
(34 episodes, 2008-2013)
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Jonathan Banks | ... |
Mike Ehrmantraut
(28 episodes, 2009-2012)
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Giancarlo Esposito | ... |
Gustavo 'Gus' Fring
(26 episodes, 2009-2011)
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When chemistry teacher Walter White is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given only two years to live, he decides he has nothing to lose. He lives with his teenage son, who has cerebral palsy, and his wife, in New Mexico. Determined to ensure that his family will have a secure future, Walt embarks on a career of drugs and crime. He proves to be remarkably proficient in this new world as he begins manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with one of his former students. The series tracks the impacts of a fatal diagnosis on a regular, hard working man, and explores how a fatal diagnosis affects his morality and transforms him into a major player of the drug trade. Written by WellardRockard, jackenyon
The age of Bryan Cranston has returned. Once universally lauded for his work in Malcolm In The Middle, there had yet to be a good vehicle for this man's particular talents. He has that rare gift of generating sympathy and manic-energy at the same time.
For those that would be content to label this show a Weeds knock-off, bear in mind that Breaking Bad is a new kind of monster. It touches on the very same themes, "living realistically as a middle class in the United States" which often makes us resort to extremes to survive. Like the mother and daughter team that robbed that bank. But the weed selling antics of Showtime's hit show is really nothing like "Bad." The Pilot was about as perfect a Pilot as I've ever seen, and much of it rests on Bryan Cranston's shoulders.
Cranston plays Cheimstry teacher Walter White. He has a loving wife, a child with Cerebal Palsy and another is on the way. He also happens to be dying from an inoperable lung cancer situation, which happened although he "never smoked." His finances in disarray, the once great student of science turns to crime to solve his problems.
He cooks Crystal Meth with a good for nothing ex-student. From the antics of the first episode, the show is leading towards a dark place, but a place of truth. This is a no nonsense black comedy.
For people that love Tarantino or the Coen's, this might be your cup of tea.