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Meet Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher sleepwalking through life when, boom, a terminal cancer diagnosis changes everything. Liberates him. Empowers him to use his chemistry skills anew to finance his family's future.

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05x08 Gliding Over All Aired: Sep. 02, 2012

Walt takes care of loose ends; Walt makes a dangerous decision.

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Breaking Bad returns in 53 days
05x09 The Decision(Sunday Aug. 11th, 2013 9/8c on AMC)

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AMC announces August return for 'Breaking Bad'. August 11, 9:00pm EST on AMC. Mark the date on your calendar: it's the first of the final eight episodes of AMC's smash hit drama 'Breaking Bad'. 'Breaking Bad' has won four Golden Globes and seven Emmy awards since it debuted in 2008; fans have been eagerly awaiting the second-half of its final, fifth season, which debuted on July 15, 2012.

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Series Info

Type:
Scripted
Premiered:
Jan. 20, 2008
Status:
Returning Series
Runtime:
45 min.
Airs:
Sundays, 9/8c
To-Date:
5 Seasons
55 Episodes
Network
AMC TV Network
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  • Lead actor Bryan Cranston stated in an interview that the term "breaking bad" is a southern colloquialism and it means when someone who has taken a turn off the path of the straight and…
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    Lead actor Bryan Cranston stated in an interview that the term "breaking bad" is a southern colloquialism and it means when someone who has taken a turn off the path of the straight and narrow, when they've gone wrong. And that could be for that day or for a lifetime.
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  • Goof (factual errors): In the opening credits letters in the names are highlighted in green so as to represent a chemical element symbol. However, Michael Slovis, the Director of Photography,…
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    Goof (factual errors): In the opening credits letters in the names are highlighted in green so as to represent a chemical element symbol. However, Michael Slovis, the Director of Photography, for several of the beginning episodes, they highlight the Ch. There is no chemical element symbol Ch. After a number of episodes they caught it and thereafter they only highlighted the C.
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  • Gus Fring was originally supposed to appear in only three or four episodes. Giancarlo Esposito was asked to return for seven episodes in season three. But Esposito refused to return unless he…
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    Gus Fring was originally supposed to appear in only three or four episodes. Giancarlo Esposito was asked to return for seven episodes in season three. But Esposito refused to return unless he could appear in more episodes. He ended up appearing in 11 episodes in the third season.
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