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Breaking Bad Genre Drama Created by Vince Gilligan Starring Bryan Cranston Anna Gunn Aaron Paul Dean Norris Betsy Brandt RJ Mitte Country of origin United States Language(s) English No. of seasons 2 No. of episodes 20 (List of episodes) Production Executive producer(s) Vince Gilligan Mark Johnson Producer(s) Breaking Bad is an American television drama series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. The series is broadcast in the United States and Canada on the cable network AMC. It premiered on January 20, 2008, and completed its first seven-episode season on March 9, 2008. The show's 13-episode second season will premiere on March 8, 2009. Breaking Bad stars Bryan Cranston as Walter White, a struggling high school chemistry teacher with a handicapped teenage son (RJ Mitte) and pregnant wife (Anna Gunn). When the already tense White is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, he breaks down and turns to a life of crime, setting up a meth lab with his former student Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) in a desire to secure his family's future financial security.[1] Breaking Bad has received critical acclaim and won two Emmy Awards for its first season in addition to numerous other awards and nominations. Contents [hide] 1 Production 2 Synopsis 2.1 Season one 2.2 Season two 3 Characters 4 Episode listing 4.1 Season one 4.2 Minisodes 4.3 Season two 5 Reception 6 International distribution Production The title comes from a Southern United States colloquialism "to break bad" which is defined as "when someone...has taken a turn off the path of the straight and narrow, when they've gone wrong".[2] The series is set and filmed in and near Albuquerque, New Mexico.[3] The AMC network, on which the series premiered January 20, 2008, originally ordered nine episodes for the first season (including the pilot), but the Writers Guild of America strike limited the production to seven episodes.[4] Synopsis Season one The plot summary in this article is too long or detailed compared to the rest of the content. Please edit the article to focus on discussing the work rather than merely reiterating the plot. Walter White, a chemistry teacher with a pregnant wife and a son with cerebral palsy, develops stage-three lung cancer. Looking to support his family when he is gone, Walter enters the dangerous world of drugs by using his chemistry knowledge to cook crystal meth with Jesse -- a former student -- as his meth-cooking partner. Use an RV to cook the meth out in the desert, they run into trouble when two dealers, to whom Jesse had tried to sell meth, appear and threaten to kill Walter when one of the drug dealers incorrectly associates Walter with the DEA. Walter offers to teach | ||||
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