The drama series Breaking Bad was filmed by American cable television channel AMC, and the first episode premiered on January 20, 2008. In the period from 2008 to 2013, 5 seasons were filmed and shown, including 62 episodes. During this time, the series has gained immense popularity all over the world, has received many prestigious awards and prizes.
The drama "Breaking Bad" tells the audience the story of the beginning, development and end of the dizzying drug-criminal career of an ordinary chemistry teacher and his former student. The difficult life of Walter White, a teacher from the quiet provincial town of Albuquerque, who lacks his meager salary to support his disabled son and pregnant wife, is further complicated by a terrible diagnosis - inoperable lung cancer. Walter is practically broken and at first, realizing that he will not be able to pay for the treatment, does not even want to start it, but a protest that has not yet taken shape begins to mature in him.
He understands exactly what to do after his brother-in-law Hank - a DEA employee takes him with him on an operation to seize a drug laboratory that produces methamphetamine. Watching the actions of the police from the patrol car, White sees how one of the criminals manages to escape, in him White recognizes his former student Jesse Pinkman. At this moment, a plan is formed in his head how, using the full potential of his knowledge, to provide for his family and pay for expensive treatment. He finds Pinkman and persuades him to open a new laboratory with him, in which White will make the purest drug, while Jesse will sell it through his channels. Walter did not have to persuade his student for a long time, and they begin a joint ascent to the heights of the drug business.
Chemistry teacher goes all out
At first, everything goes well - the product that Walter and Jesse make and sell is truly unparalleled, it is quickly gaining popularity not only with consumers, but the police and competitors will learn about it. Newly appeared drug dealers face the realities of a harsh criminal life and understand that the jokes are over. On their trail comes White's relative, Agent Hank, competitors also begin to actively hunt for unauthorized upstarts. But thanks to the sharp mind of Wyatt, his teammates manage to constantly elude Hank and successfully fight against narrow-minded, but dangerous competitors.
In some episodes, the heroes of the picture, according to the plot, smoked or sniffed amphetamine, in fact, they had to smoke and sniff ordinary sugar.
There will be no happy ending in breaking bad
Soon, through the semi-criminal lawyer Saul Goodman, they manage to find a large drug dealer and sell him a large consignment of their goods. At this moment, all his hidden unrealized ambitions wake up in White, he takes the nickname Heisenberg, buys a hat, which later became a cult among the fans of the series, and begins to build his criminal empire. The transformation of a quiet chemistry teacher into a bloodthirsty criminal monster is very much disliked by his student and companion Jesse, their interests diverge, but the criminal swamp no longer lets out either one or the other from its quagmire. Gradually, his wife, son and all relatives, including Hank, learn about the hidden life of the teacher, in the criminal world his personality is overgrown with legends, it is already unrealistic to stop, he can only take a break. The finale of the series puts everything in its place, miracles do not happen, life is a harsh thing and "movie" happy ends very rarely happen in it, the dizzying criminal careers of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman ends sadly.
Heisenberg is the name of the famous physicist, 1932 Nobel Prize winner Karl Werner Heisenberg.
Each episode of "Breaking Bad" looks like a separate film, filled with human passions and experiences, the intricacies of events and sometimes ambiguous actions of the characters. The series has a large army of fans all over the world, many famous and famous people such as Stephen King and actor Anthony Hopkins are also fans of the series. The original title of the series breaking bad is an idiom common in the southern states of the United States, meaning "to go against it", "to go all out." The creators of the series announced that they did not plan to shoot a sequel, instead, in the fall of 2013, they announced a spin-off for the series called Better Call Saul.