Breaking Bad (2008)
Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.
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…it feels a little in line with a bottle episode you might see on an older TV show, which were episodes done with fewer sets and cast members than usual, often to save money. See Breaking Bad’s “Fly,” for maybe the best-known fairly recent example.
Jesse Plemons, who has a history of portraying rather unwell men since Todd Alquist in Breaking Bad…
There’s also the “home life of yuppie space Nazis in love” subplot with Dedra and Cyril, including a dinner scene with Karn’s mother Eedy (inveterate scene thief Kathryn Hunter) which is exactly as humorous and awkward as that iconic one in Breaking Bad.
Similar to a show as phenomenal and influential as Breaking Bad, each episode has a slight difference for each director’s style, but the flow of the show persists in the writing to remain tense, eerie and mysterious.
The Caretaker is the most overt demonstration so far that this season is aiming to be the Breaking Bad of Doctor Who, and that serious attention is being paid to characterisation in way it hasn’t for years.
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But AMC helped launch the golden age of TV, with three series that changed the perception of television: Breaking Bad, Mad Men and The Walking Dead.
…director Johan Renck (who’s also helmed several episodes of Breaking Bad)…
Bob Odenkirk («Breaking Bad», «Better Call Saul»)…
Odenkirk was widely known for playing the wise-cracking, sleazy lawyer Saul Goodman in the hit TV shows Breaking Bad (2008-2013) and Better Call Saul (2015-2022).
Though a few years have passed since the inaugural Nobody installment, this Breaking Bad veteran still nails the character’s wildly dissonant sides.
…his sketchy Saul Goodman lawyer persona from “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul.”
…even for those unfamiliar with his comedy career or his work on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul…
…he has demonstrated superb dramatic chops on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul…