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Breaking Bad 's success caused numerous spin-offs and a media franchise. This includes a spin-off prequel series, a Spanish-language adaptation, a sequel film, a talk show, and a video game. [191] [192] [193] [194] [195] Real-life influence [ edit ] Jesse has always had a soft spot when it comes to kids. Whether he’s taking the rap for this brother’s spliff, caring for this new girlfriend’s little boy or playing silly buggers with the son of two junkies, Jesse is never afraid to reveal his cuddlier side if a rugrat’s around. If Walt’s biggest weakness is pride, Jesse’s is caring too much about the children (and, well, drugs). Indulging in a game of peekaboo with Spoodge’s kid, he’s clubbed round the head by Spoodge’s equally methed-up missus and only gets away after the spectacularly-named tweaker meets his maker via the bottom of a cash machine. AMC Renews Emmy(R) Award-Winning and Critical Hit "Breaking Bad" for Fourth Season" (Press release). AMC. June 14, 2010. Archived from the original on May 26, 2012 . Retrieved November 17, 2010.
The series received numerous awards and nominations, including 16 Primetime Emmy Awards and 58 nominations, including winning for Outstanding Drama Series in 2013 and 2014. [63] It also won two Peabody Awards, one in 2008 [179] and one in 2013. [180]Aaron Paul's casting was also initially questioned by production, as Paul looked too old and too much like a "pretty boy" to be associated with meth cooking. Gilligan reconsidered Paul's skills after seeing his audition and recalling he had also had guest starred on The X-Files episode " Lord of the Flies". [27] Gilligan originally intended for Pinkman to be killed at the end of Breaking Bad 's first season in a botched drug deal as a plot device to plague Walter White with guilt. However, Gilligan said by the second episode of the season, he was so impressed with Paul's performance that "it became pretty clear early on that that would be a huge, colossal mistake, to kill off Jesse". [49] Similarly, Dean Norris had shown his ability to be a law enforcement official in The X-Files episode " F. Emasculata", and was brought on to be Hank Schrader, Walter's brother-in-law and DEA agent. [50] Scientific accuracy [ edit ] At the very beginning of the final episode of the fourth season, Walt is sitting by his pool, spinning his gun on a nearby glass table. He spins it. He spins it again. He spins it one more time, and it points at something, nothing, you’re not sure. It could be a pot plant, it could be nothing. Walt pulls a face – he’s thought of something. The second episode of Breaking Bad is the show’s acid test in more ways than one. Reminding viewers that its pungent tone is only getting stronger, the episode serves up a sumptuous stew of drug dealer carcass bathed in a bubbling broth of hydrofluoric acid, served on Jesse’s wooden floor. The third season also saw critical acclaim. Time proclaimed, "It's a drama that has chosen the slow burn over the flashy explosion, and it's all the hotter for that choice." [139] Newsday stated Breaking Bad was still TV's best series and it stayed true to itself. [140] Tim Goodman praised the writing, acting, and cinematography, pointing out the "visual adventurousness" of the series. Goodman went on to call the show's visuals "a combination of staggering beauty– the directors make use of numerous wide-angle landscape portraits– and transfixing weirdness." [141] After the finale aired, The A.V. Club said that season three was "one of television's finest dramatic accomplishments. And what makes it so exciting– what makes the recognition of the current golden age so pressing– is that the season has not been, as [another reviewer] put it in another context, 'television good.' The heart-in-the-throat quality of this season comes as much from the writers' exhilarating disregard for television conventions as from the events portrayed." [142]
a b c d e Segal, David (July 6, 2011). "The Dark Art of 'Breaking Bad' ". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011 . Retrieved July 25, 2011.Series 'Breaking Bad' to Begin Production at Albuquerque Studios". Albuquerque Studios. August 23, 2007. Archived from the original on October 14, 2007 . Retrieved August 23, 2007. Teti, John (November 17, 2013). "Watch this: In Breaking Bad 's alternate ending, Bryan Cranston discovers it was all a Malcolm In The Middle dream". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on November 18, 2013 . Retrieved November 18, 2013. When asked about the hardest scene to shoot during a Reddit AMA, Paul said that it was Jane’s death. “I honestly think the hardest scene for me to do was when Jesse woke up and found Jane lying next to him dead,” Paul said. “Looking at Jane through Jesse's eyes that day was very hard and emotional for all of us. When that day was over, I couldn't be happier that it was over because I really, truly felt I was living those tortured moments with Jesse.” Of course, the Roomba plays a role in the plot, when Jesse searches for his missing ricin cigarette and the little robot might have the answer, and there’s something vaguely sinister about the way the machine carries on about its business whatever is going on around it. Perhaps - knowing this show - it's a message: the world carries on with very little regard for what we think is the desperately important business of our lives.
For the first season, the series saw a generally positive reception. New York Post critic Linda Stasi praised the series, particularly the acting of Cranston and Paul, stating "Cranston and Paul are so good, it's astounding. I'd say the two have created great chemistry, but I'm ashamed to say such a cheap thing." [134] Robert Bianco of USA Today also praised Cranston and Paul, exclaiming "There is humor in the show, mostly in Walt's efforts to impose scholarly logic on the business and on his idiot apprentice, a role Paul plays very well. But even their scenes lean toward the suspenseful, as the duo learns that killing someone, even in self-defense, is ugly, messy work." [135]Creghton, Jennifer (October 17, 2011). "Scientist Spotlight: Donna Nelson". The Science and Entertainment Exchange. Archived from the original on February 18, 2013 . Retrieved March 5, 2013. Reiher, Andrea (August 12, 2013). " 'Mythbusters' 'Breaking Bad': Methbusters prove and disprove 2 iconic Season 1 moments". Screener. Archived from the original on March 7, 2017 . Retrieved March 6, 2017.
a b c d e f g Dibdin, Emma (January 16, 2018). " 'It Had Never Been Done on Television Before': The Oral History of Breaking Bad". Esquire. Archived from the original on July 17, 2019 . Retrieved July 25, 2019. In 2010 and 2012, Breaking Bad won the TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama, as well as the TCA Award for Program of the Year in 2013. In 2009 and 2010, the series won the Satellite Award for Best Television Series– Drama, along with the Saturn Award for Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series in 2010, 2011, and 2012. The series won the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Dramatic Series in both 2012 and 2013. [182] In 2013, it was named No. 13 in a list of the 101 Best-Written TV Series of All Time by the Writers Guild of America [183] and won, for the first time, the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series. Overall, the show has won 110 industry awards and has been nominated for 262. The transformation began early in season one. Mild-mannered White’s life spirals downward when he finds out he has cancer and has about two years to live.Littleton, Cynthia (June 13, 2010). "AMC, Sony Make 'Bad' Budget Work". Variety. Archived from the original on May 4, 2017 . Retrieved November 8, 2015. Bryan Cranston as Walter White,a high-school chemistry teacher who, shortly after his 50th birthday, is diagnosed with Stage III lung cancer and turns to making meth to secure his family's finances. As his shady business progresses, Walter gains a notorious reputation under the alias of "Heisenberg". Cranston stated that, though he enjoyed doing comedy, he decided he Laporte, Nicole (May 14, 2013). "Bryan Cranston on How to Collaborate the 'Breaking Bad' Way". Fast Company. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013 . Retrieved October 21, 2013. The critically acclaimed episode " Ozymandias" references the Percy Bysshe Shelley poem of the same name, which describes the crumbling legacy of an overly prideful king. [85] [86] The episode draws parallels to the poem, as both antiheroes are left with little to show for their empire-building efforts. Austin Gill of Xavier University stated the episode "evokes the tyrannical aspirations of invincibility and arrogance of Ozymandias himself as represented in Shelley's poem". [87] Douglas Eric Rasmussen of the University of Saskatchewan argued that the "concept of hubris and being punished for grandiose projects that serve an individual's egotism are central aspects of each work". [88] Hank's death marks the beginning of a shift where it becomes increasingly difficult for Walt to continue to insist that he cooks meth for the sake of his family's well-being. By the series finale, Walt finally admits to Skyler that he became Heisenberg for his own ego: "I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it." [89] Symbolism [ edit ] Pink teddy bear [ edit ] The pink teddy bear as seen during the second season
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