Breaking Bad, Season One:
Walter White is a hapless, middle-aged high school chemistry teacher in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is mundane, and is paid such poor wages he has to work at a car wash as well, which gives him the humiliating task of washing his own students' cars, and to add insult to injury, he is diagnosed with cancer. After being invited to a drug raid by his DEA agent brother-in-law Hank Schrader, he discovers you can make a huge profit from even a small meth operation. He runs into his drug-addicted loser former student Jesse Pinkman, and Walt offers that, instead of him turning Jesse in, they can enter a partnership where they cook and sell meth as a way of making money, so Walt's family can have a cash supply when he dies, rather than being broke and in debt. Using Jesse's street smarts and Walt's chemistry skills, they begin cooking a very pure batch of meth. But, this business opens the door into the world of drugs and crime, and when you're in the drug business, you're bound to run into a few shady characters, and you're also likely to stir up a bit of trouble here and there, and that's a problem if Walt wants to keep his drug business a secret from his family and DEA agent brother-in-law, and if he wants stay alive. The show was created by Vince Gilligan, and stars Bryan Cranston (Malcolm in the Middle, Drive, Argo), Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn (Deadwood), Dean Norris, RJ Mitte, Betsy Brandt. The supporting cast includes Steven Michael Quezada, Carmen Serano, Raymond Cruz (Nip/Tuck), Jessica Hecht, Charles Baker, and Matt L. Jones. The cast, especially Cranston and Paul, do excellent jobs and bring their characters to life. Cranston is the only actor who could have pulled the complex character of Walter White off, and it is definitely the definitive role of his career. The plot is pretty interesting and the show is really well-written. The music is also really excellent, and the opening tune is pretty distinctive and awesome. It is considered one of the best television shows ever created for a reason. Breaking Bad's first season may not be as intense or fast-paced as the later seasons, but it's an entertaining and clever show, that kicks off one of the darkest and craziest TV dramas ever. 3.5/5 stars.
Episode List:
One- "Pilot"
Two- "Cat's in the Bag..."
Three- "...And the Bag's in the River"
Four- "Cancer Man"
Five- "Gray Matter"
Six- "Crazy Handful of Nothin'"
Seven- "A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal"
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