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“It’s not a matter of wondering if Breaking Bad will be great, but where in the pantheon it will ultimately reside.”
-Tim Goodman, Hollywood Reporter
Breaking Bad Episode Guide
After a terminal lung cancer diagnosis, high school chemistry teacher Walter White cooks crystal meth to provide for his family. Teaming up with former student-turned-drug deal Jesse Pinkman, Walt finds himself delving deeper into the seedy underbelly of the drug business…and likes it.
-a crude synopsis, I’ll admit, but how do you sum up a great series like this in two sentences?
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Season 1 Episode List
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| 1 | "Pilot" | After a terminal lung cancer diagnosis, chemistry teacher Walter White starts cooking meth to pay for his cancer treatments. |  |  |  |
| 2. | "Cat's in the Bag..." | Walter and Jesse try to clean up loose ends, including one still-alive drug dealer. | | | |
| 3. | "...And the Bag's in the River." | Walt bonds with an imprisoned drug dealer whom he may have to kill. | | | |
| 4. | "Cancer Man" | Hank suspects that there's new 'players in town'; Hank visits an oncologist; Jesse hides out at his parents' house. | | | |
| 5. | "Gray Matter" | At a birthday party for an ex-coworker, Walt gets an irresistible offer. Jesse and Badger head out in the RV to cook Meth. | | | |
| 6. | "Crazy Handful of Nothin" | Walt may have to step out of his 'silent partner' arrangement after Jesse is injured. Hank discovers drug-making equipment that originated from Walt's school. | | | |
| 7. | "A No Rough-Stuff Type Deal" | Walt makes a dangerous deal with Tuco. | | | |
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Metacritic Score for Season 1: 74
IGN Rating for Season 1: 9.8/10
Amazon Customer Rating (whole series): 4.7/5
Season 2 Episode List:
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| 201 | "Seven Thirty-Seven" | After Walt and Jesse see Tuco kill one of his goons, Jesse becomes increasingly paranoid that Tuco is going to kill both him and Walt. Walt devises a plan to kill Tuco. | March 9th, 2009 |
| 202 | "Grilled" | Skylar, Marie and the famiy put up flyers after Walt goes missing. Tuco takes Jesse and Walt to his Uncle Hector's house to hide out. | March 15th, 2009 |
| 203 | "Bit by a Dead Bee" | Walt's hospitalized and claims he doesn't remember the last few days. Jesse is picked up and quizzed about why his car was at Tuco's house. | March 22nd, 2009 |
| 204 | "Down" | Walt tries to deflect Skyler's suspicions about Walt's recent behavior. Jesse's house is repossessed and struggles to find a place to sleep. | March 29th, 2009 |
| 205 | "Breakage" | Walt confront Skylar about her smoking. Jesse rents an apartment from a nerdy girl named Jane; Hank calls in sick to brew beer at home. | April 5th, 2009 |
| 206 | "Peekaboo" | Jesse confronts the meth-head couple that ripped off Skinny Pete...only to find a neglected 5 year old boy in their care. Walt's lie about Gray Matter paying his medical bills starts to unravel. | April 12th, 2009 |
| 207 | "Negro y Azul" | Jesse considers expanding their operation after a rumor increases his street cred; Hank has trouble working with his new El Paso colleagues; Skylar goes to work for her old boss Ted Beneke. | April 19th, 2009 |
| 208 | "Better Call Saul" | Badger gets arrested; Walt and Jesse need an attorney to get Badger (and their operation) out of trouble. | April 26th, 2009 |
| 209 | "4 Days Out" | Fearing the worst from imminent test results, Walt takes Jesse out to the desert for a marathon meth-making operation. Unfortunately, the RV's battery dies just as they try to leave. | May 3rd, 2009 |
| 210 | "Over" | After the good news, Walt busies himself replacing a water heater; Skyler confides in Ted that she isn't happy about the diagnosis. Jesse is mad at Jane after she dismisses him in front of her father. | May 10th, 2009 |
| 211 | "Mandala" | Combo is killed. Jesse needs to smoke meth to cope, and Jane partakes with him. Saul tells Walt about a businessman who might be interested in their product. Skylar goes into labor just as Walt needs to make a big deal. | May 17th, 2009 |
| 212 | "Phoenix" | Walt rushes to the hospital to find that Skylar has already given birth. Walt won't give Jesse his share of the money until he gets clean; Saul suggests ways to launder the money to pay for his cancer treatments. | May 24th, 2009 |
| 213 | "ABQ" | Jesse hits rock bottom; Walt sends a professional fixer to get rid of evidence; Hank notices the new distribution of meth in New Mexico. Walt prepares for his big surgery. Skyler sees through all of Walt's lies. | May 31st, 2009 |
Metacritic Score for Season 2: 85
IGN Rating for Season 2: 9.7/10
Amazon Customer Rating (whole series): 4.7/5
Season 3 Episode List:
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| 301 | No Mas | Two Mexicans known as 'The Cousins' arrive in New Mexico looking for Heisenberg; Jesse goes to an addict support group; Skyler wants Walt to grant her a divorce; Gus has a new business offer for Walt; | March 21st, 2010 |
| 302 | Caballo Sin Nombre | The cousins learn that Heisenberg is Walter White; Saul installs bugs in Walt's home to make sure Skyler doesn't squeal; Jesse arranges to buy his house back from his parents...without them knowing. | March 29th, 2010 |
| 303 | I.F.T. | Walt moves back home, and Skyler must decide whether to make good on her threats; The cousins have a meeting with Gus, who buys Walter some time; | April 4th, 2010 |
| 304 | Green Light | Walt is resisting Gus' offer, and makes a deal with Jesse; Hank abandons an El Paso assignment to follow a lead relating to blue meth...and captures the RV on video. | April 11th, 2010 |
| 305 | Mas | Hank's investigation of RV's leads him to Combo's mother; Gus tries to sweeten the pot by showing Walt a state of the art superlab. | April 18th, 2010 |
| 306 | Sunset | The cousins are lurking around Gus, and he needs to give them something; Walt gets a new lab partner; Hank trails Jesse in order to find the RV; Walt finds out and tries to destroy the RV before Hank gets to it; | Apiril 25th, 2010 |
| 307 | One Minute | Hank goes to Jesse's house and assaults him so bad that Jesse ends up in the hospital; Hank thinks that he's done as a cop; Walt wants to bring Jesse into the lab as a partner. | May 2nd, 2010 |
| 308 | I See You | Hank is rushed to the hospital; Walt is torn between being with his family at the hospital and cooking for Gus; One cousin clings to life; | May 9th, 2010 |
| 309 | Kafkaesque | Jesse considers setting up his own meth business on the side; Hank's medical insurance may leave him paralyzed; Walt pieces together Gus' role in Hank's predicament. | May 16th, 2010 |
| 310 | Fly | Walt's insomnia manifests in an obsessive hunt for fly in their superlab. Jesse suspects that there's more to it than that. | May 23rd, 2010 |
| 311 | Abiquiú | Jesse strikes up a relationship with Andrea, a fellow addict in recovery; Skyler doesn't like Walt's money laundering scheme; Jesse finds out that Gus is using children to sell drugs. | May 30th, 2010 |
| 312 | Half Measures | Jesse chastizes Gus for using children in the drug trade...with tragic consequences; Marie tries to convince Hank to leave the hospital; | June 6th, 2010 |
| 313 | Full Measures | Walt returns to work, with Gale returning as his assistant; Gus and Mike search for Jesse; Walt devises a plan to save their lives. | June 13th, 2010 |
Metacritic Score for Season 3: 89
IGN Rating for Season 3: 9.5/10
Amazon Customer Rating (whole series): 4.7/5
Season 4 Episode List:
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| 401 | Box Cutter | Walt and Jesse are held in the superlab by Mike as they await the final judgment of Gus. | July 17th, 2011 |
| 402 | Thirty-Eight Snub | Walt buys a gun to kill Gus, but finds him more elusive than ever; Jesse drowns out guilt by marathon partying; Hank develops a fascination with minerals. | July 24th, 2011 |
| 403 | Open House | Jesse keeps the party going...and attracts the attention of Gus' goons. Hank is given Gale's lab notebook; Skyler tries a new strategy to buy the car wash. | July 31st, 2011 |
| 404 | Bullet Points | Jesse's money is stolen by a Tweaker, but Jesse doesn't care; At a family gathering, Hanks shows Walt Gale's lab notebook. | August 7th, 2011 |
| 405 | Shotgun | Mike takes Jesse on a pick up mission; Hank, thinking Heisenberg was Gale, gives up working on the case. | August 14th, 2011 |
| 406 | Cornered | Jesse continues going on pickups with Mike and earning his respect in the process; The Cartel sends s message to Gus; Walt buys a fancy new car for Walter Jr. | August 21st, 2011 |
| 407 | Problem Dog | Walt gives Jesse a ricin cigarette to use on Gus; Jesse starts questioning he should be on Walt's side; Gus has sit-down with the cartel; Hank gets Gus' fingerprints and tracks them to Gale. | August 28th, 2011 |
| 408 | Hermanos | Gus is interviewed by the cops. Hank tries to get Walt to place a tracking device on Gus' car; Gus visits Hector in the nursing home; | September 4th, 2011 |
| 409 | Bug | Gus asks Jesse to go to Mexico to help prevent a war; Skyler tries to save Ted from an IRS audit; Walt places a GPS on Jesse's car. | September 11th, 2011 |
| 410 | Salud | Skyler arranges for Ted to receive an inheritance; Gus, Mike and Jesse go to Mexico to meet with the cartel. | September 18th, 2011 |
| 411 | Crawl Space | Hank tries to visit the laundry facility where the superlab is located; Gus fires Walt; Skyler turns to Saul in dealing with Ted. | September 25th, 2011 |
| 412 | End Times | The cops raid the laundry facility, but find nothing; Brock is poisoned and Jesse thinks Walt did it. Walt builds a pipe bomb. | October 2nd, 2011 |
| 413 | Face Off | Jesse is questioned by authorities after mentioning Ricin in relation to Brock; Walt tries to find some weakness in Gus; Hector demands to speak to the DEA. | October 9th, 2011 |
Metacritic Score for Season 4: 96
IGN Rating for Season 4: 9.5/10
Amazon Customer Rating (whole series): 4.7/5
Season 5 Episode List:
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| 501 | Live Free or Die | Mike returns from Mexico furious after learning about Gus; Walt and Jesse devise a plan to retrieve Gus' laptop from a police station; Skyler discovers Ted seriously injured. | July 15th, 2012 |
| 502 | Madrigal | Jesse and Walt try to create their own meth-making business, but are one chemical short. Lydia, an ex-colleague of Gus, wants Mike to kill all the men who could implicate them. | July 22nd, 2012 |
| 503 | Hazard Pay | Walt, Jesse and Mike use a pest control business as their cover; Skyler has a breakdown in front of Marie; Jesse doubts his relationship with Andrea. | July 29th, 2012 |
| 504 | Fifty-One | Lydia is visited by some DEA agents; Walt buys a fancy new car on his birthday; Skyler tries to drown herself at Walt's birthday party. | August 5th, 2012 |
| 505 | Dead Freight | Mike tries to decide whether he should kill Lydia or not; Walt and Jesse figure out a new source for methylamine..and it involves a train heist. . | August 12th, 2012 |
| 506 | Buyout | Todd's actions at the train heist weight on Jesse heavily; Jesse and Mike try to sell their business, but it proves difficult without Walt's involvement. Jesse has an awkward dinner with Walt and Skyler. | August 19th, 2012 |
| 507 | Say My Name | Walt negotiates a buyout deal where everyone wins, and Mike gets his money. Jesse still refuses to come back; The DEA figures out how the nine imprisoned men are getting their money. | August 26th, 2012 |
| 508 | Gliding Over All | In the midseason finale, Walt partners with Lydia on a new deal; Walt makes amends with Jesse; Skyler gives Walt compelling evidence to quit. | September 2nd, 2012 |
| 509 | Blood Money | Hank has a panic attack after learning some new information; Jesse tries to give away his money; Lydia wants Walt to return to the business. | August 11th, 2013 |
| 510 | Buried | Hank tries to wrangle a confession out of Skyler; Walt moves his money to a safer location; Lydia finds some new partners. | August 18th, 2013 |
| 511 | Confessions | Hank tries to turn Jesse, who considers leaving town; Walt tries a bold new strategy with Hank. | August 25th, 2013 |
| 512 | Rabid Dog | Walt desperately tries to find Jesse, who has gone missing; Hank takes Jesse into his home, and tries to get him confess his crimes. | September 1st, 2013 |
| 513 | To'hajiilee | Walt puts a hit out on Jesse; Walt tries to draw Jesse out by visiting Andrew. Jesse tries his own method of drawing Walt out...which works. | September 8th, 2013 |
| 514 | Ozymandias | A shootout ends tragically; Walt desperately tries to cling to what he has left...and it keeps slipping through his fingers. | September 15th, 2013 |
| 515 | Granite State | Walt gets a new identity cross country; Skyler is threatened by both the DEA and Todd's gang. | September 22nd, 2013 |
| 516 | Felina | One year later, Walt returns. | September 29th, 2013 |
Metacritic Score for Season 5: 99
IGN Rating for Season 5: 10/10
Amazon Customer Rating (whole series): 4.7/5
Trivia
- The show was originally supposed to be set in Riverside, California. It was relocated to New Mexico for tax-credit reasons.
- Jesse was originally supposed to die at the end of season 1. After seeing Aaron Paul‘s performance, the producers changed their minds.
- Vince Gilligan’s vision for Walt was to go from Mr. Chips to Scarface.
Credits
Created By: Vince Gilligan
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, Bob Odenkirk, Giancarlo Esposito, Jonathan Banks
Series Premiere: Jan. 20th, 2008
Series Finale: September 19th, 2013
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, Bob Odenkirk, Giancarlo Esposito, Jonathan Banks
Series Premiere: Jan. 20th, 2008
Series Finale: September 19th, 2013
Quotes
“Chemistry is, well technically, chemistry is the study of matter. But I prefer to see it as the study of change.”
– Walter White
– Walter White
“Yo, Gatorade me, bitch” – Jesse Pinkman
“They’re minerals, Marie! Jesus!” – Hank Schrader
“Just because you shot Jesse James, don’t make you Jesse James.” – Mike Ehrmantraut
“Stay out of my territory” – Walter White
“Jesse, you asked me if I was in the meth business or the money business. Neither. I’m in the empire business.” – Walter White
“Yeah Bitch! Magnets” – Jesse Pinkman
“Someone has to protect this family from the man who protects this family.” – Skyler White
“If you try to interfere, this becomes a much simpler matter. I will kill your wife. I will kill your son. I will kill your infant daughter.” – Gus Fring
“Say my name.” – Walter White
Notable Breaking Bad Websites:
Breaking Bad Wiki – detailed descriptions of episodes, characters, and the use of science in Breaking Bad
AMC – lots of behind the scenes videos, episode highlights, journal entries from the cast and crew. Lots of ‘spoiler warnings’ on the website so that you don’t stumble upon spoilers.
Vulture – Has episode recaps going to back to early in Season 2. Also includes lots of cast interviews and thought pieces on Breaking Bad episodes going back over the years.
