List of Breaking Bad episodes

Breaking Bad is an American television drama series created by Vince Gilligan which premiered on January 20, 2008 on the cable network AMC in the United States. The first seven-episode season ended on March 9, 2008. The second 13-episode season premiered on March 8, 2009 and concluded on May 31, 2009. The third 13-episode season premiered on March 21, 2010 and concluded on June 13, 2010. The fourth 13-episode season premiered on July 17, 2011 and concluded on October 9, 2011.

Breaking Bad revolves around 50-year-old high school chemistry teacher Walter White (Bryan Cranston) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. After Walter is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, he turns to a criminal life, and starts producing and selling crystal meth with his former student Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) in order to secure his family's (Anna Gunn, RJ Mitte) financial future.

Contents

Series overview

Season Episodes Originally aired DVD release date Blu-ray Disc release date
Season premiere Season finale Region 1 Region 2 Region 4 Region A Region B
1 7 January 20, 2008 (2008-01-20) March 9, 2008 (2008-03-09) February 24, 2009 (2009-02-24)[1] December 14, 2009 (2009-12-14)[2] July 8, 2009 (2009-07-08)[3] March 16, 2010 (2010-03-16)[4] November 2, 2011 (2011-11-02)[5]
2 13 March 8, 2009 (2009-03-08) May 31, 2009 (2009-05-31) March 16, 2010 (2010-03-16)[4] July 26, 2010 (2010-07-26)[6] February 8, 2010 (2010-02-08)[7] March 16, 2010 (2010-03-16)[4] November 2, 2011 (2011-11-02)[8]
3 13 March 21, 2010 (2010-03-21) June 13, 2010 (2010-06-13) June 7, 2011 (2011-06-07)[9] May 19, 2011 (2011-05-19)[10] November 24, 2010 (2010-11-24)[11] June 7, 2011 (2011-06-07)[9] November 2, 2011 (2011-11-02)[12]
4 13 July 17, 2011 (2011-07-17) October 9, 2011 (2011-10-09) N/A N/A March 14, 2012 (2012-03-14)[13] N/A N/A
5[14] 16[14] N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Episode list

Season 1 (2008)

Main article: Breaking Bad (season 1)
№ # Title Directed by Written by Original air date
1 1 "Pilot" Vince Gilligan Vince Gilligan January 20, 2008 (2008-01-20)
2 2 "Cat's in the Bag…" Adam Bernstein Vince Gilligan January 27, 2008 (2008-01-27)
3 3 "…And the Bag's in the River" Adam Bernstein Vince Gilligan February 10, 2008 (2008-02-10)
4 4 "Cancer Man" Jim McKay Vince Gilligan February 17, 2008 (2008-02-17)
5 5 "Gray Matter" Tricia Brock Patty Lin February 24, 2008 (2008-02-24)
6 6 "Crazy Handful of Nothin'" Bronwen Hughes George Mastras March 2, 2008 (2008-03-02)
7 7 "A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal" Tim Hunter Peter Gould March 9, 2008 (2008-03-09)

Season 2 (2009)

Main article: Breaking Bad (season 2)
№ # Title Directed by Written by Original air date U.S. viewers
(million)
8 1 "Seven Thirty-Seven" Bryan Cranston J. Roberts March 8, 2009 (2009-03-08) 1.66[15]
9 2 "Grilled" Charles Haid George Mastras March 15, 2009 (2009-03-15) N/A
10 3 "Bit by a Dead Bee" Terry McDonough Peter Gould March 22, 2009 (2009-03-22) 1.13[16]
11 4 "Down" John Dahl Sam Catlin March 29, 2009 (2009-03-29) 1.29[17]
12 5 "Breakage" Johan Renck Moira Walley-Beckett April 5, 2009 (2009-04-05) 1.21[18]
13 6 "Peekaboo" Peter Medak J. Roberts & Vince Gilligan April 12, 2009 (2009-04-12) 1.41[19]
14 7 "Negro y Azul" Felix Alcala John Shiban April 19, 2009 (2009-04-19) N/A
15 8 "Better Call Saul" Terry McDonough Peter Gould April 26, 2009 (2009-04-26) 1.04[20]
16 9 "4 Days Out" Michelle MacLaren Sam Catlin May 3, 2009 (2009-05-03) N/A
17 10 "Over" Phil Abraham Moira Walley-Beckett May 10, 2009 (2009-05-10) N/A
18 11 "Mandala" Adam Bernstein George Mastras May 17, 2009 (2009-05-17) N/A
19 12 "Phoenix" Colin Bucksey John Shiban May 24, 2009 (2009-05-24) N/A
20 13 "ABQ" Adam Bernstein Vince Gilligan May 31, 2009 (2009-05-31) N/A

Season 3 (2010)

Main article: Breaking Bad (season 3)
№ # Title Directed by Written by Original air date U.S. viewers
(million)
21 1 "No Mas" Bryan Cranston Vince Gilligan March 21, 2010 (2010-03-21) 1.95[21]
22 2 "Caballo sin Nombre" Adam Bernstein Peter Gould March 28, 2010 (2010-03-28) 1.55[21]
23 3 "I.F.T." Michelle MacLaren George Mastras April 4, 2010 (2010-04-04) 1.33[21]
24 4 "Green Light" Scott Winant Sam Catlin April 11, 2010 (2010-04-11) 1.46[21]
25 5 "Mas" Johan Renck Moira Walley-Beckett April 18, 2010 (2010-04-18) 1.61[21]
26 6 "Sunset" John Shiban John Shiban April 25, 2010 (2010-04-25) 1.64[21]
27 7 "One Minute" Michelle MacLaren Thomas Schnauz May 2, 2010 (2010-05-02) 1.52[21]
28 8 "I See You" Colin Bucksey Gennifer Hutchison May 9, 2010 (2010-05-09) 1.78[21]
29 9 "Kafkaesque" Michael Slovis Peter Gould & George Mastras May 16, 2010 (2010-05-16) 1.61[21]
30 10 "Fly" Rian Johnson Sam Catlin & Moira Walley-Beckett May 23, 2010 (2010-05-23) 1.20[21]
31 11 "Abiquiu" Michelle MacLaren John Shiban & Thomas Schnauz May 30, 2010 (2010-05-30) 1.32[21]
32 12 "Half Measures" Adam Bernstein Sam Catlin & Peter Gould June 6, 2010 (2010-06-06) 1.19[21]
33 13 "Full Measure" Vince Gilligan Vince Gilligan June 13, 2010 (2010-06-13) 1.56[22]

Season 4 (2011)

Main article: Breaking Bad (season 4)
№ # Title Directed by Written by Original air date U.S. viewers
(million)
34 1 "Box Cutter" Adam Bernstein Vince Gilligan July 17, 2011 (2011-07-17) 2.58[23]
35 2 "Thirty-Eight Snub" Michelle MacLaren George Mastras July 24, 2011 (2011-07-24) 1.97[24]
36 3 "Open House" David Slade Sam Catlin July 31, 2011 (2011-07-31) 1.71[25]
37 4 "Bullet Points" Colin Bucksey Moira Walley-Beckett August 7, 2011 (2011-08-07) 1.83[26]
38 5 "Shotgun" Michelle MacLaren Thomas Schnauz August 14, 2011 (2011-08-14) 1.75[27]
39 6 "Cornered" Michael Slovis Gennifer Hutchison August 21, 2011 (2011-08-21) 1.67[28]
40 7 "Problem Dog" Peter Gould Peter Gould August 28, 2011 (2011-08-28) 1.91[29]
41 8 "Hermanos" Johan Renck Sam Catlin & George Mastras September 4, 2011 (2011-09-04) 1.98[30]
42 9 "Bug" Terry McDonough Moira Walley-Beckett & Thomas Schnauz September 11, 2011 (2011-09-11) 1.89[31]
43 10 "Salud" Michelle MacLaren Peter Gould & Gennifer Hutchison September 18, 2011 (2011-09-18) 1.80[32]
44 11 "Crawl Space" Scott Winant George Mastras & Sam Catlin September 25, 2011 (2011-09-25) 1.55[33]
45 12 "End Times" Vince Gilligan Thomas Schnauz & Moira Walley-Beckett October 2, 2011 (2011-10-02) 1.73[34]
46 13 "Face Off" Vince Gilligan Vince Gilligan October 9, 2011 (2011-10-09) 1.90[35]

Season 5 (2012)

Breaking Bad was renewed for a final sixteen-episode season. Production of the fifth season is set to begin in early 2012; episode premiere dates have not yet been determined by the network.[36]

Episode titles

Breaking Bad's episode titles typically relate to the events of the episode, a quotation from another source, or a common expression.

Season 1

In season one, the episode names of episode two and three are respectively titled "Cat's in the Bag..." and "...And the Bag's in the River", which is dialogue from the film Sweet Smell of Success (1957). The fourth episode "Cancer Man" is a reference to The X-Files character The Smoking Man (also called Cancer Man), creator Vince Gilligan was previously a writer and producer for The X-Files. The sixth episode "Crazy Handful of Nothin'" takes its title from the film Cool Hand Luke (1967). The seventh episode "A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal" refers to the film Fargo (1996), and also reflects how Walt is trying to impose his will on the drug business and hopes not to resort to violence.

Season 2

In season two, the title of episode three "Bit by a Dead Bee" is dialogue from the film To Have and Have Not (1944). The episode names of the first ("Seven Thirty-Seven"), fourth ("Down"), tenth ("Over"), and thirteenth ("ABQ") episodes form a sentence (737 Down Over ABQ) which reveals an event that takes place in the season finale. These episodes all include a mysterious opening teaser in black and white, featuring a scorched pink teddy bear floating in the White's pool.

Season 3

In season three, the third episode title "I.F.T." is the initials of "I Fucked Ted," which is how Skyler tells Walter she'd slept with her boss Ted. The eighth episode, titled "I See You", is a play on words of ICU.

Season 4

In season four, the titles are mostly self-explanatory, though several have double meanings. "Shotgun" refers both to Jesse riding shotgun and to the shotgun of the man who pretended to rob them.

Spanish titles

Several episode titles are in Spanish, a reference to Mexican culture in New Mexico as well as the influence of Mexican drug cartels in the story. "Más" means "More". "Negro y Azul" means "Black and Blue" (cf. the end of the 7th episode where the screen is blue and the background black with the song "Negro y Azul" played). "Caballo sin nombre" means "horse with no name". This is in reference to the song by America, "A Horse with No Name", which was thought to be about heroin and the song itself features heavily in the episode. "Mandala" means "Circle" in Sanskrit. "Abiquiu" is the name of a small New Mexican town where artist Georgia O'Keeffe resided. "Hermanos" means "Brothers". "Salud" means "health", and is traditionally spoken as a toast when drinking.

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