Breaking In is an American television series that premiered on Fox on April 6, 2011. Christian Slater, Odette Annable, and Bret Harrison star in the half-hour comedy about a team of twentysomething geniuses who work at a high tech security firm and are assigned to break into computer security systems.
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| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | DVD release date | ||||
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| Series premiere | Season finale | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | |||
| 1 | 7 | April 6, 2011 | May 17, 2011 | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 2 | 13[1] | March 6, 2012 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
U.S. viewers (million) |
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| 1 | "Pilot" | Seth Gordon | Teleplay: Adam F. Goldberg Story: Adam F. Goldberg & Seth Gordon |
April 6, 2011 | BIN-101 | 9.82[2] |
| When Cameron, a talented computer hacker, gets caught hacking into a college's computer system to give himself full scholarship for life, he is drafted by Oz to work for him at Contra Security. There he meets Melanie Garcia, Cash and Josh Armstrong, who are then sent on an assignment to test the security at a car dealer by stealing a Lamborghini. | ||||||
| 2 | "Tis Better to Have Loved and Flossed" | Seth Gordon | Adam F. Goldberg | April 13, 2011 | BIN-102 | 7.79[3] |
| The team is assigned to break into an "old lady's house", but discover that the job is more complicated than it appears, and may have a connection to Oz. Meanwhile, Cameron decides to give up his crush on Melanie, and quickly meets a dentist named Amy (Alyssa Milano). | ||||||
| 3 | "Need For Speed" | Fred Savage | Chris Bishop | April 20, 2011 | BIN-105 | 7.46[4] |
| The team is hired to help NASCAR Champion, Jimmie Johnson, find out who has interfered with his headset used to communicate with the pit. Dutch is called in to help with the job. | ||||||
| 4 | "White on White on White" | Fred Savage | David Windsor & Casey Johnson | April 27, 2011 | BIN-104 | 7.01[5] |
| The gang is called to steal a painting that looks like a blank canvas. Things heat up when Melanie's dad shows up and learns that Oz was the person responsible for sending him to jail. | ||||||
| 5 | "Take the Movie and Run" | Matt Shakman | Adam F. Goldberg | May 4, 2011 | BIN-103 | 7.07[6] |
| The team is tasked with safekeeping the DVD screener of Goonies 2, and delivering it to the Comic-Con screening, amongst threat of its theft. Cash, a fan of the original film, retaliates when he is assigned to stay in the van. | ||||||
| 6 | "Breaking Out" | Phil Traill | Ben Wexler | May 11, 2011 | BIN-106 | 6.95[7] |
| After failing a mission due to infighting, Oz locks down the office, initiating a team-building exercise that challenges the team to work together in order to break out of the Contra security building. | ||||||
| 7 | "21.0 Jump Street" | Seth Gordon | Adam F. Goldberg | May 17, 2011 | BIN-107 | 3.18[8] |
| The team is called to secure the house of famous boxer Mike Tyson, while Cam is assigned to deal with a case of high school bullying. He quickly meets with his unknown high school sweetheart but thinks he finishes his job until the victim Leslie comes back after obviously being bullied. Oz then calls the team together, but the bully plans to retaliate by embarrassing Leslie at the prom so the crew with mixed feelings heads back to prom. | ||||||
On August 24, 2011, it was announced that Breaking In had been renewed for a second season of 13 episodes, expected to premiere on March 6, 2012 as a mid-season replacement.[1]