Our Breaking Bad Coverage

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  The Playlist 

  Recap: 'Breaking Bad' Episode 5 'Dead Freight' Will Leave You Speechless

  The opening teaser on “Breaking Bad” has proved to be one of the most elastic and effective storytelling devices used on the show. First utilized in the pilot, the opening plunged viewers into what appeared to be Walter White’s desperate final moments before spending the rest of th...

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  Indiewire 

  'Dead Freight': On 'Breaking Bad' and Its Treatment of Children in Trouble

  There's no way the train job in "Dead Freight," last night's episode of "Breaking Bad," was going to go as planned. Nothing on the show ever goes just as planned, and once Vaminos Pest employee Todd (Jesse Plemons) admiringly told a preening Walt (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse (Aaron Paul) that "You guy...

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  Indiewire 

  Rian Johnson on 'Breaking Bad': 'Directing Walter White is Surreal on a Level That Directing a Movie Will Never Be'

  Rian Johnson, the filmmaker behind "Brick," "The Brothers Bloom" and the upcoming "Looper," is also the director of this past Sunday's terrific episode of "Breaking Bad," in which Walter White (Bryan Cranston) celebrated his 51st birthday with a bruta...

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  Indiewire 

  'Breaking Bad' Says Happy Birthday to Walter White and Goodbye to His Marriage

  "Clear sailing from here on out, I promise."        --Walter White (Bryan Cranston)

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  The Playlist 

  Recap: Walt Celebrates Birthday Number 'Fifty One' In Rian Johnson-Helmed Episode Of 'Breaking Bad'

  We’re officially halfway through the first set of episodes in “Breaking Bad”’s bifurcated final season and episode 4 has really been the first opportunity for the audience to catch their collective breath. Directed by Rian Johnson (“Brick,” the upcoming “Loo...

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