Breaking Bad is an American television drama series created by Vince Gilligan for the cable network AMC. The series follows Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a 50-year-old high school chemistry teacher in Albuquerque, New Mexico. After White is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, he uses his chemistry expertise to cook crystal meth, assisted by his former student Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), to secure his family's (played by Anna Gunn and RJ Mitte) inheritance before he dies. The pilot episode first aired on January 20, 2008, and the series finale first aired on September 29, 2013. Breaking Bad: Original Minisodes, which consisted of several one- to five-minute clips, released 17 short episodes over the course of three years throughout Breaking Bad's run. On October 11, 2019, Netflix released El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, a feature film continuation of Breaking Bad, written and directed by Gilligan. An additional short film Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short was released on February 17, 2020.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2008)

Season 2 (2009)

Season 3 (2010)

Season 4 (2011)

Season 5 (2012–13)

Film

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie is a film written and directed by series creator Vince Gilligan that serves as a continuation of the television series. It was released on October 11, 2019, on Netflix and was broadcast on AMC on February 16, 2020. The film centers around Jesse Pinkman, and takes place both during his captivity at the hands of the Aryan Brotherhood and after his escape in the Breaking Bad series finale.

Other media

Breaking Bad: Original Minisodes (2009–2011)

Breaking Bad: Original Minisodes is a web series based on the television series Breaking Bad. A total of 17 "minisodes", which are more comedy-oriented than most full episodes, were released over the course of three years.

Season 1 (2009)

On February 17, 2009, five "mini-episodes" were made available online before the premiere of the show's second season. These five were eventually included with Breaking Bad: The Complete Second Season.

Season 2 (2010)

Before Breaking Bad's third season, ten more webisodes were released, each mostly focused on Saul Goodman.

Season 3 (2011)

Additional minisodes were produced before the premiere of Breaking Bad's fourth season; two would eventually be released.

Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short (2020)

In conjunction with the television premiere of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie on AMC, the network released a three-minute short film Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short on its official YouTube account on February 17, 2020.

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