Breaking Bad will never go bad

The feeling of not being able to provide for your family is something that keeps people up at night. For Walter White, it wasn’t a feeling, but a reality since he was given only a couple years to live until lung cancer would over take his body. With a teenage boy who has cerebral palsy, and a pregnant wife, Walter knew he couldn’t leave his family with nothing.

The money he was getting from teaching high school chemistry and working at a local car wash wasn’t going to cut it. After hearing about the high stakes, yet profitable crystal meth business from his DEA brother-in-law, Walter decides to cook meth for some quick cash.  He pairs up with a former deadbeat student who knows the meth business. Together they purchase an RV, drive it to the dessert, and begin to cook. 

Breaking Bad isn’t your typical drug heist show. Instead, it’s about one normal, hard working father who does the most selfless thing he can for his family before he dies. Former Malcolm in the Middle star, Bryan Cranston, breaks free from his old role and completely does a turn around in this role as a brilliant meth cooking chemistry teacher.  His facial expressions and ability to never break character, are talents that only an Emmy winner, like himself, can achieve. All though he is breaking the law, his flawless empathetic performance makes one feel for him every time.

Even though, most of this show’s weight is on Cranston’s shoulders, he would not be able to do it without his brilliant set of co-stars. His pregnant wife who at first, has no idea that he is sick and is cooking meth, is played by Anna Gun. Walt’s son is played by RJ Mitte who actually has cerebral palsy in real life. Walter’s partner, Jesse Pinkman, who is played by Emmy award winning Aaron Paul.   

There has been controversy about this show being similar to Weeds. Yet, cooking and dealing meth adds a completely different angle. The meth dealers have a lot more of an edge, a deadly edge in which Jesse and Walter always have to try to escape. Also, there are more opportunities for dramatic suspense since Walter’s brother-in-law works with the DEA so the viewer is constantly getting an insight to the other side of the story. 

The success of the show goes beyond the actors and suspenseful script. The show is shot like a film with ascetically pleasing, up close shots, that if freezed framed, are a piece of art. These are not just cameramen working on this show, they are truly artists who constantly come up with unique shots that other shows wouldn’t dare to try. 

Even though this show did have a hard time being picked up when it was pitched to all the networks, AMC is probably still bouncing up and down since they got their hands on this six time Emmy winning show. With each season finale continuing to leave more and more viewers pulling out their hair, there is no doubt, that this show will be around for a while.