SummaryBryan Cranston (Malcolm in the Middle) stars in this drama focused on a mid-life crisis gone bad for a high school chemistry teacher who becomes a drug dealer after he discovers that he has lung cancer. Breaking Bad is produced by High Bridge Productions, Inc. and Gran Via Productions in association with Sony Pictures Television for AMC.
Created By:Vince Gilligan
❮ Breaking Bad
Season 3
5 Seasons
Season Premiere:
Mar 21, 2010
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
89
User score
Universal Acclaim
9.4
My Score
Drag or tap to give a rating
Hover and click to give a rating
Not available in your country?
ExpressVPN
Get 3 Extra months free
$6.67/mth
Season Episodes
Top Cast
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
100% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
100
The show keeps delivering the kind of mind-expanding dramatic highs that ought to require a prescription.
100
This show--still TV's best--remains utterly true to itself.
User score
Universal Acclaim
97% Positive
2129 Ratings
2129 Ratings
1% Mixed
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
2% Negative
48 Ratings
48 Ratings
Nov 1, 2020
10
One of, if not the best TV show ever made in every conceivable way. It's perfect.
90
It's a drama that has chosen the slow burn over the flashy explosion, and it's all the hotter for that choice.
90
Bad challenges anxious viewers, but it remains one of TV's best hours, thanks to strong performances from the entire cast and the steady, guiding hand of executive producer Vince Gilligan, who proves in tonight's episode that he values realistic, risk-taking storytelling over the more convenient status quo.
90
When people ask me to recommend good TV, they never seem to have heard about it. Yup, Breaking Bad is that series.
80
Suffice it to say that Breaking Bad is an enthralling narrative, for all that it remains tough to watch.
70
Breaking Bad is as good as a show on this subject could possibly get, but the subject has its drawbacks. I like it, I admire it, but I can't say I enjoy it.
May 5, 2018
10
This season never lets up and never disappoints. If the first two seasons didn’t scream it enough, the third season definetely permits Breaking Bad the must watch title Rating - 99%
Jan 28, 2013
6
Season 3, unlike the other seasons (which are perfect), is a bit disappointing. Still, it's a very good TV show season. The intro, which should be intriguing in all TV shows/movies, is very disappointing and boring. After half season, the TV show recovers itself and re-starts being excellent.
Aug 27, 2013
3
I loved Breaking Bad when it started. The acting, directing and writing were next to none. In particular, its unflinching realism was excellent, and the logical difficulties that the protagonist was met with would be the same as it would be the same as it would be for any of us. By Season 3 however the game has changed. The main character allows himself to be treated like dirt by his wife, who fast becomes one of the most annoying characters on television. Her high-handed, hypocritical, judgemental (and occasionally irrational) moralisation detracts from the complexities of the family's position. Meanwhile, the fact that the main character's response is humility is specifically frustrating. On the other hand we have the main character and his sidekick/partner fighting "cat and dog" as one character puts it. The reason for their disagreements seem tenuous. This relationship was the underpinning of the series; so its near absence detracts greatly from Breaking Bad Season 3. The new "Big Bad" cartel boss, whilst initially, expertly portrayed, soon veers off into implausibility. Sloppy writing "where did the baby disappear", idiocy "are you going to pepper spray me?" and character changes "lets buy a car-wash" abound. There is no episode without flaws, although episode 5, "Más", is by far the weakest. *pity*
