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 4
5 Seasons
Season Premiere:
Jul 17, 2011
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Universal Acclaim
96
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
100% Positive
15 Reviews
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Aug 1, 2011
100
The visual style pours as much emotional juice into the boiling, moody brew that Gilligan cooks up as his actors' searing performances do.
Jul 18, 2011
100
None of these twists are for the faint of heart, which is why Breaking Bad is a smart, thought-provoking TV show that elevates the artistic achievements of the medium.
User score
Universal Acclaim
96% Positive
2430 Ratings
2430 Ratings
1% Mixed
29 Ratings
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2% Negative
60 Ratings
60 Ratings
Oct 21, 2024
10
When I was watching this season, I thought to myself. What makes something perfect. I then soon realised, this is my explanation, my go to. I never felt like I was just watching this season to just watch it. It had story built up from other seasons, action, twists, deaths, betrayal, etc. There wasn’t one bad thing about this season. My only real bump is that it was too long. But that’s a me problem. Good season. 10/10.
Jun 21, 2024
10
The penultimate Season of Breaking Bad, it feels like a culmination of everything that has happened so far, it's intense and very consistent from beginning to end, with some episodes having me in tears, and a beautiful ending, absolutely amazing overall.
Jul 13, 2011
100
Breaking Bad is unquestionably one of the greatest dramas in TV history. What it should be rewarded and applauded for is the wanton willingness to throw the concomitant success of all that away in the service of the story.
Jul 12, 2011
100
Either appropriately or ironically for a show about meth cookers, Bad is simply one of TV's great addictions.
Jul 14, 2011
90
In season 3, the show perfected its approach to good old-fashioned suspense, added some terrific characters to its great core cast and its queasy moral quandaries became ever more compelling and addictive. At this point, it's just not possible to look away.
Jul 14, 2011
80
Like "The Sopranos," Breaking Bad finds nuance and drama within this compromised world, and in the process suggests intriguing and sometimes unsettling parallels to the world in which the rest of us live.
Jun 5, 2024
10
Box Cutter (A) Thirty-Eight Snub (A-) Open House (B+) Bullet Points (A-) Shotgun (A-) Cornered (A-) Problem Dog (A-) Hermanos (A) Bug (A-) Salud (A) Crawl Space (A+) End Times (A) Face Off (A+)
Feb 8, 2014
6
The Show should rather be called "bad decisions" than "breaking bad"! Don't get me wrong. I like the acting, how well it's made and the general ideas are great but man, this constant irrational behaviour and the ongoing stupid decisions that don't make any sense in any least bit of sane mind are making mad! Sauls Secretary said it very well at the end of season four as she yells at the again whiny and panicky acting Walt that doesn't listen and is mumbling his explanations that don't make sense. She then said: "Oh, you and your partner are in danger after doing something idiotic? Whoop-dee-freaking-doo! How is that news exactly? Why do you think Saul isn't here?" Man was I glad that somebody told these guys this already! And what was that stupid move of Walt in mid season? When he told Hank to look closer and search for the guy behind all this AFTER he settled for dead genius!! And don't argue with he was drunk or something. Someone who can articulate himself like Walt in this scene isn't nearly drunk enough to miss how stupid that is! It's not bold, it's not tough or badass - it's plain and simple stupid! What else could he have asked for? Nobody was looking for them anymore! the evidence wasn't even at the DEA. It would just have disappeard in some drawer forever. Things like that **** me off. And then, Walt in the desert. He said it himself! If Gus would have liked to kill him, he would have done it right then and there but he lives because of Jessie. Of course he threatens his family but only if he is stupid enough to talk - which he does immidiatley after! Without a real plan and with contacting the DEA before he is far far away! W T F? He pissed of Gus so many times. People had to clean up his mess and stupid actions to protect him several times. All because he thinks he is untouchable. And then he is surprised that his family is threatened by a major druglord who cut the throat of some guy right in front of him? He was lucky to be alive and he should have taken this gift - I think it was a honest "offer" by Gus to get out of the "contract". BUT at least this season was better than the last. Especially Gus taking out the carthel and the finale. Which was a bit silly but still made more sense than the rest. And the scene on the roof at the end? That's the relationship between Walt and Jessie I have been missing the last two seasons. How could these guys be so pissed about each other and never getting closer? It just didn't make sense to me, sorry. I only continue to watch because the fith season is so praised and hyped. But I honestly have my doubts now. Because I heard things like "Best Show ever!" and I just don't see it.
Jul 18, 2011
6
Sorry guys, but count me out. Looks like nothing left of first two seasons. :(((( It's still deep, still promising, but looks like they should have stopped at the right time. Another brilliant idea sinks in channel-needs-ratings swamp.
Nov 2, 2011
2
I don't get the love for this show. Yeah, it's well made and well acted, but everything about it is forced and not really edge-of-seat dramatic for me.




























