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have seen – ever". He lauded the rest of the cast and crew as well. The letter first appeared on Steven Michael Quezada's (who portrayed DEA Agent Steven Gomez) Facebook page, and in spite of it being taken down, the letter soon went viral. In 2013, Guinness World Records named "Breaking Bad" the highest-rated TV series of all time, citing its season 5 Metacritic score of 99 out of 100. The series received numerous awards and nominations, including 16 Primetime Emmy Awards and 58 nominations, including winning for Outstanding Drama Series in 2013 and 2014. It also won two Peabody
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for Season 5 of "Breaking Bad" in 2013. He won the award again for "Breaking Bad"s Final Season in 2014. The final season of "Breaking Bad" featured the instantly popular use of "Baby Blue" by British rock band Badfinger, to which Golubić gives showrunner and creator Vince Gilligan the credit for selecting. When working on a new project, Golubić creates mixtapes for each character as "part of [his] brainstorming process". During a Reddit AMA he mentioned that many of the most popular music moments on "Breaking Bad" were result of these playlists, including "Crystal Blue Persuasion" in Episode 508 "Gliding
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Breaking Bad (season 4) The fourth season of the American television drama series "Breaking Bad" premiered on July 17, 2011 and concluded on October 9, 2011. It consists of 13 episodes, each running approximately 47 minutes in length. AMC broadcast the fourth season on Sundays at 10:00 pm ET in the United States. The complete fourth season was released on Region 1 DVD and Region A Blu-ray on June 5, 2012. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> On June 14, 2010, AMC announced that "Breaking Bad" was renewed for a fourth, 13-episode season. The writers began brainstorming and writing for the season in early July
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episodes all include a mysterious opening teaser in black and white, featuring a scorched pink teddy bear floating in Walt's pool. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The writers of "Breaking Bad" planned the storyline for the entire season in advance of filming and knew how the season would end right from the beginning. That differed from subsequent seasons, in which the writers did not have a complete plan and developed the storyline as the episodes progressed. Series creator Vince Gilligan said of season two, "That came about through many, many hours of beating our heads against the wall – very laborious work, which is
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for his work throughout the series. Critics appreciated the bold visual style adopted by the TV series. Although series creator Vince Gilligan and Slovis wanted to shoot "Breaking Bad" in cinemascope, Sony and AMC did not grant them permission. Gilligan cited Sergio Leone's Westerns as a reference for how he wanted the series to look. For his work, he received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Cinematography for a One Hour Series and Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series. Kelley Dixon was one of the editors of "Breaking Bad" and edited many of the series' "meth montages". For the
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The comic "recaps the first four-and-a-half seasons of Walter White's descent from mild-mannered chemistry teacher to drug kingpin". In October 2013, New York composer Sung Jin Hong announced his intentions to create an opera inspired by the "Breaking Bad" episode "Ozymandias". Rumors of a possible "Breaking Bad" film, under the working title "Greenbrier", had arisen in 2018. A stand-alone film project was officially announced in November 2018; the film, written by Gilligan and produced through Sony Television, would be set in the "Breaking Bad" universe. According to the New Mexico Film Office, they had approved production for "Greenbrier" in and
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January start." The fourth season of "Breaking Bad" received universal acclaim from critics, garnering a 96 out of 100 on Metacritic. "The Boston Globe" referred to the show as a "taut exercise in withheld disaster" and declared the show "riveting". The "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette" labelled the series "smart and thought provoking that elevates the artistic achievements of the medium". Season four was listed by many critics as one of the best seasons of television in 2011. "Time" listed Walter White's "I am the one who knocks" line as one of the best television lines of 2011. "The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette" listed it
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events portrayed." Season four won near-universal critical acclaim. "The Boston Globe" referred to the show as a "taut exercise in withheld disaster" and declared the show "riveting". The "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette" labelled the series "smart and thought provoking that elevates the artistic achievements of the medium". Season four was listed by many critics as one of the best seasons of television in 2011. "Time" listed Walter White's "I am the one who knocks" line as one of the best television lines of 2011. "The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette" listed it as the best series of 2011 while noting that ""Breaking Bad" is that
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In addition to local broadcasts, the Fox Latin America satellite channel will transmit the series across Latin America. Metástasis Metástasis (meaning "metastasis" in Spanish) is an American, Spanish-language version of the U.S. crime drama "Breaking Bad". It follows all five seasons of "Breaking Bad", with very few exceptions and little additions not seen in the original version. A few minor scenes were shot differently than in "Breaking Bad", but this does not change the storyline. After several days of speculation fueled by Univision, on March 13, 2013, Sony confirmed that it would be making a Spanish-language remake of "Breaking Bad".
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Metástasis Metástasis (meaning "metastasis" in Spanish) is an American, Spanish-language version of the U.S. crime drama "Breaking Bad". It follows all five seasons of "Breaking Bad", with very few exceptions and little additions not seen in the original version. A few minor scenes were shot differently than in "Breaking Bad", but this does not change the storyline. After several days of speculation fueled by Univision, on March 13, 2013, Sony confirmed that it would be making a Spanish-language remake of "Breaking Bad". Sony Entertainment Television (Latin America) is working with Colombian producer Teleset on the series, which is set in
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that there's an irrefutable difference between what's right and what's wrong, and it's the only one where the characters have real control over how they choose to live". Klosterman added that the central question of "Breaking Bad" is: "What makes a man 'bad' – his actions, his motives, or his conscious decision to be a bad person?" Klosterman concluded that, in the world of "Breaking Bad", "goodness and badness are simply complicated choices, no different than anything else". Ross Douthat of "The New York Times", in a response to Klosterman's piece, compared "Breaking Bad" and "The Sopranos", stating that both
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as to how a potential television show could occur given its content. He also acknowledged the importance of "Breaking Bad" in the development of "Preacher", by suggesting "[...] I don't think people would have been willing to take a chance on "Preacher" if there had not been a "Breaking Bad". It was one of those groundbreaking shows that paved the way for what is possible on TV." On November 16, 2013, it was announced that AMC was developing a TV series based on the DC Vertigo comic book series "Preacher". On November 18, 2013, it was revealed that Seth Rogen
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headstone was placed with a photo of Cranston as White. While some residents were unhappy with the makeshift gravesite for closure with the show, tickets for the event raised nearly $17,000 for a local charity called Healthcare for the Homeless. Breaking Bad Breaking Bad is an American neo-western crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. The show originally aired on AMC for five seasons, from January 20, 2008 to September 29, 2013. Set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series tells the story of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a struggling and depressed high school chemistry teacher
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received critical acclaim. Alan Sepinwall of HitFix said the episode demonstrated how effective the creators of "Breaking Bad" are at manipulating the emotions of their viewers. Sepinwall described the story as "remarkably simple" but the execution as extremely effective, and he called the amount of screen time dedicated to Gus calmly changing his clothes before and after killing Victor "a move so ballsy and so brilliant I actually started giggling the second time they did it". "Time" magazine writer James Poniewozik said the episode demonstrated how effective "Breaking Bad" can be even with a minimal amount of dialogue, such as
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with Jason, her career, and political life. "Vanity Fair" noting "As "Breaking Bad" famously tracked the evolution of Walter White 'from Mr. Chips to Scarface,' "The Good Wife" followed Alicia as she evolved into Peter. The Kings claim the show was 'moving in the direction where there wasn't much difference between who Alicia was and who her husband was.' Is Alicia a villain or an anti-hero? It's hard to quite see her that way after all the good she's done for so many seasons. But the inclusion of Will Gardner in the finale momentarily humanizes Alicia while also highlighting the
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Nielsen Media Research. Until the fifth-season premiere, "Box Cutter" was the most watched "Breaking Bad" episode in the series' history and the third-highest-rated season premiere for any AMC show, after the first two seasons' premieres of "The Walking Dead". In 2012, Gilligan received the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Episodic Drama for his work on this episode. This marked his second win for individual work on "Breaking Bad", along with his award from the pilot episode in 2009. During a pre-credits flashback sequence, methamphetamine manufacturer Gale Boetticher (David Costabile) excitedly sets up equipment in an underground meth superlab
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Breaking Bad Breaking Bad is an American neo-western crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. The show originally aired on AMC for five seasons, from January 20, 2008 to September 29, 2013. Set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series tells the story of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a struggling and depressed high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with lung cancer. Together with his former student Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), White turns to a life of crime by producing and selling crystallized methamphetamine to secure his family's financial future before he dies, while navigating the
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a post-modern western. For the final episodes of the series, Porter incorporated four important themes that were in previous seasons. Porter currently composes music for NBC's crime thriller "The Blacklist", as well as for the "Breaking Bad" prequel series "Better Call Saul". Porter has a wife, Jeanine, and a son. Dave Porter (composer) Dave Porter is an American composer, best known for the original score for the television series "Breaking Bad". At Sarah Lawrence College, Porter studied classical and electronic music composition. For his work on "Breaking Bad", Porter has won an ASCAP Award. Bryan Cranston, who portrays Walter White,
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on its original broadcast. The episode was generally acclaimed, with critics commenting on how the change of pace from the previous week's explosive episode allowed for a more contemplative narrative. Peter Gould was nominated for the for this episode. Robert Forster's guest performance earned him the Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television. Granite State (Breaking Bad) "Granite State" is the fifteenth and penultimate episode of the fifth season of the American television drama series "Breaking Bad", and the 61st and penultimate episode of the series. Written and directed by Peter Gould, it aired on AMC in the
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on some level, 'We'd better let the audience know that there's something at the end of this.'" Although the "Breaking Bad" staff always intended for Gale to be killed, the audience reaction to "Full Measure" made Gilligan and the "Breaking Bad" writing staff reconsider whether their plans were the best ones. However, Gilligan said they instead decided to follow their original plan, saying "At the end of the day, the choice we made for how to press forward was the choice we felt was the most honest, and the one that would best continue the story." Giancarlo Esposito said that
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Confessions (Breaking Bad) "Confessions" is the eleventh episode of the fifth season of the American television drama series "Breaking Bad", and the 57th overall episode of the series. Written by Gennifer Hutchison and directed by Michael Slovis, it aired on AMC in the United States and Canada on August 25, 2013. At a diner, Todd recalls how he helped steal methylamine from the train to his uncle Jack and one of his men, Kenny, neglecting to mention the boy he murdered. Agreeing to let Todd cook meth on his own, Jack and Kenny drive back into New Mexico. Meanwhile, Hank
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Salud (Breaking Bad) "Salud" is the tenth episode of the fourth season of the American television drama series "Breaking Bad" and the 43rd overall episode of the series. It originally aired on AMC in the United States on September 18, 2011. Jesse (Aaron Paul), Mike (Jonathan Banks), and Gus (Giancarlo Esposito) take a chartered plane to Mexico so Jesse can teach the cartel how to cook Walt's (Bryan Cranston) blue meth. Although the cartel's chief chemist (Carlo Rota) is initially skeptical because Jesse can't synthesize phenylacetic acid, the cartel is impressed when Jesse cooks a successful batch. Jesse is then
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Salud (Breaking Bad) "Salud" is the tenth episode of the fourth season of the American television drama series "Breaking Bad" and the 43rd overall episode of the series. It originally aired on AMC in the United States on September 18, 2011. Jesse (Aaron Paul), Mike (Jonathan Banks), and Gus (Giancarlo Esposito) take a chartered plane to Mexico so Jesse can teach the cartel how to cook Walt's (Bryan Cranston) blue meth. Although the cartel's chief chemist (Carlo Rota) is initially skeptical because Jesse can't synthesize phenylacetic acid, the cartel is impressed when Jesse cooks a successful batch. Jesse is then
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with AMC, Esposito expressed excitement on his return into the "Breaking Bad" world saying, "I’m extremely excited. I’m over the moon. I love this family of filmmakers a great deal. I know "Better Call Saul" is a little bit of a different show than "Breaking Bad" was and I love the success it’s had. It has such wonderful talent in the show. Bob Odenkirk is just stellar. Obviously the opportunity to tell some of the backstory of Gus and how he rose to power and how he came to be is always something I’ve wanted to explore in a very
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particular scenes could not be shot there because the party was so messy. The party scenes sought to illustrate Jesse's internal guilt and self-hatred for having murdered Gale Boetticher in the third season finale, "Full Measure". Bryan Cranston praised these scenes, saying, "I thought it was a great way to show a person going through a private hell. That everybody suffers, deals with their own personal loss in many different ways." Although the previous episode, "Thirty-Eight Snub", also featured similar party scenes, the party was much darker and more decrepit in "Open House", and "Breaking Bad" music supervisor Thomas Golubic
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Award-winner Octavia Spencer. Kaczmarek reprised her role as Lois in an "alternate ending" featurette on the "Breaking Bad" DVD/Blu-ray box set that was released on November 26, 2013. In it, Hal wakes up from the nightmare that was the plot of "Breaking Bad", in a nod to the final scene from "Newhart". In 2014, she appeared as herself on "The Comeback", auditioning for the role of Mallory Church in the fictional HBO series-within-a-series entitled "Seeing Red". From 2014 onwards, she appeared in multiple episodes of "Playing House" across its three seasons, as Gwen Crawford, the mother of Jessica St. Clair's
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on their way to Jerusalem. He described how Thomas captured prisoners and forced them to endure vicious tortures in order to receive ransoms from them. ""For when he was compelling prisoners to ransom themselves, he hung them up by their testicles, sometimes with his own hands, and those often breaking away through the weight of the body, there followed at the once the breaking out of their vital parts."" Guibert described Thomas as a savage brute who was responsible for countless atrocities and attacks on the innocent. His sins caused the people of the entire region to adopt his bad
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Peter Gould (writer) Peter Gould is an American television writer, director and producer. He worked on all five seasons of the AMC drama "Breaking Bad". He was nominated for four Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards for his work on the series. He is currently the co-creator and co-showrunner, with "Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan, of the show's spinoff, "Better Call Saul". Gould is a native of New York. He graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. In 1990, he graduated from the University of Southern California with a Master of Fine
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Gould and Gilligan. Screenplays Production staff Writer Peter Gould (writer) Peter Gould is an American television writer, director and producer. He worked on all five seasons of the AMC drama "Breaking Bad". He was nominated for four Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards for his work on the series. He is currently the co-creator and co-showrunner, with "Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan, of the show's spinoff, "Better Call Saul". Gould is a native of New York. He graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. In 1990, he graduated from the University of
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Saul" was named one of the top 10 television programs of the year by the American Film Institute. Better Call Saul (season 4) The fourth season of the American television drama series "Better Call Saul" premiered on August 6, 2018, and concluded on October 8, 2018. The fourth season consists of 10 episodes and aired on Mondays at 9:00 pm (Eastern) in the United States on AMC. "Better Call Saul" is a spin-off prequel of "Breaking Bad" created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould who also worked on "Breaking Bad". The first and second seasons mainly took place in 2002,
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of "Better Call Saul", a "Breaking Bad" spinoff. Primarily set in 2002, six years before the character's debut in "Breaking Bad", the series follows lawyer Saul Goodman's journey from court-appointed defense attorney origins to his eventual status as a successful, though unscrupulous, criminal defense lawyer. The first season consists of 10, 47 minute-long episodes, with a second and third season of 10 episodes following in early 2016 and 2017 respectively. Odenkirk has been nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for each of the series' first three seasons. It was reported in April
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Walt's transformation. That's the route the character has taken these five seasons, sure, in terms of his changing context. But I think the most horrifying part of "Breaking Bad" may be that Walt, at his core, didn't really transform at all. It wasn't greed or generosity or cancer or fear that fueled this reign of death and destruction. It was resentment. Seething, burning resentment, the kind that forms not due to poor treatment but due to an innate knowledge that you, the aggrieved, are better than said treatment, better than everyone who has somehow gotten the better of you over
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Thomas said she believed the episode demonstrated that Walter is in fact a weak man, comparing his useless pleas to Gus to his ineffective attempts to mislead Skyler about his drug-manufacturing activities in earlier seasons. Not all reviews were positive. Jessica Grose, also of Slate magazine, said while she prefers episodes that mixed its darker aspects with black humor, "Box Cutter" was "all claustrophobia and fear". "The Philadelphia Inquirer" columnist David Hiltbrand condemned the violent scene with Victor's death, which he called "totally gratuitous ... serv[ing] no plot or character purpose". Box Cutter (Breaking Bad) "Box Cutter" is the fourth
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"Masters of Sex". His film roles include the role of Logan in "Alien Raiders", Captain Hank Garrison in "W.M.D." and Zimmer in "Resilience". Kiesche's published works include "Park Ranger Park", "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Weakday Drifter & Other Writings". Tom Kiesche Tom Kiesche (born October 2, 1967) is an American film, television and stage actor, and novelist. In the AMC series "Breaking Bad", he played the role of Clovis in seasons 2 and 3. Kiesche has had recurring roles in "Monk", "Breaking Bad" and "Lights Out". His television guest appearances include "Law & Order", "Diagnosis Murder", "3rd Rock from
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would have a sufficiently good reason to bring them in. Paul had previously mentioned the possibility of a cameo during Season 1 but this fell through. Anna Gunn also mentioned a "talk" with Gilligan over possible guest appearances as Skyler White. Dean Norris, another "Breaking Bad" alumnus, stated he could not be part of the earlier seasons, partly due to his involvement in the CBS series "Under the Dome". Gilligan said that by Season 3 that show had been on long enough that any reuse of "Breaking Bad" characters would be more than "just a cameo or an Alfred Hitchcock
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Tom Kiesche Tom Kiesche (born October 2, 1967) is an American film, television and stage actor, and novelist. In the AMC series "Breaking Bad", he played the role of Clovis in seasons 2 and 3. Kiesche has had recurring roles in "Monk", "Breaking Bad" and "Lights Out". His television guest appearances include "Law & Order", "Diagnosis Murder", "3rd Rock from the Sun", "Angel", "ER", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Alias", "JAG", "The Guardian", "Judging Amy", "That '70s Show", "", "The Drew Carey Show", "Las Vegas", "Bones", "Big Love", "Weeds", "NCIS", "Without a Trace", "", "Criminal Minds", "Chuck", "", "The Mentalist" and
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walkthrough", and that their appearances would be necessary for the story. By July 2013, the series had yet to be green-lighted. Netflix was one of many interested distributors, but ultimately a deal was made between AMC and "Breaking Bad" production company Sony Pictures Television. Gilligan and Gould serve as co-showrunners and Gilligan directed the pilot. Former "Breaking Bad" writers Thomas Schnauz and Gennifer Hutchison joined the writing staff, with Schnauz serving as co-executive producer and Hutchison as supervising producer. Also on the writing staff are Bradley Paul, and Gordon Smith, who was a writer's assistant on "Breaking Bad". In developing
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and Lancashire. "'Ow B'ist," or "Ow b'ist gooin" (How are you/ how are you going), to which typical responses would be "Bostin', ah kid" (Bostin' means "Busting", as in breaking, and is similar in usage to "smashing"; and "Ah Kid" (our kid) is a term of endearment - relatively recently imported from Liverpool-centric T.V. shows in the 1900s) or "'Bay too bad," or even "bay three bad" ("I be not too bad"/ I'm not too bad). Ain't is in common use as when "I haven't seen her" becomes "I ay sid 'er." Black Country dialect often uses "ar" where other
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Michael Benyaer Michael Benyaer (born May 25, 1970) is a Canadian-American actor, cartoon and video game voice actor and is probably best known for his roles as Bob in the Canadian CGI series "ReBoot", seasons 1, 2 and 4 and Hadji Singh in season one of "The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest". On playing Hadji, Benyaer stated, "[he] is one of the few roles for an ethnic actor that is not a bad guy. I mean, how many East Indian heroes have been on television? Hadji is for the sensitive kids out there. He is the outsider in all of
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"Sesame Street". Michael Benyaer Michael Benyaer (born May 25, 1970) is a Canadian-American actor, cartoon and video game voice actor and is probably best known for his roles as Bob in the Canadian CGI series "ReBoot", seasons 1, 2 and 4 and Hadji Singh in season one of "The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest". On playing Hadji, Benyaer stated, "[he] is one of the few roles for an ethnic actor that is not a bad guy. I mean, how many East Indian heroes have been on television? Hadji is for the sensitive kids out there. He is the outsider in
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Better Call Saul (season 4) The fourth season of the American television drama series "Better Call Saul" premiered on August 6, 2018, and concluded on October 8, 2018. The fourth season consists of 10 episodes and aired on Mondays at 9:00 pm (Eastern) in the United States on AMC. "Better Call Saul" is a spin-off prequel of "Breaking Bad" created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould who also worked on "Breaking Bad". The first and second seasons mainly took place in 2002, with season three advancing the storyline to 2003. The fourth season also takes place mainly in 2003, with
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that he "didn't really give much thought on how well it would sell", stating that he would have given up on the premise since it was "such an odd, dark story" that could have difficulties being pitched to studios. As the series progressed, Gilligan and the writing staff of "Breaking Bad" made Walter increasingly unsympathetic. Gilligan said during the run of the series, "He's going from being a protagonist to an antagonist. We want to make people question who they're pulling for, and why." Cranston said by the fourth season, "I think Walt's figured out it's better to be a
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Another relegation in 1980 was directly followed by one of the most successful seasons in the club's history as they won the Fourth Division Championship in 1981, breaking a series of club records in the process. Despite success on the pitch and low admission prices, the club's gates were low and condemned as "a bad reflection on the town". Many of Southend United's most gifted players were sold due to a financial strain. In June 1983 Anton Johnson, a local butcher who was also chairman of Rotherham United, bought 44.9% of the club from the Rubin brothers. The club was
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three years. Due to the rigorous touring schedule of Boom, he would continually lose his voice, when it eventually "stuck" that way leading to his signature raspy voice. Jones was the singer/main songwriter of the influential ska band Faculty Four. Before leaving for Boom Chicago, Jones managed to book 20 commercials in two years, including a spot for Midas. After returning, his first theatrical audition was for the AMC crime drama series "Breaking Bad". From 2008 to 2013, Jones appeared in a recurring role as Brandon "Badger" Mayhew on "Breaking Bad". He appeared as a pizza delivery boy on "How
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find letter tiles and spell the longest word, have been used in numerous consecutive seasons. Competitions such as the "Big Brother Boardwalk" competition see HouseGuests attempting to guess how much of an item there is; this is one of various competitions that do not require HouseGuests to compete in a physical based competition. The "How Bad Do You Want It?" Power of Veto competition, first introduced in the seventh season, saw HouseGuests taking punishments in exchange for advancing in the competition. Variations of this competition have been used in numerous subsequent seasons. HouseGuests Janelle Pierzina (S7), Daniele Donato (S8), Paul
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distributors, putting his life at risk. "Breaking Bad" was created by Vince Gilligan, who spent several years writing the Fox series "The X-Files". Gilligan wanted to create a series in which the protagonist became the antagonist. "Television is historically good at keeping its characters in a self-imposed stasis so that shows can go on for years or even decades," he said. "When I realized this, the logical next step was to think, how can I do a show in which the fundamental drive is toward change?" He added that his goal with Walter White was to turn him from Mr.
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that there’s an emotion there. It may be very, very subtle, but trust the audiences to pick up on that, because audiences do." The development of certain characters posed challenges. Skyler White became unsympathetic to most viewers in earlier seasons as she was often presented as an obstacle to Walt's ultimate agenda. The writers struggled to change the dynamic and realized that "the only way people were going to like Skyler was if she started going along with what Walt was doing." It was a tricky shift to alter on screen because they didn't want to betray her character so
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vigor, which leaves her asking, "Walt, is that you?" "Breaking Bad" was created by television writer Vince Gilligan, with the crux of the series being the protagonist's journey into an antagonist. He stated "Television is historically good at keeping its characters in a self-imposed stasis so that shows can go on for years or even decades," he said. "When I realized this, the logical next step was to think, how can I do a show in which the fundamental drive is toward change?" He added that his goal with Walter White is to turn him from Mr. Chips into Scarface.
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common theme in "Breaking Bad" about masculinity. With Skyler asserting herself in Walter's work, and Hank taking out his insecurities about being disabled on Marie, Maerz said the script raises the question, "What does it mean to be a strong man?" "Los Angeles Times" writer Todd VanDerWerff called it "one of the best episodes this show has ever done", despite diverting the attention from Walter to the support cast members. VanDerWerff said the episode well demonstrated how Walter's actions affected others around him and said Marie's character was more interesting than in the past. Matt Richenthal of TV Fanatic complimented
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and slowly succumbs to his injury as the police search the compound. "Breaking Bad" received widespread critical acclaim and has been praised by many critics as one of the greatest television shows of all time. On the review aggregator website Metacritic, the first season scored 73 out of 100, the second 84 out of 100, the third 89 out of 100, the fourth 96 out of 100, and the fifth 99 out of 100. The American Film Institute listed "Breaking Bad" as one of the top ten television series of 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. In 2013, "TV Guide"
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seasons of "Breaking Bad". "Talk" received critical acclaim, with many critics praising Jonathan Banks' performance in the episode. On Rotten Tomatoes, it garnered a perfect 100% rating with an average score of 7.93/10 based on 12 reviews. The site's consensus reads, "Ugly feelings loom large in 'Talk', an installment that manages to lay foundations for future episodes without losing its dramatic own hold." "Talk" was watched by 1.53 million viewers on its first broadcast, earning a 0.4 ratings for viewers between 18 and 49. Talk (Better Call Saul) "Talk" is the fourth episode of the fourth season of the AMC
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for "Bad Girls Club: Atlanta". "Making it to the Mansion, ATL" aired on January 8, 2013, at 8 P.M. Eastern Time, with commercial promotions being released January 2, 2013. The special was watched by approximately 596,000 viewers. Nunn filmed a "Top Ten OMGs" special for "Bad Girls Club" seasons six through ten with Camilla Poindexter. Nunn was cast to be on the new reality competition series "Bad Girls All-Star Battle" on Oxygen, which had a record-breaking 1.73 million viewers and made history for being Oxygen's highest rated television premiere series. She placed fifth in the competition. Nunn co-hosted "Making it
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Foster (Miller), his parole officer's niece, in hopes it will be his chance to escape to Canada. Silas cannot stand Camille and she is blind to how he really feels, believing that everything will be all right once they get to the falls. After their wedding Camille frets about there being no rice thrown and how that is bad luck. On the way to Niagara Falls they crash their honeymoon bike and Camille dies in the accident. Thinking that he killed Camille, Silas runs away, breaking into a nearby house to call the police but hanging up before he reports
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as the best series of 2011 while noting that, ""Breaking Bad" is that rare TV series that has never made a seriously damaging storytelling misstep." "The A.V. Club"'s review of the finale summed it up as a "fantastically fitting end for a season that ran in slow motion, starting and continuing with so many crises begging for resolution week after week. Now the decks are cleared, but that doesn't mean anybody is home free. Nothing's ever easy on "Breaking Bad"." The reviewer continued to exalt the season, and proclaimed, "What a season of television — truly something none of us
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Tide" published in 1984 Sharron records that 'being accepted into Ray's Port of Plymouth squad was one of the many watershed points of my career' she goes on to describe how 'he corrected all her bad habits and developed me into a four-stroke swimmer. Ray laid the foundations of the medley swimmer that was to blossom later'. She set a record by swimming for the British national team at the age of only eleven. She was so determined that she continued her training even after breaking both her wrists in a childhood accident. In 1976, still only thirteen, Davies was
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San Antonio, Texas. Jackie Earle Haley Jack Earle Haley (born July 14, 1961) is an American actor. His earliest roles included Moocher in "Breaking Away" (1979) and Kelly Leak in "The Bad News Bears" (1976), "The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training" (1977) and "The Bad News Bears Go to Japan" (1978). After spending many years as a producer and director of television commercials, he revived his acting career with a supporting role in "All the King's Men" (2006). This was followed by his performance as pedophile Ronald James McGorvey in "Little Children" (2006), for which he was nominated for
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Jackie Earle Haley Jack Earle Haley (born July 14, 1961) is an American actor. His earliest roles included Moocher in "Breaking Away" (1979) and Kelly Leak in "The Bad News Bears" (1976), "The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training" (1977) and "The Bad News Bears Go to Japan" (1978). After spending many years as a producer and director of television commercials, he revived his acting career with a supporting role in "All the King's Men" (2006). This was followed by his performance as pedophile Ronald James McGorvey in "Little Children" (2006), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award
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would star James Franco and be directed by "Breaking Bad" regular Michelle MacLaren. In September, Maggie Gyllenhaal was cast as a Times Square hooker in the pilot, which was set to begin filming in the fall of that year. In preparation for the project, she consulted with former prostitute and porn star Annie Sprinkle. “She had some very simple helpful insights... How many people do you fuck a night, what do you do if it’s really cold.” Gyllenhaal also went to the set of a porn shoot in Los Angeles, having been invited by a former adult film star who
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explaining why it's for the best that she accept the new phase their lives have entered, and again hints at remorse for what happened to Ted. Even though her back is still facing him, Walt continues to reassure Skyler on how things are much better than she thinks they are—while escalating sexual foreplay on her. Looking anxious, lost, and perhaps on the verge of some kind of outcry, Skyler remains completely quiet as the scene suddenly cuts to black. "Breaking Bad" creator and episode writer Vince Gilligan spoke about opening the episode at Madrigal: "We always like to surprise our
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Granite State (Breaking Bad) "Granite State" is the fifteenth and penultimate episode of the fifth season of the American television drama series "Breaking Bad", and the 61st and penultimate episode of the series. Written and directed by Peter Gould, it aired on AMC in the United States and Canada on September 22, 2013. Ed the "disappearer" (Robert Forster) brings Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) to the basement of his vacuum repair shop. There he finds Walt (Bryan Cranston), who also paid for a new identity and relocation. Walt asks Saul to put him in contact with hitmen so he can kill
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different so it could be less. There are sources that phrase the breaking of bad habits under habit-formation and that an individual acquires a new habit within 66 days. A study found that this process is marked by an asymptomatic increase of the behavior, with the initial acceleration slowing to a plateau after the said time period. There are several variations regarding the period of development. For instance, a source stated that breaking a bad habit or changing an unhealthy behavioral pattern such as smoking takes 90 days while forming a new habit that stick requires 66 days. A key
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a juvenile correctional facility, and a defense litigator in New York and Los Angeles. Mastras was awarded the ABC/Walt Disney Studios Writer's Fellowship in 2005. Mastras is the younger brother of Maria Jacquemetton (née Mastras), a producer and scriptwriter for "Mad Men". George Mastras George Mastras is an American author, screenwriter, director, and television producer. He has worked on all five seasons of the AMC drama "Breaking Bad". He won the Pen USA Literary Award in 2009, won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2013 and 2014 as one of Breaking Bad's producers, was nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award,
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in the Middle", "The King of Queens", "Arrested Development", "How I Met Your Mother", "Scrubs", "Curb Your Enthusiasm", "The Office", "Entourage", "The New Adventures of Old Christine", "Rules of Engagement", "Two and a Half Men", "The Big Bang Theory", "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia", and "30 Rock", among many others. A trend seen in several sitcoms of the late 2000s was the absence of a laugh track. The decade also saw the rise of premium cable dramas such as "The Sopranos", "Deadwood", "The Wire", "Battlestar Galactica", "Breaking Bad" and "Mad Men". The critic Daniel Mendelsohn wrote a critique of "Mad
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Bryan Cranston said he was not expecting the episode to take the direction it did. He called the scene "painful, but beautifully crafted, and reasonably so", and commented on the contrast between Gus' calm demeanor and Walter's "tap-dancing to stay alive". Cranston said of Esposito's performance, "When he plays that bad character, his eyes go dead, and all it takes is to look into his eyes." Gilligan said although Gus' actions in the scene were scripted, "You'd be surprised how little I talked to Giancarlo about how he played that part ... This is a man with amazing instincts." A
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the television series "Breaking Bad", which takes place in modern times, features many examples of Western archetypes. According to creator Vince Gilligan, "After the first "Breaking Bad" episode, it started to dawn on me that we could be making a contemporary western. So you see scenes that are like gunfighters squaring off, like Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef—we have Walt and others like that." The precursor to these was the radio series "Tales of the Texas Rangers" (1950–1952), with Joel McCrea, a contemporary detective drama set in Texas, featuring many of the characteristics of traditional Westerns. The 1971 film
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touring and recorded two more albums ("Wonderful" and "VI") before breaking up in 1990. However, they reformed in 1994 and released "Oddities, Abnormalities and Curiosities", their last album to date, a year later. Hetson would continue to play for both Bad Religion and The Circle Jerks. As of 2010, The Circle Jerks are on hiatus again. Greg Hetson was credited on Bad Religion's album "How Could Hell Be Any Worse?" for playing the solo for the song Part III. His first (official) release with Bad Religion was the "Back to the Known" EP, released in 1985, which declared the band's
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George Mastras George Mastras is an American author, screenwriter, director, and television producer. He has worked on all five seasons of the AMC drama "Breaking Bad". He won the Pen USA Literary Award in 2009, won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2013 and 2014 as one of Breaking Bad's producers, was nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award, and won three Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards, for his work on the series. Mastras is also the author of the novel "Fidali's Way" (Scribner 2009). Mastras began writing for television in 2006 for the series "The Evidence". He wrote the
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presentation of the mid-season premiere of "Breaking Bad"s fifth season. Episodes continued airing following new episodes of "Breaking Bad". "Talking Bad" concluded its run on September 29, 2013, with an extended one-hour episode directly following the series finale. The series features host Chris Hardwick discussing the latest episode with guests who are fans of the series, including cast and crew from "Breaking Bad". On hosting the show, Hardwick commented: "Breaking Bad’ will go down as one of the best shows in television history. Obviously, it's tonally much different than ‘The Walking Dead,’ and I will strive to give ‘Breaking Bad’
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defined somewhat differently in that era than in modern cryptography. First, there is the "identification" of the system in use, in this case Enigma; second, "breaking" the system by establishing exactly how encryption takes place, and third, "solving", which involves finding the way that the machine was set up for an individual message, "i.e." the "message key". Today, it is often assumed that an attacker knows how the encipherment process works (see Kerckhoffs's principle) and "breaking" is often used for "solving" a key. Enigma machines, however, had so many potential internal wiring states that reconstructing the machine, independent of particular
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situation under control by commenting on how bad the Punisher is and with compliments like breaking so many villains out of the Raft, which earned him the respect of Crossbones and Count Nefaria. This does not stop the others, however. Determined to get respect, Electro heads back over to the Raft, ready for another breakout despite Green Goblin having done the same just recently and the fact that it was re-christened as Spider-Island II. He sends a blot of electricity around, but it grows excessively big and Electro cannot turn it off. He finally exhausts all of his power, but
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demonstrate that the actions of the characters in "Breaking Bad" have major consequences. The writing staff spent weeks discussing how Jesse would react to having killed Gale, and went with the course of events in "Thirty-Eight Snub" in part because they felt it would be the most unexpected for the audience. Bryan Cranston praised these scenes, saying "I thought it was a great way to show a person going through a private hell. That everybody suffers, deals with their own personal loss in many different ways." The scenes were shot on a set in a sound stage built by production
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childhood, health promotion would include modelling behaviours and attitudes that avoid stereotyping, encouraging children to distinguish between good and bad touching, and enhancing their ability and confidence to take control over their own bodies. This intervention would allow room for talking about sexual aggression. During adolescence and young adulthood, discussions would cover myths about rape, how to set boundaries for sexual activity, and breaking the links between sex, violence and coercion. While Schwartz's model was designed for use in industrialized countries, some of the principles involved could be applicable to developing countries. In many countries, when sexual violence is reported,
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the high-quality blue meth Walt had produced over the previous seasons and his life as a drug kingpin which the main character at last recognizes he had enjoyed. According to "Rolling Stone", the music supervisors on the show disagreed with Gilligan's choice for the final song; however, music supervisor Thomas Golubić stated that "journalists sometimes try to create drama where there isn't any" and that his quotes were "mis-represented". "Baby Blue" became an obvious choice as the editing came closer to completion with Golubić describing the process of finalizing the song: "Felina" had the highest ratings of any episode of
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the bad publicity and tells Nicky that she can just leave right now. Nicky is heart broken when leaving the store looking at the Santa chair that she use to sit in. At home with her friend and daughter Nicky is frustrated at looking her job and how happy Fiona was to fire her. Nicky's feels she has made a mess of everything and feels that she lied and tricked everyone. Then there is a knock on the door. It's Nicky's landlord saying that she's on the news. They turn on the tv to see breaking news. The reporter is
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special effects involving fire. EP Remix single The song was used in many movies and television shows, including Breaking Bad and the opening scene of the movie "Knocked Up". An excerpt of the song was used in the third episode of "Fresh Off the Boat". The song was also used for the "Luke Cage" trailer. It is also included on the "Skate 3" video game soundtrack. The song was covered by dancehall musician Prince Fatty; a similar version of this song was used in the TV show "Breaking Bad". It was also covered by El Michels Affair in 2009. "Shimmy
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and watched three seasons of "Breaking Bad"' or it's two seasons of "Game of Thrones"". He was officially cast on March 18, 2011. Robin Wright was approached by Fincher to star in the series when they worked together in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". She was cast as Claire Underwood in June 2011. Kate Mara was cast as Zoe Barnes in early February 2012. Mara's sister, Rooney Mara, worked with Fincher in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", and when Kate Mara read the part of Zoe, she "fell in love with the character" and asked her sister to
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and "Back to the Known" and the band's three track contributions to the "Public Service" EP. This compilation did not include "Into the Unknown". "80–85" is now out of print and has been replaced by the 2004 re-issued version of "How Could Hell Be Any Worse?" with the same track listings. With alternative rock and grunge breaking into the mainstream, Bad Religion was signed to Atlantic Records in 1993 and quickly re-released their seventh full-length studio album "Recipe for Hate" on the label that same year. Despite receiving mixed reviews from music critics, the album finally broke Bad Religion into
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characters are based on film. Showrunner Vince Gilligan, being a fan of Kubrick and his "non-submersible moments", has included references to Kubrick movies in many of his works. "I'm happy to see that his inspiration has shown in noticeable ways in our work in "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul"," says Gilligan. "Breaking Bad's" episode "Sunset" has a cop radioing for assistance and begins, "KDK-12" — the radio address at the Overlook, before being axed. The axe-murdered Grady twins in "The Shining" are turned into the axe-murdering Salamanca twins in "Breaking Bad". The descent of the main character, school teacher
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Kirchwey's breaking up of the word "hemoglobin" into "he–moglobin" because the writer is talking about the birth of a baby boy, and Salter discusses the rhyming patterns. She notes how Kirchwey spent a year in Italy; many of the poems in this book are set there. She finds in his writing a quality of "tenderness", and sees a poet who "can't shake his shockability". Salter compared Kirchwey to poet [[Marianne Moore]] in terms of how the "alliterative, assonant words hang heavy as lemons from their commas" and in terms of stylistic approaches such as breaking words at the ends of
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seasons. AMC would then pick up "Into the Badlands" up for a six episode first season and "Breaking Bad" spinoff "Better Call Saul" for two seasons. On October 9, 2014, it was announced that AMC would scrap its entire current and future unscripted slate outside "Talking Dead" and "Comic Book Men". This announcement came shortly after AMC took over the United States co-production of the sci-fi drama "Humans" from Xbox Entertainment Studios. AMC Media recently bought the European media giant Chello Media from Liberty Global. At the end of October, it was announced that AMC had won the bidding war
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Grilled (Breaking Bad) "Grilled" is the second episode of the second season of the American television drama series "Breaking Bad". It was written by George Mastras and directed by Charles Haid. This episode marks the final "Breaking Bad" appearance of Raymond Cruz (Tuco Salamanca). Having been kidnapped by a crazed Tuco, Walt and Jesse are held prisoner in a desert hideout where he takes care of his sick uncle, the mute Hector Salamanca. Hector was once a drug kingpin but now is incapacitated because of a stroke, but can communicate with a desk bell. Hank and the DEA have rounded
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drug-related activity with Nacho Varga (Michael Mando), in addition to becoming right-hand man for drug lord Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) who runs a fast food restaurant as a business front. Odenkirk, Banks and Esposito are all reprising their starring roles from "Breaking Bad". Like its predecessor, "Better Call Saul" has received critical acclaim, particularly for its acting, writing, and directing; many critics have called it a worthy successor to "Breaking Bad" and one of the best prequels ever made. Some have also deemed it superior to its predecessor. It has garnered many nominations, including a Peabody Award, 23 Primetime Emmy
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social harmony — especially if the speaker and listener are socially distant from one another. For this reason, terms of insult are socially taboo and dysphemistic. Breaking a social taboo can act as an emotional release, with the illocutionary act of expressing a feeling or attitude. Bad or taboo words for many things far outnumber the "good" words. Hugh Rawson notices in his book "Wicked Words" that when looking at Roget's International Thesaurus, there are "...89 synonyms for drunk, compared to 16 for sober, and 206 for bad person compared to 82 for good person. The synonyms for unchastity in
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was never intimidated by them. On one occasion a woman magistrate was endeavouring to chastise Hill for breaking the law, to which criticism, Hill, implicitly referring to Emmeline Pankhurst and the female emancipation movement, replied, "if it hadn't been for a woman breaking the law, you wouldn't be sitting there now madam". Besides enduring many prison sentences, Hill supported the anti helmet law campaign by attending many MAG demos, at which he made speeches. Despite his age, Hill would ride considerable distances for which purpose he traded in his moped for a 250 Honda. No matter how far he had
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coincides with the completion of May sweeps. "24" aired during both February and May sweeps periods in all of its seasons, and during the November sweeps period in its first three seasons. Beginning with its fourth season, "24" began its season in January and aired new episodes non-stop until May. The series was nominated for and won several other television awards including the Emmy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and Screen Actors Guild Awards. It is one of only five TV series (along with "NYPD Blue", "The West Wing", "Breaking Bad" and "Homeland") ever to have won the Emmy Award, the
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probably why we haven't repeated that formula since." "Breaking Bad"'s original score is composed by Dave Porter. The show also uses music from other recording artists with music supervision by Thomas Golubić. Select songs from Season 2 are featured on the "Breaking Bad Soundtrack" available through iTunes and Amazon.com. The second season was released on DVD in Region 1 and Blu-ray in Region A on March 16, 2010. It was released on DVD in Region 2 on July 26, 2010 and in Region 4 on February 8, 2010. The second season of "Breaking Bad" received very positive reviews from critics,
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their article "Die Chemie bei Breaking Bad" on "Chemie in unserer Zeit" (translated into English on "ChemistryViews" as "The Chemistry of 'Breaking Bad'"), Tunga Salthammer and Falk Harnish discuss the plausibility of the chemistry portrayed in certain scenes. According to the two, chemistry is clearly depicted as a manufacturing science without much explanation of analytical methods being provided. On the other hand, serious scientific subjects are mixed into the dialog in order to show a world where chemistry plays a key role. Michael Slovis was the cinematographer of "Breaking Bad" beginning with the second season and he received critical acclaim
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becomes known as Saul Goodman from the fourth season onwards. Jonathan Banks also reprises his role as Mike Ehrmantraut, a former Philadelphia police officer who works independently as a parking lot attendant, and later on a private investigator and "cleaner". By July 2013, the series had yet to be green-lighted. Netflix was one of many interested distributors, but ultimately a deal was made between AMC and "Breaking Bad" production company Sony Pictures Television. Gilligan and Gould serve as co-showrunners and Gilligan directed the pilot. Former "Breaking Bad" writers Thomas Schnauz and Gennifer Hutchison joined the writing staff, with Schnauz serving
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celebrity fans, cast members, and "Breaking Bad" crew members, discussed episodes that aired immediately preceding the talk show. "Talking Bad" was inspired by the success of "Talking Dead" (also hosted by Hardwick), which airs immediately following new episodes of "The Walking Dead", and the talk shows share a similar logo and theme music. In July and August 2013, amidst the host of games, merchandise, podcasts, and various media AMC had released on the "Exclusives" section of the show's official website, over the course of the series, the digital comic book "Breaking Bad: All Bad Things" was released in August 2013.
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as co-executive producer and Hutchison as supervising producer. Also on the writing staff are Bradley Paul, and Gordon Smith, who was a writer's assistant on "Breaking Bad". Bob Odenkirk stars as lawyer/con-man Jimmy McGill (originally known as Saul Goodman in "Breaking Bad"). In January 2014, it was announced that Jonathan Banks would reprise his "Breaking Bad" role as Mike Ehrmantraut and be a series regular. Dean Norris, who played Hank Schrader in "Breaking Bad", announced that he would not make an appearance, partly due to his involvement in the CBS series "Under the Dome". Anna Gunn also mentioned a "talk"
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in the 2016 Venice Film Festival. In American television, there are several examples of series that make use of nonlinear narrative in different forms and for different purposes. Some notable examples are "Lost", "Breaking Bad", "The Walking Dead", "Once Upon a Time", "Arrow", "Orange Is the New Black", and "True Detective". Even though it is often found in drama, some comedy shows use nonlinear narrative too, such as "Arrested Development" and "How I Met Your Mother". This kind of narrative is used in several ways. Some series only have certain nonlinear episodes, such as "Penny Dreadful" and "The Leftovers". Others
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commercials and testimonials. Exclusive to the Blu-ray release is "Breaking Bad" cast and crew photo collection. The third season of "Breaking Bad" scored 89 out of 100 on review aggregator site Metacritic indicating "universal acclaim". "Time" proclaimed "It's a drama that has chosen the slow burn over the flashy explosion, and it's all the hotter for that choice." "Newsday" stated "Breaking Bad" was still TV's best series and it stayed true to itself. Tim Goodman praised the writing, acting, and cinematography, pointing out the "visual adventurousness" of the series. Goodman went on to call the show's visuals as "a combination
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killed. He finds Tomás there, and confirms that not only is he working for a drug gang, but the gang works for Gus peddling the blue meth that he and Walt are making. Jesse quietly walks away. The episode was written by John Shiban and Thomas Schnauz, and directed by Michelle MacLaren; it aired on AMC in the United States and Canada on May 30, 2010. The episode was critically acclaimed. Seth Amitin of IGN gave the episode a rating of 8.9 out of 10 commenting: "Ah damn. Breaking Bad has been one of the few shows on television to
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Pilot (Breaking Bad) "Pilot" (titled "Breaking Bad" on DVD and Blu-ray releases) is the pilot episode and series premiere of the American television drama series "Breaking Bad". It originally aired on AMC on January 20, 2008, and was written and directed by series creator and showrunner Vince Gilligan. Walter White is a high school chemistry teacher living in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with his pregnant wife Skyler and their teenage son Walter Jr. (RJ Mitte), who has cerebral palsy. Walt supplements his low teaching salary by working part-time at a local car wash, where he ends up being humiliated in front
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"stumbled" when it came to "compelling drama in which everyone involved acts in character and within the bounds of recognizable, reasonable human behavior." HitFix's Alan Sepinwall thought "Buyout" was "a bit more muddled" when compared to the previous episodes, adding, "There are incredible individual components — the pre-credits sequence, Walt's improvised blowtorch, even another awkward meal at the White house — but they didn't entirely work together." Aaron Paul was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in this episode. Buyout (Breaking Bad) "Buyout" is the sixth episode of the
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Vince Gilligan, his writers, and lead actor Bob Odenkirk (Saul). "Better Call Saul" is a return to the tried-and-true New Mexico environment, the sweeping shots of wide-sky desert mixed with strip-mall extravagance, the lushness juxtaposed with the dark comedy, which, as it was with "Breaking Bad", both jarring and hilarious at the same time. You'll find yourself laughing in spite of yourself." Robert Bianco of "USA Today" said "Face it: When AMC announced it had ordered a prequel to "Breaking Bad", odds are many of us saw it as a callow move by a network bereft of new ideas to
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of the series and the 17-month break between the fourth and fifth season was not his decision. Although, he did admit that the plan to keep "Mad Men" off the air in 2011 was in place before the negotiations. He said, "There was a plan in place in 2010 that the show would not be on the air in 2011. You don't just throw in "Breaking Bad" because "Mad Men" is not available. They have four shows. They do them one at a time, and God bless them for the fact that "Breaking Bad" got an audience, because of where
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for more 'sophisticated' forms of entertainment. There lasting appeal is due, I think, to the fact that they not only entertain, but can be understood on many different levels and provide a form of "nourishment for the brain" that can help develop thinking abilities and perceptions." The Man with Bad Manners The Man With Bad Manners, first published in 2003, is the seventh out of eleven children's books written by Idries Shah and published by Hoopoe Books. "The Man With Bad Manners" is a fable about how a village struggles with a Man with Bad Manners. The story's focus is
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the sender and receiver have the same cultural biases. This means that the intended message was created by the dominant class and that the recipient was also a part of the dominant point of view. A modern-day example of the dominant-hegemonic code is described by communication scholar Garrett Castleberry in his upcoming article "Understanding Stuart Hall's 'Encoding/Decoding' Through AMC's Breaking Bad". Castleberry argues that there is a dominant-hegemonic "position held by the entertainment industry that illegal drug side-effects cause less damage than perceived". If this is the dominant code and television shows like Breaking Bad support such perceptions, then they
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cinematography and Toland's achievements on the film. Another unorthodox method used in the film was the way low-angle shots were used to display a point of view facing upwards, thus allowing ceilings to be shown in the background of several scenes. Breaking with studio convention, every set was built with a ceiling—many constructed of fabric that ingeniously concealed microphones. Welles felt that the camera should show what the eyes see, and that it was a bad theatrical convention to pretend there was no ceiling—"a big lie in order to get all those terrible lights up there," he said. He became
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Aaron Paul was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for this episode. Peekaboo (Breaking Bad) "Peekaboo" is the sixth episode of the second season of the American television drama series "Breaking Bad". It was written by J. Roberts and Vince Gilligan, and directed by Peter Medak. Jesse gets the address of the couple who ripped off Skinny Pete and goes to their dilapidated house. Upon breaking inside, he finds and tends to their young neglected son. When the couple returns home, Jesse holds them up and demands that they return his meth and
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