

1. "One Minute" (Season 3, Episode 7) -- Hank beats the heck out of Jesse, who vows revenge. And then Hank nearly meets his doom at the hands of Tuco's insane cousins. It's one of the most intense and memorable climaxes to a TV episode ever.

2. "Crawl Space" (Season 4, Episode 11) -- Walt is pushed to the absolute brink when Gus threatens his family. As the hour unfolds, the sense of desperation and terror is so palpable that it feels like we're watching a horror flick.

3. "Face Off" -- (Season 4, Episode 13): It's an explosive ending for one of TV's greatest villains, Gus Fring, and a wickedly brilliant season finale that had us talking for weeks.


5. "Pilot" (Season 1, Episode 1) -- We can't leave off the episode that started it all. The tone is set and the imagery is priceless: Walt out in the desert in his tighty-whities. Let the madness begin.