Breaking Bad 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
Fly (Breaking Bad) television we're likely to see this year." In "TIME", James Poniewozik called it "the most unusual and very possibly best episode of Breaking Bad so far", comparing it favorably to "The Sopranos"<nowiki>'</nowiki> "Pine Barrens". In "Entertainment Weekly", Ken Tucker said he would be "shocked if both Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul don’t use the episode for Emmy consideration", and lauded it for "[opening] up to become an opportunity for Walt and Jesse to explain more fully the sadnesses and regrets they have over everything". Alan Sepinwall, writing for "HitFix", speculated that "Fly" may be "the best bottle show ever" and