Breaking Bad but due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike only seven episodes were filmed. It ran from January 20 to March 9, 2008. A struggling high school chemistry teacher, Walter White (Bryan Cranston), is diagnosed with inoperable, advanced lung cancer. On a ride-along with his DEA agent brother-in-law Hank Schrader (Dean Norris), Walter sees a former student of his, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), fleeing the scene of a meth lab. He later contacts Jesse and devises a scheme to become partners in an attempt to combine their skills to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine, with Walter cooking the product and
Breaking Bad 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.