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
Breaking Bad trust in Walter and asks Gale to take over the lab. He orders his henchmen to kill Walter and Jesse, and Walt convinces them to let him call Jesse. Instead of luring Jesse to the lab to be killed as he had promised, Walt instructs Jesse to kill Gale so that Walt and Jesse will be Gus's only trained meth cooks, and Gus will have to keep them alive. On June 14, 2010, AMC announced "Breaking Bad" was renewed for a fourth, 13-episode season. Production began in January 2011, the season premiered on July 17, 2011, and concluded on October