Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad is the best thing that’s happened to AMC since, um, Mad Men. Not only is the plotline fascinating (high-school chemistry teacher finds out he has lung cancer and starts cooking meth to pay medical bills for himself and baby on the way), but also it’s full of great tips and warnings for Future Drug Dealers. Thinking of going into the business? Take heed:

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DVD Release Date: Feb. 24
Creator: Vince GilliganStarring: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Rj Mitte, Betsy Brandt, Dean Norris Network: AMC
Riveting AMC series goes unexpected places
Breaking Bad’s pilot feels unmistakably like it was dreamt up to sell the show to a network, rather than to sculpt a viable new series. An Rv lumbers onscreen in the middle of a nameless desert, obviously about to go off the road. A middle-aged man wearing nothing but a gas mask and stark white underwear is behind the wheel, and he looks around frantically, as broken glass and two apparently dead bodies crash around in the back. He flies off the road in a catastrophe of dust and debris, stumbles out the door and begins to curse the landscape.

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Geez. Breaking Bad is breaking our innocent heart like the fourth grade. How about yours? With last Sunday’s episode, “Mandala,” the show tapped a pungent high too strong for /Film to ignore. Indeed, the latest ep in the best crystal meth drama outside of Wasilla, Alaska seemed to Ziploc the destinies of several main characters. Spoilers and tear drops ahead. If you’re a fan, please chime in below. If you’re not, what are you? A fan of Two and a Half Men? Do you know how much money that fat kid makes?!! Or, even worse, are you a fan of NBC’s Mark (competing time slot)? Before we really dive in though, let us raise the following observation: Perhaps what was most frightening about Sunday night’s ep is that this incredible AMC series is only in its second season. At least four seasons are planned. And yet,
Hunter Stephenson

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