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Sunday, March 8, 2009: Breaking Bad

by Angel Cohn March 8, 2009 6:00 AM
Sunday, March 8, 2009: Breaking Bad

Bryan Cranston can kind of do no wrong in my book, even when he's playing a drug dealer. Actually, especially when he's playing a drug dealer with a good reason. This AMC show doesn't get the kind of attention that Mad Men gets, but it is a solid series, with Cranston playing the role of his life as a chemistry teacher with terminal lung cancer desperate to provide for his wife and kids before he dies. If you missed it the first season, I've put the fabulous series in a minute video below. Everyone has a minute, right? It's just a little taste. That way you'll know if you like it or not. God, do I sound like a pusher? Wait, am I a pusher? I always knew I was a TV junkie, but this might be taking things to a whole new level. I do get paid to talk about TV... hmm... My parents will be so proud.

The new season picks up with Walter (Cranston) and his dead-beat former student/partner in crime Jesse (Aaron Paul) trying to cope with their temperamental business partner. It's not so easy when the product you are dealing with is crystal meth. (Seriously, I never learned to do cool stuff like that in high school). And Walter's family is getting a bit suspicious, so he tries to calculate just how long he needs to keep up this gig before he has enough money to pay for college and all the other associated bills.

In this economy, it doesn't seem so far-fetched, does it? Anyway, Cranston's amazing, the show is oddly funny and touching and troubling, and worth a look. Go ahead, give it a try. You know you want to.

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