Breaking Bad Review

Crime-thrillers rule primetime television these days and Breaking Bad has been able to carve a niche among the cluster of crime-dramas around by the virtue of it's protagonist and his story. Self-admittedly an 'over-qualified' Chemistry teacher at local school,Walter White's life appears futile and suffocating when he sees his mates at college achieving the unexpected while he is stuck in muck! And the transformation of humble,indifferent teacher is what the show is about.

The show is set in New Mexico,USA and captures the arid terrains and the criminal activities of drug production and illegal trade. Walter White's life is pushed to a precipice when there is an unplanned baby on the way with severe shortage of savings, and he is diagnosed with lung cancer at this juncture.With a palsy-affected son and a middle-aged wife struggling with late-pregnancy ,Walter White has to seek out new ways to procure enough money to make his family survive.

While on a ride-along with his DEA agent brother-in-law,an idea strikes Walter,and he chooses to change his life forever.Walt enters the big bad world of drug making and trading. He is slowly drawn into the grim and unethical quicksand of this illegal trade which takes a toll on his mental sanity and his conjugal life. With themes of moral judgement and criminal activities running parallelly, the show shows human life in a very intense manner,surveying through various depths of it. Bloodshed,vices,theft,lies and most importantly,the drugs the world projected is impregnably noir. The storyline is gripping and the cast is undoubtedly perfect! With the rising popularity of this show, Cranston has been recognized as one of the most amazing actors of this time.