Breaking Bad (2008)

Crime · Drama · Thriller

Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.

IMDb rating: 9.5 (2,616,919 votes)
Seasons: 5
Streaming (US): Netflix
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (2008)

8.69 avg 7 episodes 9.0 → 8.8 49 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	9.0	81,357
2	Cat's in the Bag...	8.6	60,715
3	...And the Bag's in the River	8.7	58,508
4	Cancer Man	8.2	56,264
5	Gray Matter	8.2	55,162
6	Crazy Handful of Nothin'	9.3	64,421
7	A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal	8.8	56,172

Season 2 (2009)

8.78 avg 13 episodes 8.6 → 9.2 47 min avg

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Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Seven Thirty-Seven	8.6	50,574
2	Grilled	9.3	58,113
3	Bit by a Dead Bee	8.3	48,718
4	Down	8.2	48,798
5	Breakage	8.2	48,014
6	Peekaboo	8.8	51,340
7	Negro y Azul	8.6	47,840
8	Better Call Saul	9.2	56,372
9	4 Days Out	9.2	54,039
10	Over	8.4	46,924
11	Mandala	8.9	48,677
12	Phoenix	9.3	54,750
13	ABQ	9.2	53,510

Season 3 (2010)

8.72 avg 13 episodes 8.4 → 9.7 47 min avg

Big finale
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Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	No Más	8.4	46,181
2	Caballo sin Nombre	8.6	45,200
3	I.F.T.	8.3	44,892
4	Green Light	8.1	46,685
5	Más	8.5	44,141
6	Sunset	9.3	50,691
7	One Minute	9.6	62,114
8	I See You	8.7	45,209
9	Kafkaesque	8.3	44,541
10	Fly	7.9	95,305
11	Abiquiu	8.4	44,393
12	Half Measures	9.5	61,295
13	Full Measure	9.7	75,144

Season 4 (2011)

8.95 avg 13 episodes 9.2 → 9.8 47 min avg

Slow burn
Big finale
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Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Box Cutter	9.2	53,678
2	Thirty-Eight Snub	8.2	45,649
3	Open House	7.9	55,063
4	Bullet Points	8.5	44,573
5	Shotgun	8.6	44,299
6	Cornered	8.4	45,326
7	Problem Dog	8.8	45,786
8	Hermanos	9.3	52,285
9	Bug	8.9	47,773
10	Salud	9.6	65,157
11	Crawl Space	9.7	83,082
12	End Times	9.5	60,223
13	Face Off	9.8	156,455

Season 5 (2012)

9.32 avg 16 episodes 9.2 → 9.8 48 min avg

Big finale
Rebound
saved-best-for-last

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Live Free or Die	9.2	62,952
2	Madrigal	8.8	55,808
3	Hazard Pay	8.8	55,189
4	Fifty-One	8.7	55,597
5	Dead Freight	9.6	84,997
6	Buyout	9.0	58,024
7	Say My Name	9.6	80,861
8	Gliding Over All	9.5	71,645
9	Blood Money	9.4	67,395
10	Buried	9.2	62,064
11	Confessions	9.6	79,037
12	Rabid Dog	9.1	66,650
13	To'hajiilee	9.7	125,853
14	Ozymandias	9.5	499,944
15	Granite State	9.6	120,909
16	Felina	9.8	290,246