Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn
Despite the number of terrible things Walter White has done over the course of five seasons on Breaking Bad, the formerly meek high school chemistry teacher-turned-meth kingpin still has viewers who cheer him on in his disastrous journey.
But Sunday's episode —which to this viewer's eye was the last step in Walt's transformation from Mr. Chips to Scarface — certainly has to bring an end to all of that, right? Probably not.
Breaking Bad "Ozymandias" recap: The king of kings has fallen
Yes, Walt (Bryan Cranston) was undoubtedly responsible for the circumstances that ultimately led to...
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Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Early on Sunday's antepenultimate episode of Breaking Bad, Walter White collapses on the hard desert floor in sadness. And although things get considerably worse for Walt as the episode goes on, in that moment, Heisenberg is the embodiment of the Percy Bysshe Shelley poem from which the episode takes its name.
Breaking Bad postmortem: Is it all over for Walt?
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Breaking Bad
[WARNING: The following story contains spoilers from Sunday's episode of Breaking Bad. Read at your own risk.]
Sunday's episode of Breaking Bad featured a moment five seasons in the making.
Breaking Bad postmortem: Has Walt corrupted everyone?
During a tense game of cat-and-mouse, Walt (Bryan Cranston) tries to lure his former partner Jesse (Aaron Paul) out of hiding...
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Anna Gunn, Bryan Cranston
[WARNING: The following story contains spoilers from Sunday's episode of Breaking Bad. Read at your own risk.]
Cancer has always been a significant part of Breaking Bad. It was only after Walt (Bryan Cranston) was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer that he began cooking crystal meth to provide for his family. Five seasons later — after remission and following Walt's complete transformation into a murderous drug lord — Walt's hoping the return of his cancer will keep him out of the clutches of his DEA brother-in-law Hank (Dean Norris). But the cancer at the center of the show is no longer the tumor on Walt's lung — it's Walt himself.
Breaking Bad "Confessions" recap: Cooking with gas
Walt has been a malignant force on nearly every life he's touched since his 50th birthday...
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Aaron Paul
[WARNING: The following story contains spoilers from Sunday's episode of Breaking Bad. Read at your own risk.]
For many viewers, there is one major question hanging over the final episodes of Breaking Bad: Will Jesse (Aaron Paul) ever learn of the many awful things Walt (Bryan Cranston) has done to him over the past five seasons? And if so, how will Jesse react?
After Sunday's episode...
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Bryan Cranston
[WARNING: The following story contains major spoilers from Sunday's Breaking Bad finale. Read at your own risk.]
Breaking Bad fans will have to wait almost an entire year for the show's final eight episodes to unspool, but Sunday's finale gave viewers plenty to think about in the meantime...
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Christopher Heyerdahl
NBC will surely miss the Olympics ratings bump once the Games are over, with closing ceremony set for Sunday, but the rest of TV is more than ready to get back to business. Even as the torch is being snuffed on NBC, the lights are going on elsewhere.
Including on AMC, which airs one of the most gripping episodes to date — and that's saying something — of its dark masterpiece Breaking Bad (10/9c), in conjunction with the return of the drearily dour Western Hell on Wheels (9/8c) for its second season.
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Jesse Plemons
Jesse Plemons has joined the cast of Breaking Bad for its fifth and final season, TVLine.com reports.
The Friday Night Lights star will play...
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Bruce Greenwood, Eloise Mumford, Joe Anderson
A mere two nights after The Walking Dead finale shattered cable ratings records, and more than a few nerves, with its zombie shooting gallery at Hershel's now-abandoned farm, two more dynamic series signed off for the season Tuesday night — hopefully not for good (though one seems a likely goner) — giving us some fun and tense times. Sometimes both at once.
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Bent, David Walton and Amanda Peet
Blink and you might miss Bent, NBC's new romantic comedy, which premieres Wednesday at 9/8c. Although the series will only be on for three weeks of back-to-back new episodes, Bent actually deserves a closer look. The comedy, from Scrubs writer Tad Quill, follows a newly divorced, high-strung single mother (Amanda Peet) and the lackadaisical ladies' man she hires to re-do her kitchen (David Walton).
So what makes this half-hour comedy worth the investment? Here are five reasons to check out Bent:
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