Breaking Bad has
been one of if not the best TV to ever be shown. Over time, the show has aired
5 seasons and 62 episodes with, each and every episode becoming an instant
classic in itself. It all comes back to the main character, Walter White (Bryan
Cranston), when he decides to give up his lacklustre job of being a high school
chemistry teacher to begin making crystal meth to provide more money for his
family before he dies in the wake of his recent diagnosis of cancer. With
Walter deciding his new occupation, he attempts to keep it from his family,
although over time and over the seasons, his wife and family gradually creep
closer to the truth. His choice to
synthesise crystal meth was the beginning of a downward spiral into the dark
world of underground drugs. His development as a small time dealer into a major
linchpin in the drug production in of New Mexico had each and every viewer
crawly back and impatiently waiting for the next episode to be aired.
The show was
conceived by write Vince Gilligan, who spent many years writing the popular TV
series, The X-Files. In a quote, Gilligan said he wanted to create a show where
the protagonist became the antagonist. This idea sprouted when Gilligan and
co-writer Thomas Schnauz joked about their current unemployment status and the
solution to this was to “put a meth lab in the back of an RV and drive around
the country cooking meth”. After trying
to air the show to numerous stations, many rejected Gilligan’s idea due to the
fact that there was a show too similar to his called ‘Weeds’. Fortunately for
Gilligan, AMC saw some brilliance in the program and aired the show in January
2008 and closing on September 29th 2013.
In regards to
the history of the chemicals involved throughout the show, most scenes and
interactions are correct, from a chemical standpoint. As a professor at the
University of Oklahoma, Donna Nelson helped produced Vince Gilligan with the
accuracy of the chemicals used and the process involved with cooking crystal
meth. Nelson approached Gilligan in the early stages of the show, expressing
her love for the show and offering a helping hand on the chemistry side of
things if it was ever need. After all, one of the main reasons for Gilligan
creating this show was to achieve the hard task of taking a person from Mr.
Chips to Scarface. After watching the show, Gilligan definitely did this with
extreme creativity.
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