Season 3: Episode 7, 'One Minute' It's hard to say that we actually got to know The Cousins, the twin hitmen for the Juarez Cartel who showed up bent on vengeance. A story about the way violence and suffering can ripple outwards, and personal tragedy can trigger suffering on a much larger scale. Season 2: Episodes 12-13, 'Phoenix'/'ABQ' The answer to the season-long tease of a charred teddy bear floating in a pool. Walt might not know that he has a death wish yet, but by the end of this episode you'll get to see his first-but hardly last-round of meth-fueled Russian Roulette end with a bang. Season 1: Episode 6, 'Crazy Handful of Nothin'' Walt might be a deeply uncool middle-aged science teacher who has spent most of his life afraid of his own shadow, but thanks to the looming specter of cancer he now has a quality that makes him a contender for high achievement in the drug trade: He isn't afraid to die. From the frantic opening confessions between Walt and his handheld camera to the thrilling final moments where Walt faces the road in his tighty-whities with a gun in his hand, this is Breaking Bad in a nutshell. Season 1: Episode 1, 'Pilot' If you're on the fence about watching Breaking Bad, do what any good drug dealer would do: Give yourself that first taste, and see if it doesn't leave you coming back for more. This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. After all, when (or whether) Walter White stops being an antihero and starts being a villain depends entirely upon-and likely says quite a bit about- you. It's also a mirror of sorts for its audience. And that's the point: that good and evil often defy easy categorization, and how the road to the latter is often paved by sympathetic and understandable choices. Chips to Scarface,' the story of White (Bryan Cranston) -a terminally-ill high school teacher turned meth cooker-traces a moral decline so incremental and gradual that it's hard to pick out exactly when the black hat goes on or the heel turns.

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