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Breaking Bad season 5
Season 5
File:Breaking Bad season five DVD.png
Season 5 DVD cover
No. of episodes16
Release
Original networkAMC
Original releaseJuly 15, 2012 (2012-07-15) –
present
Season chronology
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Season 4
List of episodes

The fifth and final season of the American television drama series Breaking Bad premiered on July 15, 2012. It consists of 16 episodes, each running approximately 47 minutes in length.[5] AMC broadcast the first part of the fifth season on Sundays at 10:00 pm ET in the United States, and the second part will air on Sundays at 9:00 pm. The season is split into two parts, each containing eight episodes. The second half will debut on August 11, 2013.[6]

Plot

Walter White (Bryan Cranston) disposes of anything linking him to his successful plot against Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) but the laptop containing security footage of Walt is held by the police. Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) joins Walter and Jesse in their new three-way partnership to begin distributing meth again, while not trusting Lydia Rodarte-Quayle (Laura Fraser), an executive with Madrigal Electromotive GmbH, the parent company of Gus' Los Pollos Hermanos.[7][8][9] To erase the data on Gus' office laptop, the three utilize an industrial electromagnet.[10] They then begin plans for meth manufacturing but Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) cannot locate satisfactory sites, save for one — a pest control company known as Vamonos Pest. Walter and Jesse use the business's fumigation tent on random houses as a mobile laboratory.[11] Skyler White (Anna Gunn) realizes that Walter is not exactly free from his meth-making past and begins to fear for her and her children's lives because of the danger involved. She asks Marie to care for her children and resigned, with no other options, she patiently waits for Walt's cancer to come back.[8] Walt however, reveals to Jesse that despite having enough money, he is continuing the business to forge an empire for himself.

Meanwhile, the methylamine flow is disrupted, forcing Walter, Jesse, and Mike to rob a train carrying a large shipment. The heist is nearly compromised when a child spots them, but he is shot by a new hire for the heist, Todd (Jesse Plemons). As the DEA begins to track Mike, and with the recent death of the child, both Jesse and Mike design a permanent exit for themselves from the business. They plan to sell their methylamine for $5 million each to Declan, a major regional meth producer and distributor. Walt derails Jesse and Mike's scheme when he refuses to sell his share of the methylamine and uses his Heisenberg persona's infamy to cut a distribution deal with Declan and negotiate the $5 million severance for Mike. Jesse is determined to leave the business, irrespective of his financial cut, so Walter enlists Todd as his assistant cook. After the DEA closes in on Mike, he decides to leave for good, but Walter impulsively shoots him dead after a confrontation when Mike refuses to give him the names of Gus's former employees who might talk. Walt regrets the action however, when he remembers that Lydia has the names.

Walt manages to get the names from Lydia and arranges for the men to be killed by associates of Todd's uncle, a former convict with ties to the Aryan Brotherhood. In exchange for her safety, Lydia arranges for Walt's product to be shipped to the Czech Republic using Madrigal's more obscure branches. Over the next few months, this nets Walt an extraordinary amount of money - so much that, after some pleading from Skyler, he finally decides to retire, dropping off $5 million he owed to Jesse at his door. Months later, the White family is living under one roof again. All seems to be going well until Hank discovers a book of Walt Whitman poetry in Walt's bathroom, dedicated to "WW" by "GB". Hank, remembering a conversation with Walt regarding the initials from his earlier investigation and surmising that "GB" is Gale Boetticher, clearly sees that Walter is Heisenberg.[12]

Cast

See also: List of Breaking Bad characters

Main cast

Recurring cast

2

Episodes

See also: List of Breaking Bad episodes
  • The first column refers to the episode's number in the overall series.
  • The second column refers to the episode's number in that particular season.
№ # Title Directed by Written by Original air date U.S. viewers
(million)
Part I
471"Live Free or Die"Michael SlovisVince GilliganJuly 15, 2012 (2012-07-15)2.93[14]
482"Madrigal"Michelle MacLarenVince GilliganJuly 22, 2012 (2012-07-22)2.29[15]
493"Hazard Pay"Adam BernsteinPeter GouldJuly 29, 2012 (2012-07-29)2.20[16]
504"Fifty-One"Rian JohnsonSam CatlinAugust 5, 2012 (2012-08-05)2.29[17]
515"Dead Freight"George MastrasGeorge MastrasAugust 12, 2012 (2012-08-12)2.48[18]
526"Buyout"Colin BuckseyGennifer HutchisonAugust 19, 2012 (2012-08-19)2.81[19]
537"Say My Name"Thomas SchnauzThomas SchnauzAugust 26, 2012 (2012-08-26)2.98[20]
548"Gliding Over All"Michelle MacLarenMoira Walley-BeckettSeptember 2, 2012 (2012-09-02)2.78[21]
Part II
559TBABryan Cranston[22]Peter Gould[23]August 11, 2013 (2013-08-11)[24]N/A
5610TBAMichelle MacLaren[25]Thomas Schnauz[25]August 18, 2013 (2013-08-18)[24]N/A
5711TBAMichael Slovis[26]Gennifer Hutchinson[26]August 25, 2013 (2013-08-25)[24]N/A
5812TBASam Catlin[27]UnknownSeptember 1, 2013 (2013-09-01)[24]N/A
5913TBAMichelle MacLaren[28]UnknownSeptember 8, 2013 (2013-09-08)[24]N/A
6014TBARian Johnson[29]UnknownSeptember 15, 2013 (2013-09-15)[24]N/A
6115TBAPeter Gould[30]Peter Gould[31]September 22, 2013 (2013-09-22)[24]N/A
6216TBAVince Gilligan[32]Vince Gilligan[32]September 29, 2013 (2013-09-29)[24]N/A

Development and production

In July 2011, series creator Vince Gilligan indicated that he intended to conclude Breaking Bad with the fifth season.[33] In early August 2011, negotiations began over a deal regarding the fifth and possibly final season between the network AMC and Sony Pictures Television, the production company of the series. AMC proposed a shortened fifth season (six to eight episodes, instead of 13) to cut costs, but the producers declined. Sony then approached other cable networks about possibly picking up the show if a deal could not be made.[34] On August 14, 2011, a deal was made where AMC renewed the series for a final 16 episodes.[5] Filming began for the season on March 26, 2012.[35] Filming for the second half of the season began on December 7, 2012, during which AMC sent the cast and crew cupcakes decorated with characters and props used throughout the show's run.[36][37]

Dean Norris, who plays Hank Schrader, had asked Gilligan to kill off his character during the first half of the season, however, Gilligan declined his request.[38]

Reception

The fifth season has received unanimous acclaim from television critics, and currently earns 99 out of 100 score based on 22 reviews on the aggregate review website Metacritic, making it the highest rated season of any show on the site.[39] The premiere was also the most watched episode in the series' history, with 2.93 million viewers,[40] until the seventh episode had 2.98 million.[20] For the 65th Writers Guild of America Awards, the series received four nominations for Best Episodic Drama, for "Buyout", "Dead Freight", "Fifty-One" and "Say My Name", and won for Best Dramatic Series.[41][42]

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