Breaking Bad
I watched a portion of Episode 1 of Season 2 of Breaking Bad on AMC. You may of course wonder what the Periodic Table of Elements is doing in this post. Well – its a series about a 50-year-old high school Chemistry teacher with a newly pregnant wife, a disabled son and a brother-in-law who is a DEA agent. Walter – a Chemistry-inclined, otherwise ordinary and fully functional member of society, finds out he has terminal, inoperable lung cancer, and that he has at most a couple years left to live even with chemotherapy. He partners with a former Chemistry class student of his – Luis – and goes into the business of cooking crystal meth to sell it and provide for his family after his impending death. In the first episode when Walter confronts Luis – who he flunked in Chem class back in the day, he says:
“You know the business, I know the chemistry. I’m thinking maybe you and I could partner up.”
Let me tell you – this is the new Weeds! Breaking Bad is a fascinating story, and a deep and complicated drama with action (of sorts) and twists, turns, cliff-hangers, etc. Walter becomes a sort of super-hero (or villain, however you want to look at it) using brains and Chemistry knowledge to battle his way through some crazy situations. Excellent, excellent show. You can watch the first season in “minisodes” on Crackle – but you miss about 75% of the story, so I highly suggest either buying it on DVD or getting it through Netflix or downloading it or whatever floats your boat. Unfortunately its not available for instant streaming on Netflix, which is a shame. In any case, Season 2 just started, and you owe it to yourself to see the whole story before you get addicted to the new episodes. This is definitely my new “Sunday 10 PM” must-do. Here’s a little preview ad image that AMC is using on Crackle. I bet you Dmitri Mendeleev would watch it if he could.
Tags: amc, breaking bad, chemistry, tv series, weeds
March 14th, 2009 at 5:12 am
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July 5th, 2010 at 8:47 am
I have been looking for a good periodic table for a long time. The one you posted on your web page on Breaking Bad looks amazing. I was hoping you could tell me where you found it. Thanks so much.
Jamal
July 5th, 2010 at 5:04 pm
You can get it from spaceshots.com or from AllPosters.
July 16th, 2010 at 4:43 am
I watched five seasons of Weeds and three ones of Breaking Bad. I enjoyed both but Weeds makes me laugh more. Breaking Bad is intense but there are a couple of episodes in Season 2 and 3 are not so well crafted. For example, the Fly in episode is totally a turn off.