Breaking Bad: Uncovering the Dark Secrets of the Criminal Underworld

Breaking Bad is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. The show tells the story of Walter White, a struggling high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer at the beginning of the series. He turns to a life of crime, producing and selling methamphetamine, in order to secure his family's financial future before he dies. The show explores the various ways in which Walter's decisions affect his family, his partner Jesse Pinkman, and the other characters in the show.

Breaking Bad was critically acclaimed throughout its five-season run, earning numerous awards, including 16 Primetime Emmy Awards, eight Satellite Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Peabody Awards, two Critics' Choice Awards, and four Television Critics Association Awards. The show's success has led to the creation of a prequel series, Better Call Saul, and a spin-off movie, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, both of which continue to explore the Breaking Bad universe.

A few of the show's most memorable quotes:

"You're awake. You have been sleepin' like a baby. A really evil baby." -Walter White

"I am not in danger, Skyler. I am the danger. A guy opens his door and gets shot, you think that of me? No. I am the one who knocks." -Walter White

"I'm not in the meth business. I'm in the empire business." -Walter White

"There is no better reason to not do something" -Hank Schrader

"Say my name." -Walter White

"I'm the one who knocks" -Walter White

"A man provides. And he does it even when he's not appreciated or respected or even loved. He simply bears up and he does it. Because he's a man." -Walter White

"The past is the past. You can't change it. You can only learn from it. And I have." -Walter White

Cast: Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, RJ Mitte, Giancarlo Esposito, Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Laura Fraser, Jesse Plemons.