The Paley Center for Media included a panel on AMCs Breaking Bad as part of their PaleyFest2010 series of events. They screened the first episode of season three, which premieres March 21. You can also get the DVD and Blu Ray of Season Two to catch up. We caught a few quotes from series star Bryan Cranston first on the red carpet, and then in the panel discussion. Appropriately, Breaking Bads third season addresses past decisions and forces the characters to deal with the consequences. Its a season of fallout, wherein the question is no longer about locating and resolving the ethical dilemmas of whats been donelying, cooking and selling methamphetamine, killing people, and so forth. Actually, the ethics of it all ceased to be the focus after just a couple of episodes in the first season, back when Walter and Jesse kidnapped mid-level drug dealer Krazy 8 (Max Arciniega) in Jesses basement, clasping his neck to a pole with a bicycle lock. Do I even need to tell you they felt they had a good reason for doing this If youre still hung up on ethics, just know that Krazy 8 and his cousin Emilio tried to kill them. Very little about Breaking Bad is a mystery. The storyline might reveal surprise connections between characters, but the plot itself is rarely advanced by such devices. The shows hallmark is suspense, continually developed by pitting complicated and often opposing characters against each other and letting the viewer anticipate the fireworks. The writers were upfront about this from the start, during Walters lecture to his chemistry class in the pilot episode:Technically, chemistry is the study of matter. But I prefer to see it as the study of changeElectrons, they change their energy levels. Molecules change their bonds breaking bad season premiere. Elements, they combine and change into compounds. Well, thats all of life, right. . . Its the constant, its the cycle. Its solution, dissolution, just over and over and over. It is growth, then decay, then transformation. It is fascinating, really. Breaking Bad is, ostensibly, the story of Walter White (Emmy winner Bryan Cranston), a brilliant chemist living a not-so-brilliant life in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In the series pilot, we find Walter (affectionately and/or diminutively called Walt by friends and family) working as a high school chemistry teacher. He is mild in manner, conservative in dress, steady and measured in his actions. By working a second job at a car wash, he provides a decent, modest income for his wife Skyler (Anna Gunn) and his son Walter, Jr. (R. J. Mitte), who has cerebral palsy. Skyler is pregnant with a second child. Meanwhile, Walter and his family get along reasonable well with Sklyers nosy and rather judgmental sister Marie (Betsy Brandt) and Maries wisecracking husband Hank Schrader (Dean Norris), who works for the Drug Enforcement Administration. wiki breaking bad Apparently, one of the perks of Hanks job is raiding street level methamphetamine laboratories. Great. Now, lets leap to the end of Season Three. At this point, Walter is facing certain death, staring down the barrel of an assassins gun (the assassin is Mike, played by a steely Jonathan Banks) because he double-crossed a successful drug distributor (Giancarlo Espositos Gustavo Fring or Gus) in an attempt to save the life of his business partner and former student Jesse Pinkman( Emmy winner Aaron Paul). In Season Three, with his cancer in remission and plenty of money to burn (as he actually attempts to do in the premiere), Walters motive to earn cash for his family is no longer as pressing as it once was. In refusing Gustavos offer to cook meth under contract, he is adamant, I have more money than I know how to spend. What I dont have is my family. But later, when he finally does accept Gustavos offer after Jesse attempts to go solo with Walters methamphetamine formula, Walter dons the face of a scientist who has discovered a cure for an infectious disease rather than a criminal betrayed by his partner, I simply respect the chemistry. The chemistry must be respected. Appropriately, Breaking Bads third season addresses past decisions and forces the characters to deal with the consequences. Its a season of fallout, wherein the question is no longer about locating and resolving the ethical dilemmas of whats been donelying, cooking and selling methamphetamine, killing people, and so forth. Actually, the ethics of it all ceased to be the focus after just a couple of episodes in the first season, back when Walter and Jesse kidnapped mid-level drug dealer Krazy 8 (Max Arciniega) in Jesses basement, clasping his neck to a pole with a bicycle lock. If you didnt watch Season Three when it aired, it matters not that Ive told you about its final. Its not about where the characters end up
