STAGE TUBE: AMC's BREAKING BAD Season 5 Premieres Tonight, 7/15

By: Jul. 15, 2012
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AMC previously released a sneak peek at the first episode of BREAKING BAD's Season 5 entitled 'Live Free or Die.' In the clip, Walt plays dumb to the news about Gus's elicit activities when Skyler and Walt Jr. return home. Catch the full episode tonight, July 15 at 10/9c on AMC. Check out the sneak peek below!

Breaking Bad returns to AMC for the first part of its final season tonight, July 15 at 10/9c. In the highly anticipated new season, a newly empowered and increasingly remorseless Walter White (Bryan Cranston) finds himself attempting to control a tenuous empire. But uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. At the end of Season 4, Walt's war with Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) ended in triumphant victory. Now, his transformation from a well-meaning family man into Heisenberg, a ruthless drug kingpin, is almost complete. No longer under the thumb of a mastermind criminal, Walt now assumes the role of one himself, as he and Jesse (AaRon Paul) look to build their own empire. Meanwhile, Skyler (Anna Gunn) struggles with the reality of her husband's new role and Hank (DEAN NORRIS) works to wrap up his investigation of Gus' business.

Breaking Bad follows protagonist Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a chemistry teacher who lives in New Mexico with his wife (Anna Gunn) and teenage son (RJ Mitte) who has cerebral palsy. White is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of two years left to live. With a new sense of fearlessness based on his medical prognosis, and a desire to secure his family's financial security, White chooses to enter a dangerous world of drugs and crime and ascends to power in this world. The series explores how a fatal diagnosis such as White's releases a typical man from the daily concerns and constraints of normal society and follows his transformation from mild family man to a kingpin of the drug trade.

The cast of Breaking BAd includes Bryan Cranston - Walter WhiteAnna Gunn - Skyler White, AaRon Paul - Jesse Pinkman, DEAN NORRIS - Hank Schrader, Betsy Brandt - Marie Schrader, RJ Mitte - Walter White, Jr., Bob Odenkirk - Saul Goodman and Jonathan Banks - Mike.

 


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