Breaking Bad是我在無意中發現的一個影集，在我的硬碟裡待了大半年了，還是提不起勁看……有段間沒上網，恰巧來清空硬碟中的影集好了──Breaking Bad就是在這麼個情況下開始看的。

它的故事軸心十分簡單──有一個高中化學老師，得知自己罹癌，即將不久於世，為了老婆、生理殘缺高中兒子、還有在老婆肚子裡還沒出世的女兒，他決心製毒讓家人在他過世之後，至少在金錢上能充足無虞。這是個很無奈，但是對男主角來說又是不得不為的一件事。

第一季的開頭，是一輛在沙漠中飛馳的露營車，車裡的駕駛與另一人帶著防毒面具，車裡當然是毒煙密怖，一片凌亂。在這片凌亂中有兩個在車子裡掙扎的人……最後，停子爆胎失控，衝向路邊，然後男主角僅穿著條內褲、步履闌珊、模樣狼狽的跌了出來，接著拿起攝影機，對著鏡頭辭別家人……

一開始，我以為，這是倒述法。我以為，這就是男主角的最終結局──被追捕、然後逃亡，最後終結自己。

不過，這才發現，一切才只是個開端──這樣的戲劇性手法，饒是我看了不少犯罪劇、刑事劇……這種的，還是第一次看到。然後所有的劇情環環相扣，毫無冷場……裡頭的毒品、暴力場面多得不勝枚舉，絕對不是什麼適合闔家觀賞的節目。

第一季只播了七集（原訂九集，不過去年遇到美國編劇罷工，減為七集），男主角便因此刻的精湛演出抱回一座艾美獎。

這部劇──俊男美女，沒有（以我的觀點，沒有）；要豪華壯闊場面，沒有。要精彩劇情，有；要娛樂性，有；要有欲罷不能的感覺，當然還是有！我個人覺得，這是一部會讓人上癮的好戲，很值得集集關注，而且它的片頭每集都有不同的風格在，非常的有趣。

以下，是官網對於第二季的介紹：

About Season 2

The experiment gets out of control in the second season of AMC’s Breaking Bad, the series critics are calling “bleak, heartbreaking, shocking and bitterly funny.”(Frazier Moore, AP) Bryan Cranston shatters suburban stereotypes in his performance as chemistry teacher turned drug kingpin Walt White. As danger and suspicion around him escalate, Walt continues to straddle two conflicting worlds: A ruthless swirl of drugs, murder and mayhem on one hand, and a complex and emotionally fraught domestic life on the other. In the no-holds-barred world of Walt White, the end justifies the extreme.

About the Show

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.

Cast

Bryan Cranston - Walter White
Anna Gunn - Skyler White
Aaron Paul - Jesse Pinkman
Dean Norris - Hank Schrader
Betsy Brandt - Marie Schrader
RJ Mitte - Walter White Jr