Starring the familiar face of the Dad from 'Malcolm in the Middle', Bryan Cranston plays Walter White, a formerly successful chemist but now uninspiring and apathetic high school chemistry teacher. Floating through life with his haughty pregnant wife and handicapped teenage son, Walt finds out he has terminal lung cancer. Realising he has nothing to live for other than his family, he finds a new sense of purpose, reinvigorated into a man of action who will do everything to ensure his family will want for nothing after he has passed on. Taking the alter-ego of 'Heisenberg', Walt turns to the exciting life of crime in producing and selling methamphetamine, discovering a new passion for living in the process. Along the way he gets involved with former student Jesse Pinkman, a drug addicted loser and small time dealer. The unlikely duo soon pair up to 'cook' meth, ensuing some of the best drama in recent television.
Each season sees interesting and progressive growth in character development. Walter especially, who was merely a pleasant and unassuming man is transformed into something widely, well, different. The way in which the seemingly unholy symbiotic relationship with his partner, Jesse, evolves is also captivating. It really is just fascinating how this regular guy, with all his fallacies (of which he has many), manages to works himself into utterly improbable scenarios in such an unintentional manner.
I really don't want to give too much away with regards to the plot, but this series is really superbly compelling stuff. The acting is fantastic, as its Emmy awards rightly reflect. And in what seems to be an anomaly for American television, it's three seasons never amount to more than 13 episodes. This really is another fine piece of television produced by our cousins across the pond. God bless 'em.
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