Shivers. Breaking Bad is back on August 11. And this is it – the end. They released a new poster and it is ominous, with just a tag line and a fair bit of smoke. So what does it mean? We can talk about the symbolism forever, from the obvious (meth is smoked) to the abstract (Walt has been playing with fire, and now everything will be burned). Full Story

Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 3 recap A suit walks into a jailhouse to see his client, with Mike posing as his paralegal (that’s a pretty brilliant ruse). The client is Dennis, one of 11 from Lydia’s list. Dennis swears he won’t flip, but there are 9 people left (Chow and his killer were crossed off last week) and if he doesn’t someone else will. Full Story

Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 1 recap Walt has hair! On his head! He looks so different, dressed in casual, slightly dirty clothes, unkempt beard, no wedding ring and black-framed glasses. He shows the chatty diner waitress a fake ID to get a free , greasy birthday breakfast (and to shut her up). Full Story

(Lainey: the final season of Breaking Bad is a month away. Maria will be previewing the show every week until it starts. Oh Walt…what have you done?) “Chemistry is the study of matter. But I prefer to see it as the study of change. It is growth, then decay, then transformation.” -WW Breaking Bad is simple: man needs money, man cooks meth to make money. Full Story