BREAKING BAD
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WHAT IT'S ABOUT After discovering he has cancer, high school chemistry teacher Walter White (Bryan Cranston) partners with a former student (Aaron Paul) on a lucrative side business: making methamphetamine (a.k.a. crystal meth). BEST SCENE YOU'VE MISSED Wearing nothing but tighty-whities and an apron in a remote stretch of New Mexico desert, White cooks up a batch of crystal, then trashes the mobile meth lab while trying to fend off rival dealers — all within the first episode. YOUR EXCUSE Perhaps you think the dad from Malcolm in the Middle can't do drama. WHY YOU'RE WRONG Bad embraces several TV taboos, including drug use and spine-curling barbarity. But once the shock wears off, Cranston's stellar performance and the unpredictable story lines leave you jonesing for more. WHERE YOU CAN FIND IT Breaking Bad Season 1 is available for download on iTunes. —Shirley Halperin
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