Over five seasons, it traces the journey of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), who goes from a mild-mannered high school chemistry teacher to a ruthless drug kingpin. Walt justified his descent into ...

His chemistry-teacher-turned-meth-maker character, Walter White, became increasingly ruthless as the series continued. That wasn't the show's only surprise. Gruesome deaths, twisty plots ...

and as the backdrop to “Breaking Bad’s” gripping transformation of Bryan Cranston’s Walter White from mild-mannered chemistry teacher to ruthless drug kingpin.

Walter White, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1942 Library of Congress. The civil rights movement gave rise to an extraordinary array of ...