Breaking Good - 508 – Gliding Over All

A.Ron’s in Seattle and I’m left to run the studio myself. Unfortunately, I’m like Jesse on his first cook, fumbling with the controls, shouting “Yo, bitch!” into the air, getting Fun-Yuns dust and chili powder everywhere. And so we resort to the backup recording devices. A.Ron had a flight to catch so we chat for a little over an hour about our takes and some corrections from last episode and decide to save the feedback until the season 5.1 wrapup podcast next week.

Breaking Good - 507 – Say My Name

Tonight we mark the passing of one of the all time great television characters. The question remaining is how many iconic characters will we see go before this tragedy is all said and done? Will this really be an “everybody dies” situation? Can we hold out hope for Walt, Jesse, Skyler, Jr., Holly, Hank, Marie, or Saul? Only time will tell. Join us in our coverage of the penultimate episode of this mini-season of Breaking Bad, as we discuss the late, great Mantrout and his dead mackerel eyes, Skyler checking out, Jesse calling bullshit, meth pops, dirty DEA bosses, Gomey’s Look, Walt’s crocodile tears, and Walt’s newest lab assistant, little Ricky Hitler.

Breaking Good - Dave Porter Interview

Very excited to be talking with Dave Porter, the composer for the score of Breaking Bad. He was gracious enough to talk about his production efforts for the show, including the process he uses to get that fantastically evocative sound we all love so much, the various crazy instruments and synthesizers he uses, his thoughts on his favorite sequences and themes for the show, as well as a few of his upcoming projects, like a Breaking Bad score album, and the score for an upcoming horror film, Smiley!

Breaking Good - 506 – Buyout

In this week’s episode, we have a bit of purely speculative (read: most likely bullshit) news on the future of Breaking Bad after the final season concludes, as well as new theme music courtesy some friends of ours in Germany (see bottom of show notes for more details)! We then do our customary recap, where we discuss the greatest cold open in Breaking Bad history, Todd’s new pet, Gomez as the worst field agent in DEA history, the anti-christ’s methylamine, the most uncomfortable dinner scene this side of Star Trek VI, Mike’s restraint half-measure, and Walt’s sublimely smug, punch-able face. All this and your feedback and a BOMBSHELL spoiler segment. DO NOT LISTEN UNLESS YOU WANT TO POTENTIALLY SPOIL THE END OF THIS SEASON!

Breaking Good - 505 – Dead Freight

This week’s episode covering episode 505 of Breaking Bad, “Dead Freight” has Jim and A.Ron discussing a boy and his spider, Jesse Pinkman, criminal mastermind, quick draw Todd, shutting up Skyler, the perils of coming between Flynn and his breakfast, and one of the all time gut punches in Breaking Bad history. All this and the latest and greatest of your feedback, theories, and speculation!

Breaking Good - 504 – 51

This week’s episode covering episode 504 of Breaking Bad, “51” has Jim and A.Ron discussing Mike’s raging sexism, Lydia’s general not having her shit togetherness, Jesse’s soft side, Skyler’s pool party, Walt Jr. unsafe at any speed, and Marie’s inability to SHUT. UP. SHUT THE HELL UP! SHUT UP! All this and the latest and greatest of your feedback, theories, and speculation.

Breaking Good - 501 – Live Free or Die

So this is kind of awkward. Months of waiting, weeks of intense anticipation, days of breathless excitement, and then the premier came, and it was kind of just… okay? Okay on the Breaking Bad scale happens to put it better than just about any show on the air, but still. What did we like? What didn’t we like? What did we learn, and what new questions were raised? And what did you, the fellow Breaking Bad fan have to say? This one was long, as we had a shocking amount of email to plow through, but we hope it was worth it, and look forward to seeing how this fascinating show manages to work its way through it’s fifth and final season.

Breaking Good - Season Five Preview / Predictions

Can you believe it? We’re less than five days out from the season five premier of Breaking Bad! Join us for about an hour of previews, predictions, listener feedback and speculation, and a little bit of season five spoilers in our handy dandy spoiler section. Just a heads up, we consider any material or interview that has come out as part of the season five promotion to be NOT spoilers. So, if you’re squeemish about stuff like that, you might want to stay completely clear.