BREAKING BAD Kicks Off the Beginning of the Epic End

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Sunday AMC premiered the first episode ("Blood Money") of the second half of the final season of BREAKING BAD. After a year of waiting on a nail-biting cliffhanger, fans were finally able to continue their journey with high school chemistry teacher turned drug lord, Walter White. The premiere was the third episode directed by lead actor Bryan Cranston.

The intense beginning of the end opened in the future sometime around Walter’s 52nd birthday, two years after the Season 5 pilot episode takes place. Walter enters his old home which has been abandoned and covered in graffiti that reads “Heisenberg.” In the back yard, the White’s pool is empty and being used by skateboarders. Walter walks into his former bedroom and retrieves the ricin he hid behind an outlet. He then looks at himself in a broken mirror, realizing how terrible things have gone. Outside, Walter is recognized by a former neighbor. Walter says, “Hello, Carol” and the woman drops her bag of produce in horror.