Breaking Bad finale: why the series became must-see TV
Hit AMC cable series concluded Sunday
After five seasons, the dark and addictive TV series Breaking Bad comes to an end this weekend.
Bryan Cranston's acclaimed turn as chemistry teacher-turned-villainous meth-maker Walter White has earned the veteran actor a trio of consecutive best-actor Emmys as well as a place among American television's recent pantheon of compelling antiheroes, joining the late James Gandolfini's Tony Soprano, Michael C. Hall's Dexter Morgan and Jon Hamm's Don Draper.
"Walter White is a Shakespearean tragic character," TV screenwriter and producer Denis McGrath told CBC News.
"It is absolutely out of the playbook and I think that's what makes [the show] have such resonance."
In the attached video, Eli Glasner explores why Breaking Bad became must-watch television.