In light of whatever meticulously arrived-at series-ending table setting and/or clearing that goes down in tonight’s premiere episode of the second part of the fifth season of critically acclaimed meth drama Breaking Bad (something we’ve gathered a few hundred thousand speculative opinions on), we’ve decided to accelerate viewer excitement levels and point you to five essential videos to watch before you make your way down to the Torrent shop this fine evening and catch up on the thrills, spills and chaos that ensues after the most dramatic dump in the history of scripted television.
BREAKING BAD THEME – PLAYED WITH METH EQUIPMENT
Super talented vlogger and Youtube-famous Canadian multi-instrumentalist Andrew Huang covers the distinctive Breaking Bad theme song using readily available household items such as propane cylinders, rubber tubing, paper towels, coffee filters, beakers, measuring cups, frying pans and buckets – all purported to be involved in the domestic manufacture of methamphetamine as well as highly bloggable Youtube cover videos.
THE WRITER’S ROOM – BREAKING BAD
Great thought it is, the Sundance Channel’s showrunner inner-sanctum and TV writer panel series The Writers Room is likely to have peaked in its pilot, enlisting the services of the entire Breaking Bad writer’s room + Bryan Cranston for a meandering discussion on all things process related with delightful Community player and series host, Jim Rash. It’s a fascinating watch if you can find it (available through Netflix + other not entirely legal TV streaming services).
BONUS WRITER’S ROOM VIDEO
Head spinning time lapse of the BB writer’s room breaking episode four, season five, “Fifty-One”, feat. essential writer’s room companions such as index cards, sleep deprivation and play-doh.
BREAKING BAD SEASON FIVE GAG REEL
Breaking Bad: funner to make than to watch, apparently.
BREAKING BAD JR.
New York based filmmakers Patrick Willems and Mike F compare the perils of the meth game to the less lucrative but no less dangerous bubble gum game in an amusing reimagination of Breaking Bad starring kids who say things like “this is Wrigley-grade” and “I am the one who rings the doorbell… and runs away.”
BREAKING BAD, THE STORY SO FAR
The most essential: Five (four and a half?) seasons of one of the most nuanced, cerebral and psychologically complex character dramas of all time condensed into nine and a half minutes.
Breaking Bad returns tonight on AMC.
