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Breaking Bad is an American crime drama television serial which created and produced by Vince Gilligan. It was on the television for five season, from January 20.2008 to September 29.2013. The main characters of it are Bryan Cranston as Walter White, Anna Gunn as Skyler White, Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman, Dean Norris as Hank Schrader, Betsy Brantt as Mariee Schrader, and R.J Mitte as Walter White Jr. It is generally about the life of  a dissipated family. In other words, it tells the story of Walter White who is a high school chemistry teacher.He starts to produce and sell crystallized methamphetamine with his former student Jesse Pinkman to secure his family's financial future before he dies from an inoperable lung cancer. I am really impressed by this serial. There are some important points making this serial impressive. First of all, its scenario is so realistic as if it was taken from a story in real life. To illustrate, there is the father of a family who is diagnosed with a fatal disease; so he should find a solution which provides him with a lot of money in a short time because he has to save his family - especially his son who has cerebral palsy - from financial burdens before he dies. When I watched some tragic scenes in which the father was totally helpless, I could portray a real family. That is, each father is worried about his family in this condition, so he may interfere in dangerous affairs to save his family. He even puts his own life at risk like Walter White for sake of his family. Secondly, this serial gives an important message about the effect of money on people's psychology. More specifically, it tells us how people tend to lose their real goal an identity after they start to make money or gain reputation. For instance, Walter starts producing and selling meth to save his family at the beginning; however, he can not give up that job although he makes enough money to save his family. This condition makes us to reassure the general idea; it defends the fact that people wants more as they make money. Besides, they becomes arrogant, and they don't want to lose their reputation. As a result, they do everything in order not to lose the fame they  have attained. To conclude, Breaking Bad is widely regarded as one of the greatest television series of all time. The show received many awards including Eight Satellite Awards, Two Golden Globe Awards and a People's Choice Awards. Furthermore, it entered the Guinness World Records as the highest rated show of all time. I think it really worths watching.