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* FakeNationality: Giancarlo Esposito and Mark Margolis respectively as as Chilean and Mexican characters.

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** Walt's former friend Elliot is played by Brit Adam Godley with a flawless accent.
* FakeNationality: Americans Giancarlo Esposito and Mark Margolis respectively as as a Chilean and Mexican characters.a Mexican, respectively.
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** Walter buys a gun from [[''Series/Supernatural'' Bobby Singer.]]

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** Walter buys a gun from [[''Series/Supernatural'' [[{{Series/Supernatural}} Bobby Singer.]]
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** Walter buys a gun from [[''Series/Supernatural'' Bobby Singer.]]
** Walter has a brief partnership with [[FlightOfTheConchords Doug]].
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* OlderThanHeLooks: Raymond Cruz was almost 50 when he played Tuco Salamanca.

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* OlderThanHeLooks: Raymond Cruz was almost 50 when he played Tuco Salamanca.Tuco.
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** Jesse might want to be careful about taking advice in rehab from ''Series/BurnNotice'''s [[ManipulativeBastard Anson]] [[PsychoPsychologist Fullerton]]
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* OlderThanHeLooks: Raymond Cruz was almost 50 when he played Tuco Salamanca.
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** On Aug. 16, 2012, the Tuscaloosa County (Ala.) Sheriff's Office named a new Most Wanted Fugitive. That person? Accused meth cook Walter White. (Not the hero of this show, but [[http://www.tcsoal.org/wanted.php?id=616&start=0 this guy.]])

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** On Aug. 16, 2012, the Tuscaloosa County (Ala.) Sheriff's Office named a new Most Wanted Fugitive. That person? Accused meth cook Walter White. (Not the hero of this show, but [[http://www.tcsoal.org/wanted.php?id=616&start=0 [[http://blog.al.com/tuscaloosa/2012/08/man_named_walter_white_wanted.html this guy.]])
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** Gretchen, Walter's former girlfriend and wife of his former business partner, used to be a lesbian named Susan in [[{{Friends}} New York]].
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** Walter's psychiatrist is the former [[Series//BuffyTheVampireSlayer mayor of Sunnydale]]. Who is also married to [[HowIMetYourMother Ted's mother]].

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** Walter's psychiatrist is the former [[Series//BuffyTheVampireSlayer [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer mayor of Sunnydale]]. Who is also married to [[HowIMetYourMother Ted's mother]].
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** Walter's psychiatrist is the former [[Series//BuffyTheVampireSlayer mayor of Sunnydale]]. Who is also married to [[HowIMetYourMother Ted's mother]].
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Apparently, [[Series/TheBigBangTheory Toby Loobenfeld is sick of playing ‘cousin Leo’]] and chose to become an undercover cop... [[TypeCasting pretending to be a drug addict]].
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** Also, Vince Gilligan originally envisioned the show as being only four seasons long. Its possible that the actor playing Tuco deciding to leave earlier than expected made the writers have to build up to a new villain thus making the story longer than originally planned.
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** Gus is [[DoTheRightThing Buggin' Out]], who after going to jail goes from AngryBlackMan to TheChessmaster.
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** [[FridayNightLights Landry]] now works for Walt.[[spoiler:and he's killed again.]]

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** [[FridayNightLights Landry]] now works for Walt.[[spoiler:and [[spoiler: And he's killed again.]]
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** Another ''Series/{{Justified}}'' regular is Tucker's friend - who is also resident idiot Dewey Cox on that show.

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** Another ''Series/{{Justified}}'' regular is Tucker's friend - who is also resident idiot Dewey Cox Crowe on that show.
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** While Bryan Cranston was not an exclusively comedic actor before the series, by far his most famous role was as the BumblingDad on ''MalcolmInTheMiddle''. To put it mildly, Walter will be quite a departure for his fans from that show.

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** While Bryan Cranston was not an exclusively comedic actor before the series, by far his most famous role was as the BumblingDad on ''MalcolmInTheMiddle''. To put it mildly, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky9VvH8fKhA Walter will be quite a departure for his fans from that show.]]
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** On Aug. 16, 2012, the Tuscaloosa County (Ala.) Sheriff's Office named a new Most Wanted Fugitive. That person? Accused meth cook Walter White. (Not the hero of this show, but [[http://www.tcsoal.org/wanted.php?id=616&start=0 this guy.]])
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** [[FridayNightLights Landry]] now works for Walt.[[spoiler:and he's killed again.]]
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* FakeAmerican: Laura Fraser (Scottish) as Lydia.
* FakeNationality: Giancarlo Esposito and Mark Margolis respectively as as Chilean and Mexican characters.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Learn anything about the issues this show has faced that caused radical plot rewrites, and marvel that it turned out so well. For starters, if the first season hadn't been cut short by the writers' strike, Jesse would have been killed at the end of it.
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** The leader in Jesse's addiction recovery group is an Expy of [[Seroes/{{Oz}} Tobias Beecher]]. They both suffered from debilitating addictions that ended with an innocent girl run over by a car. Also, he's ''Series/{{Justified}}'''s resident nutjob, Mr. Wynn Duffy!

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** The leader in Jesse's addiction recovery group is an Expy of [[Seroes/{{Oz}} [[Series/{{Oz}} Tobias Beecher]]. They both suffered from debilitating addictions that ended with an innocent girl run over by a car. Also, he's ''Series/{{Justified}}'''s resident nutjob, Mr. Wynn Duffy!

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** Walt starts off as [[MalcolmInTheMiddle Hal]], before proceeding to take several levels in {{Badass}}.

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** Walt starts off as [[MalcolmInTheMiddle [[Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle Hal]], before proceeding to take several levels in {{Badass}}.



** The leader in Jesse's addiction recovery group is an Expy of [[{{Oz}} Tobias Beecher]]. They both suffered from debilitating addictions that ended with an innocent girl run over by a car.
*** Also, he's ''Series/{{Justified}}'''s resident nutjob, Mr. Wynn Duffy!
*** Another ''Justified'' regular is Tucker's friend - who is also resident idiot Dewey Cox on that show.

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** The leader in Jesse's addiction recovery group is an Expy of [[{{Oz}} [[Seroes/{{Oz}} Tobias Beecher]]. They both suffered from debilitating addictions that ended with an innocent girl run over by a car.
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car. Also, he's ''Series/{{Justified}}'''s resident nutjob, Mr. Wynn Duffy!
*** ** Another ''Justified'' ''Series/{{Justified}}'' regular is Tucker's friend - who is also resident idiot Dewey Cox on that show.



** Apparently Cranston had specifically taken the role [[PlayingAgainstType because it was so different]] from both [[MalcolmInTheMiddle Hal]] and every other bumbling dad role he'd been offered around the time. Read that how you will.

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** Apparently Cranston had specifically taken the role [[PlayingAgainstType because it was so different]] from both [[MalcolmInTheMiddle [[Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle Hal]] and every other bumbling dad role he'd been offered around the time. Read that how you will.

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** The leader in Jesse's addition recovery group is an Expy of [[{{Oz}} Tobias Beecher]]. They both suffered from debilitating addictions that ended with an innocent girl run over by a car.

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** The leader in Jesse's addition addiction recovery group is an Expy of [[{{Oz}} Tobias Beecher]]. They both suffered from debilitating addictions that ended with an innocent girl run over by a car.



** Apparently Cranston had specifically taken the role [[PlayingAgainstType because it was so different]] from both [[MalcolmInTheMiddle Hal]] and every other bumbling dad role he'd been offered around the time. Read that how you will.

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** Apparently Cranston had specifically taken the role [[PlayingAgainstType because it was so different]] from both [[MalcolmInTheMiddle Hal]] and every other bumbling dad role he'd been offered around the time. Read that how you will.will.
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** Jane's dad is [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Q]].

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** Jane's dad is [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Q]].
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* DyeingForYourArt: Bryan Cranston lost weight and shaved his head to play Walter.

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* RoleAssociation: Walt starts off as [[MalcolmInTheMiddle Hal]], before proceeding to take several levels in {{Badass}}.

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* RoleAssociation: RoleAssociation:
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Walt starts off as [[MalcolmInTheMiddle Hal]], before proceeding to take several levels in {{Badass}}.



* TomHanksSyndrome: While Bryan Cranston was not an exclusively comedic actor before the series, by far his most famous role was as the BumblingDad on ''MalcolmInTheMiddle''. To put it mildly, Walter will be quite a departure for his fans from that show.

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* TomHanksSyndrome: TomHanksSyndrome:
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While Bryan Cranston was not an exclusively comedic actor before the series, by far his most famous role was as the BumblingDad on ''MalcolmInTheMiddle''. To put it mildly, Walter will be quite a departure for his fans from that show.
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*** Also, he's ''{{Justified}}'''s resident nutjob, Mr. Wynn Duffy!

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*** Also, he's ''{{Justified}}'''s ''Series/{{Justified}}'''s resident nutjob, Mr. Wynn Duffy!
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*** Also, he's ''Justified'''s resident nutjob, Mr. Wynn Duffy!

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*** Also, he's ''Justified'''s ''{{Justified}}'''s resident nutjob, Mr. Wynn Duffy!

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* HeyItsThatGuy: Walt starts off as [[MalcolmInTheMiddle Hal]], before proceeding to take several levels in {{Badass}}.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: LifeImitatesArt: Meth being smuggled by way of hiding it in food shipments. It's not exactly fry batter, but [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/12/drugs-hidden-in-nacho-cheese_n_1143879.html?ncid=txtlnkushuff00000001 nacho cheese]] is close.
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Walt starts off as [[MalcolmInTheMiddle Hal]], before proceeding to take several levels in {{Badass}}.



* LifeImitatesArt: Meth being smuggled by way of hiding it in food shipments. It's not exactly fry batter, but [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/12/drugs-hidden-in-nacho-cheese_n_1143879.html?ncid=txtlnkushuff00000001 nacho cheese]] is close.
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* LifeImitatesArt: Meth being smuggled by way of hiding it in food shipments. It's not exactly fry batter, but [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/12/drugs-hidden-in-nacho-cheese_n_1143879.html?ncid=txtlnkushuff00000001 nacho cheese]] is close.

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