Breaking Bad Episodes List Updated Jun 2026

Premiering on January 20, 2008 , the first season introduces us to Walt, who turns to cooking crystal meth with former student Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) after a terminal cancer diagnosis.

Season 1 is short, frantic, and surprisingly darkly comedic. It establishes the baseline of Walter White’s misery—a man so suppressed by life that cancer feels like an exclamation point. The season moves fast, focusing on the logistical nightmare of cooking meth in an RV. breaking bad episodes list

| # | Episode Title | Original Air Date | |---|---------------|--------------------| | 1 | Pilot | Jan 20, 2008 | | 2 | Cat’s in the Bag… | Jan 27, 2008 | | 3 | …And the Bag’s in the River | Feb 10, 2008 | | 4 | Cancer Man | Feb 17, 2008 | | 5 | Gray Matter | Feb 24, 2008 | | 6 | Crazy Handful of Nothin’ | Mar 2, 2008 | | 7 | A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal | Mar 9, 2008 | Premiering on January 20, 2008 , the first