"Meth lab not included."

Kevin McFarland looks back on Season 5 of "Breaking Bad," in advance of the final episode. All Bad things must come to an end, but what a good Bad thing this series has been. Spoilers.

Miles O'Brien and Xeni Jardin interview the brains behind Breaking Bad's portrayal of science.

Spoilers. Kevin McFarland reviews the penultimate episode of Breaking Bad's final season, in which we ask which option is better in the Granite State: to Live Free, or Die? Catch up on previous episodes in our Boing Boing "Breaking Bad" archives.

Spoilers. Kevin McFarland reviews the sixth of Breaking Bad's final eight episodes, in which we look upon Walter White's works, and despair. Catch up on previous episodes in our Boing Boing "Breaking Bad" archives.

A Breaking Bad fan's tattoo, shared on Instagram by actor Aaron Paul (Jesse).

Flavorwire has a post with a bunch of images of Breaking Bad fan tattoos. But it's not just fans who are obsessed with permanent fleshy commemorations of the long-running AMC series, which comes to an end soon. Actors Bryan Cranston (who plays the show's protagonist, Walter White) and Aaron Paul (who plays his meth-cooking sidekick, Jesse Pinkman) each got inked when they finished shooting the show's last season.

The final 8 episodes air on AMC starting this Sunday, August 11, and we'll have weekly recaps/analysis here on Boing Boing.

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Do not watch if you have not yet watched seasons one and two of the television show Breaking Bad. Tight, tight, tight, yeah! Created by the very talented video remixer Chris Lohr. Damn, but Mr. White has fallen a long, long way since S1, que no?

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Trufans Miles O'Brien and Xeni dug into the show's vaults to explore Breaking Bad's top 10 chemistry moments.

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My aviator boyfriend Miles O'Brien and I are flying in his plane from California to the east coast this week, before I start 6 weeks of radiation treatment for breast cancer. When you fly in a single-engine plane like his, you have to stop every 4 hours or so for fuel. When we woke up Sunday, the day the first episode of the new season of AMC's BREAKING BAD would air, we thought: hey, why not plan today's stop in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where the show is based? And why not try to find some fellow fans, and invite ourselves into a ABQ BrBa premiere viewing party tonight?

So we did. I put out the call on Twitter, and hours later, a fellow fan in ABQ named Shanna Schultz tweeted back, come on over.

"Booze-wise we're making an asston of blue jungle juice in honor of the blue meth," Shanna said, "plus we'll be grilling."

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