When “Breaking Bad,” the AMC show that is scheduled to return for a second season on Sunday at 10 p.m., debuted in January 2008, numerous viewers did not know what to understand of the series, since its main premise was very similar to that of an extremely dark comedy.

 

Picture this: A humble high school chemistry teacher, impersonated by Bryan Cranston, suffering of terminal lung cancer plans to start working as a meth dealer in order to gain sufficient money for his family to survive following his death. In addition, the sight of Bryan Cranston, who is a comedy favorite after spending seven years on Fox’s “Malcolm in the Middle,” hysterically wandering through the desert in an early episode, appeared to draw attention to the ludicrousness of the entire situation.

 

As the initial season revealed even more details, nonetheless, Cranston’s fictional persona, going by the name of Walter White, rapidly noticed that his hopes of secretly controlling a small but productive drug business assisted by Jesse (Aaron Paul), an ex student, were destroyed, the peril emerging out of various incidents urged Walter to make a wrong step: he murdered a drug dealer he had captured and kept in is basement. The scene represented a rather frightening moment for both the character and the AMC series’ audience.

 

Can it get any worse for Walt? Well, it can, at least when “Breaking Bad” kicks off its second season. Nonetheless, actor Bryan Cranston, who was honored with an Emmy Award last year for his impersonation of Walt, explains that the extreme storyline of the show is very relevant to viewers, who find themselves in a very harsh period of their lives.