

(pgs 29-40)Īll Is Lost (Low Point) (pg 39): Walt orders Dupree to buy the RV, thereby beginning his life of crime. Here the “Bad Guy” does close in as he decides to partner with Dupree and, borrowing against his house, gets money to buy an RV that will serve as their mobile meth lab. Although he has a good motive (to help his family out financially before he dies), Walt is his own enemy. 29-31)īad Guys Close In (pgs 29-39): In this story, Walt is his own Bad Guy. 29): Walt partners with former student and drug dealer Dupree to manufacture and sell meth. (Two potential subplots: Walt’s wife’s pregnancy and his relationship with fellow teacher.)įun and Games (pgs 16-29): As Walt’s life spirals down when he learns he has cancer and two years to live, he cooks up a plan to leave money for his family. (Note: Traditional TV dramas are structured in four acts, with Acts Two and Three corresponding to Act Two in a feature film.) (pg 17 four pages later than desired.)ī Story (Subplot Intro by) (pg 16): No Subplot. 6-13)īreak into Two (pg 13): The first act in the three-act structure ends with Walt collapsing (from his illness) at Cal Tech, his alma mater. 6-13): Walt debates his next move, as he puts up with snooty students at school, swallows his pride at his job at a carwash when he dries the car of one of his disrespectful students, and listens to Hank suggest that Walt become more pro-active in his moonlighting job by turning in the carwash owner to immigration authorities. 13 seven pages later than desired.)ĭebate (Half Commitment) (p. 6): Walt sees on TV that his DEA brother-in-law Hank broke up a meth lab and confiscated $700,000. Set-Up (pgs 1-5): The Teaser, in which Walt crashes his RV and uses a camcorder to record a cryptic farewell to his wife and son, before waiting, gun in hand, for the police to arrive. Theme Stated (pgs 1-3): Speaking into a camcorder, Walt states his love for his family and explains that what he’s done, he’s done for them. Opening Image (pg 1): An RV, driven by a crazed man in his underpants (main character Walt, played by Bryan Cranston), barrels over a pile of cow poop and crashes. There is one for breaking bad if you havent seen it. No Sale of Copyrighted Material or Sharing of Confidential Material

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