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- Yahoo!: 'Breaking Bad' Season 5 Hits DVD, Blu-Ray on June 4

Looking to catch up with "Breaking Bad" before the show rides off into the TV sunset this summer? Need a little refresher on the shocking events of the first half of Season 5 before the show's final eight episodes unfold? Sony's got just what you're looking for: the "Breaking Bad: The Fifth Season" DVD and Blu-ray boxed sets which the studio, we've learned exclusively, will release on June 4.

The sets will include all eight episodes from the first half of Season 5, along with cast and crew commentaries for each episode, deleted scenes, outtakes, 19 "Inside Breaking Bad" episodes, audition footage for guest stars Jesse Plemons and Laura Fraser, a feature on the "Gallery 1988 Art Show" with artwork inspired by the series, and "Chris Hardwick's All-Star Celebrity Bowling" with the Nerdist team taking on the "Breaking Bad" crew to raise money for charity.

Both DVD and Blu-ray versions of the release will also include "Chicks 'N' Guns," a scene created exclusively for the home entertainment releases. The scene revolves around Aaron Paul's Jesse and reveals a backstory for the Season 5 episode "Gliding All Over," the midseason finale.

In "Chicks 'N' Guns," Jesse fears the DEA, having sent Mike on the run, is about to close in on him, so he deals with it the way Jesse is wont to deal with such scenarios: He and pal Skinny Pete invite a stripper to help them forget their troubles, until Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) arrives and puts Jesse's troubles into a new and even scarier perspective. The DVD and Blu-ray releases also include a "Behind the Scenes" featurette that follows Paul and Odenkirk through the filming of the "Chicks 'N' Guns" scene.

"The extra scene we created exclusively for the Blu-ray and DVD proves just how much the relationship between Jesse and Walt has drastically changed over the past five seasons of 'Breaking Bad,'" series creator Vince Gilligan says. "'Chicks 'N' Guns' is an original idea that presents fans with a pivotal missing moment during Episode 508, 'Gliding Over All.' Writers Jenn Carroll and Gordon Smith, and director Michelle MacLaren, did a fantastic job bringing it to life, and I think fans will love it."

Other goodies on the bonus-packed releases include "Writers' Room Timelapse," in which the show's writing staff takes viewers through the process of breaking an entire episode ("Fifty-One"); "Nothing Stops This Train," a behind-the-scenes look at the train heist storyline from the "Dead Freight" episode; and "The Cleaner: Jonathan Banks as Mike," an interview with fan favorite Banks.

The final eight episodes of "Breaking Bad," starring Emmy winners Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul, will premiere on AMC this summer.

Wait, what? Why are they calling it season 5 if it only has the first half.
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I don't know. This is all the info I've seen on it.

 

[EdibleExplosives]

I don't know. This is all the info I've seen on it.

Yeah, it's strange. I thought they'd call it 'Season 5: Volume 1' or something similar.
Can't wait to watch the extra Jesse scene though.

 

[UrbanRats]

Bluray coming to Europe one day?

 

[Messypandas]

Had an awesome dream of how it finishes.

After running from Hank and the Po-Lice Walt absconds and disappears. Flash-forward 4 years.
Walt is modern day Pablo Escobar. Long mullet. Huge rural mansion, drug dealers in every room, guys with ak-47's wandering round, tables full of money. Walt in a silk fucking suit and a huge cigar, what do you think?

 

[digoutyoursoul]

I believe Walt will

Spoiler

poison Hank

 

[dorkimoe]

Wait, what? Why are they calling it season 5 if it only has the first half?
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entourage did that too with a season, but they had the balls to put "part 1" on it.... i feel like they need to mark it

 

[EdibleExplosives]

Bluray coming to Europe one day?

They're already out in certain countries, and the UK is eventually getting them this summer.

 

[UrbanRats]

They're already out in certain countries, and the UK is eventually getting them this summer.

Just checked on Amazon UK and they have them for June 3 (at least season 1).
About fucking time.

 

[EdibleExplosives]

Just checked on Amazon UK and they have them for June 3 (at least season 1).
About fucking time.

Yep! Seasons 1-4 are being released on bluray on that date.

 

[Cornballer]

- TV Shows on DVD: The full Sony Pictures Home Entertainment press release for "Breaking Bad - The 5th Season," which will be in stores on June 4th

BREAKING BAD: THE FIFTH SEASON episodes include: Live Free or Die, Madrigal, Hazard Pay, Fifty-One, Dead Freight, Buyout, Say My Name, and Gliding Over All.

Blu-ray Exclusive Special Features Include:

Two all-new featurettes:
"Scene by Scene: Directors Discuss Memorable Moments" provides the directors' experience making the show.
"The Writers of Breaking Bad" gives the writers a turn to show viewers what it's really like to work together and create amazing scripts.​

Blu-ray & DVD Special Features Include:

"Chicks 'N' Guns" is a scene created and produced exclusively for the home entertainment release.

Certain that the DEA dragnet that sent Mike fleeing is about to close around him, Jesse enlists Skinny Pete and a stripper to help him forget his woes...until Saul arrives and gives him something entirely new to fear.

Cast & crew commentaries on every episode
Deleted scenes
Outtakes
Three all-new featurettes:

"Nothing Stops This Train" takes viewers on location to see what a huge undertaking it is to film a modern-day train heist.
"The Cleaner: Jonathan Banks as Mike" gives viewers a chance to spend time with fan-favorite Cleaner, Jonathan Banks, as he talks about his time with the show.
"Chicks 'N' Guns: Behind-the-Scenes" shows how the scene came to be, going behind the scenes with Aaron Paul and Bob Odenkirk as it's filmed.​

"Writers' Room Timelapse" takes viewers through the entire breaking of episode "Fifty-One" with commentary from the writers.
Laura Fraser & Jesse Plemons audition footage
Prison stunt rehearsal footage
"Gallery 1988 Art Show" features artwork inspired by the show
"Chris Hardwick's All-Star Celebrity Bowling" features team Breaking Bad going head to head with team Nerdist to raise money for charity.
Inside Breaking Bad: 19 episodes that give a behind-the-scenes look of what it takes to create an episode​

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

Welp, I can finally read current BB threads, now that I have caught up.

Wow.

 

[a secret-boss]

gonna wait for complete season 5 set

 

[Aguirre]

got my breaking bad avatar for the finale


also, was watching seinfeld last night. so weird to see bryan cranston in it, lol

 

[7he Talon]

Apparently the final episode is called

Spoiler

'Crystal Clear'.

 

[Jrmint]

lol

I hope he gets some more roles in the future because I never saw him anything before BB.

 

[dave is ok]

I hope he gets some more roles in the future because I never saw him anything before BB.

You somehow missed his incredible pre-BB work?

 

[big ander]

I hope he gets some more roles in the future because I never saw him anything before BB.

He's allegedly very good in Smashed. I haven't seen it yet. Don't expect BB though, trailer makes it look like a fairly straightforward drama about alcoholism.

And he'll be in the Need For Speed movie, which might be a box office success. So.

 

[Aguirre]

You somehow missed his incredible pre-BB work?

gotta have my pops, b*tch!

 

[Snake]

gotta have my pops, b*tch!

 

[Cornballer]

- Trailer mashup of Breaking Bad and The Office (youtube)

 

[jonezer4]

Wait, what? Why are they calling it season 5 if it only has the first half?

Calling it the first half of season 5 and the second half of season 5 although they air a year apart is a confusing marketing nightmare. More money for them on DVD sales. Less confusing for the general public. Win/win.

I'm assuming the final 8 episodes will be branded as season 6.

 

[rekameohs]

Seeing as every other season was branded as "The Complete [First/Second/etc] Season" and this one is only branded as "The Fifth Season", we can expect a full "The Complete Fifth Season" at some point. I don't know what the 2nd half only DVD will be branded as, though.

 

[Cornballer]

I'm assuming the final 8 episodes will be branded as season 6.

AFAIK, they're on the hook to only refer to this as Season 5, so it will be part of "The Complete Fifth Season" as rekameohs said. I still don't know why they didn't refer to the current set as Part 1, though. Maybe that would hurt sales as everyone would just hold out for the complete set.

 

[Dany]

Is there a date for this? After Mad Men runs?

 

[smokeymicpot]

Is there a date for this? After Mad Men runs?

July 14th I think or rumor date at least.

 

[Cornballer]

Is there a date for this? After Mad Men runs?

No firm date set yet. It will be this Summer sometime.

 

[PAULINK]

Apparently the final episode is called

Spoiler

'Crystal Clear'.

I need this in my veins immediately.

 

[Alpende]

No firm date set yet. It will be this Summer sometime.

July was pretty much confirmed IIRC.

 

[hank_tree]

Seeing as every other season was branded as "The Complete [First/Second/etc] Season" and this one is only branded as "The Fifth Season", we can expect a full "The Complete Fifth Season" at some point. I don't know what the 2nd half only DVD will be branded as, though.

It'll be called "The Fifth Season: Part 2".

 

[Cornballer]

July was pretty much confirmed IIRC.

All signs indicate to a July start date, but there has been no official announcement yet from AMC.

 

[Frolow]

Apparently the final episode is called

Spoiler

'Crystal Clear'.

Where did this come from?

 

[7he Talon]

Where did this come from?

IMDb and other sources.

Gilligan has said this episode will be "polarizing".

 

[big ander]

imdb is not a credible source.

 

[chalkitdown1]

IMDb and other sources.

Gilligan has said this episode will be "polarizing".

The Fly part II it will be called, then.

I like it.

 

[triplestation]

what am i gonna watch when this ends

the chances of another show coming up as solid is this fucking 0

this SUCKS

 

[Voice of Reason]

With that title, there better be no ambiguity.

 

[Face it Tiger..]

what am i gonna watch when this ends

the chances of another show coming up as solid is this fucking 0

this SUCKS

Maybe a spinoff with Skyler having a relationship with a finacially unstable Ted.

 

[Mistle]

https://twitter.com/RjMitte/status/320740418335686656/photo/1
https://twitter.com/RjMitte/status/320740587164823553/photo/1

 

[cacophony]

Flynn starts hanging out with Jesse?

 

[Servbot24]

IMDb and other sources.

Gilligan has said this episode will be "polarizing".

Ftr, he said that no matter how they end it it will be polarizing, but hopefully they can satisfy most people.

 

[Cornballer]

- AMC Q&A: Skip MacDonald (Editor)

 

[Cornballer]

I don't think I've ever heard "fuck" on an AMC broadcast. I'm pretty sure that they always censor "fuck" on their channel.

Was "Fuck you and your eyebrows!" censored? I thought that was loud and clear during the original broadcast, but it's been soooooooo long since it aired.

 

[Dany]

Was I fucked Ted censored?

Hmm, I thought there was one last year that wasn't. I remember igilkigan saying they can get one fuck per season.

 

[Cornballer]

Was I fucked Ted censored?

I can't remember, but I hope it wasn't.

Hmm, I thought there was one last year that wasn't. I remember igilkigan saying they can get one fuck per season.

I think you're probably right - a few people have mentioned this. I just pulled a Gilligan quote in the Mad Men thread where he's talking about profanity, and he made it sound like they couldn't say it at all, but I don't think that's the case. It was an interview from a long time ago, so maybe AMC has loosened up on that.

 

[EdibleExplosives]

Wasn't the 'fuck' censored in season 4 when Jesse fought with Walt and told him to get out of his house? I'm sure I remember it being that way because it sounded ridiculous.

 

[Vlad]

Wasn't the 'fuck' censored in season 4 when Jesse fought with Walt and told him to get out of his house? I'm sure I remember it being that way because it sounded ridiculous.

Season 1 had several "Fuck"s, since they didn't know what channel they were going to be on (hence the topless woman in the pilot). Off the top of my head there's "Fuck you and your eyebrows" and "Grow some fucking balls" (Walt to Jesse in "Crazy Handful of Nothin'".

Beyond that, they're allowed a single verbal Fuck per season, which will be blanked out when it airs.

For reference, they're Walt's "Fuck You" to Gretchen in S2, the infamous IFT in S3, Jesse's "Get the fuck out and never come back" in S4, and Mike's "Shut the fuck up and let me die in peace" in S5.

There was also a bonus written Fuck in Mike's little note to the DEA.

 

[Linius]

You can say they save their fucks for iconic lines in the series. But I seriously don't understand why it's such a problem to say fuck on TV. As long as it serves a purpose in delivering lines it's only a positive thing if you ask me.

 

[blainethemono]

I'm pretty sure Fuck is censored on my blu rays for the later seasons too. They're intact for the first season, but I think after that they're all blanked out. Which is weird because you get the extra adult content anyway (nudity in the pilot, etc)

I honestly thought I had some type of alternate version of the blu rays or something because I can't understand why they would do that.

 

[waypoetic]

Had an awesome dream of how it finishes.

After running from Hank and the Po-Lice Walt absconds and disappears. Flash-forward 4 years.
Walt is modern day Pablo Escobar. Long mullet. Huge rural mansion, drug dealers in every room, guys with ak-47's wandering round, tables full of money. Walt in a silk fucking suit and a huge cigar, what do you think?

Your dream pleases me

 

[Hoplatee]

Season 1 had several "Fuck"s, since they didn't know what channel they were going to be on (hence the topless woman in the pilot). Off the top of my head there's "Fuck you and your eyebrows" and "Grow some fucking balls" (Walt to Jesse in "Crazy Handful of Nothin'".

Beyond that, they're allowed a single verbal Fuck per season, which will be blanked out when it airs.

For reference, they're Walt's "Fuck You" to Gretchen in S2, the infamous IFT in S3, Jesse's "Get the fuck out and never come back" in S4, and Mike's "Shut the fuck up and let me die in peace" in S5.

There was also a bonus written Fuck in Mike's little note to the DEA.

I believe there is another fuck in S5. When Walt + Walt JR are watching Scarface on tv and Sky freaks out.

I am not sure which EP it is (I think 3 or 4) but it surprised me that there were two this season. I might be wrong but I remember it like that

S1 was filled with fucks yup.