1. There were 62 episodes of Breaking Bad. The 62nd element on the periodic table is Samarium. Samarium is used to treat lung cancer.
Not everyone initially knew the show's episode count would hover in on the number 62 for a reason directly related to a notable chemistry element. Those who know the chemistry periodic table will know that the 62nd element is Samarium. This particular element is known for treating cancers, most notably lung cancer.
Considering the specific rare element and the importance of treatment in connection to Walt's fate, it's possible Gilligan planned for the series to end on episode 62 since it held extra meaning. Throughout Breaking Bad, Walt himself served as a personal form of cancer among his family and friends.
Well, not exactly. After watching the latest episode of Breaking Bad, where a series of numbers–34, 59, 20, 106, 36, 52–played a crucial role, Hollywood Reporter chief TV critic Tim Goodman commented, "Part of me wishes I could see the smile on the face of @DamonLindelof after tonight's #BreakingBad episode.
In common with other lanthanides, samarium is used in carbon arc lighting for studio lighting and projection.
Health effects of samarium
Samarium has no biological role, but it has been noted to stimulate metabolism. Soluble samarium salts are mildly toxic by ingestion and there are health hazards associated with these because exposure to samarium causes skin and eye irritation.
Livermorium. Pronunciation. /ˌlɪvərˈmɔːriəm/ (LIV-ər-MOR-ee-əm) Mass number.
'Tread lightly. ' "If that's true — if you don't know who I am — then maybe your best course is to tread lightly." The Internet nearly exploded when Walt said the now-famous line, as fans tweeted up a storm.
Walter White (Bryan Cranston) — Chromium: A very shiny and reflective element that's essential to most higher organisms (in this case, his family and business) with a dark side. Chromium can become genotoxic carcinogen, which can interfere with DNA and increase your chances of getting cancer.
Eladio Vuente, commonly known as Don Eladio, is the boss of the Cartel, a Mexican drug cartel that employs Juan Bolsa, Hector Salamanca, and Salamanca's nephews (Tuco, Marco, Leonel, Lalo, and Joaquin).
Walter White, once an underpaid educator and loving family man, finishes the series with the deaths of 200 people on his hands.
Following Breaking Bad's overwhelming popularity on Netflix, the show was renewed for season five which was the last outing. Speaking about why he chose to end Breaking Bad on the fifth run, Gilligan said it was his experiences of serving as a writer on The X-Files which led to his decision.
Walt, the trained scientist, calls himself “Heisenberg” after the Heisenberg Uncertainly Principle by the German physicist Werner Heisenberg, who posited that the location and momentum of a nuclear particle cannot be known at the same time.
In the final scene, Hank figures out that Walt is Heisenberg while perusing Walt's copy of “Leaves of Grass” on the toilet. The book is inscribed: “To my other favorite W.W. It's an honor working with you.
Although it took some viewers (including this one) a while to catch on, most everyone agrees that Walt's call to Skyler was intended for the police he knew would be listening, that in casting her as a terrified woman under the thumb of a homicidally violent drug kingpin, he was trying to exonerate her, to absorb her ...
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His symptoms got increasingly worse as the series progressed showing that now, he would need treatment for this clinical diagnosis if he hopes to return to any form of a normal life. It is no coincidence that Walt encompasses all nine characteristics of having a narcissistic personality disorder, as outlined in DSM-5.
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Jesse calls Walter "Walt" for the first of only two times in the series run. All the other times Walt is referred to by Jesse as "Mr. White."
Simple, complicated, it doesn't matter. Steps never change, and I know every step.
Sitting towards the end of the lanthanides, the floating strip of elements on the periodic table that squeezes between barium and lutetium, thulium has atomic number 69.
Dysprosium is a chemical element with symbol Dy and atomic number 66. Classified as a lanthanide, Dysprosium is a solid at room temperature.