quality TV, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
quantum mechanics, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5.1-5.2 , 6
Schrödinger’s cat, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
R
reality TV, 1.1-1.2
Reagan administration, 1 , 2.1-2.2
Reefer Madness, 1
Remember WENN, 1
Rescue Me, 1
Rubicon, 1
S
Salamanca Cousins (series characters), 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5.1-5.2 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10.1-10.2
Salamanca, Hector (series character), 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
Salamanca, Tuco (series character), 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6.1-6.2 , 7.1-7.2 , 8 , 9 , 10.1-10.2 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16
Santa Muerte, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
Scarface (1932), 1
Scarface (1983), 1 , 2 , 3
Schnauz, Thomas, 1
Schrader, Hank (series character), 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6.1-6.2 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12.1-12.2 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23
his body, 1 , 2
masculinity, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4 , 5
Schrader, Marie (series character), 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7.1-7.2 , 8 , 9
her body, 1
Schwartz, Elliot (series character), 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5
Schwartz, Gretchen (series character), 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3
Scientific American, 1
Seinfeld, 1
A
A Serious Man, 1.1-1.2 , 2
T
The Shield, 1
S
Six Feet Under, 1 , 2
Slovis, Michael, 1
Son of the Beach, 1
Sontag, Susan See cancer as metaphor
T
The Sopranos, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
S
spaghetti westerns See Leone, Sergio
Stagecoach, 1
Star Trek, 1
Sunday Morning Shootout, 1
T
teaser segment, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3.1-3.2
Thatcher administration, 1
Third Golden Age of TV, 1 , 2
Touch of Evil, 1
Traffic, 1
The Treasure of Sierra Madre, 1
Turkle, Sherry, 1 , 2 , 3
Twin Peaks, 1 , 2
U
Unscripted, 1
U.S.-Mexico border, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5.1-5.2 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9
V
Variety, 1
Velez, Lupe, 1
Veronica Mars, 1
visual style in Breaking Bad, 1 , 2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4.1-4.2 , 5.1-5.2
orality, 1 , 2 , 3
second-degree style, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4.1-4.2 , 5
visuality, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
zero-degree style, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3.1-3.2
T
The Voice, 1
The Walking Dead, 1 , 2
W
War on Drugs, 1 , 2
Weather Channel, 1
Weeds, 1
White, Skyler (series character), 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10.1-10.2 , 11 , 12.1-12.2 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23.1-23.2 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28
confrontation with Walter, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3.1-3.2
her body, 1 , 2
White, Walter (series character) as antihero, 1 , 2
as entrepreneur, 1.1-1.2
his body, 1 , 2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4.1-4.2 , 5.1-5.2
as schoolteacher, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 , 4 , 5.1-5.2
White, Walter Jr. (series character), 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6.1-6.2 , 7 , 8.1-8.2 , 9 , 10 , 11
his body, 1 , 2
Winfrey, Oprah, 1
T
The Wire, 1 , 2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4
X
Xena: Warrior Princess, 1
T
The X-Files, 1 , 2 , 3
Y
Y tu mamá también, 1
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Breaking bad : critical essays on the contexts, politics, style, and reception of the television series / edited by David P. Pierson.
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