Breaking Bad
Set in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Breaking Bad follows Walter White, a modest high school chemistry teacher who transforms into a ruthless drug kingpin in the local meth trade, driven to financially provide for his family after being diagnosed with incurable lung cancer. Initially making only small batches of meth with his former student Jesse Pinkman in a mobile meth lab, Walter and Jesse eventually expand to make larger batches of a special blue meth that is incredibly pure and creates high demand. Because of his drug-related activities, Walter eventually finds himself at odds with his family, the DEA, local gangs, and the Mexican drug cartel, putting him and his family's lives at risk. Through the course of the show, Walter transforms into "Heisenberg" (his street-name) and loses control of his family, his drug operation and his life.