You are in for a treat- perhaps the best series ever on TV, and would rival a lot of great movies too. Overall quality is outstanding from beginning to the very last episode although the first 1/2 of season 5 is a tad slow (season 5 was split across two years, so there are either two halves to season 5 or there were both a season 5 and season 6). Best final to any series I have ever watched also.
The creator of that series, Vince Gilligan, said it was basically about Mr. Chips turning into Scarface. Watch the series and see if that is not exactly right.
Brian
We've been binge watching Breaking Bad. We've tried a number of times to watch this show but couldn't make it past the first few episodes for one reason or the other. Once we made it past the first season we were hooked! Damn this is a good show!!!