Vince Gilligan pushed for Cranston as the lead of Breaking Bad on the strength of a guest turn in a 1998 episode Gilligan had written. What about that performance convinced him?

He did all of his own high-speed stunt driving

He improvised the episode's closing scene on the day

He had already played a research scientist in an earlier episode

He made a hateful, bigoted man pitiable by the end of the hour

Executives resisted handing Walter White to an actor best known as a sitcom dad, and the part was floated to two better-known film names first. Who were they?

John Cusack and Matthew Broderick

Kyle Chandler and Timothy Olyphant

Steve Buscemi and William H. Macy

In Your Honor, what pushes Judge Michael Desiato into covering up a crime in the opening episode?

His daughter is caught dealing drugs at her school

His teenage son kills a man in a hit-and-run and drives off

He is blackmailed over a bribe he took years earlier

His wife is charged with embezzling from her law firm

Playing Hal on Malcolm in the Middle brought Cranston a run of Primetime Emmy nominations. In which category?

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

On How I Met Your Mother, Cranston recurred as Hammond Druthers. How did that man relate to Ted?

He was Ted's boss at the architecture firm

He was Ted's old architecture professor

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