How Shows Portray Drug Violence

  • INTRODUCTION

    INTRODUCTION
  • Franklin Saint's first connection with cocaine

    Franklin Saint's first connection with cocaine
    Franklin first meets Avi Drexler while trying to buy cocaine for his high school friend Rob Volpe. He is given 24 hours to sell a kilogram of Avi's cocaine in his neighborhood. Franklin sells it to Claudia, with his Aunt Louie's help.
  • Crack Cocaine Is Introduced

    Crack Cocaine Is Introduced
    Franklin, Teddy, and Leon visit Oakland and learn about a new drug: crack cocaine.
  • Leon gets shot

    Leon gets shot
    After Franklin had sold a couple of kilos of cocaine to Claudia, her usual dealers become furious and rob and beat Franklin afterwards. Franklin and his group go and get payback for it. As a result, Lenny, one of the people who originally beat up Franklin, is scoping out his house waiting for him or Leon to come out. Leon finally does and he ends up getting shot as a result.
  • Franklin kills his best friend Kevin to prevent a gang war

    Franklin kills his best friend Kevin to prevent a gang war
    Some of the soldiers sent out to sell and distribute drugs had been roaming around Mexican territory and were warned to stay off. After not listening, one of the Mexican gang members shows up and kills both of the boys which work for Franklin. Kevin, a cousin of the boys is furious and wants payback. He finds the man responsible and is going to kill him when Franklin attempts to stop him in his tracks as it is in a public park. After failing,Franklin is forced to kill Kevin to prevent a war.
  • Franklin kills Andre

    Franklin kills Andre
    Andre breaks into Franklin's home to look for his gun and finds a photo of Franklin with Teddy. He learns that the CIA is selling drugs to finance the Contras. Franklin kills Andre, making it appear as a suicide.
  • Mel shoots Franklin

    Mel shoots Franklin
    Mel, Andre's daughter and Franklin's friend, finds out about her father and knows that Franklin is the one responsible. She goes to his house and shoots him. He barely survives.
  • Leon kills Tianna, the 5 year-old daughter of rival gang member

    Leon kills Tianna, the 5 year-old daughter of rival gang member
    Manboy and Franklin lead a failed hit against Skully in San Pedro. Skully then leads a failed hit on Leon, shooting Wanda in the process. As a result, Leon and his crew sit outside Skully's grandma's house waiting for him to arrive. Suddenly, a man is walking across the street and an oncoming car is forced to stop. It turned out to be the rival gang. Leon and his crew participate in a shoot-out against Skully's men, accidentally killing Skully's 5-year-old daughter Tianna
  • Louie gets shot

    Louie gets shot
    Khadijah, Tianna's mother, initiates a drive-by at Fatback's funeral in order to kill Leon, only to hit other folks, including Aunt Louie.
  • Franklin loses everything

    Franklin loses everything
    Everyone Franklin ever knew turns his back on him when he needed them most. Franklin turns into what he despised most: his father. A homeless alcoholic with nothing to his name.
  • Walter White finds out he has cancer on his birthday

    Walter White finds out he has cancer on his birthday
    He is diagnosed with stage 3 cancer and is given 2 years to live. He goes to Jesse Pinkman, one his former students, to team up and cook meth together so that Walter has enough money to support his family after he dies.
  • Walter White Kills Krazy-8

    Walter White Kills Krazy-8
    Walter White is forced to kill Krazy-8, their distributer after he tries to kill Walter.
  • Walter White blows up Tuco's office

    Walter White blows up Tuco's office
    Jesse attempts to find a new distributor after Walter was forced to kill Krazy-8. Jesse then meets Tuco. Tuco beats up Jesse and takes his meth from him. Walter shows up to both get his money back for the meth and more. He uses a meth look-alike that is actually an explosive to send a message.
  • Hank kills Tuco in a shooting

    Hank kills Tuco in a shooting
    Tuco kidnaps Walt and Jesse. While kidnapped, they attempt to poison Tuco with ricin, but are stopped. Hank then shows up and finds Tuco and recognizes him, leading to a shootout.
  • Jesse kills Gale

    Jesse kills Gale
    Gus had Gale lined up to be Walter White's replacement. To ensure his spot, Walter has Jesse go to Gale's apartment and kill him.
  • Hector kills Gus

    Hector kills Gus
    Gus is about to kill Hector by lethal injection, but Hector triggers the bomb Walter gave him. Both are killed in the blast.
  • Hank is killed by Jack and his group

    Hank is killed by Jack and his group
    Walter offers Jack $80 million in cash in exchange for Hank's life. Nonetheless, Jack executes Hank. Jack's gang digs up all barrels of cash, leaving one for Walter.
  • Walter White dies

    Walter White dies
    Walter meets Jack and his gang at Jack Welker's Compound. He triggers the M60 machine gun which he has jury rigged in the trunk of his car. Only Jesse, Todd, Walter and Jack survive. Jesse strangles Todd to death. Walter shoots Jack in the head.Walter walks into the compound's meth lab which contains his old empire's industrial chemical equipment. Walter succumbs to his gunshot wound and is found dead by a group of police officers, ironically, in the same place where he most and last felt alive.
  • CONCLUSION

    CONCLUSION
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY

    “Timeline.” Snowfall Wiki. Accessed May 17, 2023. https://snowfall.fandom.com/wiki/Timeline#Undated_2. “Timeline.” Breaking Bad Wiki. Accessed May 17, 2023. https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Timeline#Season_5B.