Breaking Bad, Season 1, Episode 1 "Pilot"

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television episode

"Breaking Bad, Season 1, Episode 1 'Pilot' is the series-opening episode that introduces high school chemistry teacher Walter White and sets in motion his transformation into a methamphetamine manufacturer."

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Breaking Bad season 1 episode 1	2
Breaking Bad Season 1 Episode 1	1
Breaking Bad, Season 1 Episode 1	1
Breaking Bad, Season 1, Episode 1 "Pilot" canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7609151 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Breaking Bad, Season 1, Episode 1 "Pilot"
Context triple: [Walter White, firstAppearance, Breaking Bad, Season 1, Episode 1 "Pilot"]

A. Breaking Bad episode "Fly"
"Fly" is a bottle episode from the TV series Breaking Bad, notable for its intense psychological focus on Walter White and Jesse Pinkman and its distinctive, minimalist style.
B. Breaking Bad episode "Ozymandias"
"Ozymandias" is a critically acclaimed, emotionally devastating episode of the television series Breaking Bad, widely regarded as one of the greatest episodes in TV history.
C. Breaking Bad
Breaking Bad is a critically acclaimed American television drama series that follows a high school chemistry teacher’s transformation into a ruthless methamphetamine manufacturer.
D. Sons of Anarchy Season 1 Episode 1
"Sons of Anarchy" Season 1 Episode 1 is the series pilot that introduces the outlaw motorcycle club in Charming, California, and sets up Jax Teller’s internal conflict between his criminal life and his late father's more idealistic vision for the club.
E. El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie is a 2019 neo-Western crime drama film that serves as an epilogue to the television series Breaking Bad, following Jesse Pinkman’s fate after the show’s finale.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Breaking Bad, Season 1, Episode 1 "Pilot"
Target entity description: "Breaking Bad, Season 1, Episode 1 'Pilot' is the series-opening episode that introduces high school chemistry teacher Walter White and sets in motion his transformation into a methamphetamine manufacturer."

A. Breaking Bad episode "Fly"
"Fly" is a bottle episode from the TV series Breaking Bad, notable for its intense psychological focus on Walter White and Jesse Pinkman and its distinctive, minimalist style.
B. Breaking Bad episode "Ozymandias"
"Ozymandias" is a critically acclaimed, emotionally devastating episode of the television series Breaking Bad, widely regarded as one of the greatest episodes in TV history.
C. Breaking Bad
Breaking Bad is a critically acclaimed American television drama series that follows a high school chemistry teacher’s transformation into a ruthless methamphetamine manufacturer.
D. Sons of Anarchy Season 1 Episode 1
"Sons of Anarchy" Season 1 Episode 1 is the series pilot that introduces the outlaw motorcycle club in Charming, California, and sets up Jax Teller’s internal conflict between his criminal life and his late father's more idealistic vision for the club.
E. El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie is a 2019 neo-Western crime drama film that serves as an epilogue to the television series Breaking Bad, following Jesse Pinkman’s fate after the show’s finale.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	television episode ⓘ
coProtagonist	Jesse Pinkman NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creator	Vince Gilligan NERFINISHED ⓘ
director	Vince Gilligan NERFINISHED ⓘ
episodeNumberInSeason	1 ⓘ
episodeNumberOverall	1 ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Emilio Koyama NERFINISHED ⓘ Krazy-8 NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	crime drama ⓘ neo-Western ⓘ thriller ⓘ
introducesCharacter	Emilio Koyama NERFINISHED ⓘ Hank Schrader NERFINISHED ⓘ Jesse Pinkman NERFINISHED ⓘ Krazy-8 NERFINISHED ⓘ Marie Schrader NERFINISHED ⓘ Skyler White NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter White NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter White Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCharacter	Hank Schrader NERFINISHED ⓘ Jesse Pinkman NERFINISHED ⓘ Marie Schrader NERFINISHED ⓘ Skyler White NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter White NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter White Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originalNetwork	AMC NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Breaking Bad NERFINISHED ⓘ Breaking Bad Season 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ
plotPoint	Walter White and Jesse cook meth in an RV in the desert ⓘ Walter White confronts drug dealers Emilio and Krazy-8 ⓘ Walter White decides to manufacture methamphetamine ⓘ Walter White learns he has terminal lung cancer ⓘ Walter White partners with former student Jesse Pinkman NERFINISHED ⓘ
portrays	Walter White as a car wash employee ⓘ Walter White as a high school chemistry teacher ⓘ
precedes	Breaking Bad, Season 1, Episode 2 "Cat's in the Bag..." NERFINISHED ⓘ
protagonist	Walter White NERFINISHED ⓘ
seasonNumber	1 ⓘ
seriesTitle	Breaking Bad NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	Albuquerque, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme	desperation caused by terminal illness and financial pressure ⓘ family responsibility ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ transformation of Walter White into a criminal ⓘ
title	Pilot NERFINISHED ⓘ
writer	Vince Gilligan NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Walter White (fictional character) → firstAppearance → Breaking Bad, Season 1, Episode 1 "Pilot" ⓘ

subject surface form: Walter White

Jesse Pinkman → firstAppearance → Breaking Bad, Season 1, Episode 1 "Pilot" ⓘ

this entity surface form: Breaking Bad season 1 episode 1

Hank Schrader → firstAppearance → Breaking Bad, Season 1, Episode 1 "Pilot" ⓘ

this entity surface form: Breaking Bad, Season 1 Episode 1

Walter White Jr. → firstAppearance → Breaking Bad, Season 1, Episode 1 "Pilot" ⓘ

this entity surface form: Breaking Bad Season 1 Episode 1

Marie Schrader → firstAppearance → Breaking Bad, Season 1, Episode 1 "Pilot" ⓘ