‘Breaking Bad’ season 5: Bryan Cranston script on the loose

There’s some scary news coming out now from the world of “Breaking Bad,” but on this very occasion we’re not even talking about some of what has been going on with Walt and Jesse. Rather, local station KOAT in Albuquerque (where the hit AMC show was filmed straight up to the series finale) is reporting that there was a man named Xavier McAfee was arrested on Saturday after being found to be responsible for swiping both an iPad along with some scripts belonging to series star Bryan Cranston.

So what is the least surprising part of this story? That there was a break in the investigation, which has been underway since the incident happened back on March 1, because McAfee was publicly bragging about the fact that he swiped the scripts.

The unfortunate part of this story, however, is that these script pages are still very much at large. There is no word as to their whereabouts, and this of course causes all sorts of paranoia about whether or not they will hit the internet. The only thing we can hope for is that they are either destroyed, in the wrong hands, or that AMC’s legal team will yank them down the moment someone decides to be an awful person and post them online. While we’re all about sharing some spoiler dish, there’s a pretty substantial difference between teasing and letting the cat effectively out of the bag.

Just how upset would you be if part of “Breaking Bad” was somehow ruined for you before the finale? If you want to also read some more news on props used during the show’s production, you can do so over at the link here. There’s no official premiere date yet for the rest of the series to air, but expect it at some point in July or August.

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