Breaking Bad Season 5 Question (1 Viewer)

[Sean Bryan]

How many episodes are in season 5, and can I buy the entire season?I've managed to avoid all spoilers for this excellent show and don't want to expose myself to them by looking through pre-existing threads. I'm trying to buy season 5, but I've come across some confusion about if the season is 8 or 16 episodes and if the blu-ray is split or can the entire season be bought as one?

 

[TravisR]

Season Five has 16 episodes but you have to buy both 'Season Five' and 'The Final Episodes' sets to get all 16 episodes.

The Season Five set has the 8 episodes that aired in summer of 2012 and The Final Episodes set has the 8 episodes that aired last summer and fall.

 

[Jari K]

Volume one of the 5th season is labeled "The Fifth Season". Volume two is labeled "The Final Season".

 

[Sean Bryan]

Thanks!

Ugh, what a convoluted release. Fantastic show though.

 

[joshEH]

Basically, as Vince Gilligan has noted, they are officially Seasons 5A and 5B, but to avoid pesky, ugly contractual pay-raises from kicking in for the cast and crew if "Season Six" were to actually be reached, AMC and Sony weasel-designated them "The Fifth Season" and "The Final Season."

Real stand-up people.