We will examine the gender roles in a prime time crime/drama series. Employing latent content analysis
we will be examining the culture artifact, Breaking Bad. We examined the following three episodes; Season
#1, Episode #1 “Pilot”, Season #3, Episode #12 “Half Measure”, Season #5, Episode #10 “Buried”. We will be
looking at the gender roles presented in this television show. By using latent content analysis we will be able to
examine underlying themes and trends of gender roles in our selected television series.