Tuesday, May 24, 2011

"Breaking Bad" Filming Locations - Part 4 - Season 4, Wish List, & Guesstimates

This post is the fourth of four posts regarding "Breaking Bad" filming locations. It represents speculation regarding filming locations that have not yet been confirmed by the TV Series.

Links to these four "Breaking Bad" Filming Location posts are as follows:

Part 1 - List of Filming Locations
Part 2 - Waldruggie's Locations Revisited
Part 3 - Newer Locations
Part 4 - Season 4, Wish List, & Guesstimates

[First date on the Web: May 24, 2011]

There are rumors that some of these locations below will be seen on "Breaking Bad", Season 4:

Possible Season 4 Filming Locations

La Veta And Central Avenue is rumored to be the site of a terrible automobile accident in Season 4.

Nob Hill Shopping Center on East Central Avenue is rumored to be a "Breaking Bad" filming location in Season 4!


Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Park is rumored to be a "Breaking Bad" filming location in Season 2, but I'm not sure about this yet.


The area on the West Mesa behind the Volcanoes is rumored to be a "Breaking Bad" filming location in Season 2, but I'm not sure about this yet.


The "Breaking Bad" folks have been filming incidental shots at a large estate in Corrales, down where Andrews Lane ends, east of the Elementary School(s) in central Corrales, NM.

An automobile repair business at Phoenix & Wyoming Blvds., NE, and the lot behind it, are rumored to be a "Breaking Bad" filming location in Season 4!



An automobile repair business at Phoenix & Wyoming Blvds., NE, and the lot behind it, are rumored to be a "Breaking Bad" filming location in Season 4!



Los Pollos Hermanos (Twisters) on Isleta Blvd. has been the only Los Pollos location I know of, but there is a rumor that Twisters on Lomas Blvd. may be a filming location in Season 4. The trouble is, there IS no Twisters on Lomas Blvd! This location, to the left, is just off of Lomas Blvd. on Juan Tabo Blvd.

The neighborhood near Morningside & Silver SE is rumored to be a "Breaking Bad" filming location in Season 4!


Villa di Capo Italian Restaurant, at 8th & Central Ave., is rumored to be a "Breaking Bad" filming location in Season 4!



Once again, the Railyards in Albuquerque are rumored to be a "Breaking Bad" filming location in Season 4!


Wish List And Guesstimates

After returning to California in the Summer of 2010, and by using Google Street View and reviewing episodes, I was able to offer these likely "Breaking Bad" locations:

Sandia Crest (Season 1, episode 7, "A No Rough Stuff Type Deal"). Time lapse shot near Tramway's top.

4th & Central (Season 3, episode 5, "Mas"). Montage, looking east.

FAA, FAA Air Route Traffic Control, Paseo del Norte & Louisiana (Season 2, episode 13, "ABQ"). Possible location of air control monitoring eqpt.

Location of first Cook Sites (Near Laguna, or Acoma, or San Ysidro?). (Season 1, and episodes 1, 2, and 3 ('Breaking Bad', 'The Cat's In The Bag', and 'The Bag's In The River', respectively).

Oncology Clinic (Q Studio?). Season 1, episodes 1 and 7 ('Pilot' and 'No Rough Stuff Type Deal', respectively). Season 2 and episodes 9 and 11 ('Four Day's Out' and 'Mandala', respectively).

J.P. Wynne High School (2). NE ABQ High School? Season 2, episodes 6 & 8 ('Peekaboo' and 'Better Call Saul', respectively). Season 3, episode 4 ('Green Light').

Crazy Eight's Place (season 1, episode 1, 'Breaking Bad').

"Human Body" Classroom (season 1, episode 3, 'The Bag's In The River).

Shoe Store (season 1, episode 3, 'The Bag's In The River). Marie shoplifts a pair of shoes.

Yellow House (season 1, episode 3, 'The Bag's In The River). Hank arrests druggies & talks to Marie.

Arches outside Oncology clinic (season 1, episode 4, 'Cancer Man').

Birthday party house (season 1, episode 5, 'Gray Matter'). The Whites party with former colleagues!

Various RV cook sites, on the plains south of Q Studios w. Manzano Mtns. in background. Season 1, episodes 5 & 6, 'Gray Matter' & 'Crazy Handful of Nothin'', respectively. Season 2, episodes 7 & 9, 'Negro y Azul' & 'Four Day's Out', respectively. Season 3, episodes 1, 3, 6, 7, and 13 - 'No Mas' (Do the Cousins blow up the truck out here?) and 'IFT', and 'Sunset' (Mesa overview of valley; Gus permits Cousins to try to kill Hank, and 'One Minute' (Cousins destroy truck), and 'Full Measure' (two different places for corral near base of the Manzanos?).

Sunrise & sunset, (season 1 episode 6, 'Crazy Handful of Nothin'', Various montage shots of a highway, a railroad, a NE Heights housing development, plus an unknown house).

Note: Hospital scenes are used frequently in the show. Some scenes may be situated in actual hospitals.

Hospital (Season 1, episode 6, 'Crazy Handful of Nothin'').

Hospital - likely Lovelace Medical Center (Season 2, episode 13, 'ABQ'). Walt gets lung surgery. Season 3, episodes 6, 7, & 8 ('Sunset', 'One Minute', and 'I See You', respectively, and also Season 3, episodes 9, 11, & 12 ('Kafkaesque', 'Abiquiu', and 'Half Measures', respectively).

Hospital canteen & lobby (Season 3, episode 8, 'I See You').

Guarded facility (season 1, episode 7, 'No Rough Stuff Type Deal', Walt & Jesse steal a chemical barrel. Also, Season 2, episodes 1 & 3, '737', and 'Bit By A Dead Bee'.

Store selling & buying gold (Season 2, episode 2, 'Grilled').

Tuco's safe house, Probably not SW of ABQ, but may be SE of ABQ (Season 2, episode 2,'Grilled').

Trudging through the desert, near Belen?, (Season 2, episode 3,'Bit By A Dead Bee').

Pay phone & parking garage, (Season 2, episode 3,'Bit By A Dead Bee').

Bus stop (Season 2, episode 3,'Bit By A Dead Bee').

Parking lot, near airport (Season 2, episode 4,'Down'). Driving lesson.

Jesse's friend's apartment (Season 2, episode 4,'Down').

Rio Grande River, (South Valley? Season 2, episode 5, 'Breakage'). Illegals find Tuco's grill.

Desert rendezvous, (West Mesa? Santa Ana? Season 2, episode 5, 'Breakage'). Walt & Jesse meet under power lines to discuss Breakage.

Restaurant (Season 2, episode 6, 'Peekaboo').

Park (Season 2, episode 7, 'Negro y Azul'). Park shown in music video.

Interview site (Season 2, episode 7, 'Negro y Azul').

Border landscape (Season 2, episode 7, 'Negro y Azul'). Near White Sands?

Saul's burial pit (Season 2, episode 8, 'Better Call Saul'). Was this where the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta site came in?

Unknown facility (Season 2, episode 9, 'Four Day's Out').

Chapel (Season 2, episode 12, 'Phoenix'). Jane's self-help group.

Café (Season 2, episode 12, 'Phoenix'). Jane & Donald Margolis eat.

TV Studios (Season 3, episode 1, 'No Mas')

Fire footage (Season 3, episode 1, 'No Mas') As seen on TV reports.

Gymnasium (Season 3, episode 1, 'No Mas').

Hank's surveillance location (Season 3, episode 3, 'IFT')

Benneke's Hideaway (Season 3, episodes 4 & 5, 'Green Light' and 'Mas', respectively).

Road, Probably Tramway Blvd. near Sandia Casino (Season 3, episodes 4, 'Green Light'). Hank drives this stretch.

4's Cabaret (Season 3, episode 5, 'Mas'). Strip Club is too garish to be a real Strip Club. Has '2294' street address.

Combo Ortega's mom's house (Season 3, episode 5, 'Mas'). Has '1915' street address.

RV under surveillance (Season 3, episode 5, 'Mas'). Doesn't look like an established park.

Superlab (Season 3, episode 5, 'Mas').

Walt's new place, Perhaps El Pueblo Road (#232) (Season 3, episodes 6 & 10, 'Sunset' and 'Fly', respectively).

Wrecking Yard, (Season 3, episode 6, 'Sunset'). Is this the same place as All Mini Trucks, 5500 Broadway SE, or is it somewhere else?

Mexican idyll (Season 3, episodes 7 & 8, 'One Minute' and 'I See You', respectively). Somewhere in the Valley. Is this Corrales, or is it the South Valley?

View of Albuquerque at night (Season 3, episodes 7 & 8, 'One Minute' and 'I See You', respectively).

Superlab Truck facility, parking lot, & deli (Season 3, episode 6, 'Kafkaesque').

Georgia O'Keefe Museum and parked car beside a house, (Season 3, episode 11, 'Abiquiu'). Jesse & Jane discuss Georgia O'Keefe.

Cantillo House (Season 3, episodes 11 & 12, 'Abiquiu' and 'Half Measures', respectively).

Street (Season 3, episode 11, 'Abiquiu').

Gus's House (Season 3, episode 11, 'Abiquiu'). Street address is listed as '1213'.

Alley near Crossroads Motel (Season 3, episode 12, 'Half Measures').

Broadway? (Season 3, episode 12, 'Half Measures'). Walt & Flynn drive here.

Mike's grandaughter's residence (Season 3, episode 13, 'Full Measure').
Industrial facility (Season 3, episode 13, 'Full Measure'), Where hostages were taken.

Gale's Apt. (Season 3, episode 13, 'Full Measure'). Said to be at 6353 Juan Tabo Blvd. NE, #6, but Juan Tabo ends at about 6200 block.

Driving down street (Season 3, episode 13, 'Full Measure').

Residence near Isleta & Bridge (unclear what it is....)

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