Two ways to catch up on ‘Breaking Bad’ before beginning of the end Aug. 11 (VIDEO)

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AMC’s addictive antihero hit “Breaking Bad” launches into the back half of its final season Aug. 11.

Netflix made the first half of the current season five available for streaming on Friday. (Seasons one through four are there, too.)

If you don’t have time to binge or re-binge (which is a shame because the episodes are well worth repeated viewing), this highly entertaining video will bring you up to speed in just a few minutes:

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