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FAIRFIELD, Conn. — "Breaking Bad" is in its final season and the tense, slow-burn show has some of the most rabid fans on the planet.

Most fans of television shows will curse at their televisions and immediately start looking up voo-doo curses on Google if their cable goes out during their show.

Not "Breaking Bad" fans.

When the afore-mentioned scenario happens during an episode of the show about a chemistry teacher turned meth kingpin fans see it as an emergency and immediately call 911.

Sounds like I'm exaggerating a bit, right? Well, I'm not. This actually happened.

Hank Schrader is in shock people would call 911 over a cable outage.

During the airing of "Breaking Bad" Sunday night Cablevision in Fairfield, Conn. lost its signal and a citywide emergency ensued.

Local dispatch started getting inundated with 911 calls from people who were upset they lost their cable signal during the show.

"We are receiving numerous 911 calls regarding the (Cablevision) outage," a post on the Fairfield Police Department Facebook page read. "This is neither an emergency or a police related concern. Please direct your inquiries to Cablevision."

If you feel bad for those poor people who's cries for help went unheard don't fret, the cable was back up for the encore showing of "Breaking Bad" later that evening.

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