Boston University Professor Busted for Real Life 'Breaking Bad' Operation

Today's lesson: just because actor Bryan Cranston has racked up Emmy Awards for his role as Walter White in "Breaking Bad" doesn't mean you should emulate his character's drug-cooking activities.

A 74-year-old math professor from Boston University was busted this week for running a "Breaking Bad"- like meth production operation from her home in the Boston area.

A month after her 29-year-old son was arrested for selling methamphetamines, authorities arrested Irina Kristy, according to the New York Post, claiming that the math professor, who had been teaching students at BU for over 20 years, was the mastermind behind a large-scale meth production operation.

Boston area cops reportedly raided the family's home in Sommerville, Massachusetts, and had to call in the bomb squad to bust up the necessarily elaborate meth lab.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kristy "will be arraigned Dec. 21 on charges of distribution of meth, conspiracy to violate the drug law and drug violation in a school zone," as the home where the lab was located was within 500 yards of a local school.

Kristy's seemingly-respectable-woman-with-a-secret-meth-lab bit is stunningly similar to Cranston's character Walter White, a chemistry teacher who gets into the meth game when he's diagnosed with cancer in an effort to provide stable finances to his family when he dies. When he goes into remission, he realizes how profitable meth is, and well...you know the rest.

No word on how Kristy got into the meth game, though we're guessing teacher's wages may have been part of the equation.

"Breaking Bad" wrapped up season four on October 29th, and seasons 1-3 from the show can currently be watched on Netflix. The show has been renewed for season five, with new episodes being split up into two 8 episode mini-seasons, AMC recently announced.

Watch Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul explain their plans for "meth for grandma" (sounds familiar):