Anybody watch this show?
If not, do it.
First season is on Usenet right now... (just ended)
Ver good show. :)
Kind of like the same idea as Weeds.
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Anybody watch this show?
If not, do it.
First season is on Usenet right now... (just ended)
Ver good show. :)
Kind of like the same idea as Weeds.
Agreed, REALLY good show!
It's great.
Brian Cranston moved way up my favorites list because of this show.
:eyebrows: Is it funny?
great fucking show. i actually think its better than weeds. weeds got very boring this last season. id put this one up with dexter
I think it's funny in a really dark way although not "laugh out loud" funny.
The episode when he blows up the dealer's headquarters was strangely humorous.
I'll check it out. ;)
God help you if you're wrong. http://www.smileygenerator.us/t/temp/DEVIL/angry.gif
Jesus F* Christ. This isn't a comedy show :blink:
Define "comedy".
For example, do you think Fargo was a comedy?
It is funny in a dark way and has its moments. All in all great show. Problem is its on A&E :(
it's a good show :)
I will try to see it.... Right now i´m watching House M.D. :happy:
New season starts Sunday, March 21. For those who have not seen it, do as Tesco recommended- watch it NOW. Get caught up on the first two seasons. Brilliant.
http://www.amctv.com/originals/breakingbad/
Seems interesting. Probably will give it a look, but it better be good.Quote:
Breaking Bad follows protagonist Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a chemistry teacher who lives in New Mexico with his wife (Anna Gunn) and teenage son (RJ Mitte) who has cerebral palsy. White is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of two years to live. With a new sense of fearlessness, and a desire to secure his family's financial security, White chooses to enter a dangerous world of drugs and crime, where he ascends to power. The series explores how a fatal diagnosis, such as White's, releases a typcial man from the daily concerns and constraints of normal society and follows his transformation from mild family man to kingpin of the drug trade.
Sounds like an interesting show! I'll have to check it out sometime. And just in time, I was looking for another drama to tide me over as I suffer from Lost withdrawal in a couple months...:cry:
Now, I'm in the mood to go to "Taco Cabeza".
This is one of the season premieres I've been waiting for. I'd recommend this show to anyone who wants some decent drama involving meth-dealing, cops, and cancer.
:lol:
Below is my brief synopsis of the show. It isn't really any more of a spoiler than the description posted by cabalo. However, I enjoy going into good shows with no outside info.
Really, just watch it.
Spoiler: ShowI was drawn to it because of the contrast we have in real-life between the messages of "doing the right things" and what actually has rewards in our society. Walt is the perfect example of doing everything as we are told we should. He is a good father and husband, he is a high school chemistry teacher, and good community man. When he is diagnosed with cancer, he begins to question the messages and decides to break out of the norm. There are a lot of rewards for being "bad" -and consequences.
Spoiler: ShowI have very high hopes for the upcoming season.
Breaking Bad has some of the most intricate and well planned story arcs of any show today (the magenta teddy bear in the swimming pool, for instance) and a consistently excellent cast.
Walter/Heisenberg is clearly the linchpin but Jesse has become my favorite character.
Peekaboo was season two's best episode, I thought.
It will be interesting to see Skyler's reaction to Walter's Heisenberg alter ego, maybe she'll pull a Clarice and join the dark side.
Reply to clocker (and other fans of the show):
Spoiler: ShowI am not a fan of the flash-forward as a story telling device normally, but for this show it is used brilliantly. I believe the difference is that there is actually a story that gets you to the f-f sequence in Breaking Bad, whereas most of the time it simply ruins the one dimensional aspect of the "plot".
As for the upcoming season...the last few seconds of season 2 left me wondering, "Where the heck do they go from there?!!!" Talk about being responsible for some serious trouble in the world....
Jesse has developed from the most one-dimensional character ever, to one with a conscious- and one worth sympathizing for. Walt grew from Joe Average to serious Iceman (flash-forward with the shaved head leaving the blown-up building) and then back to caring father and husband. Now he's got all kinds of new worries and...
Is it March 21 yet?!!!
Spoiler: ShowJust curious...What did you guys think when Skyler was fantasizing about a relationship with her boss while she was pregnant with her husband's child and while her husband was going through tough battles with his cancer? I forgot if she ended up having sex with him or not, but I remember that her relationship with her boss was slowly leading to that.
I thought that was despicable in her part. I understand that her husband wasn't giving her any attention due to being caught up with his illegal operations, but that's not an excuse whatsoever to go and cheat. I started to feel disgust for her character after this.
Reply to Albo:
Spoiler: ShowI believe the Skyler thing had as much to do with the desire for financial security as anything else. I don't think it was really a sexual thing, but an escape. It ties into Walt's justifications also- she has been doing the "right things" her whole adult life and has grown unhappy and insecure (new baby, finances, relationship with Walt) as a result. It also leads into the possibility that she could go along with Walt's "outside work"...
Just finished watching the s01e03 and it's looking ok.
The story is developing kind of slow, but I was expecting that.
There was a cool twist when he killed that crazy-8 character.
It only gets more intense from there. Yeah, parts are slow, but they remain relevant and help build the future story/conflicts.
Just finished watching the first two episodes.
The premise is great but it just seems so...depressing. It's almost turning into BSG - that show basically made me want to cut myself every time I watched it, so I ended up stopping, even though it really was a great show.
I hope it picks up sooner or later without all the negativity :dabs:
It is a very dark show, Rart. I can't deny that. It is about stepping out of normal suburbia life and into the world of manufacturing crystal meth. There is a fair amount of physical violence, really facked up situations, and some very bad people. Personally, I like that it makes me uncomfortable to watch parts. When I see something that makes me cringe, I know that there is a line that I would not want to cross myself.
I'm not entirely sure about BSG(battlestar?) :unsure: I never watched that show.
Uncomfortable is good. thought provoking is good. Dark (situations that exist completely out of a "normal person's" comfort, have value not in what they say verbatim, but form the outlying and out of control circumstances/
Yea, BSG is Battlestar Galactica. It was a great show (and a lot of people loved it) but the show starts with almost the entire human race except for the people on the Battlestar Galactica ship getting completely eradicated. And you wouldn't expect it, but it only gets more depressing from thereon out. It just got to the point where it really wasn't fun for me to watch anymore, I'm just hoping that Breaking Bad doesn't turn into that.
Just finished the third episode though, and it does seem to be picking up. Cabalo was right, the scene with Crazy Eight was pretty intense. I guess I'll have to continue :D.
Will go for s01e04 too in a couple of hours. No spoilers here, fookers! :angry:
This is indeed a good serial.
MBM, is season #2 better than the first ?
Ending of 4th episode was hilarious :D.
Never knew he dad it in him.
A few other crime shows that you guys should check out are The Wire and The Sopranos.