Just how good was Breaking Bad?

will be many Joker fans on here Son , No shortage of Incel Types .

Breaking Bad - first 3 series very good, some good stuff afterwards, but way too much mission impossible type nonsense that undermined the realism of the characters that had been established earlier.

Realism was also lessened by the rule that they could only say the f word once or twice per season, when they'd be saying it every minute in the circumstances.

Also the way Hank finds out who Heisenberg is was lame to say the least.

Not in the same class as The Sopranos. It had the potential to be but writers were seduced by fan service once it became  popular. David Chase had his vision and did not care what fans wanted.

I don't think Walter White goes mad at all.

He just becomes his true self and realizes his potential. At least up til the last season when he becomes an absurd Bond villain.

I thought the 1st series was the best as there was no over the top stuff

I found Walt letting 'Jane' choke on her own vomit quite cold and disturbing, to just stand there whilst someone you have no friction with chokes to death takes some disturbed mind in my opinion. Yes she does know about them but it takes a fu**ed up man to stand there watching a harmless young woman choke to be honest.

And for that reason I would consider him mad

It was great entertainment i watched the lot in 2 weeks..

The Sopranos was great Breaking Bad was Greater.

The Sopranos was great Breaking Bad was Greater.

best tv show ever created imo. the balls to write something like that and the audacity to execute it. the best tv i've ever seen. i've seen some sopranos but it doesn't come close

They spoiled it with that episode where the cowboys was shagging each other.

Have always threatened to watch breaking bad because of the buzz around it, will do someday.

Until that happens the 2 best series IMO, have been, The Wire and Fargo series.

No doubt BB is up there with the greatest of all time. Incredibly good.

it was a great show but the conclusion was ludicrous.

The endings are always going to be a let down though, because they've gone round the earth story wise and any type of ending is going to contradict some sort of personality trait or whatever

I thought him letting Pinkman go was a nice touch, it was him that took Pinkman and absolutely fu**ed his life up, his love interests were murdered or killed, his parents hated him, he got beat on every series . Its always weird to see an older man and a younger one strike up a relationship like that, the older man has experience and knows what buttons to press. So it was nice to see him free Pinkman at the end.

I would give Breaking Bad 7.5/10

I would give Better Call Saul 9.5/10

The best show of recent years by a long way imo is The Americans.

Beat me to it 626 - I also found Better Call Saul more entertaining. Started to get bored with Breaking Bad but saw it through; didn't rate El Camino either.

As for Pinkman; have you ever seen better teeth on a junkie?

have to confess; i've never watched an episode. I will someday maybe, or maybe not

I have never watched ANY of this stuff you are going on about.  Haven't got time  too much soccerball to bet on
spuds hit the onion bave via dele

i've layed de toffees

onion bag!!!

new rule says handball does it not?

usually goes with the ref

feck knows; they change it what seems like every season

people claim that var goes with the ref

so it has - that was handball under new rules but what are they one should ask hahahahaha

12 mins injury time

I agree with most on here.  I adored breaking bad at the beginning but it did go downhill a bit after.

Nov 3, 2019 -- 6:21PM, UBLE/REGY wrote:

12 mins injury time

Must have been a serious injury?

Yes it was

It was Andy Gomes after being tackled by Son

It looked an awful tackle and Son was sent off, although Son my not have intended it to be as bad as it was

Gomes fell awkwardly

never seen it

where can you watch every series

Amazon

it was him that took Pinkman and absolutely fu**ed his life up
He didn't fk Pinkman's life up. Pinkman was wanted as Captain Cook and Walter saw him escape arrest but didn't say anything. Later he went to his house and blackmailed/recruited him to sell his product. Walter only helped him become a bigger criminal than he already was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WcGJoGLufg

There you go.

At 00:18 is Linda Speciale.

thx

I thought you were all on a high mountain where you could talk down to us plebs about woke etc

now I realise it is all about t!ts  - talking of which

not a tit (like wot I is) but I saw a jenny wrenn about two days ago

Homeland the best, incredible series

The Americans, Fargo, and Ozark were great. I wouldn't waste any time watching those three if a new season came out tomorrow.

Narcos, Le Casa de Papel, Boardwalk Empire also good.

Breaking Bad and Prison Break two of the most exciting series I have watched. Sadly both were overdone, I guess because they became so popular, people got greedy and wanted to milk the franchise.

The Wire and Homeland may have been great but I could never finish them. Homeland has a lot of inaccuracies which is how I heard about it at first. People speaking arabic on the streets of islamabad ffs, how stupid did the director consider his audience to be?

Game of Thrones the only season that really p1sses me off because of the hype it created. Didn't find anything special in it. For me, Stranger Things was more exciting than GoT.

The Americans 10/10
Better Call Saul 9.5/10
Homicide Life On The Street 9.5/10
Battlestar Galctica 9.5/10
The Sopranos 9/10
The Wire 9/10
Fargo 8.5/10
Breaking Bad 7.5/10
Ozark 6/10
Prison Break 4/10
Homeland 4/10


not seen Thrones
Ratings are for all series , Homeland and Prison Break for example were terrific.....for series 1 , each one after got worse.

I will admit to getting bored with The Sopranos. Prison Break, for me, was way over the top and too far-fetched to continue watching.

As previously said, Breaking Bad was pretty good, Better Call Saul is more entertaining and now (today in fact) I will commence watching 'The Americans' (free on Amazon Prime)

First Wave is the finest science fiction series ever made imo.

Billions & Bosch are two decent series.

I watched Boardwalk Empire recently and was pleasantly surprised as it has not had much praise.  I preferred it to the Sopranos mainly because of the acting and characters, especially Steve Buscemi.  It also was better because it was based on real gangsters, capone, lucky luciano etc.

Boardwalk Empire > Sopranos

this stuff sounds like the most trendyiest wokeiest loveable sort of sh!t I seek to avoid in life  but hey ho

I  do remember blazing saddles though  - what a great comedian etc ho ho
THE PRODUCERS was the limit ho ho

There was a Harlan Coben series on Sky a couple of years ago called The Five which was sensationally good. One of the finest things I’ve watched in fact.

Harlen Coben is a decent author, especially his early novels.

gomorrah and fugitives are up there for me

just watched el carmino.... can i hav them 2 hrs back please

and i luvd Breaking Bad despite a dodgy last season

The brother is seriously crazy about a Danny de Vito series, I think he's a bit of a gangster, can't remember the name though, It must be a Netflix show, I'm sure a Chit chatte has seen it.

just watched el carmino.... can i hav them 2 hrs back please
They were just milking the franchise. You shouldn't have expected much.

Should have ended a series or 2 earlier and the films were always going to be dreadful in this day and age

"A breaking bad movie" should tell us more are planned

Sorry but without the main character from the TV series there's no point. Pinkman was a good character for about 2 series and then became a parody of himself.

Reading a Coben book at the moment.
His books have puzzles and mystery aplenty , I find them hard to put down once started.

As for Boardwalk Empire , it was just a little too slow at times .

Justified a shocking omission from these lists.


As for BB, think the train hijack episode in the final series is probably the final single episode of any tv programme. Ridiculously good.

I have just started watching the series "Arrow" & it's quite good so far.

Midway through the first series of The Americans and thoroughly enjoying it. Good shout!

will check out The Americans, loved Homeland the scene where Brody was going to blow everyone up was just incredible .

annie - despite being a fiction the Sopranos is based on the DeCavalcante Family from New Jersey. Apparently a particularly violent bunch.

Richard Kuklinski an employee of the DeCavalcante Family.