re: Almost thru with season 2 of Breaking Bad...I don’t really like it.

I’m pressing forward and have made a few episodes into the 3rd season. It’s entertaining and they are great about building suspense. However I hate all the characters and get kind of a shitty feeling watching the show. It’s weird

It’s pretty depressing stuff. It’s about drugs and cancer and crime. There are a lot of people not to like. I wouldn’t care to be around anyone that was in this show irl. Thus, I found it difficult to really care or pull for any of them. I watched it, was interested at times, could appreciate what the storytellers did sometimes, but was overall disaffected by it. It’s hard to pull for any character. They’re all pretty shitty people. Hank, I guess is the one I find most redeemable.

I always felt the show was overrated and, like a previous poster said, just didn’t bother discussing it because a) just didn’t care enough to, and b) there wasn’t really any point because the fans viewed it like the Sistine Chapel ceiling or something.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s a good show. I can objectively look at it as such. But it’s just not my kind of show that I really like and I don’t think it’s a masterpiece. And that’s fine. It’s art and that’s my view of it. It’s good, it’s interesting, it’s different, but I don’t think it’s amazing.

I’d say watch through season 3. If you’re not into it by the end of 3, or you just don’t care to watch anymore, stop. I don’t see you liking it anymore than you would after 3.

Sopranos wasn’t a favorite of mine either.

I did like The Wire though.

Add me to the ranks of those who think BB is just ok. Some of the performances were great but the story was uneven. I binge watched the series and ultimately didn't care what happened to any character.

But saying that you don't like BB here is like wearing a MAGA hat or not wearing a mask in public, you'll get yelled at or be given the stink eye.

a little advice

the best show on TV when BB was airing is this one:

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seasons 3 and 4 are peak TV

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yeah i came into BB late so it was real easy to skim over seasons 1-2 by binging and effectively "start" when it was peaking

also, to the person who implied thinking better call saul is better means you're a hipster, BB got better as it went along (season 1 is all kinds of mediocre). why would you think that the continuation of that incline wouldn't also be better? BCS is much better from the start and loses luster only because it isn't this national phenomena that BB was. if you come to BB after its run and compare it to BCS, it's easy to see how people would think BCS is superior

Breaking Bad might be the only drama series I’ve completely rewatched.

I found a good bit of it predictable.

I finished it and enjoyed it, but wasn’t blown away like some. Probably a 7.5 for me overall

The subject matter. Glorifying drugs and crime. The whole 'he's making $ by cooking meth, but it's for a good reason ' excuse, for one. And the 'Mafic chic ' story line. Not something I wanted to delve into, is all.

Fine, it goes on, but so do a lot of other things.

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The subject matter. Glorifying drugs and crime. The whole 'he's making $ by cooking meth, but it's for a good reason ' excuse, for one.

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Breaking Bad is a show about consequences if it’s a show about anything. Every bad decision on that show sends things spiraling out of control. I have a very Christian worldview and I thought the way it dealt with the consequences of sin was pretty spot on.