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Rank the Seasons of Breaking Bad

Posted on 5/17/20 at 6:43 pm
Posted by WicKed WayZ
Louisiana Forever
Member since Sep 2011
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Posted on 5/17/20 at 6:43 pm
Which seasons are the best?

Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
108098 posts
Posted on 5/17/20 at 6:50 pm to
4
5
3
2
1
Posted by WG_Dawg
Hoover
Member since Jun 2004
86438 posts
Posted on 5/17/20 at 6:52 pm to
It almost seems like each season is better than the last.


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I may not put 5 above 4 bc imo some of the air goes out once the big reveal is known and Hank is aware. Still great though.
Posted by AMS
Member since Apr 2016
6495 posts
Posted on 5/17/20 at 6:57 pm to
4 may have been a better overall season I agree, but 5 had ozymandias and dead freight (train heist) were the best episodes.
Posted by VermilionTiger
Member since Dec 2012
37572 posts
Posted on 5/17/20 at 7:02 pm to
4
5
3
2
1
Posted by arktiger28
Member since Aug 2005
4781 posts
Posted on 5/17/20 at 7:07 pm to
I still can’t get over how great that show was put together. People talk about the nazis being throw away bad guys, especially compared to Gus. But that’s the point. Season 5 is all about Walt and Hank. They didn’t need to spend any more time developing another big bad. The fact that the nazis were in the background is what made it all work. Damn I love the writing on that show!
Posted by PeteRose
Hall of Fame
Member since Aug 2014
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Posted on 5/17/20 at 7:16 pm to
I think 4 was best. When Gus walked in the nursing home with the music playing, I was all glued to the TV wanting to now how it would end. Very tense moment.
Posted by dawgdayafternoon
Jacksonville, GA
Member since Jul 2011
21589 posts
Posted on 5/17/20 at 7:19 pm to
3 through 5 are such great TV that it’s hard to really separate them. I’d put them all on an equal level.
Posted by Lsut81
Member since Jun 2005
80099 posts
Posted on 5/17/20 at 7:30 pm to
On probably my 5th rewatch of the series. Almost done with Season 2.

Personally, I think 5th is the best, but I think I’m somewhat skewed because Ozy, Granite, and Felina may be the best stretch of 3 episodes in the series.

5
4
3
1
2
Posted by Triple Bogey
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Member since May 2017
5976 posts
Posted on 5/17/20 at 7:49 pm to
I've never watched another show that was just perfect all the way through the end (looking at you GoT). I watched up to season 3 years ago and lost interest around the fly episode - during the quarantine I finally got around to finishing it and I was really glad I did. Amazing show
Posted by AMS
Member since Apr 2016
6495 posts
Posted on 5/17/20 at 8:27 pm to
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I still can’t get over how great that show was put together. People talk about the nazis being throw away bad guys, especially compared to Gus. But that’s the point. Season 5 is all about Walt and Hank. They didn’t need to spend any more time developing another big bad. The fact that the nazis were in the background is what made it all work. Damn I love the writing on that show!



Agreed. They had to have the random smaller fish vying for the top dog spot. To be a thorn in the side of the new kingpin Heisenberg instead of a big bad type final boss. Makes so much more sense that way.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
164048 posts
Posted on 5/17/20 at 8:39 pm to
4
3
2
5
1

4 is peak Breaking Bad. It was a great show but I like to imagine it ended with Gus blowing up.

Parts of 5 were so bad I thought it turned into a sitcom. A jumping the shark cartoon. It was like a Breaking Bad parody. A train heist, a giant truck magnet, the Walt/Walt Jr engine revving scene, the machine gun, random nazis, Walt expands to a random Eastern European country, 10 guys in separate jails getting killed in two minutes. There was so much cartoonish crap I’m sure I’m forgetting some.

One of the few redeeming parts of season 5 is when they queued up the Breaking Bad theme at the end of Granite State when Walt got up from the bar.
This post was edited on 5/17/20 at 9:07 pm
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
150565 posts
Posted on 5/17/20 at 9:07 pm to
4 3 2 1 5

Been a while since I’ve seen it but I think that’s about how I remember it.

ETA: I remember now that I wasn’t a huge fan of season one. I’ve reranked it.
This post was edited on 5/18/20 at 6:44 am
Posted by tigerfan84
Member since Dec 2003
20221 posts
Posted on 5/17/20 at 10:07 pm to
I just my 5th rewatch

4,5,3,2,1

My favorite stretch of episodes is
Salud, Crawl Space, End Times and Face Off
Posted by 632627
LA
Member since Dec 2011
12722 posts
Posted on 5/17/20 at 11:42 pm to
I was meh on part 1 of season 5.

On the flip side, I thought part 2 of s5 was the pinnacle.
Posted by Masked Debator
Member since May 2020
104 posts
Posted on 5/17/20 at 11:49 pm to
3
4
5

the gap between seasons 3-5 is much closer than the gap they have with the first 2 seasons

2
1




This post was edited on 5/17/20 at 11:51 pm
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
48769 posts
Posted on 5/17/20 at 11:56 pm to
5B
4
5A
3
2
1


3 and 2 could go either way for me tbh. 2 gave us Saul, Mike, Gus and Jane...but the holy shite moments of 3 give it the edge imo.
This post was edited on 5/17/20 at 11:58 pm
Posted by AlonsoWDC
Memphis, where it ain't Ten-a-Key
Member since Aug 2014
8759 posts
Posted on 5/18/20 at 12:33 am to
4 easily
3
2
5 and 1 are both flawed for separate reasons.

BCS post-S1 is on par with BB S3 at a minimum.
This post was edited on 5/18/20 at 12:34 am
Posted by Cheesy Beaver
Kenna brah
Member since Dec 2014
4424 posts
Posted on 5/18/20 at 8:49 am to
people are underrating season 3 ITT, probably because of the intense disdain for the fly


one minute was thrilling. half measures, full measures, box cutter (i know season 4) are in the running for best 3 episode stretch in the series.

I always tell my friends who start the show and complain about it to just make it until the end of season 3.
Posted by Midget Death Squad
Meme Magic
Member since Oct 2008
24495 posts
Posted on 5/18/20 at 9:41 am to
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4
5
3
2
1



If this is the case, then maybe I need to revisit it. I stopped about 3 episodes into S2 a few years back. While I thought it was good, it just didn't grip me the way I expected it to
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