It wasn't unrelated.

Well, unrelated compared to what I thought it could be. I thought some big event actually happens in the house.

Yeah, this is one of my fave shows ever, but the 'big event' at the end of season 2 is kind of lame. Walt would be so far down the list of people who are responsible for that. Few consider that a high-point of the show.

Walt does kind of make up for it with the awesome speech to the school later though, lol. "I blame the government."

I still maintain that the event

I think the problem was that season 2 was written with a specific payoff in mind so everything was written to build to that moment which made it seem a little forced when they got there.

I read somewhere that was the only season that knew what it was building to. All other seasons thereafter just let the plots and situations grow from episode to episode with no particular end in mind.

The Season 2 finale through the first few episodes of Season 3 was the series low point for me. Well that and Fly.

Even after 16 pages, I still maintain there's a very simple answer to the original question that I posed:

NO.

The fact that this show gains viewers every year whereas every other show loses them kinda disproves your stance.

I don't know why, but everytime I see this thread title, I get more and more pissed off.

You have no idea how happy that makes me.

You have no idea how stupid this makes you sound.

Dolphinboy must live under a bridge and have some magical powers, even though he started this thread.

I just laugh hysterically every time I see it.

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Not stupid enough to resort to name-calling.

Caught "Mandala" and "Phoenix" from S2 last night... HOLY SHIT!! Great episodes right there. I just ordered S3 Blu as well. I'm absolutely loving this show and watching Walt develop from a push-over at the Car Wash job to a total hard ass.

Everytime I see this thread title I get pissed

Figured this would be a appropriate thread for this; here's a guy girl who lays into Breaking Bad, deconstructing it, basically revealing that it's a case of Emperor w/o clothes.

While I still love BB, I can't really disagree with a lot of what he she says.

But at least he she gives REASONS, unlike the OP.
(oh, and it contains spoilers up to the most recent episode)

http://badassdigest.com/2012/08/30/w...s-been-a-jerk/

People getting angry because someone doesn't like the same show they do is funny to me.

Yeah... I can't say I really agree with most of that at all. I'll probably post a response to that in the thread for the current episode, since it'd be a bit spoiler-heavy for this thread, given that there's lots of people who aren't caught up in here.

The main thing I agree with that article about (which is the show's main failing) is that, while very well-acted, the characters have very little depth, certainly not as much as characters from similarly praised shows like Mad Men, Wire, etc.

I disagree with that, while focused on a single main plotline, I feel like they've fleshed many of the characters out very well -- impressively subtle in some instances. More so than Mad Men imo which strikes me as a little more overt in what you should be thinking, I know most would disagree.

I especially like it with Walt, it's rare where you get a show where a generally good guy starts following a Hollywood notion of what a badass is and cannot properly pull it off while thinking he can, and then have it round back, start crumbling in on itself and (at least I think it's coming) bite him in the ass. I like how much emphasis on tone there is in a lot of the conversations.

That said, all imo. The show is still basically a giant an outlandish look at the meth trade, and it's a fun ride above all else.

Just finished season four. WHooo! What a ride!

The scene at the end of the finale with


Looking forward to starting in on season five tonight.

Finished S2 last night... the was a total cop-out but visually cool. Also, Skyler is a beeeyatch... that is all.

I also finished S2 last night.

Agreed on the cop-out. They build that up throughout the season, show us some very intriguing shots, and then... it's the equivalent of a fart in the wind.

Here's what I know:

Walter White is an asshole who makes rash, impulsive, occassionally (frequently?) stupid decisions.

Skyler is a total bitch. Complete and total bitch.

I like Walt, Jr. I like it even more that they cast a kid with his actual condition on the show.

Marie is annoying. And a bitch.

Jessie reminds me of my brother in some ways. Well, how he used to be, at least.

I really like the show, but I'm also feeling like it gets overly praised. Maybe that's because there isn't a lot of GREAT shows on TV, but some of the writing just... bothers me. Like all the stuff with the event at the end of S2 and Jane's dad. Too coincidental, and really nothing more than an elaborate ruse.

The best is yet to come. S3 and S4 will show you why it gets the praise it does.