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boogieman03 12-18-13 04:46 PM
Re: Breaking Bad - some Questions
 
Originally Posted by Mike86 (Post 11949789)
Personally I was hooked by the middle of the first season. The first few episodes or so start a bit slow and the show is kind of finding itself but by the season one finale I loved the series. I think it got progressively better with each season.
Yeah, I was in after the body dissolved the bathtub. I was shocked that they went that dark.

Mike86 12-18-13 04:52 PM
Re: Breaking Bad - some Questions
 
I don't think the show found a wider audience until somewhere around the end of season four/start of season five. The show only seemed to blow up in popularity the last two seasons (and really more the final season if you ask me).

RichC2 12-18-13 05:46 PM
Re: Breaking Bad - some Questions
 
The show grew in small increments season to season, and then blew up in the second half of Season 5.

Originally Posted by Groucho (Post 11949793)
Without getting too much into specifics about season 6, I think the solar flare revelation pretty much negates your theory.
I call rubbish there. It pretty much confirms the theory.

Mike86 12-18-13 05:57 PM
Re: Breaking Bad - some Questions
 
Originally Posted by RichC2 (Post 11949871)
The show grew in small increments season to season, and then blew up in the second half of Season 5.
All I know is it seems like it went from a show with a rabid cult following online but a lot of casual audience members didn't seem to know much about it to huge in it's final season.

RoyalTea 12-18-13 06:03 PM
Re: Breaking Bad - some Questions
 
In which season did Walt and Jesse build MethBot?

Jeremy517 12-18-13 06:24 PM
Re: Breaking Bad - some Questions
 
Originally Posted by Groucho (Post 11949793)
Without getting too much into specifics about season 6, I think the solar flare revelation pretty much negates your theory.
You need to double-check your clue notebook.

Jack Straw 12-18-13 06:28 PM
Re: Breaking Bad - some Questions
 
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andicus 12-19-13 12:59 AM
Re: Breaking Bad - some Questions
 
Originally Posted by RichC2 (Post 11949785)
For the millionth time, it isn't time travel, it's a different timeline altogether, the darkest timeline.
It's time travel, Bitches!

MrJeff 12-19-13 04:15 AM
Re: Breaking Bad - some Questions
 
Keep watching - I didn't get hooked myself until season 3 I think.

Michael Corvin 12-19-13 07:28 AM
Re: Breaking Bad - some Questions
 
First half of season 3 nearly lost me. After rewatching season 3 a couple months ago I figured out why too. Every damn character is mopey about something. But once you hit "One Minute" the show is off and running.

My Other Self 12-19-13 08:57 AM
Re: Breaking Bad - some Questions
 
When I ranted and raved over how unbelievably great BB is to people I know, others wanted to "join in on the hype" (especially over the last 8 episodes when it became a pop culture phenomena) and I got ridiculed for over-hyping a "rather boring" show.

It had me from the get-go, and although I realize not all people view every TV series the same, if you want some of the best damn television ever written then the middle of Season 3 through the series finale is what you want to see.

You gotta see the beginning to get there, and I think you'll have an appreciation for the first/second seasons after you've seen the show from start to finish.

RichC2 12-19-13 10:28 AM
Re: Breaking Bad - some Questions
 
Originally Posted by Mike86 (Post 11949879)
All I know is it seems like it went from a show with a rabid cult following online but a lot of casual audience members didn't seem to know much about it to huge in it's final season.
Yeah, I was always worried the show was going to get canned before it finished. Despite the numbers seeming like they're stagnant, the season averages went up constantly. The show really blew up in Pt 2 of Season 5.

Season 1 Episode 1: 1.4m Viewers
Season 1 Finale: 1.5m viewers

Season 2 Episode 1: 1.66m Viewers
Season 2 Finale: ? viewers

Season 3 Episode 1: 1.95m Viewers
Season 3 Finale: 1.56m Viewers

Season 4 Episode 1: 2.58m Viewers
Season 4 Finale: 1.9m Viewers

Season 5 Episode 1: 2.93m Viewers
Season 5 Episode 8: 2.78m Viewers

Season 5 Episode 9: 5.92m Viewers
Season 5 Episode 16: 10.28m Viewers

johnnysd 12-19-13 11:15 AM
Re: Breaking Bad - some Questions
 
It's one of the best shows ever. I love it all, it does ramp up mid season 3 but that is largely because of what came before it. I think it also jumps up a notch after he becomes Heisenberg.

EddieMoney 12-19-13 12:52 PM
Re: Breaking Bad - some Questions
 
Originally Posted by DJariya (Post 11949522)
Once Giancarlo Esposito joins the show in season 3, then the show truly takes off.
One of the all-time great villains.

I don't recall an episode of the show that I wouldn't deem excellent.

Mike86 12-19-13 01:26 PM
Re: Breaking Bad - some Questions
 
Originally Posted by Michael Corvin (Post 11950316)
First half of season 3 nearly lost me. After rewatching season 3 a couple months ago I figured out why too. Every damn character is mopey about something. But once you hit "One Minute" the show is off and running.
Really? Season three was actually where I thought the show really became the best thing on television. The first two seasons were damn good and had me wanting more and more but I just really thought that season three is where it hit it's stride. The first half it a bit more slow burning and it snowballs at the end but the season overall is strong to me.

Original Desmond 12-22-13 07:32 PM
Re: Breaking Bad - some Questions
 
I am staying away from this thread in case people post spoilers but just wanted to say i am over half way through season 3 and it has improved A LOT

less skyler, less walt jnr and more stuff happening

Just finished the episode 'One minute' and that has cemented that i will stick with the show to the end :) Bloody awesome episode of TV

Raul3 12-22-13 11:05 PM
Re: Breaking Bad - some Questions
 
Just wait. :)

Michael Corvin 12-22-13 11:38 PM
Re: Breaking Bad - some Questions
 
Originally Posted by Original Desmond (Post 11954448)
Just finished the episode 'One minute' and that has cemented that i will stick with the show to the end :) Bloody awesome episode of TV
:D

Originally Posted by Michael Corvin (Post 11950316)
But once you hit "One Minute" the show is off and running.
Originally Posted by Mike86 (Post 11950859)
Really? Season three was actually where I thought the show really became the best thing on television. The first two seasons were damn good and had me wanting more and more but I just really thought that season three is where it hit it's stride. The first half it a bit more slow burning and it snowballs at the end but the season overall is strong to me.
Like I said, the first half is just a downer. Every character is moping around over something.
Spoiler:


Walt: :sad: my wife left me because I'm a meth cook
Skylar: poor me, my husband is a drug dealer/cook
Jessie: boohoo my junkie girlfriend OD'd
Hank: down in the dumps over the Mexico incident
Marie: always down about Hank

Now none of these character traits or turns are bad on their own, but to have them all fall in the same half season?



It wasn't a slow burn, it was damn bore.

Mike86 12-23-13 12:41 AM
Re: Breaking Bad - some Questions
 
Originally Posted by Michael Corvin (Post 11954713)
Like I said, the first half is just a downer. Every character is moping around over something.
Spoiler:


Walt: :sad: my wife left me because I'm a meth cook
Skylar: poor me, my husband is a drug dealer/cook
Jessie: boohoo my junkie girlfriend OD'd
Hank: down in the dumps over the Mexico incident
Marie: always down about Hank

Now none of these character traits or turns are bad on their own, but to have them all fall in the same half season?



It wasn't a slow burn, it was damn bore.
Meh I guess I disagree. The third season was where I really thought the show started to kick in to gear honestly.
Spoiler:
By the time the third season rolled around the series was starting to show more of how Walt's decisions had impact on not only himself but those around him. The show had started putting things in place a bit to start falling apart in the second season but by the third things were really starting to crumble. I think most things that happened were all pretty natural progressions to what had happened up to that point. Walt and Skyler's relationship had to start falling apart by the time the third season rolled around if you ask me otherwise Skyler would have just looked stupid. Jesse's reaction to Jane's death was also natural to showing the growth of the character and realizing that while he's made his share of bad choices he does have a conscious things unlike Walt. He felt responsible for getting Jane back into drugs and her overdosing (even though Walt was just as bad or worse for not saving her while he watched her die).

argh923 12-23-13 07:59 AM
Re: Breaking Bad - some Questions
 
For me the show really took off with the crossover episode with the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Seeing Carlton having fallen to taking meth was a powerful moment.

Original Desmond 12-25-13 08:42 AM
Re: Breaking Bad - some Questions
 
Just finished the episode 'Half Measures'

Motherfucker ! still shaking !

mndtrp 12-25-13 11:55 AM
Re: Breaking Bad - some Questions
 
Not that it matters at this point, but the answer to both of your questions is "yes". This show was impressive in that it got better and better as the seasons went on. Skylar is annoying, although like someone else said, you can at least sympathize with her plight.

johnnysd 12-25-13 02:00 PM
Re: Breaking Bad - some Questions
 
Originally Posted by Michael Corvin (Post 11954713)
:D





Like I said, the first half is just a downer. Every character is moping around over something.
Spoiler:


Walt: :sad: my wife left me because I'm a meth cook
Skylar: poor me, my husband is a drug dealer/cook
Jessie: boohoo my junkie girlfriend OD'd
Hank: down in the dumps over the Mexico incident
Marie: always down about Hank

Now none of these character traits or turns are bad on their own, but to have them all fall in the same half season?



It wasn't a slow burn, it was damn bore.
I can honestly say there is not a single episode that I found on any level even slightly boring. To each his own I guess, look at the ratings for the Walking Dead - not that is a boring, crappy show.

Raul3 12-25-13 04:47 PM
Re: Breaking Bad - some Questions
 
Originally Posted by Original Desmond (Post 11956574)
Just finished the episode 'Half Measures'

Motherfucker ! still shaking !
*self censored* *self censored*

:)

Jack Straw 12-25-13 06:38 PM
Re: Breaking Bad - some Questions
 
Originally Posted by Original Desmond (Post 11956574)
Just finished the episode 'Half Measures'

Motherfucker ! still shaking !
My jaw hit the floor in the last 6 seconds of that one.


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