# My Review of the First Episode of Breaking Bad (Long) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 6, 2011, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-review-of-the-first-episode-of-breaking-bad-long/595362 "2011-09-06T05:54:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 58
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-review-of-the-first-episode-of-breaking-bad-long/595362/58 "2011-09-07T04:35:34Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > To be absolutely correct, I did not say there hasn’t been anything worth watching since the 70’s. I listed among my favorites shows like _Seinfeld_, _Married with Children_, MST3K, along with the current crop of prime time cartoons. > . And this list is becoming strangely longer (bolding mine)… > [@The new TV season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/17): > > It’s just like last season. There’s not a damn thing that I’d bother watching. **\** > [@The new TV season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/19): > > **\** Sorry, still batting zero here. > [@The new TV season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/34): > > **\** Maybe I should watch a newer show end to end. But they’re all like soap operas now. You have to watch a whole damn season for anything to happen. Maybe the old programs deserved criticism for neatly solving problems in an hour or less. But there’s something to be said for a succinct storyline. > [@The new TV season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/39): > > > [@cmyk](#): > > > > Is this sort of like one of those “The only good music, was [whatever music you listened to when you were growing up], because the stuff now, is just noise and crap. Crappy noise.” things? > > There’s something of that, true. But really, I’m just sick of wanting to vomit whenever I watch TV that’s not a documentary or a thirty year old rerun. > [@The new TV season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tv-season/595311/43): > > Last prime time fictional show I tried? _Chicago Code_. I watched out of hometown pride. Watched one episode. Couldn’t bring myself to watch again. > > Last prime time fictional comedy show I actually enjoyed? I’d say _Seinfeld_. Good dialog there and clever plot twists. > > Last prime time drama show I actually enjoyed? Christ, it’s been so long. _Law & Order_ with Jerry Orbach I guess? > [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Well, let’s see. Shows that I’ve cared enough about to write fanfiction based on: > > _Doctor Who_: The Original Series (Fourth Doctor mostly. Although the revival isn’t bad) > > _The Untouchables_ > > _Bonanza_. But only before Adam Cartwright left the show. > > Shows that are my favorites, but not fanfiction worthy: > > _Mystery Science Theater 3000_ > > Most of the prime time cartoonery _The Simpsons_, _South Park_, _Family Guy_ et al. Unfortunately, most of these are about to jump the shark, if they haven’t already. > > _Star Trek_ TOS > > _I, Claudius_ > > _Fawlty Towers_ > > _Roots_ > > The goofy sixties comedies: _The Beverly Hillbillies_, _Hogan’s Heroes_, _F Troop_, _Get Smart_, _Green Acres_, I have a soft spot for silliness. > > The aforementioned _All in the Family_, _Barney Miller_, _Soap_. > > _The Carol Burnett Show_ > > _The Muppet Show_ > > More recently, _Seinfeld_ and _Married with Children_ > **\** So we go from “Not a damn thing”, to this list of shows (incidentally, the majority are from the 70s), and even a few that are currently airing, or were fairly recent. I hate to beat a dead horse, here, or appear that I’m picking on you, exclusively, but day-um, If you’re telling me I inferred wrong from these consecutive posts, you have me really confused. It’s not that I’m upset, _at all,_ that you didn’t like BB, and it was your idea to start this review thread. I’m merely indulging my main point here. Either you’re extremely biased toward a period of television that is nostalgic to you, and are heavily guarded against anything new, or you haven’t been entirely forthcoming. You… fascinate me. 🙂 --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-review-of-the-first-episode-of-breaking-bad-long/595362)._