# You should be watching Breaking Bad. You will thank me. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 26, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879 "2012-03-26T21:17:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/101 "2012-04-09T21:46:25Z")
In my view, Game of Thrones is of the caliber of Breaking Bad. _Completely_ different genres of course. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/102 "2012-04-09T21:47:09Z")
Does anyone know a free or cheap way I can watch season 4 of Breaking Bad online? Netflix doesn’t have it yet. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/103 "2012-04-09T21:48:04Z")
Only way I know is through Amazon. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/104 "2012-04-09T21:53:41Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > [snip]unless there are other shows of this caliber we simply haven’t heard of yet. _Justified_, about to end its third season on the FX network. The tone isn’t the same as BB but it’s almost as dark, and the characterizations are excellent. Season two’s Mags Bennett would give BB’s Gus Fring a run for his money. Actually, I think Mags would win. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/105 "2012-04-17T05:05:10Z")
I had passed on this show because it did sound bleak and depressing but a friend of mine had the discs and had been raving about the shows for years. So about a week ago, there was nothing interesting on DVD so I thought I’d give it a shot and popped in the pilot episode. I was blown away! What I wasn’t expecting was the comedy. It’s really a very funny show, almost as if the Coen Brothers decided to make a television show. Looking forward to Season 5. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/106 "2012-05-09T04:43:41Z")
Giving this a bit of a bump because I’ve recently started it…recently being about two weeks ago, and I’m already about five episodes into season three. I think I’m going to have to slow down and save season four for later, that way I don’t have to wait a long time for all of season five to come out. I figure if I can streeeetch out season four (like, watch an episode a month), both parts of season five might be out by then. : p Anyway, chiming in that it’s among the best shows I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/107 "2012-05-12T20:01:12Z")
Just like you, Idle Thoughts. I took one hit of Breaking Bad with my wife last week. Really loved it, good times. We only watch shows we like together. But then I started doing it alone. :eek: Was just gonna watch a tiny bit, maybe just one episode. But I couldn’t stop, man. The stuff is so good, I just wanna do more and more. At first it was like this great buzz, all fun and happy, but now it just sucks me in and takes me to a bad place. I wanna stop, but I got laid off from work (with severence!) and now I just wanna lay around all day and watch it. The house is a mess and I have work to do, but I just can’t… stop… watching. I’m late into Season 2. And I need help. In all seriousness, I’m in awe of the greatness of this show. I never thought anything would surpass Freaks and Geeks, but when you start messin’ around with some dangerous stuff… ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/108 "2012-05-13T10:48:48Z")
I should watch this nonsense but the annoying arrogant thread title stops me. ---
**Author:** ![Tarwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/109 "2012-05-13T10:58:03Z")
I was stopped by a thread title once. It’s not a moment I’m proud of. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/110 "2012-05-13T11:50:31Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > I should watch this nonsense but the annoying arrogant thread title stops me. What is that gash where your nose used to be? mmm ---
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/111 "2012-05-13T12:09:19Z")
> [@grude](#): > > Breaking is slang for ejaculation or orgasm around here, which makes the title kinda funny. Are you West Indian, grude? I haven’t heard ‘breaking’ used that way in forever. As for the show, I seem to be the only person who doesn’t consider Skylar to be a ball-busting harpy. Apart from that thing she does later on, I thought her reactions were perfectly reasonable for someone in her situation. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/112 "2012-05-13T12:32:48Z")
I haven’t considered her to be a ball busting harpy. I think that at times she was almost too patient with Walt, and at times gave him the benefit of the doubt when he didn’t deserve it. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/113 "2012-05-13T16:37:02Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > I should watch this nonsense but the annoying arrogant thread title stops me. Watch it anyway. You’ll thank me. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/114 "2012-05-22T12:19:05Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > So where do you folks who are new to the show usually get your TV recommendations? > > I get mine here, and at Alan Sepinwall’s blog. If a show has a weekly thread – or even a season long thread – I figure it’s worth checking out. That’s how I got turned on to _The Wire_ and _The Walking Dead_. (And now, thanks to **mhendo** ’s comment about _Southland_, I’ll be checking that one out as well.) > > So I’m a bit puzzled at all the folks who are just now getting around to watching a show that’s been on for four seasons and has won numerous awards (including Emmys for Bryan Cranston). We had threads on every episode starting with season one, and they usually stayed on the front page until the next episode aired. Where were you? I finished all four seasons and here I am, finally! To answer your question, AP, I don’t watch much TV at all. (HA and I work in television.) I got a Netflix account and started watching popular shows and have been through 30 Rock, Glee, How I Met Your Mother, The Walking Dead and now Breaking Bad. I turned my husband on to it and we have been living and breathing it for the past couple months. It was really hard to pace ourselves. After the last episode we just stared at each other. I felt like James T. Kirk … GGGUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/115 "2012-05-22T12:44:42Z")
Oh and to fill the void after BB, last week I started Mad Men. It’s good, but after every episode I feel a strange compulsion to climb a high tower and go on a misogyny-fueled killing spree. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/116 "2012-05-22T13:26:55Z")
In case anyone hasn’t seen yet - Breaking Bad is set to return for season 5 on Sunday, July 15th. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/117 "2012-05-22T15:50:43Z")
> [@interface2x](#): > > In case anyone hasn’t seen yet - Breaking Bad is set to return for season 5 on Sunday, July 15th. And, as I understand it, it’s only going to be 8 episodes. Then, a year later, they’ll show the final 8. They’re calling it one season that’s being split in two but too me it’s the equivalent of two short seasons. I have no idea why they’re doing it this way. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/118 "2012-05-22T15:58:58Z")
This is a very good show. But I’m not sure I like it better than _Mad Men_. They’re both up there. (I haven’t ever seen _The Wire_.) ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/119 "2012-05-22T19:35:54Z")
Is it confirmed that there will be a full year between the 8 episode runs? I was under the impression it would be a shorter period. ---
**Author:** ![goldmund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a4c791/32.png) [@goldmund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goldmund)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/120 "2012-05-22T19:49:24Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Is it confirmed that there will be a full year between the 8 episode runs? I was under the impression it would be a shorter period. [Yup](http://blogs.amctv.com/breaking-bad/2012/05/season-5-premiere-announced.php?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter). ☹ Well, not a full year, since the first 8 episodes will take a couple months to air, but, yeah. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879.md?page=7)