# 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:** 7
**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, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/121 "2012-05-22T20:54:17Z")
> [@goldmund](#): > > [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. I will not be held captive by the capriciousness of network programmers … _BITCH!!_ 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/122 "2012-05-22T22:08:42Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > I should watch this nonsense but the annoying arrogant thread title stops me. Don’t shoot the messenger. Chop off his head, stuff it with C-4, glue it to a tortuga, and send it back. And watch _Breaking Bad_ to get the joke. Bring an evidence bag. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/123 "2012-05-22T22:14:24Z")
It will be interesting to see what they do with the remaining shows because it is almost like the story arch is somewhat wide open. ---
**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, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/124 "2012-05-22T22:24:31Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > It will be interesting to see what they do with the remaining shows because it is almost like the story arch is somewhat wide open. [spoiler]I know. Apparently there’s good money coming in from the car wash, and Skyler is fully capable of running it herself, so there doesn’t seem to be a reason for Walt to continue cooking. I have a guess as to what may happen. I think it may turn out that the car wash really does have environmental problems. Remember when they sent the phony EPA guy to make Bogdan think he had expensive environmental problems? Bogdan repeatedly asked for the regular guy. I think he may have been asking for the regular guy because he was paying that guy to overlook some real problems. Those real problems will turn out to be very expensive to fix and Walt will have to go back to cooking in order to ensure his family’s future. Just a guess.[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/125 "2012-06-03T04:07:53Z")
Just a heads up to anyone who hasn’t watched the show yet, I was browsing the tv schedule and American Movie Classics (AMC) channel is airing season 1 episodes next week. Not sure if they are airing in order or not, but maybe they’ll re-air all the seasons up until the season 5 starts. No excuses not to start watching it. JUST DO IT ALREADY!!! ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/126 "2012-06-04T14:29:06Z")
I caught this promo last night - starting next Sunday, June 10th, AMC will air the entire series of Breaking Bad. Set your DVR’s because it’s going to be on late and I believe they’re doing three episodes each Sunday night, so the series will be all caught up by the time of the season 5 premiere in July. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/127 "2012-06-04T14:31:31Z")
Link to AMC’s website with schedule: [http://blogs.amctv.com/breaking-bad/2012/05/late-night-encores.php](http://blogs.amctv.com/breaking-bad/2012/05/late-night-encores.php) ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/128 "2012-06-04T16:44:37Z")
Davidm: That’s an absolute textbook example of a spoiler box that should have some commentary outside it as to why there’s a spoiler box. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/129 "2012-06-04T17:25:43Z")
The season 4 DVD comes out June 5 (tomorrow). Amazon has it for $19.99. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/130 "2012-06-04T17:35:57Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > Davidm: That’s an absolute textbook example of a spoiler box that should have some commentary outside it as to why there’s a spoiler box. What text would have been satisfactory? “spoiler” pretty much says everything that needs to be said. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/131 "2012-06-05T01:06:05Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > Davidm: That’s an absolute textbook example of a spoiler box that should have some commentary outside it as to why there’s a spoiler box. What exactly should I have said in that commentary? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/132 "2012-06-06T13:43:22Z")
I watched it and was enthralled up until the episode where there was a fly in the new high-tech drug lab. I stopped watching half way through that (boring, unsatisfying) episode and haven’t come back to it yet. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/133 "2012-06-06T14:31:09Z")
I don’t understand the hate for that episode, but I guess that’s just me. In any case, don’t let one episode stop you from going on. If you liked what you saw before, why would you let one episode stop you from seeing the rest? ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/134 "2012-06-06T14:59:21Z")
I didn’t know that dislike of that episode was a ‘thing’, but if it is a widely-held sentiment I can see why. The show built itself up on superb dialogue, action and story, but this particular episode was just symbolism (or so I guess - because I didn’t get it), and so it bored me. Why pause my watching of the show here? Because I don’t want to skip any episode, and want to watch them all in order, but there are so many other consistently good shows out there that I don’t have to go back to the boring episode yet. That’s all 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/135 "2012-06-06T15:01:55Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > What exactly should I have said in that commentary? 😕 Beats me, I haven’t read what you typed. Because if what you typed is “Well, I read some backstage info that says that X is what will be happening” I don’t want to know. But if you said “well, what we saw in the last scene of season 4 was X, so I think they might do Y” then I’m interested. But there’s no way for me to know without reading it. That’s why one should generally preface a spoiler box with a very brief explanation as to why something is being spoiler-boxed. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/136 "2012-06-06T15:03:39Z")
**Isamu** , As I recall, you could pretty much skip that episode without losing any continuity. But if that’s your concern and you’ve already gotten part way through it, why not grin and bear sitting through the rest of it so you can continue with the series? It’s worth it, believe me. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/137 "2012-06-06T15:11:09Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > I don’t understand the hate for that episode, but I guess that’s just me. I recently watched the first three seasons and have season 4 on the way from Netflix. The episode in question was my absolute least favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/138 "2012-06-06T15:22:06Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > **Isamu** , > It’s worth it, believe me. Thank you. I’ve avoided all spoilers so I didn’t really know if it returned to form (but I expected it did). I’ll get back to it one day. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/139 "2012-06-06T15:42:46Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I recently watched the first three seasons and have season 4 on the way from Netflix. The episode in question was my absolute least favorite. I wouldn’t list it as one of my favorites, but I don’t understand the absolute hatred some people have for it. The interplay between Walt and Jesse is one of the highlights of the series, at least for me. The episode in question had lots of that and at least one line that I consider to be one of the show’s classics. Jessie: “Look, I like making cherry product, but let’s keep it real, alright? We make poison for people who don’t care. We probably have the most unpicky customers in the world.” The whole episode was about how Jesse understands what it is they’re doing and the harm they cause, while Walt lives in denial by being obsessed with the purity of their “product” ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879/140 "2012-06-06T15:51:47Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > What exactly should I have said in that commentary? 😕 Maybe “speculation, with a spoiler for season 4”? This is a tricky thread, since the purpose is to convince people to watch the show, and it might be difficult to do that without spoilage. I agree about The Fly episode. When I rewatch, I skip that one. But I’m glad I saw it once. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-be-watching-breaking-bad-you-will-thank-me/616879.md?page=8)