Breaking Bad

Mad Men is huge, though. It might have similar viewership, but Mad Men is on a totally different level. It was pretty much billed as the next Big Thing after The Sopranos. Everyone - in my circle of friends (hella cool people) - bangs on about Mad Men. There's a ball-tonne of hype around it. Which is justified; Mad Men is brilliant.

Breaking Bad has hardly any recognition in comparison. See this poor excuse for a thread. Like four people have seen the thing!

It just depresses me. It's totally different to Mad Men, but in terms of writing, cinematography, acting, compelling storylines, etc, it's more than a match for it.

And it's water-cooler television. I'm going to buy a ****ing water-cooler so I can stand over it and natter to myself on Monday morning. And it's good suspense too - like Twin Peaks, not like 'what's in that grate why is there a polar bear here'. It's real suspense, about characters, about their decisions, about the consequences.

In summary: "BITCH!"

Miow.

Mad Men might be relatively huge in that it generally draws 2 million viewers per episode (though before this past season, it drew less), and Breaking Bad draws more like 1.5. But both shows have pretty mediocre ratings numbers in the grand scheme of things.

But critical recognition? I hear critics fawn over both. BB has won six Emmys; Cranston, in particular, has won all three times he's been eligible.

I imagine the perception for shows like this can vary wildly depending on who we generally talk to.

i didn't start loving BB until the middle of the 2nd Season, so i really should try to watch more than 1 Season of Mad Men.

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I think Mad Men has it's own thread, you should probably post your plans to watch it in there

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the next time i don't incorporate the current topic into the same sentence, i will be sure to do so!

Breaking Bad; I'll include the thread title in any posts here, also.

oh jesus. get over it already, man. i only said what i said because there was a slew of posts about various TV shows like this was the Television Tab or something. i kept clicking on the thread hoping to see more discussion about the hawesome climax that was Season 3 and instead i saw lists of TV shows that people still need to see... a-wha?

i know there are more Mofos that have seen BB other than HC and i. they just need to come out of the woodwork.

Banter really doesn't work across the internet. Or maybe women in America don't get it either.

I've seen BB.

Breaking[Bad/Season 4 trailer.

eh, whatever, i messed that up because i'm on my phone. someone who's a Mod, fix it for me!

I really wouldn't count it as a trailer, because most of it is previous footage we've already seen from earlier seasons.

Gonna have access to Seasons 1-3 imminently, when Season 4 start again?

July 20-something. 23rd?

actually, according to the trailer, it's July 17th.

Plenty of time

Well, I started it. I'm six episodes into season 1, which means I've got just one more to go.

So far:

You actually might get caught up before the new season after all, Yoda. By the time you get to season 3 you won't be able to stop watching.

Yeah, we went through all seven episodes and the first episode of season 2 in a single day. I doubt we'll keep watching quite so quickly, but it might not be hard to catch up at all.

I am tempted to deliberately draw it out a little, though, so we've got a few episodes from the new season saved up. Not a fan of watching serialized shows live, when it can be helped.