Breaking Bad

Just watched the first 2 episodes of season 3. As much as I loved the first 2 seasons, it feels like it's getting to a whole new level. I'm spellbound.

Totally. It's pretty tremendous throughout, but season 3 is where it reaches new heights. And it pretty much stays that good the rest of the way.

I disagree - it gets even better.

Skylar is the most-hated character in my tv viewing history. Major B that one is.

If by "rooting for him," you mean you never stopped hoping he'd come to his senses, then I think I was rooting for him too. I knew the story arc would have had to take a few crazy leaps to get Walt back to where he started, but what I learned through the show was that Walt had that sort of bad juju in him all along.

And perhaps that was the main point: that anyone, given the right/wrong circumstances, is capable of just about anything. I think the original Walt reminded us too much of real people we either know or are, and to see where he ended up was a bit sobering.

But either way, the show was always fun to watch, never really had a completely "down" season like so many other, otherwise good shows. Rewatching episodes back to back gave me a new appreciation of just how consistent this show was over the years.

And I agree: Any scene with Cranston in it was worth watching.

Skylar was the most hated female character I've ever seen in a fandom (apart from maybe Lori and Andrea in TWD). I was one of maybe 5 people who liked her, but then, I liked all the characters in that show. Atleast she wasnt like - I cant even remember her name - the blonde bubble head wife in Tyrant.

Ha! Yes, I remember watching the episodes as they aired and then discussing them with various folks (hubby, Yoda, etc.). Some of those episodes -- especially the last half of the last season -- were SO intense I could barely watch them out of fear.

Oh my. I gotta rewatch this series... again. LOL

I liked her, too. I thought she behaved mostly the way any mother would upon finding out what her husband was up to. (The affair was a bad idea, but I'm talking mostly about her interactions with Walt once she was in on his activities.) And I really empathized with her plight when she became the "bad guy" to Walt Junior during their separation. She couldn't defend herself, given what she knew, and Walt benefited.

Frankly, I think that would make anybody bitchy.

Skylar was the most hated female character I've ever seen in a fandom (apart from maybe Lori and Andrea in TWD). I was one of maybe 5 people who liked her, but then, I liked all the characters in that show. Atleast she wasnt like - I cant even remember her name - the blonde bubble head wife in Tyrant.

I'm sure every husband in America got deja vu twitches from her performance!

Skylar was the most hated female character I've ever seen in a fandom (apart from maybe Lori and Andrea in TWD). I was one of maybe 5 people who liked her, but then, I liked all the characters in that show. Atleast she wasnt like - I cant even remember her name - the blonde bubble head wife in Tyrant.

Skylar, those disgusted looks, we all get em!

A friend kept pushing me to see this and I had never heard of it at the time. I asked if it was violent and he laughed at me so that pricked up my ears. Loved the idea of the greatest midlife crisis of all time for a dorky high school chemistry teacher. Watched the pilot and thought I had been pushed directly into Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. What a rush. Then binged the first season and I think I started week to week viewing from season 2 onwards. Each episode left me high as a kite and by the time the show ended I felt like I needed rehab.

I love that description, lol. It's been a while since I watched it, but I do remember binging daily. Probably 3 eps a night after work, or even pushing through until I passed out. The realist in me knows that you can't avoid certain annoying TV tropes in a series for long, but for the life of me I just can't remember one off the top of my head. I mean ones that pushed my suspension of disbelief too far. Oh I'm sure they were there, but that is not what stands out. I only remember the rush of watching each episode and preaching to friends and family as a self-ordained Breaking Bad evangelist on the healing powers of Heisenberg and blue meth. Well. Not that meth had healing powers....

I need to watch this again.

I miss the high octane stress of that show. One friend said he couldnt even discuss it during the week because he thought he was going to have a heart attack LOL.