Breaking Bad

[Regular Joe]

Dear nitpickers,

GET OFF MY BACK ABOUT THE CLONE THING, WOULD YA. I do still feel Breaking Bad owes a great deal to both the plot of The Sopranos and the way it changed the climate of television in general, but I will no longer refer to it as a clone. I only meant it started out that way, in the premise, anyhow. It's obviously doing it's own unique thing now, which I can only be grateful for.

[Pidgeon]

Dude, relax.

[orator]

You wanna throw down, Joe? Because I will throw down.

[Come on, Jason]

This thread is Breaking Bad.

[Regular Joe]

Dude, relax.

Why don't you relax, clone.

You wanna throw down, Joe? Because I will throw down.

No, I don't, but I am going to call the FBI on you for threatening my life.


I'm going to cook meth in your skulls.

[bakersfieldchimp]

The introduction of Bob Odenkirk's character was the icing on the already delicious cake.

[KickTheBobo]

I have caught a few hours of this show scattered about and am considering starting from the top. Maybe it's just the episodes I saw, but it seems as if 85% of the story takes place inside of a Winnebago in the desert. Is there much more to the show?

I also like Bryan Cranston the actor because his last name is the town I live in. ALSO:

the guy has paid his dues in the biz so it's nice to see him get a lead on something that seems to be gathering momentum. ALSO:

according to imdb: Has a dog named Sugar, saved from a local Los Angeles pound. - BONUS!

[iAmBaronVonTito]

i only became interested in this show when Bryan Cranston showed up on best week ever.  sold. 

[masterofsparks]

Based on the first 2 episodes, I think I'm going to love this show. I'm already planning how to fit episode 3 into the time between my arrival home and tonight's show.

[jbissell]

Based on the first 2 episodes, I think I'm going to love this show. I'm already planning how to fit episode 3 into the time between my arrival home and tonight's show.

Either the 3rd or 4th episode has a really nasty scene that made me laugh like a fool.

[Regular Joe]

Good christ this show has gotten brutal. It's living up to it's name! I know I said I wouldn't call it a clone anymore and I won't... but how could anybody not at least see the Sopranos parallel with this show after these last few episodes? Carmella/Skylar, Christopher/Jessie, Adrianna/Jane, Tony/Walter White, (young) A.J./Walter Jr., Furio/Skylar's boss, the list goes on. How am I the asshole for thinking this?! How?!

Yet, I'm not complaining. This is severely good tv, derivative or not.

[hugman]

This season is fucking GOOD.  Shit is going uh-down.

[orator]

http://www.savewalterwhite.com/

that's awesome, especially the donate button

[masterofsparks]

Good christ this show has gotten brutal. It's living up to it's name! I know I said I wouldn't call it a clone anymore and I won't... but how could anybody not at least see the Sopranos parallel with this show after these last few episodes? Carmella/Skylar, Christopher/Jessie, Adrianna/Jane, Tony/Walter White, (young) A.J./Walter Jr., Furio/Skylar's boss, the list goes on. How am I the asshole for thinking this?! How?!

I haven't seen any of season two yet, but based on season one the Sopranos parallel doesn't work because, at a basic level, Tony is a have and Walter is a have-not. Tony has money and power and the fear and respect of others. Walter is a schlub who has to take a second job at a car wash in order to support his family. He suffers the humiliation of wiping the wheels of one of his students (and has his picture snapped doing it), he has to ask the woman at the hospital not to cash his check until next week, etc.

Maybe things change in season two. In any case, I can't wait.

[wood and iron]

Just watched last night's episode. The steely gaze that came over Walt's face while he was crying was chilling. It was a "I got you, bitch" kind of look. I'm really worried about who are in the body bags which is presumably what we're going to find out in the season finale.