US: Breaking Bad question - sorry!

ivrytwr3 said:
I see your angle, however, if you look at what he has actually done INSTEAD of accepting the 'charity' then his principles have clearly gone out of the window.

He has worked hard all his years as a teacher and stayed on the right side of the law and is dealt a crappy hand in getting cancer and his insurance not covering the bills.

Hi concern is for providing for his family when he is gone - no issues with that. However, his means of doing this is criminal, knowingly breaking the law, knowingly putting drugs out onto the street (i won't even mention the after effects of that!) and i have just watched him instruct Jesse to sort the problem of them been ripped off by Spooge and the Skank (lol!) while handing him a gun.

Yet his principles stop him taking offered money with no strings from a couple of millionaires? Does not compute.
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Illegal and criminal don't necessarily mean wrong or bad, the same way that having principles or being principled doesn't mean good or right.

That's quite a large theme running throughout the show.
 
I still don't get the part about declining the cash, especially when the White's paid for Hanks treatment! However, i will let that slide as it was an amazing show.

The reason it took so long was wife doesn't have the attention span to watch episode after episode, saying that from around episode 3 of season 5 it was her who was saying "Breaking Bad then?" lol

Penny Dreadful
Black Mirror
Fear the Walking Dead

Which one to start first?
 
Now that scene put a smile on my face - in fact the whole house scene was very well written. From them passing Walt to him nonchalantly browsing their photo collection to the cheese knife pull, "if we're going to go that way, you'll need a bigger knife".

To the laser pointers - amazing!
 
ivrytwr3 said:
I see your angle, however, if you look at what he has actually done INSTEAD of accepting the 'charity' then his principles have clearly gone out of the window.

He has worked hard all his years as a teacher and stayed on the right side of the law and is dealt a crappy hand in getting cancer and his insurance not covering the bills.

Hi concern is for providing for his family when he is gone - no issues with that. However, his means of doing this is criminal, knowingly breaking the law, knowingly putting drugs out onto the street (i won't even mention the after effects of that!) and i have just watched him instruct Jesse to sort the problem of them been ripped off by Spooge and the Skank (lol!) while handing him a gun.

Yet his principles stop him taking offered money with no strings from a couple of millionaires? Does not compute.
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They possibly wouldn't have gave him enough money to leave for the family once he was dead. He didn't just want money for his treatment.
 
Fear the walking dead is awful in my opinion.

I watched Dexter and The Wire shortly after finishing BB. Really enjoyed both. Dexter goes off the boil after the first 4-5 seasons though.

Recently watched Banshee and would recommend that too. Very violent and funny in places :)
 
lee1101 said:
Fear the walking dead is awful in my opinion.

I watched Dexter and The Wire shortly after finishing BB. Really enjoyed both. Dexter goes off the boil after the first 4-5 seasons though.

Recently watched Banshee and would recommend that too. Very violent and funny in places :)
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FTWD - that's a shame as i hoped it would be a good addition to TWD world :(

Dexter - sounded interesting, but i caught the finale one night; bah!

The Wire - we did start this, but found it boring. This was only one episode and i have been told to give it a chance as it is an excellent series.
 
ivrytwr3 said:
FTWD - that's a shame as i hoped it would be a good addition to TWD world :(

Dexter - sounded interesting, but i caught the finale one night; bah!

The Wire - we did start this, but found it boring. This was only one episode and i have been told to give it a chance as it is an excellent series.
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The wire is slow going and season 2 is not the best. Brilliant overall though so worth sticking with it.

The first season of Fargo is also great. Stranger Things & Peaky Blinders are both on Netflix and a must as well.
 
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yeah, she did get annoying, but to me it was all part of the story. Everything he did was for the family (well, apart from the fact he liked doing it).

There is a fan edit available where Skyler is edited out!
 
Still reminisce about this program, and I wish I could go back and do it all again!

For me, the last few episodes of season 3, all of seasons 4 and 5 are pretty much the best TV I have ever seen. I was gripped.

Favourite episode for me :

Season 4 : Crawlspace

The ending when Walter realises that Skyler has given most of the stashed money to Ted, and the dire implications that this could have for this family. The maniacal laughing of Walter and the phone going in the background with Skyler's sister indicating on the answerphone that the cartel have put another hit out on Hank......just brilliant..

 
I found it a grind for the most part to be honest, persisted because of all the rave reviews but never felt it really gripped me.
 
I will admit it took me 2 or 3 episodes to get hooked even then I watched episode 1 and 2 on more than one occasion before carrying on with the show. Iirc I saw ep1 and 2 twice. Once when a friend told me about it (I didn't think much of it tbh) the 1 and 2 again about 6 months later but at the time I think I was watching Dexters last season or one before it so left it be. Fast forward to when I noticed BB on netflix upto end of season 4. Started it again and watched 4 maybe 5 in one go. Loved it and they route it seemed be taking.

The only gripe I had with it is on Netflix, season 5 (part 1) ended on a massive cliff hanger. I hated the coming months waiting for part 2 to start.
 
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