Audiences who watch it in this order will also feel real danger for the characters. They have no idea who's in Breaking Bad and will therefore fear for all the characters, not knowing if any are about to die.
By watching Breaking Bad first, once fans revisit this world through the prequel they get a strong sense of nostalgia. When the main show ends it's like an extra dose of this world, but in a unique way. In many ways therefore this can also act as a sequel, following up on many of the characters and answering questions that we had about their pasts, while reminding us of the main show itself. The writers of this show know how to foreshadow a moment.
Therefore, by watching it in this order, larger moments from Breaking Bad are actually built up for much longer. One such example is the turn war between Gus and the Salamancas. This story of course has an explosive end but we get a better idea of their history together and much larger foreshadowing of the fate of the two sides.
One of the issues of watching Better Call Saul first is that we get a glimpses of Saul's future after he gets taken away to live a new life. This of course suggests that his far future is one full of mistakes and criminality. Without watching Breaking Bad these moments may come off as incredibly confusing. While they could also be mysteries and be paid off in Breaking Bad, it's clear this prequel should probably be watched second. The characters that we get to know over the show will be a lot clearer than they are when we see them in Breaking Bad.
By understanding the background of a character like Lydia for instance, she makes more sense in the sequel show. The acting is truly fantastic. But there are also enough characters that come in and out of the show to keep it fresh and exciting. I feel bad leaving any of the cast out of this list, but here are the performances that I really thought were outstanding.
Walter White Jr. RJ does a great job walking the line between a developing, sometimes annoying teenager and someone we end up feeling great sympathy for in the story. He is over the top at times, but he plays it very well so that it becomes a believable character trait for Hank.
Bob Odenkirk plays Saul Goodman , seedy attorney at law. Bob Odenkirk is one of my favorite comedians who can also act. He was so good, he got his own spinoff, Better Call Saul. In Breaking Bad, Odenkirk provides plenty of comic relief, but he also masters the art of the pathetic character overall. One of my favorite characters. Both performances are stellar as well. Yep, absolutely. Breaking Bad is worth watching. I would recommend giving the show at least three or four episodes before making up your mind.
It took me that long to get hooked. The suspense and tension throughout is nerve wracking. And then there are the shocks. The scream out loud moment occurs when Gus Fring Giancarlo Esposito exits a room in a nursing home. That's all I say.
The acting - well, it's absolutely tremendous from every single person. Bob Odenkirk, who plays Walt's attorney Saul Goodman, actually has a spin off series, so popular was his character. Anna Gunn goes from a pregnant, relaxed wife, to a wreck.
Mitte, who has a mild form of cerebral palsy in his real life, is wonderful as Walt Jr. Aaron Paul is magnificent - in fact, it was decided not to kill off the character on the strength of his performance.
He's a no-nonsense guy who does drugs and then tries to go clean; he falls in love; he cares about children - he must run the gamut of emotions in the series' five years. His relationship with Walt is sometimes compatible, sometimes antagonist, sometimes dangerous, and often frightening.
Aaron is the good guy who does illegal things, but doesn't have Walt's mean streak. There's not much to add except don't deny yourself the opportunity to see this series, so incredibly acted with such a powerful story - about the destructive nature of the drug trade, greed, and what power can do to someone. Just an amazing show. Quinoa 8 February It's hard for me to be super objective about this show.
Over the course of 62 episodes, right from the start, for me, Vince Gilligan and his team of writers and directors crafted a piece of neo-noir-western American tragedy that almost never, if ever, lost its footing.
In its story of the rise and fall of Walter White or his fun alias Heisenberg and how he becomes a Meth "Emperor" in Albuquerque during his run of lung cancer, we get all kinds of dramaturgy here. There's conflict, conflict, conflict going on in this show, always, from the familial what do I tell my wife, Skylar, or not tell her, what doesn't she tell me, how far do the lies and deceit and horrors go? It all Often with a show it's easy to let things slip, even or especially on the great shows when it comes to character dynamics, repetition, things that can be hard to control over the space of such a long period of time.
But everything is so carefully mapped out, season after season, for the unpredictable to keep happening and for the dramatic beats to gain tension and mystery. Just take how the writers set up, so patiently, over a season, the opening clues of objects and debris all outside of a house, and when you finally find out what all this is about - BAM right to the gut. What one comes away with, outside of the tremendous performances you might gripe that Cranston got too many Emmys, but What is morality in this world?
There isn't any. What happens when you take a hardcore drug-gangster tale of suspense and warp it with dark comedy about what it means to be a man in society today, or what it means to have a family and believe me, there are many moments that are downright haunting, harrowing to the soul that speak to this, especially as it builds and builds in its last eight episodes?
You get I wish I could tell you there's problems with the show, but rarely can I find any. But so many times on this show you - or I should say I - get thrown curve balls that really have no other way of working out except how they do. When a moment like Walter White in his crawl space discovering a terrible revelation and going from agony to abhorrent laughter arrives, it's just one of those amazing moments of drama in any American medium.
It might be throwing praise like gravy on a Thanksgiving platter, but I'm reminded of Nicholson's comment once on Kubrick: everyone acknowledges he's the man, and I still think that underrates him. ComedyFan 7 January I have never seen a show that I loved so much from the start until the very end. It never went down in quality, actually I feel it become even better in later seasons. And while not everything that was happening was what I liked, I still thought that it was done brilliantly.
I am just sad it is over, I could go on watching it longer. Created by Vince Gilligan, the show goes about a chemistry teacher Walter White who gets cancer and tries to make money for his family by getting together with his old student Jesse Pinkman and cook meth. The relationship between the two is one of my favorite parts of the show.
They have such a great dynamics, so much chemistry no pun intended and seeing their friendship develop going through bumps etc. All acting on the show is A class. Just as characters. So many different people very complex and greatly performed by the actors. This doesn't just go to the characters I loved, but even the ones who I didn't like, such as Walt's whole family. Their performances made the shows as great as it is just like the plot did.
And I must say, I found out some spoilers ahead of time. But watching the moments was still very intense and sort of unexpected. This shows how well it is done. The show is not only unpredictable because of "what happens" but also because of "how". Watch it! This is the best show of our time,impossible to not enjoy it and it will be a classic.
I will try to follow the work of the creator and the actors from now on. I like the bit where they make crystal meth in the back of an RV. Doylenf 22 February BREAKING BAD is a seriocomic study of a middle-aged man, a high school chemist teacher, on the brink of losing it over a financially poor marriage and the fact that he's leading a double life that his wife knows nothing about.
Seems the need for cash sets up the idea for him to consider partnership with an ex-student who deals in drug sales. After viewing a newscast showing stacks of easy money from a drug bust, Cranston gets the idea to ask his brother-in-law, a DEA agent, if he can accompany him on one of the busts.
While there, he spots an ex-student escaping from the scene and hooks up with him later to propose a partnership wherein he'll make the drugs and the student will sell them. Meanwhile, a visit to the doctor because of a dry cough reveals that he has lung cancer, something he doesn't want to tell his wife because she's expecting a baby. Desperate for "easy money", he gets heavily involved with the ex-student another brilliant performance by AARON PAUL , and together they find themselves caught up in drastic circumstances with two bodies to get rid of as soon as their drug activities go awry.
The sequence where Cranston lets the phosphine gas while mixing ingredients do the job of ridding himself of the two men in the van, is a model of suspense. There's a payoff in virtually every scene, full of unexpected twists that seem credible and always true to the characters. The suspense is almost non-stop, the action scenes are briskly handled, the humor is diabolic, and the dialog is always sharp as a knife. In an amusing breakfast scene, with the wife buying things on the cheap and making substitutions, the son remarks: "This bacon tastes like band-aids.
Brilliant - one of the greatest drama series of all time. By chance he runs into a former student of his, Jesse Pinkman played by Aaron Paul , who is now a crystal meth dealer. This gives him an idea on how to pay for his medical bills and provide for his family upon his death Fantastic series. Starts innocently enough and builds tension and momentum with every episode. So many dangers and hurdles in his path - from small time hoodlums to drug lords, his wife, plus Walter's own brother is a DEA agent!
Also has some great comedic moments largely provided by Jesse Pinkman but these become fewer and further between the more into the series you get, as it becomes darker the more you go along. Great ending, one of the most iconic and poetic in TV history. Great work from Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul. When I first read about this series being called the the greatest in the history of television I was skeptical about such a superlative.
But it turned out to be completely right. This series is so good that it will change the way you feel about television - everything else pales by comparison. Watch every single episode of this series. The story is so cleverly constructed and well written yet not confusing - it sets new standards in writing. There are no wasted scenes so you can pay close attention to every scene.
Things come together in unexpected yet plausible ways. The dramatic parts are more dramatic and emotionally draining than anything on television before. The dangerous parts are tenser than any action movie. And throughout the series there is a lot of comedy from the blackest of black comedy, to laugh out loud quirks of the various characters from Jesse to Saul to Lydia.
The characters are so rounded that the viewer can feel for most of them whether hero or villain. Vince Gilligan and his writing team created a masterpiece. The acting is superb all round. Bryan Cranston as Walter White is so believable and sympathetic he made one get completely on the side of a devoted husband and father turned criminal mastermind.
He deserves his multiple Emmy awards. Equally perfect is Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman. He gives such intense and moving performances that his character is universally loved no matter how idiotic. You can feel his pain so clearly. RJ Mitte as the teenage son afflicted with cerebral palsy is very touching and heart rending at times. Anna Gunn plays a difficult character well. I know many hate Skyler for the kind of wife she is but Anna plays her superbly.
Betsy Brandt is just as terrific as her sister Marie. Dean Norris as Hank the DEA agent shows vulnerability, heroism and tenacity that made his character very real. Supporting villains played by Giancarlo Esposito as the chilling Gus and the uptight Lydia played by Laura Fraser are all excellent.
Jonathan Banks as Mike the fixer is just perfect too. Who would think that a story about a dying teacher making crystal meth to provide for his family in New Mexico would be the basis for what truly is the greatest television series ever made. This is one of those top of the league series.
Once you start watching you can't stop it. My wife and I were completely hooked on this series. Brilliant actors with a great storyline. A lot of twists that makes it that you want to see the next episode as soon as possible. The suspense that is build in every episode is great. You can't do anything else then hope that Walter White gets away with it.
Too bad that at one point the series had to stop because for us it could have gone on and on forever. So we were disappointed when it was over but now that there is a spin off we are already looking forward to that one.
If "Better Call Saul" is in the same way then it can't go wrong. Anyways, "Breaking Bad" is a must-see if you never saw it. Mr-Fusion 14 December I count myself lucky that I'd just gotten into "Breaking Bad" when the final season hysteria hit. For several weeks, you couldn't surf the web without hearing about this show, and everyone and their mother were championing it as the greatest thing to hit the airwaves since That kind of hype can kill interest in anything, and it's exactly what turned me off of "LOST".
That said, it didn't take long for the show to win me over. And the biggest reason among many to recommend this to anyone is the dazzling plot twists.
I can't tell you how many times I was mad at the screen when the credits rolled on an episode. They kicked this thing off with one hell of a pilot one of the greats , but it had me frequently asking asking "Where will this go from here? So above all, the writing is incredible.
And aside from the terrific acting across the board; it's a showcase of top-tier talent , you can't help but be taken with the show's cinematography. When it's not the eye-popping clouds of the Albuquerque skies a city that adds heaps of character to the show , it's the creative opening shots and choices in framing that add layers to the story. This show was a treat for the eyes.
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