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You haven't caught up to S4's finale yet?

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Obviously not :)

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ur in for a treat, take everything u think will happen and x10 and this will be the finale

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finally caught up to this, great end to this season. can't wait for the next.

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One of the best shows on cable.

:Bingo:

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So many people have recommended this show to me, so the wife and I gave it a shot. We gave it four episodes and neither of us felt compelled to watch more. Did we miss something? I get this sense that some of these shows that are a little "older" may not be as crisp and sharp as other shows out there now, like Mad Men. We found the same thing with the Sopranos. While it may have been amazing when it first came out, maybe we've been spoiled by the shows that came after it?

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T.V shows are very individualistic imo. It's a pretty interesting point you bring up, I think they cater for your socialistic needs rather than say like the movies where it caters for emotions, senses, acting and cinematic effects etc. etc,. But I guess some shows do that too..like Breaking Bad :lol:

A good example of this would be with me and my girlfriend, I like the show Californication because it depicts a early 40's man who hangs around L.A smoking and sleeping with the hottest girls in town. See now that's every man's dream...girlfriend cannot stand it, as it most probably appeals to the modern machonesique man with an eagerness for babes and weed. I've even said when I hit 40 I want to do the same things the character from the show does.

With T.V your pretty much capturing your show for intended audiences = revenue from advertising. There are so many shows out there but not all can and never will appeal to the masses. But I guess T.V lhas always lacked creativity; same problems, different show. Which, is why Breaking Bad was one of the best I've seen, nothing like this was done before.

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^ Very much agree with you - I loved the show, my girlfriend not at all - fell asleep on the 3rd show, mate at work has loved it. For me it was the drama created by dramatic acting and not by background music creating the hype. Another show that cut to the bone for me was "the wire". Hardcore acting with a great storyline that threaded through 5 seasons

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^the wire is the best tv show I've ever seen. breaking bad a close 2nd i think.

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threehills, did you like Mad Men? IMO Mad Men and Breaking Bad are very slow films and you gotta be in it for the long haul. With Mad Men, I didn't think the series peaked till S3 or 4 when Draper's life fell apart and he sat on his bed crying.

But I gotta say, aside from the story in Breaking Bad, sound, and cinematography are some pretty good shit for a TV show.

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[QUOTE=feather;1002432]aside from the story in Breaking Bad, sound, and cinematography are some pretty good shit for a TV show.[/QUOTE]

Yeahp! The cinematographer deserves an Oscar.

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^For sure. Love the lighting and camera work. Looks more like a well shot movie than a cable tv show.

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I am going to give this a try :) It sounds like something I would enjoy, but then again.. you never know until you watch it.

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[QUOTE=go0gle;1006124]I am going to give this a try :) It sounds like something I would enjoy, but then again.. you never know until you watch it.[/QUOTE]

Go for it man. Great show, and a superb overall series. Make sure you start at Ep.1 Series 1!

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^that is what I did.. it is indeed a great show! :) How are they going to stretch this for another 3 seasons ? I hope the quality stays the same.. usually most shows kind of go down after the 1st season

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gets better. seasons 3 and 4 have been the best sofar imo.

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^ well that is great..good to know! I love it so far.. it has a lot of good moments. I am on ep.3 season 1.. that bathtub scene is gold, and the clean up part with the flashback.. brilliant :)

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It keeps building and building bud - its a class series

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[QUOTE][URL="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/12/04/math_professor_74_accused_of_running_meth_lab_with_son/"]The Boston Globe[/URL] reports that 74-year-old university mathematics professor Irina Kristy and her 29-year-old son Grigory Genkin are being charged with cooking meth in their Somerville, Massachusetts home.[/QUOTE]

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lol

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:lol: I'm pretty sure there would be a fair amount of enthusiasts from this show being inspired.

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Just finished season 4. Besides couple of "holes" in the plot, its a solid show, actually its amazing.. :) My main issue is that the connection/friendship between Walt and Jessie is presented as too weak for it to sustain the pressure they had to go trough. Otherwise the character development was top notch.. writing is good.. again for a TV show, this is very well done.

Thanks for the recommendation!

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I kinda think of Walt and Jessie as a very complex father-and-son/business-partners relationship that might be weak on the surface and in the situations they're thrown into, but also surprisingly strong, which makes the show.

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It's an interesting relationship. Walt couldn't have succeed without Pinkman and vice-versa on Walt's winning formula. It's pretty clever when you think about it. They only show them together mainly when they're cooking. I think it's good on the way that they show this, as it leaves you in greater anticipation; having Walt's wife find out about Walt sneaking off to cook, in the earlier seasons always leaves you on the edge of your seats.

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[QUOTE=Illuminate;1011097]It's an interesting relationship. Walt couldn't have succeed without Pinkman and vice-versa on Walt's winning formula. It's pretty clever when you think about it. They only show them together mainly when they're cooking. I think it's good on the way that they show this, as it leaves you in greater anticipation; having Walt's wife find out about Walt sneaking off to cook, in the earlier seasons always leaves you on the edge of your seats.[/QUOTE]

That is a big part of it.. once they showed that Pinkman can do it without Walt, i started to question the extend to their friendship. I kept thinking about the fact that Pinkman was Walt's student once..and the history is keeping them together. Also, Walt's intervation after the kid got killed, that showed Pinkman that Walt actually cares, but then again.. its Walt, one can never be clear on what exactly is his end goal when he does something :)

[QUOTE=feather;1010915]I kinda think of Walt and Jessie as a very complex father-and-son/business-partners relationship that might be weak on the surface and in the situations they're thrown into, but also surprisingly strong, which makes the show.[/QUOTE]

Surprisingly strong is exactly it, it never "Feels" like it, but it actually is, and the reason is not really clear, at least for me. Either way.. this is a really good show. I've recommended it to several friends already..

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Just finished season 4, I thought it ended quite well, don't see the point in series 5 TBH. Strange how it was not that big in the UK, it was more of underground hit. The people that watched it in the UK watched it on the Internet.

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Yeah I hope they end the series properly now that they're continuing with S5.

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^tend to agree with both you guys I could have ended it last season and left it on a high note

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I hope they have the whole setup gets even crazier this season and maybe the shit hits the fan and they kill one or both of them off...

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When you think about it there's no other way to end it. Either gets killed/caught.

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Yup. With the writing the past 4 seasons pretty much being the 2nd best show I've ever seen on TV (only to The Wire), I bet (hope) Vince Gilligan will do something like this and not have it do some bullshit happy ending. If they kill off characters or have something crazy happen that would be a great end to the run.

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No way possible for it to have a Desperate Housewives like ending.

Here's an UK equivalent you guys might like:

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[I][B]Top Boy[/B][/I] is a British television drama series, which was first broadcast on [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_4"]Channel 4[/URL]. The four episodes were broadcast over consecutive nights, from 31 October to 3 November 2011. Set on the fictional Summerhouse [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_estate"]housing estate[/URL] in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Borough_of_Hackney"]Hackney[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_London"]North London[/URL], the series follows the lives of a group of criminals involved in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_drug_trade"]drug dealing[/URL] and street gangs.

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^hummm...I haven't heard of this at all. Will try and check it out. LMK if you have any other current British TV drama which needs to be seen...

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:lol:

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[COLOR=#ff0000][SIZE=7]Returns July 15

but ...

[/SIZE][/COLOR][QUOTE]We’ve been waiting for an actual date, and [URL="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/21/breaking-bad-season-5-amc_n_1534086.html"]Huffington Post[/URL] shared that we’ll finally be seeing more Walter White for the 16-episode season on July 15 at 10pm. The show will be split into two parts, however, with the final eight eps airing in summer 2013. [/QUOTE]

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Ohh FFS!

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Yeah a whole year break mid season :(