Breaking Bad

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

LOL SHE'S UGLY SO HER OPIJNION DOESNT COUTN!211!

[dave is ok]

Thinks about the best ending a TV show has ever had.

Little hyperbolic there.

I can think of three HBO shows that ended as good (or better) than Breaking Bad did.

[Opaque]

I can't.

Ozymandias was the high point of the series ending and nothing I've ever seen on TV is better than that episode. There's also a lot to consider when you talk about a show ending like did it run for too long? Have shitty seasons in the middle somewhere? Turn into a different kind of show? Lose it's message? Breaking Bad was consistently good. It ended before it got bad, boring or turned into something it wasn't. You were left without feeling like they ignored something in the finale, the finale wasn't random, and while we got some amount of closure for everyone it wasn't exactly some neat package: walts family still hates him, we didn't see them find hank or his funeral, no idea how jesse is going to live now and walt fucking dies. It cleaned things up from a plot standpoint but it wasn't some happy ending. It was exactly how Breaking Bad should end and I can't say that about any other show I've ever watched.

[Opaque]

LOL SHE'S UGLY SO HER OPIJNION DOESNT COUTN!211!

I mostly meant it's a terrible picture and fucking pixelated as hell.

If that's her idea of a picture worth representing yourself on NPR, her taste is terrible.

[Diff-chan]

Well, the best part of Breaking Bad is the consistency. It always told the story it wanted to tell and didn't mess around. No fluff and no garbage. No self-indulgent dream sequences. Etc. I think it's going to be an excellent series to re-watch.

[sleeve]

Who gives a fuck what this:

Thinks about the best ending a TV show has ever had. She chose that as her picture on her NPR profile, that's the kind of taste and quality control she has. Her opinion doesn't matter.

I expected someone to respond with this, but I didn't expect it would be you.

I am legitimately disappointed, because you usually respond with some pretty on-target criticism. This is pretty embarrassing.

Linda Holmes is a long-time TV critic and contributor to Television Without Pity and NPR. I value her opinion more highly than yours.

[dave is ok]

It's my favorite show - but I can't call it a better show than The Wire. Really what made Breaking Bad for me was the cinematography, honestly without Michael Slovis it would be a completely different show, and Bryan Cranston fucking killing it every week.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

I mostly meant it's a terrible picture and fucking pixelated as hell.

If that's her idea of a picture worth representing yourself on NPR, her taste is terrible.

related: ""Do you know anything chocolate? How do you make chocolate? You take dark chocolate, you mix it with white milk, and it becomes a delicious drink. That's the chocolate I'm talking about."

[Diff-chan]

It's my favorite show - but I can't call it a better show than The Wire. Really what made Breaking Bad for me was the cinematography, honestly without Michael Slovis it would be a completely different show, and Bryan Cranston fucking killing it every week.

Yea, obviously Cranston was god-tier in this role. He should have won the Emmy every year (Damien Lewis? JEFF DANIELS?)

As for better or worse than The Wire, I dunno. Season 5 of The Wire was pretty weak.

[Opaque]

I am legitimately disappointed, because you usually respond with some pretty on-target criticism. This is pretty embarrassing.

I'm just fucking around.

I don't agree with her on the quality of this shows ending but I'll be the first person to point out that argumentum ad hominem is bullshit.