Breaking Bad: The Final 8 - (premieres 8/11/13)

[ZB9]

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I would have thought that they came because of the 1000 rounds of gunfire they heard.

Yea me too. That is certainly probable judging by the pic of the compound.

[dsallupinyaarea]

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The Wire is still the GOAT TV drama series. Breaking Bad is in the top 5 along with Six Feet Under, Mad Men, and The Shield. I have The Shield at a distant 5 and I have no idea how to rank the 3 in between.

[jeremym480]

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For me Breaking Bad surpassed my Trio of HBO shows (The Wire, The Sopranos, Six Feet Under) as my favorite of all time. I can't really rate one of those three over the other, so let's just say my top tier shows of all time (currently not running) are (in no order)

Breaking Bad
Six Feet Under
The Wire
The Sopranos

My Top Tier current shows are
Boardwalk Empire
Game of Thrones
and Homeland

The Walking Dead, Mad Men and Son's of Anarchy are very good, as well, but I'd but them in my second tier.

I still need to watch the Shield.

[tdawg3782]

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For me Breaking Bad surpassed my Trio of HBO shows (The Wire, The Sopranos, Six Feet Under) as my favorite of all time. I can't really rate one of those three over the other, so let's just say my top tier shows of all time (currently not running) are (in no order)

Breaking Bad
Six Feet Under
The Wire
The Sopranos

My Top Tier current shows are
Boardwalk Empire
Game of Thrones
and Homeland

The Walking Dead, Mad Men and Son's of Anarchy are very good, as well, but I'd but them in my second tier.

I still need to watch the Shield.

Breaking Bad is my top show as well.

I only saw a few episodes of The Wire and never got around to watching the Sopranos or Six Feet Under. Gotta put them back on my list since everyone is raving about them.

Game of Thrones and Homeland are both awesome IMO. Watched the 1st season of Boardwalk Empire and really liked that as well but haven't caught up yet.

Also totally agree on SoA and Walking Dead. They have top tier potential but just haven't kept that high level throughout. I really hope Walking Dead picks it up this year. It's been a steady downward slide since mid Season 2.

[bichettehappens]

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btw, for folks wanting to know who could have called the cops

Walt could have called them. He could have paid Badger and Skinny Pete to call them at a certain time, or....
here's a link to a pic of Jack's crews' compound
http://s188.photobucket.com/user/jim...pound.png.html

I don't understand what you're getting at with the pic of the compound?

[55]

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Spoiler

[shugknight]

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Breaking Bad Alternate Endings

Thought this was cool..

Laying out a scenario where Jesse was killed in Season 1 by ruthless drug dealer character that we never ended up meeting, Gilligan described a scenario in which "Walt is so filled with rage [at] the drug dealer who kills Jesse that he's out for revenge. And he takes it very personally ... Walt gets this guy and chloroforms him or something, and installs him in some basement somewhere" to torture him, with a shotgun and trip wire to give the bad guy the option to kill himself, Gilligan described, before mentioning that this was before he had a writing staff and that everyone who heard this idea was thoroughly horrified. "Walter Jr. was gonna somehow stumble into this place ... and Walt Jr. being a sweet character, was going to try to help him ... and somehow this guy's eyes flicker open and somehow he realizes it's Walter's son, and then and only then does he trip the wire and kill both of them."

"Everyone I pitched that to told me that I was seriously f---ed up. And you'll notice that we never did that scene."

[ZB9]

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I don't understand what you're getting at with the pic of the compound?

I've heard people say that the compound was too isolated in the middle of nowhere for people to hear the shots and call the cops (like in GTA lol). Well those people were clearly wrong...and I thought the pic was cool. I like aerial pics I guess.

[LakerFan56]

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For me Breaking Bad surpassed my Trio of HBO shows (The Wire, The Sopranos, Six Feet Under) as my favorite of all time. I can't really rate one of those three over the other, so let's just say my top tier shows of all time (currently not running) are (in no order)

Breaking Bad
Six Feet Under
The Wire
The Sopranos

My Top Tier current shows are
Boardwalk Empire
Game of Thrones
and Homeland

The Walking Dead, Mad Men and Son's of Anarchy are very good, as well, but I'd but them in my second tier.

I still need to watch the Shield.

The debate over Breaking Bad vs the Wire is an interesting one. Personally I preferred Breaking Bad. The five season arc of BB was perfect and the last season was one of the best seasons ever of TV, maybe even the best.

If I had to rank my top five shows since 2000:
Breaking Bad
The Wire
Sopranos (I need to refresh myself and watch it again)
West Wing
Battlestar Gallactica

If I had to rank the top shows still running:
Mad Men
Sherlock
The Americans
Game of Thrones
Justified

Homeland and Walking Dead are in the lower tier.

[CMH]

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I can't make a list because I haven't finished Sopranos or Six Feet Under. I never watched Oz either and the currently undisputed champ Sons of Anarchy. I also never saw the beloved The Shield. And Dexter unfortunately ruined itself.

I do know that The Wire and Breaking Bad are in my imaginary top 5. I refuse to say where they sit exactly or what else is on it because the only other drama series I loved and finished are Lost Alias, and Fringe and I don't love network television enough to place either of those on a "list".

I guess I would have to make a Network Top Five and that would include the former two as well as some comedies.


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[Redacted01]

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The Americans has the potential to be up there with BB and Sopranos, but it has a long way to go. Being on FX certainly helps, but it'll have to keep up what it has started.

[LakerFan56]

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The Americans has the potential to be up there with BB and Sopranos, but it has a long way to go. Being on FX certainly helps, but it'll have to keep up what it has started.

What's interesting is that the Americans is kind of under the radar, but it has a very loyal fan base. Kind of reminds me of how Breaking Bad started. I think it's gona be a solid show for sure.

[JayBee74]

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What's interesting is that the Americans is kind of under the radar, but it has a very loyal fan base. Kind of reminds me of how Breaking Bad started. I think it's gona be a solid show for sure.

I can't wait for that show to start. (January 2014)

[Redacted01]

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I can't wait for that show to start. (January 2014)

Start. You mean return? I hope? Or did you miss the first season?

[CMH]

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Outside of here, I've seen The Americans mentioned in articles about Breaking Bad from writers I enjoy reading, so I'm excited to know its worth getting into.

I trusted The Americans would be good. I didn't trust that FX would let it become great. I had to wait before I wasted a full season of watching.


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