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Popular water-cooler drama about an unremarkable and uncharismatic chemistry teacher, Walter, who discovers new passion in his life after he learns he has terminal cancer. Now that they’ve launched their drug business, there’s no turning back for Walt and his young partner, Jesse. Using Walt’s knowledge of chemistry to cook up high-grade methamphetamine to pay for Walt’s cancer treatments, the pair is thrust into a netherworld of murder, mayhem and the twin threats of exposure and arrest. Amid suspicions about her husband’s fidelity, Walt’s wife Skyler faces an unexpected pregnancy and a grim financial outlook that forces her back to work for a boss she once threatened to sue for sexual harassment. The pros… More >>
Breaking Bad: The Complete Second Season
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This show examines the good, the bad, and the ugly of the drug and the people involved. Dark comedy at its best. It has lots of ironic twists that just add to how good the writing is. The characters have other issues besides the meth aspect and you can get caught up in their struggles and want better for them, to me that is what a great series is; to pull you in and cheer for them and feel their pain as well.
Rating: 5 / 5
My husband and son are addicted to this series. Aaron Paul is one of the best actors of the 21st century. And Bryan Cranston’s Emmy speaks for itself. A must have.
Rating: 4 / 5
I concur with what has been said before (especially by Bullard and Padillo). I missed the first season and my interest was piqued by the promo announcments that AMC was going to show all the Season #1 episodes back-to-back-to back, etc.
I stayed up that night and watched all the episodes. I was hooked! I made sure I saw the first episode of the 2nd season and watching BREAKING BAD became a Sunday night must do.
Kudos to AMC indeed. That network should be commended for taking the chance to air this series. I’m chomping at the bit for Season #3. It’s a great and compelling show. Bryan Cranston is very deserving of his Emmy. The character of the DEA agent and the dealer “Tuco” are and were outstanding pluses for the series.
I hope the 3rd season continues the high quality of this show.
Rating: 5 / 5
This is the best show to come to cable TV ever. The characters are well played and the theme is edgy and relatable. I hope they give Aaron Paul his due this year at the Emmys as he is soooooo good in this part. Cheers to all involved in making such a compelling show!
Rating: 5 / 5
What do you get when you take a series that had a great first season, and add it up with its downright brilliant second season? The best damn thing on TV, is what you get.
Vince Gilligan and his crew created something original and daring, I was aware of that the first time I saw the pilot episode. I was immediately fascinated by the use of camera, the clever editing and of course the beautiful scenery – which very quickly became a character of its own.
You get all those things in season two as well, but in addition the writing is as deep as it only is on one other show on TV right now(Mad Men). It’s just an entirely different level.
The subject only got uglier this season, there are multiple scenes that are painful to watch, which is a testimonial to the writing and the acting alone – it feels incredibly real, and it is truly gut-wrenching.
Every character has its place in this season. Not only Walt and Jesse are the ones being developed, no, Hank, Marie, Skyler, to name a few, they all are very carefully written and not just being used as meaningless additions to fill some empty spots. Walt’s continuing involvement with the drug world drives him further away from his wife Skyler, as he stays out longer and more frequent with no explanations or explanations that are obvious and demeaning lies. This makes for some very powerful scenes.
Hank’s career takes an unexpected turn, and becomes surprisingly interesting as he struggles with some shocking events he had to experience – all due to Walt.
The performances by Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul are spectacular. This season is a lot more serious than the first. It’s a process that began with the very first episode. Walt got himself into a world of trouble and he seems to be pulling down everyone around him, and this season showed some results of that already. This process the actors of course have to adapt to as well, and boy do they adapt fast and flawlessly. Aaron Paul is the breakout star of this season, it’s not an easy job to shine when you have to work alongside an actor like Bryan Cranston, but he does. It’s a given that both their Emmy nominations, respectively wins, were highly deserved.
There is too much to write about here, this season is packed with brilliant moments. I’m not a good enough reviewer to address them all. Let me just say if they manage to continue on this level of quality, Breaking Bad will go down in history as one of the greatest shows of all time, up there with The Sopranos.
Spread the word, this one’s a gem.
Rating: 5 / 5