I'm in the middle of season one and…
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morgant6911 — 10 years ago(August 21, 2015 10:13 PM)
The thing that gripped me from the beginning was the way the dead interacted with the living, sort of like a play. I've really never seen anything like it. I've re-watched The Wire and Breaking Bad a few times, but never this show. I think it's time, 10 years later.
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FilmAlicia — 10 years ago(August 22, 2015 10:04 AM)
It's definitely in my "Top 10" shows of all times. I'm about the watch the series finale as soon as I get it from Netflix. The show does get a lot darker in Season 5, but there are some beautiful episodes, and the characters grow and change a lot throughout the series. There are times when I dislike certain characters, and then they acquire new dimensions, and I begin to root for them again.
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moviefool09 — 10 years ago(March 10, 2016 10:35 PM)
You can't judge this series on the first season, especially in progress. It also took me awhile to get into it but once it catches a hold of you, it doesn't let go. I don't remember exactly that moment in the series when it just "clicked" for me, but I've never binged a show so feverishly ever before.
The series just gets better as you watch itmore enriching and deeper with every episode. You start to understand the characters in more meaningful ways.even as their actions sometimes disappoint or shock you.
In the end, a very rewarding experience for anyone who stays with it.
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DonGately — 9 years ago(May 06, 2016 06:43 AM)
Season One is my least favorite. I felt as though each season improved on the flaws of the one before it as the show went on. I didn't think I was going to love the show when I finished Season One. Having seen the whole series, it is now one of my favorite shows of all time.
Season Five will rock your socks off. It's just ridiculous.
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KatrinaW — 9 years ago(May 06, 2016 11:33 AM)
It's one of my favorite series of all time. However, if I had watched it when I was younger, before I had a family, kids, etc., it might not have affected me as much as it does.
It really makes you think about family, the meaning of life, how short it is, and how much you should appreciate it while you can. -
bruno-mgm — 9 years ago(May 14, 2016 07:19 PM)
I don't think it means less, but it just means different. I'm far from having a family, a house and a job but this show hitted me pretty hard and made me think about things in a unique way.
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Jeff0015 — 9 years ago(June 04, 2016 08:10 AM)
I recently caught an ep from season 2 where a woman who didnt have a single person in her life died.don't forget about that one ha.
Anyway, I've tried to get into the show several times but always give up just because it's depressing and because I cant relate to either of the sons in anyway. They even look alien to me. -
metaspheres — 9 years ago(January 04, 2017 11:16 PM)
I've never understood why "Breaking Bad" is considered so great, especially after repeated viewings. The first time I watched it, I thought it was great, until the last few episodes. Watching it a second time through, I found some of the actors, Anna Gunn and Aaron Paul in particular, to be so annoying I gave up halfway through. My opinion now is that "Breaking Bad" is just average, if you can tolerate the annoying characters, which every show unfortunately has. Then again, I've never understood why "The Wire" was ever considered good at all, and I've tried watching it a few times and can never get past the first season.
On the other hand, I enjoyed "Dexter" through and through (minus the gratingly hollow performances of Jennifer Carpenter and C. S. Lee) as well as "Six Feet Under" (up until the fourth season), but really only because of Michael C. Hall. I actually prefer the early seasons, again because of Hall's character, David. Without giving any spoilers, the writers completely ruined David's character development in a particularly notorious episode of the fourth season, which I personally consider to be the moment the show "jumped the shark." I hated that episode and found David's behaviour and reactions in that episode to be so unrealistic and out-of-character that it ruined the rest of the show for me, even though I continued to watch until the very end, not out of enjoyment, but of a tedious desire to reach the conclusion.
If the show hasn't engaged you within the first few episodes of the second season, you should just quit while you're ahead because it probably won't get any better for you. -
flaiky — 9 years ago(January 06, 2017 05:50 PM)
the writers completely ruined David's character development in a particularly notorious episode of the fourth season, which I personally consider to be the moment the show "jumped the shark." I hated that episode and found David's behaviour and reactions in that episode to be so unrealistic and out-of-character that it ruined the rest of the show for me
Really? I think it's a fantastic episode. How did you expect David to react? (my tone here isn't aggressive; I'm genuinely just curious - it's interesting how we can interpret characters and situations differently).
For me, the one turn of SFU that bothers me/could be considered a sharp jumping moment is the S4 finale, when
Lisa's murderer is revealed to be Hoyt and he shoots himself in the head.
It's too OTT and soapy, and the twist doesn't fit with
Lisa's
character. It doesn't even have any follow up afterwards, so there was no point to it (unlike the David & Jake event, which had obvious and lasting consequences). A very strange decision from the writer's IMO, who rarely get anything wrong.
Ill be waiting, with a gun and a pack of sandwiches.