From NYTimes.com:
In its first season, “Breaking Bad” seemed like the story of the nuttiest midlife crisis ever, told with elements that felt vaguely familiar. The structure — felonious dad copes with stress of work and family; complications ensue — owed an obvious debt to “The Sopranos,” and the collision of regular people and colorfully violent thugs nodded to Tarantino. The story and setting were an update of the spaghetti Western, minus the cowboys and set in the present.
But it was soon clear that “Breaking Bad” was something much more satisfying and complex: a revolutionary take on the serial drama. What sets the show apart from its small-screen peers is a subtle metaphysical layer all its own. As Walter inches toward damnation, Gilligan and his writers have posed some large questions about good and evil, questions with implications for every kind of malefactor you can imagine, from Ponzi schemers to terrorists. Questions like: Do we live in a world where terrible people go unpunished for their misdeeds? Or do the wicked ultimately suffer for their sins?
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6 Comments so far. Leave a comment below.Just finished Season 3 dvds a couple night ago…insanely good.
I thought ‘The Fly’ episode was uniquely awful just to get the small revelation at the end of the show.. And does anyone besides me roll their eyes every time Jesse says ‘bitch’? If they’re trying to make like that the same way I like Clay Davis’ sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeet, good luck with that.
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I’ve known plenty of younger people who say “bitch” and think it’s the most clever thing ever. Jesse is a perfect example of the term “asswipe.”
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I agree, The Fly was not a very good episode at all…it reminded me of the episode of All in the Family where Archie and Meathead get trapped in the cellar…booooring
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I play a game called “Vince Gilligan”. I try to predict the next beat when everything will fade to black and you see Vince’s name. All season 2 I got it. I haven’t gotten it once in season 3.
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4 days, 17 hours, and 8 minutes…
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Interesting article…Breaking Bad is my favorite show on TV right now…Thanks for posting this Chris…I would never have found it otherwise
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