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Indirectly asking for recommendations on what to watch.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Breaking Bad. I heard I'm not the only one who started watching it and gave up after the first 2 or 3 episodes that were just setting the scene at a fairly slow (boring) pace. Someone had to convince me to push through them because it gets so much better. It does.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Better Call Saul is also spectacular. In fact, I might go so far as to claim it's better than BB...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I might go so far as to claim it's better than BB...

You would not be alone in that assessment. Lots of us agree. It is absolutely the better show.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I will be the dissenting voice then. Knowing what it is, I started watching it, and watched all the way to something like mid-second season. But then I just stopped and didn't really miss it.

BB for me was one of those "ok, last episode... ... ... OK, now really last episode then bed... ... ... OK, I know I have to wake up in 5 hours, so now really, REALLY last episode then bed." And so on.

BCS wasn't like that to me at all.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

In my opinion it is the best written show in history. It has a succinct arc and every character is there on that arc for a reason. It ended when it should and kept true to the story the entire time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I think it took me 3 attempts before it took hold.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I had a chance to read the pilot pitch script for Breaking Bad and it was one of the best I have ever read. Was the reason I started watching the show in the first place.