To not really like 'Breaking Bad'

[chickensaresafehere]

Yes,I know,I'm a bit late but just started catching up on Netflix.
Have been told by lots if people that I'll love it,watched episode 4 last night & Its not grabbed me.Also annoyed by the over use of that awful term 'retard'.My daughter has CP,but that's another thing altogether
I love stuff like Homeland,True Blood,Criminal Minds,The Walking Dead but am struggling with this one??

[TulipOHare]

This is pretty good (WARNING: spoilers for the whole series!)

[Banacek]

YABU, I've just finished series 3 and watched the last two episodes like this

I really dislike Walt, and indeed Skyler, but I'm not sure you're supposed to like them. I love Jesse and am worried for him after what happened at the end of series 3 Also agree Hank is a great character - you start off thinking he's a buffoon but he's actually very sharp with great integrity.

It did take a while to get into it - I'd say most of the first series - but then DH and I were both hooked.

[nicename]

I heard that there's a spin off in the workds and two of the main characters have signed up for it.

[rainraingoAWAYNEVERCOMEBACK]

I dont think BB is grim, it has grim parts yes...but ending was great.

[Suzannewithaplan]

I think that in order to have mass appeal these things are bound to be to some extent formulaic.

Breaking bad is one of the very few things I've found watchable in recent years.
Most things I now find too dumbed down patronizing or clichéd

[Hullygully]

They are all so formulaic and ultimately unsatisfying.

[justgirl]

We started it about 3 weeks ago and have finished the whole thing, watching several episodes every single night! I was completely unaware of the storyline before watching and had I known what it was about I probably wouldn't have started it but we loved it, I was a bit disappointed with the ending, but I don't really know why!

I love Jesse, and Mike! Skylar, Walt and Marie drove me insane!! I thought Walt Junior was played incredibly well also.

[Crowler]

We're slowing working our way through The Bridge but those godforsaken subtitles do slow me down.

[Hullygully]

I've just finished The Bridge (2) as well. Disappointing as well.

[Hullygully]

yy Showy

I've just seen 12 Yrs a Slave and thought much the same. Just so relentlessly grim, which of course slavery was...

[LizLemongrass]

I only have two episodes left to watch. I am REALLY hoping that jesse escapes and makes a new life. I couldn't care less what happens to walt. WOuld like to see Jesse start again, totally fresh.

[Lookingforadvice123]

I've watched all but series 5 and I've loved it from the beginning! BUT I've found it v depressing / bleak and I can't watch too many episodes at once - I'm very delicate/sensitive and don't like hard drug use, it's that more than the violence which upsets me.

Character-wise, I warmed to Jesse pretty much straight away, I think he's the most 'real', and the episode in S3 when he goes go-karting on his own made me want to cry. Walt is horrible even as an ill man, total egomaniac who just gets worse! Don't think he's supposed to be likable.

[Bettercallsaul1]

SayMyNameSayIt - Can't wait! Just on my way out to rustle us up an old RV...

[Cakecrumbsinmybra]

Would like to see Weeds, but it's not on Netflix!

[Cakecrumbsinmybra]

Oh my goodness, I just loved Breaking Bad! I couldn't bear Walt, but both DH and I loved the series. There were just one or two "filler" episodes that I found really dull, and had I been waiting a week to see it, I would have felt really cheated.

Since then we have watched Series 1 of the excellent House of Cards (can't wait until next week for series 2), and have just started Orange is the New Black, which I'm finding v entertaining.

Can you tell that we recently got a Netflix subscription??

[DipMeInChocolate]

I'm eally enjoying BB but know not everyone will.enjoy it. I loved Dexter and True blood but they got a bit lost in the end.

[yummystepford]

You won't ever like Walt, he's a twat and gets worse. I however sill loved it! Weeds has a similar idea but delivered in a funnier nicer way and I loved the characters. Much better than breaking bad. Both highly addictive!

[SayMyNameSayIt]

bettercallsaul1

Wanna cook????
You seem like my kinda gal!

[LizLemongrass]

Cant wait for Better call Saul!

[Bettercallsaul1]

SayMyNameSayIt - Great news about spin-off series! Just hope it won't be a disappointment compared to BB!!

That's two threads now, started by people who don't like/hate (gulp!) Breaking Bad!! I'm going to have to start one, saying how much I love it! It's one of the best TV dramas of all time.

[JennyCalendar]

I've not managed to get into BB.

I have just finished watching all of Season 1 of Orange is the New Black. Loved it! Going by your list of programmes that you enjoy, we seem to have similar tastes, so give it a go. I was hooked from episode 1.

[Ifcatshadthumbs]

i've just binge watched my way through the entire 5 series. I think it's hard at first because none of the characters are entirely sympathetic. i was surprised by how much I came hate Walt. I didn't like Hank at all to start but thought he was a great character in the end.

jesse just made me want to wrap him up in a blanket and look after him.

[mindthegap01]

Stick with it! My DH and I were BB addicts and watched it every night for about 3 weeks. It just gets better and better. Trust me, soon you too will want to adopt Jesse!

[JoinYourPlayfellows]

For any fans who don't know, there is a spin-off series, Better Call Saul.

Funnily enough, my ambivalence towards BB changed the very first episode with Saul in it.

I've been saying to DH that I'd love to watch a show about him.

And now they've made it!

Just for meeeeeee :o

[Helpyourself]

Hank's a lovely guy. There are whole websites dedicated to 'color theory' in BB.