Watch Breaking Bad with Mumsnet: join the discussion and win an Xbox One

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Watch With Mumsnet, in association with Netflix, is back again this month – this time, with the critically-acclaimed series Breaking Bad, widely regarded as one of the most electrifying television shows ever to have come out of the US.

Breaking Bad follows Emmy award-winner Bryan Cranston as Walter White, a high school science teacher diagnosed with terminal lung cancer who, in order to support his family, teams up with a former student to manufacture and sell crystal meth. Millions tuned in to the epic finale last year; no surprise that Mumsnetters were among them.

Here’s what Mumsnetters had to say about Breaking Bad:

• "It's amazing - one of the most original dramas I've come across."

• "One of the best TV series ever … I loved it. The cast, the script, the acting...everything."

• "Now I've finished it, I realise it's almost as good as The Wire - so it's one of the best things I've ever watched on TV."

• "Just finished the last episode of Breaking Bad. It was intense. We've been watching at least one episode every night, sometimes three!"

With all five seasons available to watch on Netflix now, your viewing is sorted for the coming months (and, yes: we give you permission to binge-watch). Just come back to this thread and let us know what you think; everyone who joins the discussion will be entered into a competition to win an Xbox One console.

Note on spoilers: We want to hear your thoughts on everything, from plot twists to season finales and more - but if you’re talking anything that could reveal important plot details then please put Spoiler at the beginning of your post to warn others who may not have seen it.

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NC from glendatheveryexcitedwitch when the passwords were reset!!!

I'm now on season 4 episode 6 - while it is entertaining it certainly isn't the best thing ever!!! You can see from a mile off the problems that are coming to thwart Walt & Jesse, their friendship is far too fickle for them to trust each other!

Skylar's character has turned a complete 360 from loving wife to hard faced bitch!! If I was Walt I'd walk away instead of staying around for crumbs!!

Hank, Saul & Mike are the most believable, interesting characters and I look forward to seeing what they are up to next!!

I can't wait to finish the whole lot so I can do more productive things with my time lol such as uni work!!!

started watching this with my husband and we both got right into it, great show with even better characters.

I am loving this series on Netflix. I just let it run while I'm ironing or doing paperwork. Everyone talks about Bryan Cranston, who is great, but I think Aaron Paul's character so much more complex, and totally endearing. He just wants to be loved!

But strangely, the most compelling part, when will he tell his wife about the cancer?

just finished final season, watched 5 episodes back to back... couldn't stop, had to know the outcome !! amazing, brilliant writing, brilliant acting....

i watched breaking bad from the beginning and was addicted, it was awful waiting for each series to be filmed lol was sad to finally watch the last episode, felt wierd to see it end

The highlight of my life watching these

We've watched the first series in 2 days and are loving it. We're told it gets better from here so we can't wait.

Me and dp have just discovered this on netflix and have been partaking in a bit of a binge so far

Will get back when we have got a bit further.

I miss BrBa. I watched six years in six weeks and now there is a big whole in my life... Sigh....

Hole!!

We all love Breaking Bad in our house and have been watching it since 2011. It is a little slow starting, you do need to stay with it, but once you do it will have your gripped! Its a real roller coaster ride and never predictable. A try masterpiece and we are very sad it had finished. Enjoy :)

Ive only watched the first 2 and I'm not feeling the love sorry, I was thrilled to see this coming on it looked fantastic but I just carn't get into it.
Maybe after reading what every one here has said I should give it another chance

I loved Breaking Bad. The story line was different to all other series I had watched and I was gripped by the end of the first series. During the series I found my opinion of Walt changed, in the beginning I would feel sorry for his character however as the plot developed I began to dislike him more and more and began to like the characters around him. His brother in law is a great actor and I wanted him to survive, that was the saddest part. Jessie was an excellent character, as my opinion of Jessie grew, it lessened for Walt.

The best show that came out of America for a long time. Gripping, watched it back to back, couldn't wait to watch the next episode.

Loved it, especially the first 4 seasons at which point I think it was meant to end. I felt the last season was not as good, but still wanted to know what is going to happen to Walter. In the end, the final episode was very good. Certainly would recommend to everybody.

i'm half way through season 2 now and I'm hooked. I have been watching 3 episodes a day. If I didnt work I would watch more lol

Great series, good acting. its too addictive

It's great to have a series that both DH and I are equally into. Although admittedly I'm watching quite a lot of it through my fingers! I love Saul, I hope they can maintain the quality with the prequel starring him. Also love Jessie who seems to have found the moral compass Walt has lost. Currently half way through series 5, we're watching on DVD as we don't have Netflix, and although it's going to leave a hole when it goes it will be good to get back to earlier nights, a sex life and catching up on regular TV which is backing up on our Sky plannner!

What an amazing series! I subscribed to Netflix just for this! I heard it was good but didn't realize how good it was! I watched the first couple of episodes but wasn't impressed it was a very slow start but then I stuck with it. Then about 5 episodes in my partner watched it with me and he was hooked it ended up that when we put our little one to bed and had both had baths , done the pack lunch for next day we were watching back to back episodes every night! I even watched an episode on my own and my partner got the hump as I watched it without him and he didn't want to miss an episode, so I had to watch the episode again! Breaking Bad is very addictive with characters that you fall in love with especially Jesse and Walt. Sometime you hate then , then you love them but in the end the relationship they have with each other its amazing ! Underneath all the badness they really care about each other.

Breaking Bad is brilliant I would recommend it to anyone but make sure you can put aside some time to watch it, you will need it. I was really disappointed when I completed watching it.

We are only few episodes in and we love it. If you like this try catching Weeds.

I'm moving house soon and getting a streaming service is high on my list to consider then - hearing that Breaking Bad is on Netflix might just make my decision, I can't wait to see it!

Simply love it!

I love it! My 14 1/2 year old son put me on to Breaking Bad. I know, not exactly suitable viewing for his age group, but he's re-watching it with me and it's opening up some interesting discussions. Oh, and he always manages to leave the room just before any sex scenes which makes me laugh. Too embarrassed to watch THAT with his Mum!

I love the feeling of finding something you really enjoy watching and knowing you can watch it all. Netflix is excellent for this because you can have a great box set binge! I've just started my breaking bad journey today while dd was at playgroup. I feel naughty about that but it's been fun. When dc's are in bed tonight I'll be putting it back on!

Netflix and Breaking Bad: an amazing combination! This has single-handedly changed how we consume content in our family: I don't think the TV has been on a 'regular' channel (apart from re-runs of Masterchef) for a few months, since we got our subscription. We've even cancelled our Sky contract, despite missing out on GoT....Netflix, any chance you can do a deal with Sky to get Game of Thrones repeats please?