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I really should watch Breaking Bad.


All this bitching about the game of thrones finale has got me thinking about shows of the past that were phenomenas of popular culture, and how they inevitably took a lot of criticism when they ended.

The one exception I can think of to a series finale if a show that was still hugely popular, going back to my childhood and MASH ending, was Breaking Bad. That one actually seemed to manage to satisfy the fans. It must have been truly epic. Got to get around to watching it.

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Breaking Bad is, in my opinion, one of the best shows of all time and the finale was great. Definitely a must watch.

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I really laughed when they played the song by Badfinger to finish it out. Sounded like they wrote it for the show, a love song to methamphetamine.

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I would highly recommend it. It's superb all the way through, the final episode included. :)

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It was a great series. Yes, watch it. You won't regret it.

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You should; it is a very good show and certainly worth a watch.

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I watched a fair amount of the series and was kind of meh about it. The biggest appeal is being a drug dealer is fairly taboo yet in society so there is peaking in on a seedy part of society a majority do not see to make it fresh. But as with any series that lasts more than a couple years it has to one up to the point where believability is severely compromised. The finale could have come straight out of the A Team (the TV series). I know it is not an alpha male show but the old Mary Tyler Moore show was good right to the end of the finale. The same with the surreal 1960's BBC show The Prisoner which I highly recommend and was only on one short season so a long evening would get you through it.

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No argument here. I binged The Sopranos back when we could rent videos. I know the ending was controversial, but it's not like the quality of writing was bad, it's just a sort of a cliffhanger without an answer. So I vote Sopranos. More humor than BBad, too.

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Great characters, excellent writing, suspense, action and scheming plus a lot of fun humor...give it two or three eps Jacob, I was not interested either but my wife picked it and we loved it

It's so good

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Same here, never seen it.

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