Have you seen Breaking Bad? We finished watching season 1 on DVD last night, and I'm telling you, nothing you're watching this season measures up. 
The premise: Walter White is a high school chemistry teacher--just your average buttoned-up family guy. When he is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, he partners with a former student and uses his scientific know-how to start cooking meth so he can make money to leave for his family. Now I know that sounds pretty heavy (and at times it is--viewer discretion is definitely advised), but the show is also darkly comic. (Did I mention Walt's brother-in-law is a D.E.A. agent? Wacky!)
If you haven't seen it yet, no worries! The first season is a manageable seven episodes (it was cut way short because of the writers' strike), so you can still get caught up before Sunday's season 2 premiere on AMC. Netflix it, catch it on OnDemand, watch the season 1 marathon starting on Friday night on AMC, or borrow my DVDs. It is high-quality entertainment.
And you don't have to take my word for it. Entertainment Weekly gives it an A and says, "For all its bleakness and darkness, there's a glowing exhilaration about the series.
It's a feel-good show about feeling really bad."
Well said.
6 comments:
Ok. I'll try it, although we don't always share the same taste in television.
I'm downloading last season on demand, have the new season on my season pass.
I love direct tv.
I think Earl is funny so maybe I will give it a try. Aunt M
Katie - I read this post and was convinced to watch season 1. I recorded the marathon last night. I've only watched the first episode so far. It was really good. Great find and great tv taste!
Katie, I LOVE the brother in law. This is Soprano's good. Aunt M.
Rob LOVES this show. He's just ticked we don't have AMC HD. It has a few too many bodily fluids for me. I've gone to bed with a stomach ache every night after we've watched...
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