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Never complained about breaking bad before but thought some of the events of the previous episode were unforgivable. I won't bother word bombing my complaints as plenty has already been covered itt.

I had to put the Shield on straight after to remove that bad feeling about BB. Halfway through season 5 and The Shield has now overtaken BB in my TV Show Power Rankings.

The Shield actually takes a leap to another level for the rest of its run. You won't be disappointed.

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Originally Posted by CalledDownLight

watched first 4 episodes of Breaking Bad season 1 last night for the first time. It was good, but not "I need to know what happens next good" which some other shows are. How does the beginning of season 1 compare to the rest of the show in terms of quality? Does it get more or less entertaining from here?

I tell people that there's a point somewhere in season 2-- usually around the middle, but which episode varies by person-- where the show flips from "I'm curious where this is going" to "I can't wait to see what happens next."

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09-11-2013 , 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Scherer716

and what about jack and his crew of hit men? they can take out ~10 guys behind bars in a two min window, but cant shoot straight enough to kill two guys who have nothing to take cover under for a good idk 80 rounds from multiple guns?

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Originally Posted by Borgland

The meth made them too shaky to shoot straight. Yeah that was pretty ridiculous and unbelievable. Decent episode until this.

I was very annoyed by the end of the ep. The whole unbelievable "fire hundreds of rounds of ammo that would cut through a vehicle without the slightest problem and somehow completely miss both targets from close range" was a totally unnecessary suspension of disbelief that accomplished nothing. They should have just simply ended the ep at the standoff and started firing next week.

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Originally Posted by Triumph36

They didn't show it but I bet Hank rebugged Walt's car

To this post and the ones which quote it, I'm not clear on how they tracked him but this is what I assumed at the time. It doesn't matter all that much though so long we agree it was feasible one way or the other.

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09-11-2013 , 12:04 PM

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CalledDownLight

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these reviews of season 1 are good to know because the first 2 episodes left me wondering if I wanted to continue and the next 2 were better, but still not good enough to invest enough time to catch up (especially during football season) or understand why it is so loved.

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09-11-2013 , 12:06 PM

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Zimmer4141

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I thought it was very clear that they tracked him through the phone signal and that's why Jesse kept him on the phone the entire time. Also why Walt removed the battery from his phone as soon as he figured it out.

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09-11-2013 , 12:08 PM

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wait people are arguing that they tracked him to that spot by something other than using the sim card/singal

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09-11-2013 , 12:32 PM

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Victor Cruz

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It's pretty irrelevant how they tracked him. The point is that they easily could have and the bigger points are lolwalt and lolbb.

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09-11-2013 , 12:40 PM

#558

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Originally Posted by Zimmer4141

Makes sense, thanks.

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Originally Posted by Steroid Boy

wait people are arguing that they tracked him to that spot by something other than using the sim card/singal

I'm not arguing anything, just didn't really think through how they followed him. This sums it up well:

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Originally Posted by Victor Cruz

It's pretty irrelevant how they tracked him. The point is that they easily could have and the bigger points are lolwalt and lolbb.

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09-11-2013 , 12:44 PM

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kevin21

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Boardwalk Empire is back!

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09-11-2013 , 01:42 PM

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KDebo

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am i the only one who loves always sunny but can't get into the league? is that weird considering i'm a huge football and ff guy? should i give it another shot?

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09-11-2013 , 01:53 PM

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Das Boot

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nah. I love Always Sunny but can't stand The League.

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09-11-2013 , 04:30 PM

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Scherer716

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BETTER CALL SAUL

http://www.thewrap.com/breaking-bad-...-saul-is-a-go/

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09-11-2013 , 07:32 PM

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nath

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Originally Posted by KDebo

am i the only one who loves always sunny but can't get into the league? is that weird considering i'm a huge football and ff guy? should i give it another shot?

I've seen about 5 episodes of The League. One was pretty funny, the rest were incredibly obnoxious and made me want to beat every character with a tire iron.

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09-11-2013 , 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by nath

I've seen about 5 episodes of The League. One was pretty funny, the rest were incredibly obnoxious and made me want to beat every character with a tire iron.

Lol, I watched 10 or so episodes. It's kind of the same jokes over and over so I stopped watching but I thought it was decent at what it was doing. Just not all that interesting.

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09-11-2013 , 07:43 PM

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Taco & Rafi tho

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09-11-2013 , 07:46 PM

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My brother and his wife think The League is the GOAT show. Not even kidding.

I enjoyed some of the episodes but that's about it.

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09-11-2013 , 08:47 PM

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Victor Cruz

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Oh wow HERC in the first episode of BE

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09-11-2013 , 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by vixticator

Lol, I watched 10 or so episodes. It's kind of the same jokes over and over so I stopped watching but I thought it was decent at what it was doing. Just not all that interesting.

yup. the last two seasons were pretty meh aside from a a few eps each season

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09-11-2013 , 09:04 PM

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Oh wow HERC in the first episode of BE

ralph capone!

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09-12-2013 , 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Victor Cruz

Watched BB last night. The end was awesome but the episode was kind of ruined by how ridiculous it is that Walt constantly talks dirt on the phone. The premise is supposed to be that he's this criminal genius always thinking 5 steps ahead and is now retired with no evidence.

I'm sure people will call me a nit or something because OMG BB GOAT or w.e but it's a serious flaw. 12 year old pot dealers know not to talk on the phone but Walt has no problem leaving incriminating voicemails and openly confessing to murders. yeahok.gif

it's just hard for me to enjoy the plots of this show that can't get there with out ******ed contrivances. This was one of those.

I agree and the shootout was also meh. Rednecks are not that bad at shooting at stuff with automatic weapons. Not very cinematic but everybody on the law side would have been dead pretty quickly in a realistic shootout there.

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To be honest the part that I disliked the most was Hank's phone call to Marie, the whole little speech ending with I love you, pretty ****ing obvious they were setting up for todd's uncle to arrive.

Also true. I was kind of hoping he'd end the call, look at Walter and his head gets blown off or something. I think that would have at least made the phone call relevant.

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I've felt BB crossed into the unbelievable long ago tho.

Strangest thing about that show is the complete lack of bikers. Pretty sure they control the biggest chunk of the meth trade in that area (and not Mexican crews).

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09-12-2013 , 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by clowntable

Strangest thing about that show is the complete lack of bikers. Pretty sure they control the biggest chunk of the meth trade in that area (and not Mexican crews).

That didn't work out so well for them.

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09-12-2013 , 09:41 AM

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CalledDownLight

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got through S2E1 of breaking bad last night. show definitely improved over these 4 episodes vs. the first 4. it could do without any screen time for walt's wife and sister-in-law though. truly annoying characters that try to ruin the show at every turn.