I loved the first 3 seasons of Weeds (Mary Louise Parker is a goddess) but I lost track of it somewhere in Season 4. I really should go back for a massive catch up session.
You are right. Lots of similarities with Breaking Bad. Not just the drugs angle but you never know which way the story is going to turn.
Exactly. I do prefer weeds over Breaking Bad and I think that might be partially because of the characters. Doug, Celia, Helia, Andy - Shane the little crazy! Great great show, you should def go back and watch it!
I think you might be alone on earth in preferring Weeds to Breaking Bad. It is a half-hour comedy anyway, so a rather different thing than a dark drama series like Breaking Bad.
I am not alone! haha, My partner prefers it and our very close friends do. We are television addicts - Me in particular as i'm the one who always finds these shows. When I found weeds I was so grateful to the creators, I hadn't found a show like it, and while yes it is a half hour show, It's more dark comedy than actual laugh out loud comedy for example the last line of the first episode is "I should of had an abortion" (Said by Celia) Weeds manages to be funny and gripping at the same time - Breaking Bad came out and I was so excited! It is a great show but I sometimes found it effort to watch and I never had that with Weeds. The journey with Nancy is far better than the journey with Walt, Also there are many unlikable characters in Breaking Bad (Skyler anyone?) and even towards the end of the most recent season (Well middle) I found myself not liking Walt very much. Looking forward to seeing how they finish it because it is a very good show but for me there is only one way it can and should go.
I watched all of series 1 last night (midnight to 5am) im nackered but your right is an incredible show thats supposedly onky to get better
You just wait so many OMG moments and brilliant characters to come! I am envious you are going on this 'journey' now. . I'm up to date, only final 8 episodes left to see when they are aired!
We started watching this a couple of weeks ago on Netflix. Utterly, utterly superb. To me it's up there with Game of Thrones for triple A TV. Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, in fact all the cast, are heroes. I can't help feeling when I watch it that we here in the UK are just not capable of making this type of drama.
I only started watching Breaking Bad recently. I flew through the first 3 seasons but I've hit a dull patch in S4 and I'm struggling to keep going. Maybe I just need a break from it for a while.
Interesting. For me S4 was the best season - so many twists and turns. I felt the whole show could have probably ended there and then. The first part of S5 was good but I felt it was a step back after the sheer brilliance of S4. Still though it's miles ahead of anything else on TV right now IMO, even those other acclaimed US shows like Homeland etc. I can't for the life of me understand why it's never won an Emmy for best drama series.
Can't wait for the final 8 episodes. I only discovered it late last year (thank god for Netflix) and ended up watching all five seasons in about a month and a half. I kinda wish I'd had the chance to get into it from the start - I bet you get more satisfaction out of following these characters over a number of years rather than days and weeks. Still it's a great show, very intricately plotted and the development of Walt is a masterclass in a TV characterisation. Superb.
Interesting. For me S4 was the best season - so many twists and turns. I felt the whole show could have probably ended there and then. The first part of S5 was good but I felt it was a step back after the sheer brilliance of S4. Still though it's miles ahead of anything else on TV right now IMO, even those other acclaimed US shows like Homeland etc. I can't for the life of me understand why it's never won an Emmy for best drama series.
Can't wait for the final 8 episodes. I only discovered it late last year (thank god for Netflix) and ended up watching all five seasons in about a month and a half. I kinda wish I'd had the chance to get into it from the start - I bet you get more satisfaction out of following these characters over a number of years rather than days and weeks. Still it's a great show, very intricately plotted and the development of Walt is a masterclass in a TV characterisation. Superb.
I loved S4 too - the coolest villan of 'em all with ice in his veins - Gustavo Fring, awesome! I never thought I would be breathless just watching someone taking their jacket off, folding it up and then putting it back on again!
I watched them all last year and am now up to date. When I first started though, with Seasons 1 & 2 I thought the show was highly overrated, as they're not that impressive - rather slow and lacking in direction.
Seasons 3 & 4, on the other hand, prove that this show rightly deserves the very high praise it gets, with Season 4 being some of the absolute best TV out there! Season 5 is good too, but it does suffer a bit, by not quite being up to par with the quality of Season 4, at least up to now that is.
For those that haven't reached the end of season 4 yet ... you really don't want to read this massive spoiler . . .
Gustavo Fring meets his maker in a particularly gruesome way, by having half of his face blown off in an explosion!
The way he casually walks out of the blasted room with half his face missing then slumps down dead, is chilling!
:eek:
For those that haven't reached the end of season 4 yet ... you really don't want to read this massive spoiler . . .
Gustavo Fring meets his maker in a particularly gruesome way, by having half of his face blown off in an explosion!
The way he casually walks out of the blasted room with half his face missing then slumps down dead, is chilling!
:eek:
im downloading season 4 tonight so i cant and wont look at your spoiler, please edit it so i dont give in to temptation.
thanks
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I watched all of series 1 last night (midnight to 5am) im nackered but your right is an incredible show thats supposedly onky to get better
It does I was like you watching many episodes at a time, enjoy.
Exactly. I do prefer weeds over Breaking Bad and I think that might be partially because of the characters. Doug, Celia, Helia, Andy - Shane the little crazy! Great great show, you should def go back and watch it!
I am not alone! haha, My partner prefers it and our very close friends do. We are television addicts - Me in particular as i'm the one who always finds these shows. When I found weeds I was so grateful to the creators, I hadn't found a show like it, and while yes it is a half hour show, It's more dark comedy than actual laugh out loud comedy for example the last line of the first episode is "I should of had an abortion" (Said by Celia) Weeds manages to be funny and gripping at the same time - Breaking Bad came out and I was so excited! It is a great show but I sometimes found it effort to watch and I never had that with Weeds. The journey with Nancy is far better than the journey with Walt, Also there are many unlikable characters in Breaking Bad (Skyler anyone?) and even towards the end of the most recent season (Well middle) I found myself not liking Walt very much. Looking forward to seeing how they finish it because it is a very good show but for me there is only one way it can and should go.
I was the first two seasons on Netflix and gave up. I couldn't really get into it.
I liked his son and Jessie but Walt and his wife were annoying.
You just wait
This is currently worrying me. We're currently getting to the end of series 3, and I don't know what I'll do when it's finished.
Interesting. For me S4 was the best season - so many twists and turns. I felt the whole show could have probably ended there and then. The first part of S5 was good but I felt it was a step back after the sheer brilliance of S4. Still though it's miles ahead of anything else on TV right now IMO, even those other acclaimed US shows like Homeland etc. I can't for the life of me understand why it's never won an Emmy for best drama series.
Can't wait for the final 8 episodes. I only discovered it late last year (thank god for Netflix) and ended up watching all five seasons in about a month and a half. I kinda wish I'd had the chance to get into it from the start - I bet you get more satisfaction out of following these characters over a number of years rather than days and weeks. Still it's a great show, very intricately plotted and the development of Walt is a masterclass in a TV characterisation. Superb.
I loved S4 too - the coolest villan of 'em all with ice in his veins - Gustavo Fring, awesome! I never thought I would be breathless just watching someone taking their jacket off, folding it up and then putting it back on again!
Seasons 3 & 4, on the other hand, prove that this show rightly deserves the very high praise it gets, with Season 4 being some of the absolute best TV out there! Season 5 is good too, but it does suffer a bit, by not quite being up to par with the quality of Season 4, at least up to now that is.
Loving jessie
Now thinking of subbing to Netflix for S5
Who's Strider?
He is referring to Hank SCHRADER.
you say schrader i say strider.lol
The way he casually walks out of the blasted room with half his face missing then slumps down dead, is chilling!
:eek:
im downloading season 4 tonight so i cant and wont look at your spoiler, please edit it so i dont give in to temptation.
thanks
Let's call the whole thing off