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What to watch after Breaking Bad?
Xela M
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Up until recently I have been slightly obsessed with "Breaking Bad" and now that I have watched it all I'm looking for another show. I have tried to start on the "Wire", but neither the acting nor the writing compares to the phenomenon that was "Breaking Bad". Can anyone recommend any shows of similar quality?
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and if you don't think the wire was well written or acted there seems to be little hope for you. i could accept that you didn't enjoy it. it's not everyone's cup of tea but to criticise the acting and the writing is absurd.
however take a look at the sopranos, west wing, the shield, buffy, southland
To be fair, I have only seen the first episode. It was OK, but there's too much "lingo" and it didn't look like my cup of tea.
perhaps you should watch a couple more.
I do agree that the Sopranos, southland, the shield are all very good though I don't think they're all on Netflix.
Walking Dead, Dexter, six feet under, 24 all worth watching if you've not already seen them.
Breaking Bad is still my number one favourite though.
Homeland is also excellent
Someone I know recommended House of Cards. Has anyone seen it?
Like you I love Breaking Bad (just finished it myself). Have you tried Oz?
PJ
Yup. Watched it all and, despite a couple of low points, overall loved it. Spacey and Wright are excellent but most folk in it give very good performances.
Other really great shows include: Orange is the new black, American Horror Story (Also think is better than BB) Pretty Little Liars (Yes, really... It's my favorite show, I wish more people would give it a chance) The Walking Dead, Homeland, The Sopranos, Nurse Jackie or if you want something a bit sweeter and something that will pull on your heart strings I fully recommend The Big C.
Get a Netflix account if you haven't already, there's some really great shows on there
I loved Weeds too
If you look a little closer you will see that not only did i not over rate The Wire, I did not rate it at all.
Funnily enough, I was only asking the same thing. I might give The Wire a go.
Dexter is great as well, S1 and 4 were the best, but it's definitely worth a punt, even though the final series was a disappointment.
He plays the same character as in the office.
Other shows I'd recommend are...
Six Feet Under
Orange Is The New Black
Dexter (but don't bother after Season 5)
The Sopranos
The West Wing
Nurse Jackie
House Of Cards
I need something new to watch too, I'm really trying to like Homelands at the moment but I'm just not feeling it. I miss Walt and Jessie
The shield
As for the wire I watched 3 or 4 episodes in a row but havent felt the urge to watch it again. It was rather boring
Homeland series 1 & 2 we're excellent but now it's turned into a daytime soap opera type dross.
Extremely disappointed with its direction.
They need yo work hard to make it the epic watch of the 1st 2 seasons. They won't manage it the season but they have got a season 4.
But if Brody is killed off viewers will be lost in their droves.
Couldn't agree more I just finished season 3 and it has really come into its own. I still don't think it's the best show ever. The writing and acting is superb and it seems really true to life.
Roll on season 4
I think it's been piss-poor this season. The show was fairly okay the first season but now it is just being milked. It's all about the Benjamins now.
If you liked Breaking Bad the first time around I would recommend watching it again from the beginning, you find plenty of little things you missed.
Also I will second Sons of Anarchy, it's fanatastic.
I enjoyed season one of The Wire but I think it went down hill pretty fast from there.
The show was written by an ex policeman and a journalist which may explain a lot. Maybe the ex-cop had a story to tell and after he was out of his depth creatively.
Although each episode was usually scripted by a single person Breaking Bad had a fairly big writing team and they all sat around a desk to plot each episode. With big teams you get plenty of ideas.
I remember watching a program about the making of Roseanne which at one time was the number 1 show in America. There were 10s of writers involved, some of them were cock-a-hoop if they got a single line into the show.
But I digress.