Rewatching Breaking Bad

[iamwhatiseem]

We watched the series on Netflix back in 2016. Never watched it since, and I knew then that this is the best TV show in television history for a long list of reasons.
But is it rewatchable?
I knew watching the beginning was going to be not so easy, the first half of the first season - not a whole lot happens. They are setting the stage for the rest of the series, and you already know all of it so the first 5-6 episodes are marginally entertaining.
But Season 2 - here it comes. I had forgotten more than I remembered. I couldn't remember what was going to happen other than, obviously, Walt and Jesse were going to survive. I was very surprised that Tuco was only in 3 episodes, and besides really just momentarily being in a few scenes - he is really only in one episode longer than a few minutes.

Yes, not only is it rewatchable. It is still a super great show even after already seeing it.

 

[pknopp]

It's tough to rewatch "Peekaboo" because you know there are kids actually living that.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

It's tough to rewatch "Peekaboo" because you know there are kids actually living that.

And worse

 

[TheSportsAllStar]

Such an epic show.

 

[Twisted Gypsy Child]

We watched the series on Netflix back in 2016. Never watched it since, and I knew then that this is the best TV show in television history for a long list of reasons.
But is it rewatchable?
I knew watching the beginning was going to be not so easy, the first half of the first season - not a whole lot happens. They are setting the stage for the rest of the series, and you already know all of it so the first 5-6 episodes are marginally entertaining.
But Season 2 - here it comes. I had forgotten more than I remembered. I couldn't remember what was going to happen other than, obviously, Walt and Jesse were going to survive. I was very surprised that Tuco was only in 3 episodes, and besides really just momentarily being in a few scenes - he is really only in one episode longer than a few minutes.

Yes, not only is it rewatchable. It is still a super great show even after already seeing it.

I like that series. I also like El Camino and Better Call Saul as well. All worth re-watching. I like Soprano's as well. I got the DVD collection. My dad introduced me to Rockford Files. James Garner was handsome back in the day. My dad and I watch those as well.

 

[rightwinger]

We watched the series on Netflix back in 2016. Never watched it since, and I knew then that this is the best TV show in television history for a long list of reasons.
But is it rewatchable?
I knew watching the beginning was going to be not so easy, the first half of the first season - not a whole lot happens. They are setting the stage for the rest of the series, and you already know all of it so the first 5-6 episodes are marginally entertaining.
But Season 2 - here it comes. I had forgotten more than I remembered. I couldn't remember what was going to happen other than, obviously, Walt and Jesse were going to survive. I was very surprised that Tuco was only in 3 episodes, and besides really just momentarily being in a few scenes - he is really only in one episode longer than a few minutes.

Yes, not only is it rewatchable. It is still a super great show even after already seeing it.

How many times does poor Jesse need to get the shit beat out of him?

 

[rightwinger]

I like that series. I also like El Camino and Better Call Saul as well. All worth re-watching. I like Soprano's as well. I got the DVD collection. My dad introduced me to Rockford Files. James Garner was handsome back in the day. My dad and I watch those as well.

Jonathan Banks made both shows

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Jonathan Banks made both shows

Definitely fit in extremely well in the "spirit" of the show.
Another is Dean Norris as Hank. He is a marginal actor in his career, but is perfect for playing Hank.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

I like that series. I also like El Camino and Better Call Saul as well. All worth re-watching. I like Soprano's as well. I got the DVD collection. My dad introduced me to Rockford Files. James Garner was handsome back in the day. My dad and I watch those as well.

I do not understand the hatred some BB fans have of El Camino. It was not meant to be a theatrical movie, it was an idea Vince Gillman had and pressures he received to tell the story of Jesse. There was talk of this while BB was still filming. Gillman didn't agree with others that they should make a stand alone episode in Breaking Bad that was all about Jesse. He didn't want to do it. And he refused to even consider making a spin off show. So he agreed to make a short movie.
I thought it was great. I definitely liked it.
And Better Call Saul...it started out pretty damn iffy, I was struggling - but once it got going - it just may be the second best TV series of all time.

 

[braalian]

It's tough to rewatch "Peekaboo" because you know there are kids actually living that.

What surprises me about that episode (and the series as a whole, really) is how so many viewers fail to grasp the obvious fact that Jesse and Walt were directly responsible for creating the environment that kid lived in.

Yeah, Jesse liked kids and hated to see them hurt.

He was also a scumbag meth cooker/dealer who was responsible for many kids living in such homes.

The way viewers put Walt and Jesse on a pedestal while demonizing poor Skyler was kinda baffling

 

[Eman623]

I'm still waiting for a season six where Walter White will buy yet a another new identity and get a new life married to a wife who works at a drug store and have five boys including one named Malcom (in the middle).

 

[odanny]

Why is it so difficult to make television like Breaking Bad? How can we get more of this? This series got me thru Covid, literally. Not the Covid era of lockdowns, but having Covid, being sick on the couch, and finally deciding to watch it. To say I binge watched would be an understatement.

If you want to watch something that is made just as well and is something actually worthy of "binging" (I only rate these two programs as being worthy, others fall short) then watch the first two seasons of "Narcos", the ones with Pablo Escobar in it (he is the star of the series, and is only in the first two seasons)

 

[playtime]

you should watch some reaction videos to breaking bad & the sopranos (if you saw that series as well)

 

[ScorpioRising007]

We watched the series on Netflix back in 2016. Never watched it since, and I knew then that this is the best TV show in television history for a long list of reasons.
But is it rewatchable?
I knew watching the beginning was going to be not so easy, the first half of the first season - not a whole lot happens. They are setting the stage for the rest of the series, and you already know all of it so the first 5-6 episodes are marginally entertaining.
But Season 2 - here it comes. I had forgotten more than I remembered. I couldn't remember what was going to happen other than, obviously, Walt and Jesse were going to survive. I was very surprised that Tuco was only in 3 episodes, and besides really just momentarily being in a few scenes - he is really only in one episode longer than a few minutes.

Yes, not only is it rewatchable. It is still a super great show even after already seeing it.

I always loved Breaking bad. Very funny and
depressing what extreme measures some have to take to make money to survive.

 

[rightwinger]

I always loved Breaking bad. Very funny and
depressing what extreme measures some have to take to make money to survive.

Ultimately it became more about power than survival

Walt had more money than he could ever use

 

[braalian]

I always loved Breaking bad. Very funny and
depressing what extreme measures some have to take to make money to survive.

Only for the first season, and probably not even the entire first season.

Like right winger said, it quickly became all about ego and power for Walt.

He didn’t do it for his family, he did it for himself. He finally admitted so explicitly in the series finale

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Only 2 episodes to go -
It is amazing how much we forgot, isn't quite like watching them for the first time, but sometimes it almost is. I will remember a concept, but forgot how it all happened.
It has been very enjoyable, and I will miss it again when finished.

 

[rightwinger]

Only 2 episodes to go -
It is amazing how much we forgot, isn't quite like watching them for the first time, but sometimes it almost is. I will remember a concept, but forgot how it all happened.
It has been very enjoyable, and I will miss it again when finished.

It is better binge watching than one new episode a week.
By the end of the season you forget much of what happened and why.

And when you have to wait six months for a new season, you forget everything

 

[my2¢]

I re-watched Breaking Bad a year or 2 ago and picked up on some things I hadn't noticed the first time around.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

I re-watched Breaking Bad a year or 2 ago and picked up on some things I hadn't noticed the first time around.

Same here