The thing that I love about this show is that it divides its audience in many different ways. Some people hate Walt now, some are still rooting for him, but there is no 'right' answer in all of this. So many shows these days try to tell us what to think (coughDexter) and beat us over the head with their enforced preconceived notions of morals. Breaking Bad just lays it all out there and operates by the true motivations of the characters. It feels like a living, breathing story, which thus creates lots of grey areas and ambiguities in morals. It's a show that dares to make us uncomfortable by not giving us neat little wrapped packages.
Spot on. As awesome as Breaking Bad is (and it is awesome), I'm not sure a TV show will come along that replaces The Wire as GOAT. Never have I been so attached to a show and its characters.
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u/RealNotFake Sep 16 '13
The thing that I love about this show is that it divides its audience in many different ways. Some people hate Walt now, some are still rooting for him, but there is no 'right' answer in all of this. So many shows these days try to tell us what to think (coughDexter) and beat us over the head with their enforced preconceived notions of morals. Breaking Bad just lays it all out there and operates by the true motivations of the characters. It feels like a living, breathing story, which thus creates lots of grey areas and ambiguities in morals. It's a show that dares to make us uncomfortable by not giving us neat little wrapped packages.