Breaking Bad
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Universal acclaim- based on 949 Ratings
- Summary: A chemistry teacher decides to start a Meth lab.
- Genre(s): Drama, Suspense
- Show Type: Between Seasons
- Season 1 premiere date: Jan 20, 2008
- Episode Length: 50
- Air Time: 10:00 PM
- More Details and Credits »
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Positive: 23 out of 27
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Mixed: 4 out of 27
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88The acting is as good as you'll see on TV (take a hard look at the genius of RJ Mitte, who really does have CP). And the script and plot are as out-there as creator/writer/producer Vince Gilligan's other series, "The X-Files."
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80It's very good, although as sad and disturbing as the mustache implies.
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80What this sharp if unsettling show wants to meet head on is middle-class angst, the quiet desperation that starts to unravel in the upstanding when their obligations suddenly seem insurmountable--or what happens when the folly of controlling one's destiny starts to resemble the riskiest of lab experiments.
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60Breaking Bad is a show constructed around a self-conscious edginess. You have to push past this edge and be willing to step inside before discovering any depth.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 171 out of 174
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Mixed: 3 out of 174
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Negative: 0 out of 174
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matta10Good call Doug Elfman. I bet you feel like a douche now that the series has grown into the best thing on TV.
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