Breaking Bad: Season 5
  • Network: AMC
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 20, 2008
  • Season #: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5
User Score
9.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 870 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 841 out of 870
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 870
  3. Negative: 22 out of 870

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  1. slothrop
    Aug 9, 2012
    4
    With season 5, Breaking Bad is still in the top 30% shows on TV--the problem is that the previous four seasons put it in the top 5%. Breaking Bad's strength has always been its balance between plot and character development, alongside mostly excellent acting. Season 5 tilts this balance far too much towards plot development. And the plot, through five episodes of this season, comes up short: Far too often it appears forced, featuring too many unrealistic coincidences and predictable twists. As such, the actors don't have the opportunity to shine, as in the previous four seasons, instead appearing stagnated in a predictable, slightly above average drama.… Expand
  2. Debbysabode
    Oct 2, 2012
    2
    Season 5 does not begin to compare to seasons 4,3,2and 1. Season 5 is barely watchable and BB is my favorite show. A big yawn for all season 5 episodes. What has happened to this show?!
  3. SuleymanKIller2
    Jan 12, 2013
    2
    This show is not yet close to as good as the mentalist because of how there is red john and how every episode is epic. I believe that this show could be alot better than it currently is.

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Metascore
99 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 22 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Emily Nussbaum
    Aug 22, 2012
    100
    Breaking Bad [is] a radical type of television, and also a very strange kind of must-watch: a show that you dread and crave at the same time.
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  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Laura Emerick
    Jul 16, 2012
    100
    The season five pre­miere "Live Free or Die", more than maintains the series' record of excellence.
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  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Jul 16, 2012
    100
    The arc of this character--series creator Vince Gilligan's invention of Walter White as a sick soul--is, it's clear now. one of the great narratives in Television histpory. [13 Jul 2012, p.62]
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