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Critic Reviews
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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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The season five preÂmiere "Live Free or Die", more than maintains the series' record of excellence.
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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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Bad has taken the complexity of modern television storytelling to new levels. [23 Jul 2012, p.37]
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Breaking Bad continues at the same disciplined, regimented pace, fussing over small details and picking at new threads, even with the end looming.
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The first half of the final season gets underway for AMC's masterpiece of intensity Breaking Bad.
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It might be 16 of the best upcoming hours on television.
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It has plenty to say about the things humans are capable of and, like most great series, it rewards the careful viewer.
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The creeping sense of dread has been part of what has made Breaking Bad so engrossing.
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Gilligan and company keep on pushing Breaking Bad to new highs.
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Bad is too complex a series and too brilliantly distinctive a creation to be reduced to a simple "Crime does not pay" motto.
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It wants to entertain you, to draw you in with exciting, exacting plotting, and precisely drawn characters.
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From the two new episodes made available to critics for review, it's clear that the quality of Breaking Bad will continue undiminished.
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A show that manages year after year to accomplish that rare blend of Hollywood darling and fan favorite.
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Taut, efficient and directed with a scalpel, Breaking Bad remains a marvel.
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Series creator Vince Gilligan wrote the first two episodes of this eight-episode batch, and they crackle, as always, with intelligence and an ever-lingering sense of dread.
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It's never easy to say goodbye to a drama as mind-blowingly magnificent as Breaking Bad, but savvy creator Vince Gilligan has picked the right time to put his end game into motion
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Breaking Bad is one of the great shows of television's Golden Age, and the first two episodes of the show's fifth season will give viewers no reason to think otherwise.
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It's not a matter of wondering if Breaking Bad will be great, but where in the pantheon it will ultimately reside.
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Simply put, there's no more unpredictable series, and its delicate handling of combustible ingredients will be admired and studied by writers for years to come.
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Even with Walt's apparent victory over all who would seek to deny him, his genius and his strength, Breaking Bad is still a perfect model of filmed suspense.
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After some demented inspiration from Jesse (Aaron Paul), Walt launches a caper so audacious, it's almost comical.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 4,596 out of 4731
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Mixed: 41 out of 4731
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Negative: 94 out of 4731
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Jul 15, 2012
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Jul 15, 2012
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