Shall we anticipate the FIFTH SEASON of the AMC series "Breaking Bad"? I think I may.

Yah he was set to take bullets

what were some of the alternate takes I wonder. like maybe an alternate cut of the machine gun scene but with Henley's "New York Minute" playing simultaneously?

Yeah, but that was a dumb plan, as seen in the fact that Todd actually survives (as does Jack for a moment) Without someone to clean up afterwards, it was way too risky.

he couldve just fallen to the floor an pushed the button no one wouldve reacted in time nbd

was v Todd to see his crew mowed down and in that brief moment before getting choked seem more admiring of Mr White than anything else.

yeah good point, todd's reaction was classic todd

was v Todd to see his crew mowed down and in that brief moment before getting choked seem more admiring of Mr White than anything else.

― opie dead eyed piece of shit (Merdeyeux), Monday, September 30, 2013 1:49 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

similar to Gus's "aw shucks, ya got me" death moment

i gotta say Jesse choking out Todd was pretty damn satisfying

what are the generally acknowledged GOATs for current "Golden Age" TV series?

Sopranos, The Wire, and Deadwood seem to be consensus first-tier picks on this thread, anyway. What are the other big ones?

i loved deadwood but it got canceled and the end was garbage so it doesnt make the cut IMHO

idg the love for Deadwood got tired of that fast

Sex and the City should probably be on that list
Sopranos
Mad Men
Wire
Game of Thrones seems to be pretty popular

Girls too

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friday night lights duh for real

There's a lot of easy second-tier picks (The Shield, Lost, Battlestar Galactica, etc.) but aside from those three it's hard to pick more clearly GOAT dramas. Personally I'd sneak in Freaks & Geeks despite it being '99 and throw in a Whedon mention collectively (Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Dollhouse).

Shield is DEF top tier

shield is corny as hell come on

Friday Night Lights for sure
OZ? Never watched it

loved Freaks and geeks - but 1 season, 30 minutes, comedy... seems like it doesn't fit

eastbound and down tho

lagoon gets it

F&G was an hour and serious enough IMO

no lagoon

yes lagoon, i mean its a fun show and all but it doesnt have the artistry to make it onto rushmore

Don't forget Mad Men. The first tier is The Wire, Mad Men, Deadwood and Sopranos. In that order. Second tier probably begins with Breaking Bad and The Shield.

xp idk actually its been a while, need to rewatch but agree re deadwood

30 Rock
Community
Parks & Rec

just Wire and Sopranos really imo

whose ops are challest

mad men was cool, and in places was the most subtle of all the shows, but it stagnated went off the rails lost its best qualities and was relegated

Sitcoms were great too but I feel like it's a different discussion

xxp none of the ops are chall so far

mad men is just behind sopranos for me in the pantheon. I think it's made me think more about tv as a *medium* than the others. it formally defies everything I would think is expected in a tv show.

bb finished strongest of all the l33t, both the wire and sopranos stumbled toward the end, deadwood got cancelled and didnt even have a real end and was kinda ruined

Chall we anticOPate the 5th Season of Breaking Bad?

I would throw in Six Feet Under in that discussion but that might be a minority opinion

people loved 6 ft under at the time now no one talks about it, might suffer from being somewhat episodic

lagoon maybe there is no 1st tier

*_*

will be interesting to see how much the ending of Mad Men will affect how it's seen in the long run - it's at an ebb point now for me - but could see it going out strong.

was also thinking about Six Feet Under - it actually wrapped up a lot more tidily than a lot of other multi-season shows, if I remember correctly

Have we all forgotten the West Wing so soon? xp

what happened in the finale of the wire i dont even remember

mock funeral wake for mcnutty was the big scene i remember

anyone still rate Homicide?

what happened in the finale of the wire i dont even remember

― lag∞n,

Omar blows up Baltimore Sun.

Mad Men seems to have less invested in a definitive ending than most of these - lacks the kind of central conflict of a crime show (ie, who will be punished/who will survive) and has been way more open-ended and just altogether different in tone from all of these others

funny how far Lost and Dexter's stock fell, remember when everyone was batshit for those shows?

“Interesting fact,” Cranston pointed out, the series “started on [Walt’s] 50th birthday,” with Walt’s cancer diagnosis, “and ended on his 52nd birthday. So he died on his birthday. What a way to go.”

Oh, so all that stuff happened in one day? He's at the diner and then later that day he's dead? Huh

1st day: goes to gretchen and whats his names place 2nd day: dennys and everything else

yeah that was made clear from Marie's phonecall

the seasonal difference between NH and NM seems like a fuckup though, or has this been handwaved away...?

xpost Same with BSG and Buffy