A deep, logically air-tight Breaking Bad fan theory from 4chan
Making a best of TV list is tricky since the TV calendar, like the US Government or the NBA starts in the fall so some shows fall in between the cracks (ie. Downton Abbey, which I haven’t caught up with so don’t hyperventilate).
- Breaking Bad, AMC: What’s amazing to me is that while all of the love, rightfully so, goes to the actors, people forget the writing. The fact that each episode (with 2 or 3 exceptions per season) feel like they could be season finales demonstrates how insane it is to raise the stakes to Spinal Tap post-10 levels. This may have been it’s weakest season to date (as it sets up for what feels like a scorched earth of a finale), but it’s still unlike anything on TV.
- Community, NBC: Who knows when we’ll ever see it again, but the show’s 3rd season took extraordinary chances, mostly making the show darker and the characters at times unlikable, which eventually paid off in one of the most rewarding and honestly emotional final few episodes (breathe-I meant of the season) for a comedy series in memory. That a show that is this meta, this zany can pull off such grounded character work is why it’s so beloved.
- Homeland, Showtime: The show is best when it’s a show about broken people working in a broken system instead of either showcasing one or the other-when it’s about the system its not much more than “24” (with a bit more liberal guilt) with all of its various ethical quandaries. When it’s only about broken people it’s the best acted and most bizarre Lifetime movie ever made, which is sort of what the second season turned into.
- Adventure Time, Cartoon Network: The bizarre, post-apocalyptic cartoon about a boy and his magic dog often deals with adult-ish themes (mental illness, aging, death, complicating gender roles, loneliness, etc.) with youthful excitement and imagination (and butt jokes). This past year it doubled down on its backstory and most notably turned The Ice King from an inept coot of a villain to one of the most tragic figures on TV. With this show you never know when you’ll see something like free-form jazz-like surrealism (“King Worm”), pitch perfect homage (“BMO Noire”), or catch you off guard with something profound (and without tissues; “I Remember You”).
- Game of Thrones, HBO: It’s still frustratingly uneven at times but the second season delivered on much of the promise of the first. When “Winter” finally comes this is setting itself up to be something incredible.
- Key & Peele, Comedy Central
- Bob’s Burgers, Fox
- Parks & Recreation, NBC
- Louie, FX.
- The Colbert Report, Comedy Central
Honorable Mention: The Walking Dead, AMC, Awkward., MTV, Regular Show, Cartoon Network.
Mythbusters is going to do a Breaking Bad episode and now we are going to yell “Yeah science!” for the rest of the day.
Breaking Ned
From Flynn’s breakfast of choice to did Walt really quit (spoiler for this one).
The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has placed Walter White on their priority list of the county’s most wanted.
White was on probation for a 2008 charge of making methamphetamine when he was arrested on similar charges in Bibb County earlier this year.
via Vulture.
Walter White. Bob Belcher. They have more in common than alliteration…
just minutes until season 5
