The first three episodes of Breaking Bad are some of the finest television I've seen in a long time. That's not to discredit the other four episodes from season one, because they were all enormously engrossing, but in the first three we have a high school chemistry teacher, Mr. White, and a former student of his, Jesse, trying to get themselves out of a dangerously unfortunate situation, and watching this unlikely duo team up is so damned enjoyable I didn't even want to blink. After the initial three we get a couple of episodes with them apart (after having agreed to go their separate ways so that they wouldn't get stuck in another giant pickle), which wasn't as interesting as their scenes together but it gave us some important character development and led them to the realization that they need to keep cooking meth and they need each other to do it, because times are tough and they need the cash.
It may not sound interesting to just say that Breaking Bad is about two dudes cooking crystal meth, and I certainly wouldn't have been sold on that description alone, but the arc of episodes one to three is so intense that I can't see someone not getting hooked. I also have to mention that, for a TV show, the writing and acting are movie quality. Oscar movie quality. I could have just said Emmy quality, but that wouldn't cut it. Bryan Cranston is so seamless it's hard to picture him as the dad from Malcolm in the Middle, and Aaron Paul makes the petty street kid much more human than the thuggish brute he probably would've been written as on another show. I am officially addicted to Breaking Bad, and luckily I have the season two DVD to move on to. If you appreciate good entertainment, you might want to look into this one.
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