Can someone please explain to me how Breaking Bad is considered the GOAT show?

[Payday23]

He would be cold blooded one moment and a complete bytch the next. I wanted to murk his wife.

 

[NotAnFBIagent]

What are all these "loopholes" u speak of? They did a good job of tying everything up so your argument already losing merit

And u complaining about walt dry snitching on himself when his pride and ego had always been his main fault and the cause of a lot of his problems...that kinda thing is right in line with his character

 

[hex]

@hexagram23

I bowed out of this game, breh.

The show ended 2 years ago and is clearly cemented as, at the very least, a GOAT contender, top 5, however you want to word it. This board crowned it #2 all time, behind only "The Wire".

So at this point I'm content to let people yell at clouds.

Fred.

 

[KevCo]

Only show ive rewatched more is prob seinfeld....its a top 3 show for me that i can rewatch anytime

 

[TransJenner]

Because it involves Drugs

 

[Mowgli]

Got to season 2

Got tired did the annoying ass wife

Stopped watching that garbage

 

[Yehuda]

Got to season 2

Got tired did the annoying ass wife

Stopped watching that garbage

Funny you say this cause I stopped watching at season 2 as well.

 

[Data-Hawk]

Still don't get the Wire hype either *ducks tomatoes*

This. I don't understand the hype about "The Wire" and I'm from Baltimore

Mr.Robot > The Wire.

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

I'm in the middle of Season 4 and while the show is intriguing and has a very complex storyline, I find myself getting frustrated at all the loopholes in this show. There's so many things that don't really add up and it can be down right annoying getting through an episode because of how much this show reeks of white privilege. It's cool but the way people were talking about it over the past couple of years, I was expecting way more, especially to be in 4 seasons. I started watching it at the end of September on Netflix and binge watch a few episodes here and there. I'm not saying it's bad, but I'm saying its way less than what I expected. So far 3 out of 5 stars generously.

A LOT of the praise was based on hidden gems

the show would air... we'd all be like


then people would get to psycho analyzing the background music, which would be the same music to a movie, in which that movie had a character, who did exactly what was about to happen, and if you pause it at the right second, you can see who shot JR



nah but seriously... a lot of the days after were spent like at all the hidden shyt and foreshadowing

and the fact it didn't end up like most shows with terrible last season and shytty ending... people just gave it the title


but we all know it's the wire

followed closely by hannibal

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

It's a result of people binge watching it once it came out on Netflix around its fourth season. People like nothing more than feeling like they're a part of something and are "in the know". They got to watch the final couple of seasons (the ones also considered the best) in real time and that upped the hype incredibly. You add in a crowd pleasing finale and it's only normal people would hold the show in high esteem, regardless of if it actually deserves it. The majority of people who tout The Wire as the GOAT (which it is) didn't watch it live. Hence why it didn't win any Emmy's and wasn't hyped up during its run

the wire was one of the most cricitally acclaimed shows of all time DURING IT'S RUN

it got damn near perfect scores from the snobby to the hip hop publications and media all throughout it's run

that's the only reason hbo let it stay on... cause the ratings were shyt and it wouldn't win shyt.... but everyone in hollywood was sucking their dikks about the writing and acting


i think entertainment weekly just named it best tv of all time last year... and before you say it... yes they were routinely calling it the best show while it was live too


certain people just refused to listen and/or watch

 

[BXKingPin82]

show was dope imo
but not no memorable shyt for me
i didnt read thru the whole thread
but when you all discuss GOAT shows whats the criteria? is it ANY type show? im guessing i cant throw Martin the same category as The Wire right? lol

 

[2manyFCKNrappers]

I'm almost at the end ya'll.

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

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[El Poyo Loco]

The second season was the close to being the best by far. It explained how true kings ran things, not arguing over fukking corners , that season villain the Greek was so business minded and connected that to this day I don't we have seen a match for him. The man had an federal connect,not a fake small guy but a huge man in the department . He did business with the Colombians and let 15 million dollars in Coke get seized when they got greedy. They didn't show us meeting them but they ran the Coke trade also. Listening to Vondas ask for the chemicals and you hear the amount he needed, the man needed tons to cut the dope show how they rolled. When they had to leave he was up and running in a week, he knew when to walk and then two years he back like nothing happened. But on the Coli Bodie and Poot would run him if Avon gave the word . The Greek is the best villain of all time and that arc was incredible.

Also it sets up everything with Prop Joe,Stringer and the Co Op. Avon locked up Stringer selling weak shyt but The Greek being Joe connect Joe being smart knows Stringer needs his dope to stay afloat. Joe sees this as a chance to focus on business not bullets because Avon not around. Joe basically got all the big time dealers together to share in the good dope The Greek was bringing in without firing a shot. Avon gets out and he and Marlo start making it too hot to operate so Joe and everyone on the Co OP decide if the shyt don't stop they cutting String and Avon out which leads to String calling Colvin to get Avon sent back to prison all to save his spot getting The Greek's good shyt.

The Greek ran the entire Baltimore drug trade,stolen merch and prostitution. Season 2 proved the game is way much bigger than who owns which corner when nobody would own a stoop if it wasn't for The Greek.

 

[KravenMorehead™]

It is to TV what 100 bullets is to comics. From dialogue to cinematography. It's top tier to me on that token

I disagreed with the GOAT thing from day one. Started watching the show around season 3 i think. Can't remember