Not Pynchon: Anyone know this show?

[David Morris]

Breaking Bad was IMHO the best TV in forever. A fast, fun & clever ride
with a perfect ending, which is nearly impossible to pull off.

David Morris

On Wednesday, April 1, 2015, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, for what it's worth, I'm finding Better Call Saul to be far more
> emotionally involving and narratively rewarding of close paid attention
> than Breaking Bad (but I'm only a marginal fan of that one - I was a
> big-time The Wire fan in that time-frame, so I missed a lot of Breaking Bad
> eps).
>
> Mt
>
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 11:40 AM, Mark Sacha <msacha1121 at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','msacha1121 at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> It was an entertaining show, but I think it's one of those scenarios
>> where in the context of deafening praise I couldn't really find the genius
>> in it. Characters all a bit too much caricature.
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 11:21 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','richard.romeo at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>
>>> watch the ending of the BB episode Crawl Space. the antithesis of
>>> lackluster
>>>
>>> in any case, what makes the show great is a novelist's attention to
>>> detail. I just noticed something in Crawl Space, e.g. a shot an important
>>> one at that that mirrors exactly a shot in the Ozymandias episode (surely
>>> one of the highlights of the show), both scenes dialogue covering the same
>>> subject. its quite amazing finding all these connections you missed the
>>> first time.
>>>
>>> rich
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 11:04 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com
>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','fqmorris at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Breaking Bad "lackluster?"
>>>>
>>>> What would be your idea of GOOD TV?
>>>>
>>>> David Morris
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Mark Sacha <msacha1121 at gmail.com
>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','msacha1121 at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Big fan of Bob Odenkirk... would any on the list still recommend it
>>>>> for someone who found Breaking Bad pretty lackluster?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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