Scots Taffer on 27/4/2010 at 00:00
I'm four episodes into season 2 and goddamnit I'm loving this show. It's really pulpy and though the premise can often wander into ludicrous territory in general the show is solidly written and brilliantly acted.
Bryan Cranston, whom I had only seen previously in Malcolm in the Middle, in particular is a revelation. Aaron Paul is okay as the yo yo Jesse but I'm not terribly impressed by his acting chops, he was a bit blank in Big Love too. Also nice to see Lady Bullock acting again too, she's good.
Anyone else watching this one?
I'm practically going to be on top of the airing episodes in the next week or so. :D
Fafhrd on 27/4/2010 at 04:28
Aaron Paul grows dramatically over the course of Season 2, and is sort of the heart of show that season. And you'll either laugh out loud or shit yourself when you find out what's up with the black and white pre-credits teasers...
Namdrol on 27/4/2010 at 07:04
I'm glad this had got it's thread rather than disappearing in the morass of a mega thread.
I love this show and have been mentioning it every chance I can get.
I'm still only a couple of episodes into season 2 as I watch it in bed with my girlfriend but she's been a bit unwell recently and almost always falls asleep within a few minutes.
So I bought a dvd player yesterday that plays avi files so we can watch it in the living room. (£20, how the fuck is it possible to manufacture, ship and make a profit on that?)
Walt Whitman is one of the greatest characters on television, helped even more by the fact I don't find myself liking him much, despite feeling deep sorrow for him
henke on 27/4/2010 at 07:38
Watched season 1 a year ago or so, got season 2 sitting right here, will get to it after I'm done with Burn Notice.
Illuminatus on 27/4/2010 at 07:39
Great story that works especially well as a series because it’s built around a hidden identity, which provides all kinds of tense point-of-no-return situations. The show is also good at making the viewer question their own moral sympathies, since Walt’s transition from “desperate and scared terminally-ill father” to “uncompromising, charismatic drug manufacturer” is handled so skillfully.
Quote Posted by Namdrol
Walt Whitman is one of the greatest characters on television
Ironically, he just made an appearance in the last episode, although not as protagonist Walter White. ;)
Muzman on 27/4/2010 at 08:20
I haven't started watching s3 yet, but this is a classic of some sort in the making. I treat s1&2 as one entity because the arcs fit together so nicely.
The character work impresses me no end as even familiar types manage to not be boring in most cases (although Skyler's sister's kleptomania seemed like a weird excursion to me). Skyler herself is a case in point, she's basically not a very likable person when we first meet her. Mostly a sort of self important, shrewish "nice" housewife. It's an interesting choice and quite a feat to never truly let her tip over in one direction or the other, to truly mean or truly sympathetic. There's aspects of Walker, Jesee and Hank that do this, and really the whole show too. So much of it walks a very fine line where most shows would take the easy route (or circumstances and skill, or lack thereof, would force most shows to take the easier route).
Gotta find a good moment to watch some of the new ones.
Namdrol on 27/4/2010 at 09:00
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Walt Whitmam
:D Well my morning meds have just kicked in with that lovely zingy feeling!
And my attitude to Jesse changed permanently when he took the hit for his little brothers spliff.
It epitomised the show, honourable choices that cause immense damage.
quinch on 27/4/2010 at 12:33
Woah, I didn't realise season 3 was up and running.
Season 2 got better and better. This is a great series. My favorite scene was with Walter and Hank and the bottle of liquor. I actually quite like Hank in a strange way. He's an enigma. He's either a decent bloke under the authoritarian asshole exterior or he's just going through the motions of acting out the role of the family man and is a sociopath. I can't decide.
Enjoying the chemistry lessons too. At school I never liked chemistry as much as the other sciences as I found it a bit messy.
The network that made this is also serialising 'The Walking Dead' for later this year.
Zygoptera on 27/4/2010 at 22:50
It's managed a few "oh fuck yeah" moments, which is more than most series ever manage. Pseudo specifically I really liked the scene with the turtle (and later bravado by one of the, er, participants), the incident with the ATM, and the end of season 2. They're the sort of occurences and consequences that too many programs duck away from or make far too clean.
june gloom on 27/4/2010 at 23:53
Quote Posted by quinch
The network that made this is also serialising 'The Walking Dead' for later this year.
Okay NOW I'm interested.
