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"Breaking Bad" 1st season was very solid crime drama. More a drama actually, because re-watching it now for the second time (after seeing whole series couple years ago), i found that 1st season was the weakest one in comparison to what came next. That is not the fault of plot line, which in 1st season was actually in search of it's main route i think. Creators clearly didn't envision that series will go this far and become such cult classic and simply a masterpiece. Masterpiece if seeing the full picture, not the 1st season.
Season 1 introduced us with the main characters, gave us the main idea of the series. There were many episodes in this season which clearly didn't had strong vision of where it was going. To many scenes focused on characters actions that didn't really matter later, like the whole Marie's as a thief stuff. Nevertheless, every scene in here were done very, and i mean very good. There isn't a single line in whole season 1 that wouldn't be interesting simply to hear. Writing is amazing. Take for example massively over-hyped "Walking Dead" series, where almost every sentence is repeated again and again and again during the series which is more or less plays feels and like a filter scenes, simply to put something on screen, without any real purpose. Even the weakest "Breaking Bad" 1st season avoided that in polishing every line to it's perfection at the time. Acting, directing were highly solid. Cinematography is always refreshing and interesting.
Overall, 1st season was a very good series overall, but weak in comparison to what came next. It is a solid start and background to arguably the most accomplished series ever.
"Breaking Bad" 1st season was very solid crime drama. More a drama actually, because re-watching it now for the second time (after seeing whole series couple years ago), i found that 1st season was the weakest one in comparison to what came next. That is not the fault of plot line, which in 1st season was actually in search of it's main route i think. Creators clearly didn't envision that series will go this far and become such cult classic and simply a masterpiece. Masterpiece if seeing the full picture, not the 1st season.
Season 1 introduced us with the main characters, gave us the main idea of the series. There were many episodes in this season which clearly didn't had strong vision of where it was going. To many scenes focused on characters actions that didn't really matter later, like the whole Marie's as a thief stuff. Nevertheless, every scene in here were done very, and i mean very good. There isn't a single line in whole season 1 that wouldn't be interesting simply to hear. Writing is amazing. Take for example massively over-hyped "Walking Dead" series, where almost every sentence is repeated again and again and again during the series which is more or less plays feels and like a filter scenes, simply to put something on screen, without any real purpose. Even the weakest "Breaking Bad" 1st season avoided that in polishing every line to it's perfection at the time. Acting, directing were highly solid. Cinematography is always refreshing and interesting.
Overall, 1st season was a very good series overall, but weak in comparison to what came next. It is a solid start and background to arguably the most accomplished series ever.