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Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.
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Character
Contemporary, overwhelming, classical in form and earnest.
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
Who loves it, who doesn't
10 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs.
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Answered from what people have written, never made up: a verdict, how much when it's a matter of degree, and the sentences that say so, quoted with their names. Reviews here first, then TMDB's reviews and the title's Wikipedia plot and reception. If nothing settles it, you can put it to the curators.
Reviews
- omni_omarThe Comfort Seeker★★★★
The rare show where every season is better than the last. Ozymandias is the best hour of television and it is not close.
Cast
- Bryan CranstonWalter White
- Aaron PaulJesse Pinkman
- Anna GunnSkyler White
- RJ MitteWalter White Jr.
- Dean NorrisHank Schrader
- Betsy BrandtMarie Schrader
- Bob OdenkirkSaul Goodman
- Jonathan BanksMike Ehrmantraut
Crew
- Vince GilliganCreator
- Dave PorterOriginal Music Composer
- Diane MercerProducer
- Bryan CranstonProducer
Where to watch
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Seasons
- Season 17 eps · 2008
- Season 213 eps · 2009
- Season 313 eps · 2010
- Season 413 eps · 2011
- Season 516 eps · 2012
Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
Dexter 200678% alikeBoth contemporary, overwhelming, bleak.
Happy Valley 201477% alikeBoth contemporary, classical in form, overwhelming.
Monster 200476% alikeBoth contemporary, earnest, classical in form.
Homeland 201176% alikeBoth contemporary, classical in form, overwhelming.
INVINCIBLE 202175% alikeBoth contemporary, classical in form, overwhelming.
Death Note 200674% alikeBoth contemporary, earnest, overwhelming.
Sons of Anarchy 200873% alikeBoth contemporary, classical in form, overwhelming.
House of Cards 201373% alikeBoth contemporary, bleak.
The Departed 200674% alikeFilm · Both contemporary, earnest, classical in form.
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple 202673% alikeFilm · Both contemporary, overwhelming, classical in form.
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