I have seen not a single episode. Were I to watch only one episode, which should I watch?
Personally, I don't really consider Friends to be worth watching. Freshman year, the hot girls would all assemble in the TV room to watch Friends and ER. Therefore, all the boys that didn't understand the meaning of "friendzoned" would assemble in the TV room to watch the hot girls watch Friends and ER. ER was okay. It had its moments. The one where the kid from Fame gets his arm cut off by a helicopter needs no preamble. Friends had probably one moment, which is the one where Phoebe says "he's her lobster" but in order to get to the point where it makes sense you have to slog through 38 episodes of tedious entitled white people problems. What's the line from Breakfast Club? "A brain, an athlete, a princess, a basketcase and a criminal?" Friends is a douche, a bitch, a dweeb, another bitch, an idiot and a ditz.
wear it like a badge of honor. And look... I don't actually hate on friends that much. It is exactly what it is. It was a dumb sitcom that was a cultural phenomenon. A lot of the jokes and humor weren't even that funny, but the social-quotability was something that people could laugh together about.
Nope. Breaking Bad isn't really worth it. Everyone thinks Breaking Bad is worth it because the last season essentially pays off for the previous 5. Therefore, everyone has super positive memories about the series because the last that they saw of it was that memorable and "good," which really translates into "judiciously satisfying." However, as someone who watched it marathoning after it went off air, I absolutely do not find the first 5 seasons really worth suffering through to get to the 6th. cc OftenBen
Not everyone thinks that. I've been following the show in real time since about the second season on, and while it has its hiccups, it also brings to the table something that rare other show does. It doesn't shy away from the dirty sides of life: not the blood and swearing, but the complexity of human beings, the dirt with the marble. Walter is a brilliant chemist who takes great pride of his work and has great ego, who cares for his family but uses this as an excuse to continue working in the illegal field that finally brings him joy and allows him to feel, as he puts it, "alive". He left his own company and has been jealous of their success ever since, especially - as it has been hinted - because his partner took his girl and made her a partner instead. He's arrogant and selfish, but brilliant nonetheless, and while a big part of me wants to smash him like a bug, there's a sparkle of compassion that Walter raises. Jessie is an addict because he has ambitions which he can't realize, with genuine and deep care for children, who doesn't shy away from being a criminal and a meth cook and follows through thick and thin one of the people to whose expectations he didn't live up to - until he snaps, grows a spine and quits. I can go on for a long time. To say nothing of the gorgeous storytelling and the camera work. All of this is very satisfying to watch. No, it isn't about the season five, which you imply to be somehow miraculous in comparison: it's about the whole story, with season five being its long-awaited culmination (with, I grant you, quite a few award-worthy episodes like Ozymandias). To watch the main characters grow in different ways, each with their own motivations clashing and working hand in hand - now that, my dear, is a powerful story, like very few of the available can provide.Everyone thinks Breaking Bad is worth it because the last season essentially pays off for the previous 5.
Interesting... As someone who watched it a little closer to real time... I really liked it. And - I liked it up until season 4 and just labored through 5 & 6, which were fine, but felt a little like "whoops - we got picked up for two more seasons... What crazy hijinks do Walt and Jessie come up with now?"