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Breaking Bad (2008) series

Discussed in 38 episodes · 39 film takes
PKA Score 6.4/10
Kyle
5.0/10
16 takes
Woody
7.4/10
15 takes
Taylor
5.0🦉/7
8 takes
IMDb 9.5 RT 96%
PKA rates this 3.2 lower than critics

Every time it came up

▶ PKA 514 @ 2:38:50 — PKA 514 - Oklahoma Cannibal, OnlyUseMeBlade Update, World's Best
Brief mention comparing modern TV shows to Breaking Bad quality
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“now TV shows are being Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones, even though it was fucked up at the end”
▶ PKN 431 @ 25:18 — PKN 431
Discussion of rewatching Breaking Bad and character Walter White
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I finished re-watching Breaking Bad and I jumped into Better Call Saul”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“the walter white shit is just so strong to me i i like that character so much”
▶ PKN 370 @ 29:51 — PKN 370
Criticism of the show's family characters for failing to support Walter White, contrasted with expectations for spouses to support their partners during public adversity
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“I can't rewatch Breaking Bad because I hate his family so goddamn much”
▶ PKN 439 @ 37:08 — PKN 439
Comparison of Bill Burr's acting in Breaking Bad versus Better Call Saul, discussion of his character development.
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Like it was funny watching Breaking Bad, like his first scenes where he was just Bill Burr. And then like he kind of becomes more that character of Kubi as it goes on.”
▶ PKN 442 @ 20:06 — PKN 442
Discussion of Walter White and Skyler, pregnancy, weight changes
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“he had that fat stupid lump of a wife and there he was a fucking borderline Nobel Prize winning global Chad”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“If he'd had a real lady in his life that wasn't baby trapping him with that dumpster womb of hers then he could have gone so high”
▶ PKN 420 @ 25:30 — PKN 420
Kyle discusses having only seen it once, preference for rewatching early seasons
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“i've only seen it once all the way through i've never seen a single episode of it more than a second time”
▶ PKN 420 @ 25:30 — PKN 420
Discussion of Skylar's character and her relationship with Walt
Kyle ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“i'm liking skylar a little more so i know insanity right because she she didn't like go with her man”
▶ PKN 420 @ 27:14 — PKN 420
Analysis of Skylar's behavior and responses to Walt's infidelity and disappearances
Woody ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“She was definitely responding positively to his initiation so she checked that box for me”
▶ PKN 420 @ 29:05 — PKN 420
Comparison between Breaking Bad and Ozark, discussion of family dynamics and money laundering
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“after having seen ozark i'm like man this would have been better if they like brought everybody in and they like in the beginning”
▶ PKN 420 @ 30:38 — PKN 420
Discussion of character Marie, Hank's rock obsession, and show comparisons
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“one of my like favorite parts of the show was hank's dismal descent into autism in that room where he's just obsessed with rocks”
▶ PKN 420 @ 33:50 — PKN 420
Discussion of Holly's character, cinematography style and specific episodes like the fly episode
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“That would have been better TV if they killed that baby. You know it would have.”
▶ PKN 420 @ 35:23 — PKN 420
Discussion of Gus Fring's character and his memorable scene in the lab
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Gus is probably my favorite character in the whole show. I loved Gus. He was so smart.”
▶ PKN 420 @ 36:59 — PKN 420
Continued discussion of Gus's memorable scene, overall show assessment
Kyle · unverified▲ positive
“maybe the best show ever. It's very good.”
▶ PKN 426 @ 39:38 — PKN 426
Mentioned as one of the best TV shows alongside Game of Thrones and The Wire
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“we're watching like Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, like the best shows that I've ever been”
Discussion of favorite scenes and characters, including Hank's realization about Walt and the DVD scene
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“It was a Dexter level like, dude, the stakes are really high. The authorities are about to catch us. What do we do? It's fun. It's a great show.”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I like the early stuff i always like hank wanting to get into the rv and you know like walt telling him what to say how this is a domicile fourth amendment right and stuff and that shady crusher operator getting rid of e”
▶ PKA 808 @ 4:04:19 — PKA 808 W/ Billy The Fridge & Vito: Wing’s Quits The Internet
Woody mentions watching Breaking Bad after Better Call Saul with his girlfriend, discussing the show order and how the two series overlap.
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“we're going to go all the way through breaking bad we started at season one of break a better call saul long way around is to like i'm going to find out where they start meshing”
▶ PKA 621 @ 1:09:02 — PKA 621 W/ Hutch: Woody’s New Tattoo, Getting Bullied By CoD Ki
Discussion of rewatching Breaking Bad, binge-watching format, and specific episodes including Hank's character and the Fly episode
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I'm rewatching Breaking Bad again. I forgot how great it was. It's even better in binge form.”
Woody ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“I hated the Fly episode. And it's more palatable in binge form, though.”
Kyle · unverified▲ positive
“I rewatched Breaking Bad again. I forgot how great it was.”
▶ PKA 573 @ 3:50:26 — PKA 573 W/ Josh Pillault: Prison Body Mod, Honey Bun Scheme, Boo
Josh mentions he wasn't able to finish reading or watch the show during prison but that it was watched in prison by others
Josh · unverified● neutral · passing mention, not scored
“They actually finished the series in there. I just didn't because I'd missed all the beginning of the show.”
▶ PKA 804 @ 3:08:32 — PKA 804 W/ Doug Polk: Finding Your Famous Ex GF
Kyle discusses introducing his father to Breaking Bad after his father expressed that Walter White was too much of a character early on.
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“He said that Walter White was too much of a you know and I was like, well, early on he kind of is, but he like it's the show's called Breaking Bad for a reason. He breaks bad. And by the end, he's a like mustachioed, bla”
▶ PKA 802 @ 6:28 — PKA 802 W/ Scott Sullivan MMA: Micro In The Locker Room
Extensive discussion of Walt's family dynamics, Skyler's role, and comparison to Ozark
Woody ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed · passing mention, not scored
“Skyler gave that money to her affair partner for damage control to keep her and Walt out of trouble.”
Woody ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“I'm a thousand% with Kyle. The lack of intimacy in that marriage would have me the [ __ ] out.”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“I've never rewatched the show because all that stuff frustrates me to no end because when I see Walt being in many ways what I consider a very obviously he's selfish in the end.”
▶ PKA 780 @ 3:40:02 — PKA 780 W/ Goblin: Mail Order Mom Thanksgiving
Discussion of Brian Cranston's acting range between Malcolm in the Middle and Breaking Bad
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Brian Cranston is amazing to me because he both killed it in Malcolm in the Middle and Breaking Bad and they're the opposite.”
▶ PKA 767 @ 2:00:40 — PKA 767 W/ SantiZap: Kyle Was Jealous Of His Teachers Fiancée
Discussion of Breaking Bad, Walter White, Skyler, and comparison to Better Call Saul
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I I like Better Call Saul more. Um, mostly because I I upon re-watching Breaking Bad, the slow parts were too slow for me.”
▶ PKA 763 @ 31:00 — PKA 763 W/ Harley: The Taylor Solution To AI Girlfriends
Extended discussion comparing Breaking Bad to Better Call Saul, with complaints about Breaking Bad's cinematography
Kyle · unverified▲ positive
“Breaking Bad. For sure. For sure. It's better.”
Taylor · unverified▼ negative
“Breaking Bad likes the smell of its own farts. There isn't another show that will spend 18 fucking minutes with a camera in a tailpipe. I can't think of another show that has like 9 minute sequences where you're watching”
▶ PKA 761 @ 3:03:21 — PKA 761 W/ Chris James & Hutch: Kyle's Paranormal Experience
Discussed in relation to Ozark and narrative themes about morality and leadership
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“Yeah I I didn't hear anything but the opposite because the first Dune he has to set up this really complex universe.”
▶ PKA 754 @ 3:05:32 — PKA 754 W/ Richard Ryan: How Apple Car Play Is Stalking You
Discussion of shows with proper endings
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Breaking Bad ended properly and Better Call Saul ended properly”
▶ PKA 740 @ 1:36:58 — PKA 740 W/ Richard Ryan & Chris James: The Bandits Loot Is Expos
Discussion of the final scene where Walt uses an M60 to kill gang members
Taylor ✓ voice-verified● neutral · passing mention, not scored
“Like that sort of thing?”
▶ PKA 739 @ 1:42:26 — PKA 739: Ye Has A Meltdown Again
Brief comparison of wives' ingratitude between Breaking Bad and Dexter
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“I would recommend like like like yeah it's it's a shitty topic but whether it's Dexter's wife or if it's Walter White's wife I knew it now Walter White's wife committed crimes murders”
▶ PKA 729 @ 29:59 — PKA 729 W/ Hutch: Is One Less CEO A Good Thing?
Actor from Breaking Bad (Jesse Plemons) discussed for intense performance in Civil War
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“there's that thing I'm like [ __ ] that thing when that guy like dead eyed kills that kid in Breaking Bad it was one of the most like wild parts”
▶ PKA 700 @ 4:16:06 — PKA 700 W/ Gavin Mcinnes, Dick Masterson, Wendigoon, And Chris J
Show mentioned as one Chris rewatches regularly
Chris · unverified▲ positive
“I just rewatch like old shows like office Breaking Bad like stuff like that like I don't watch a lot of new stuff”
▶ PKA 672 @ 1:15:57 — PKA 672 W/ Brandon Herrera: Leading Congress Polls, Gods Light O
Discussion of the show, particularly about the character Skyler and her weight gain during the series.
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“I only watched it once because I hate Skyler [ __ ] white with every fiber of my being I hate her so much”
Taylor · unverified▼ negative
“I have never [ __ ] watched breaking bed once I'm notorious for rewatching shows over and over and over I love doing that because I hate Skyler”
▶ PKA 658 @ 1:07:50 — PKA 658 W/ Travis Bell And Filthy: UFO Hearing, True Story of Ja
Travis discusses his connection to the show and cast, proposes to wife at Walter White's house location, mentions making license plates for the show and El Camino
Kyle · unverified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“the two uh salamanco twin brothers guys like they're friends of ours like they will text me”
Travis · unverified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“I was like going hey let's go over to Breaking Bad house and she's like Haley's like okay”
▶ PKA 654 @ 22:46 — PKA 654 W/ Brandon Herrera: Woody Lied For Years, The Best New D
Reference to Breaking Bad tortoise bomb scene being replicated by content creators
Brandon · unverified● neutral · passing mention, not scored
“they replicate a bunch of stuff like they replicated the Breaking Bad like tortoise bomb with the head on it like hello DEA”
▶ PKA 643 @ 2:40:08 — PKA 643 W/ Dick & Harley: Woody's New Channel, Harley's Mental E
Discussion of Breaking Bad's ending and family drama criticism
Kyle ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“I'm not excited to look at the the family stuff again really uh I will never re-watch that show”
Woody · unverified▲ positive
“Breaking Bad starts off very well and most importantly ends perfectly so perfectly”
▶ PKA 634 @ 2:09:02 — PKA 634 w/ Bruce Greene: Kyle Goes To Hogwarts, Woody’s Long Con
Commercial mentioned featuring de-aged cast in pop chips ad
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative · passing mention, not scored
“I saw a YouTube short... they made a whole religion out of that and the Jonah Hill... they de-age um the Breaking Bad Guys... pop chips... they're the worst [ __ ] ships”
▶ PKA 623 @ 24:14 — PKA 623: Woody Goes To A Trap House, Kyles Secret Wife And Kid,
Discussion of scene where Jesse tries to calm a meth-addicted man with a shotgun in a drug house
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“the the Breaking Bad scene was a good one where Jesse goes in and uh he's in that that drug house and he's trying to calm down that guy with the shotgun”
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▼ negative · passing mention, not scored
“meth is a scary drug like it makes people scary and you don't want to mess with an unpredictable you know act out person like that”
▶ PKA 622 @ 3:45 — PKA 622 W/ Tavarish: Hutch Vs BlameTruth, Woody Give Jackie A Do
Woody is rewatching the show and discussing product placement and a scene with Walt's son driving cars
Taylor ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“Chrysler must have shoveled money into Vince Gilligan's mouth because there's a there's the most jarring scene”
Freddie · unverified▲ positive
“Breaking Bad is really good like the the the pacing being so much slower than like say a Breaking Bad or you know like a more modern show”
▶ PKA 613 @ 59:51 — PKA 613 W/ Slush: Woody's Facial Disfigurement, Jake Paul vs And
Re-watching the series and discussing the accuracy of drug chemistry and purity in the show
Woody ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“I'm re-watching breaking bad right now and they sell meth in that show that blue meth and all the like key things about making it are not true”
▶ PKA 611 @ 1:38:01 — PKA 611 W/ Wolf & Harley: Hangout Board Games, Toe Rot, She Hulk
Discussion of rewatching the series and its pacing advantages when binge-watching.
Kyle · unverified▲ positive
“I'm re-watching breaking bad lately which is a pretty good re-watch I didn't think I would like it because it's a little slow moving”
▶ PKA 609 @ 3:39:22 — PKA 609 W/ Count Dankula: Hyenas Vs Dogs, Taylor Becomes A Pasto
Discussion of cinematographic techniques and how excessive artistry can detract from storytelling
Taylor ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“I'll say that um i i think that i hate to say it but there is a fourth season for all mankind coming uh but the third season is is the worst season so far for sure”
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I love breaking bad i think it's one of the best tv shows that's ever been aired and i like and it ended well which is rare even on great tv shows”
▶ PKA 600 @ 3:09:51 — PKA 600 W/ Sam Hyde: Punking iDubbbz, Tinder Advice, The Joker M
Taylor contrasts Ozark's ending with Breaking Bad's ending which he found depressing and won't rewatch
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“breaking bad saddened me i i don't rewatch breaking bad because i don't like the downfall of of of walt”
▶ PKA 582 @ 31:37 — PKA 582: Woody's Christmas present, NFT Scams, Lawyer Letters
Kyle and Woody compare Breaking Bad to Ozark, discussing iconic scenes, character arcs, and overall quality
Kyle ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“i can't [ __ ] stand that crippled ass son i wish they'd aborted that baby and that wife that chunky-faced wife”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“the parts of breaking bad that are the best thing since sliced bread are when walt is getting hardcore”
Woody · unverified◆ mixed · passing mention, not scored
“i i might have seen some article where they're like we wanted to give walt a car that says loser”
▶ PKA 576 @ 3:28:14 — PKA 576 w/ Tavarish & RR: Bumble BFF, Woody Saves Man's Life, Do
Discussion of shows with strong endings
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“breaking bad was is one of the few exceptions that really did end strong”
▶ PKA 566 @ 2:38:28 — PKA 566 W/ Drift0r: Drift0r health update, Dave Chappelle's Spec
Discussion of Walt Jr's character turn against his father and whether ratting out family members is justified for criminal activity.
Kyle · unverified◆ mixed · passing mention, not scored
“I wouldn't turn my dad in... it's just the basic knowledge that walt is a criminal... he didn't have enough information to immediately turn on his dad”
▶ PKA 565 @ 1:08:27 — PKA 565 W/Tucker: PKA Got Baked, Dollar Store Bandit, Dried out
Discussion of Bill Burr's role in Breaking Bad and his acting career
Taylor · unverified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“he did really well on breaking bad i haven't seen the mandalorian with him only two i i know he's on his own family guy no what is this show called f is for family he does a voice on an animated show”
▶ PKA 564 @ 4:00:36 — PKA 564 w BlameTruth - Lock and Load, Penguin Facts, Woody's Inj
Discussion of show quality improving with each season
Blametruth · unverified▲ positive
“i got spoiled from breaking bads where each season kind of got yeah and uh better call saul's the same way it's like each one gets better and better”