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Best show of all time: Sopranos, The Wire, Mad Men or Breaking Bad?

Best show of all time: Sopranos, The Wire, Mad Men or Breaking Bad?

  • Sopranos

    Votes: 12 10.7%
  • The Wire

    Votes: 56 50.0%
  • Mad Men

    Votes: 11 9.8%
  • Breaking Bad

    Votes: 33 29.5%

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In general, I loved the Sopranos, but it went off-the-wagon too often to be the greatest of all time. I love Breaking Bad, but it has some clearly unrealistic moments that I find it hard to get past. (The whole plane crash/Jane thing comes to mind.) Mad Men shouldn't even be in the discussion. It's a good show, but not nearly as captivating as the others. Maybe if they had been smart enough to write Betty off a few seasons ago...

I vote for The Wire.
 

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I'll try to get around to it soon, although it may be tough to work in, given MrsG and I recently started re-watching The Sopranos, and we're not watching as much TV lately as we once did. Perhaps I will pick it up when the first-run season ends for the networks in the next month or so.


i just bought the box set. maybe ill send it to you.
 

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EDIT: You want a show that started out amazing, but completely fell apart by the end due to lack of end game vision, take a look at Battlestar Galactica. I still get a headache thinking about the direction it went half way into the final season.


Interestingly, I worked on that show. Obviously, it was originally supposed to be a mini-series, so there really was no initial end game vision. Same with The 4400.
 

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Interestingly, I worked on that show. Obviously, it was originally supposed to be a mini-series, so there really was no initial end game vision. Same with The 4400.


With The 4400, wasn't there another season planned and then they got cancelled? Hence the ambiguous ending.
 

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i just bought the box set. maybe ill send it to you.


I sincerely appreciate the offer, but I can get it on Netflix. I'd love to have them all at once, but I'd be worried I'll damage them or something.
 

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I sincerely appreciate the offer, but I can get it on Netflix. I'd love to have them all at once, but I'd be worried I'll damage them or something.


no worries. if you change yo mind just lmk.
 

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Third season was the best imo. Hated the last season, though.


They had to end it in a hurry, and they made the same mistake as Lost, lacking a end-game vision. They literally sat down one and chose who the final cylons were, mid season.
 

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Highlander, The Series is quite obviously the best TV program ever.
 

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Highlander, The Series is quite obviously the best TV program ever.


please *****, highlander aint got **** on xena warrior princess.
 

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I started watching Breaking Bad yesterday. I watched four episodes. I think the writing is great, but the direction is less great.
 

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Sopranos is disqualified for the Master G episode.
 

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Sopranos is disqualified for the Master G episode.


Massive G...

"music isn't something you can hold in your hands like football betting cards, or coke"

One of my favorite lines from Christopher - coke and football betting cards being the first two tangible things that popped into his head.
 
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