Breaking Bad is the darker of the two, which is saying a lot because Mad Men is quite dark. I think Mad Men has a little more visual flair than Breaking Bad, but both are dealing with identity crises in their own interesting ways.
Well, it's just good to know that when the chips are down and things look grim you'll feed off the girl who loves you to save your own ass!
Xander ,'Chosen'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
Hayden - May 12, 2009 10:47:41 am PDT #2287 of 11998
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
-t - May 12, 2009 10:54:22 am PDT #2288 of 11998
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
They are both really good, P-C. I am more into Breaking Bad at the moment because it is actually airing, so new shows to watch. Breaking Bad is a more personal show, it's really all about Walt - the supporting characters are three dimensional real people, but they are definitely supporting Walt's story. Mad Men is more about the time and society in general, though the personal stories are also very compelling.
Yeah, this all started with him trying to take care of his family, but there's more to it than that.
I think that while we the audience can see that, Walt hasn't admitted it to himself, yet. He can do all these bad things because he "has to", but without the justification he'll have to face that he's done some seriously bad shit. It's fascinating. And it's killing me the way he has been alienating his wife and son by spending all his time doing illegal stuff "for them".
I'm an episode behind at this point, also. I sometimes put off watching it because of the bleak, though currently I just have kind of a lot of TV backed up on the DVR.
erikaj - May 12, 2009 11:09:52 am PDT #2289 of 11998
Always Anti-fascist!
He's a bit like Frank Sobotka at this point, imo.
beekaytee - May 12, 2009 12:19:22 pm PDT #2290 of 11998
Compassionately intolerant
In Plain Sight is in here, right? It isn't exactly a procedural, although the procedure is pretty much the same every week.
In any case, if I'm in the wrong place, I'll move it.
My question is about the very end of this last episode where Mary is in the demolished building with the good!mercenary. I think I saw a twisty-roo at the end but I may be making it up.
It seemed as if, when the bad!mercenary said that Mary's speech had convinced good!mercenary not to testify, he 'saw it in his eyes' and this is why bad!mercenary confessed...to save good!mercenary from testifying or being hit by other bad!mercenaries...because, in the end it comes down to being there for your partner.
Did I see that right, or did bad!mercenary just get caught by Mary's clever scheme?
erikaj - May 13, 2009 10:43:19 am PDT #2291 of 11998
Always Anti-fascist!
Rescue Me: Anybody else think that even for Sean, his response to the kidney thing is juvenile?
§ ita § - May 17, 2009 7:25:51 am PDT #2292 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
:( Leverage will be split between summer and winter. 7 and eight episodes.
-t - May 17, 2009 7:26:43 am PDT #2293 of 11998
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Isn't that what TNT always does?
Polter-Cow - May 17, 2009 7:27:17 am PDT #2294 of 11998
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
No way! Lame!
le nubian - May 17, 2009 8:09:04 am PDT #2295 of 11998
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
-t, with Closer they have been doing shit like this, but it isn't really typical.
Consuela - May 17, 2009 9:19:08 am PDT #2296 of 11998
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
It's what they've been doing with Saving Grace, as well. Very annoying.