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Maniac64
04/23/22 11:02:40 AM
#1:


What do you think is the best and worst episode of Breaking Bad?

Previous Days:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Best: Once More with Feeling (HMs: Hush, The Body, The Gift). Worst: Where the Wild Things Are (HM: Beer Bad)
Game of Thrones - Best: The Rains of Castamere (HMs: Blackwater, The Winds of Winter). Worst: The Iron Throne (HMs: The Bells, Beyond the Wall)

Yesterday saw The Rains of Castamere, Blackwater, and Winds of Winter all getting the same amount of best votes so my pick was the tiebreaker. Battle of the Bastards was only one vote less but far more controversial in the discussion. The Iron Throne ran away with the worst award with 9 votes, The Bells and Beyond the Wall both got only 4.

Feel free to nominate future shows to do, I am keeping a running list so if you nominated a show in the past you don't need to nominate it again.

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Aecioo
04/23/22 11:06:33 AM
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nom LOST

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Cavedweller2000
04/23/22 11:46:06 AM
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Best: Ozymandias
Worst : Thirty-Eight Snub

I'm expecting Fly to be voted worst but I actually like it

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andylt
04/23/22 12:01:30 PM
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Aecioo posted...
nom LOST
second

also nom Mad Men. I'll have to think a bit on BB.

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Johnbobb
04/23/22 12:10:13 PM
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Best: Faceoff

Worst I'd need to think about

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pyresword
04/23/22 12:11:54 PM
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Been too long since I watched the series to actually vote, but they're probably both in season 5, unless one of the final episodes of season 4 manages to steal the "best" title.

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KamikazePotato
04/23/22 12:13:15 PM
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Best: Ozymandias

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XIII_rocks
04/23/22 12:15:09 PM
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Best: there's a lot. I think the best stretch is the last 4 of S4, but I vote for Ozymandias

Worst: something from s1-3 but I'm not sure

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Mac Arrowny
04/23/22 12:35:46 PM
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Best: Say My Name
Worst: Fly

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SeabassDebeste
04/23/22 1:06:58 PM
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best: ozymandias
worst: gotta be something from s2-4. will look further in a bit.

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malyg
04/23/22 1:16:39 PM
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Best: Ozymandias
Worst: Felina
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plasmabeam
04/23/22 1:54:31 PM
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Best: Ozymandias
Worst: The Filler--I mean, The Fly

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plasmabeam
04/23/22 1:56:44 PM
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Nominate Seinfeld

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Xeybozn
04/23/22 2:44:17 PM
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Best: Ozymandias

Have to think a bit about worst.

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Janus5k
04/23/22 5:03:54 PM
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Best: Face Off
Worst: Over

Didn't really like Season 5 much, though I respect it as the conclusion to Walt's story.
Had to look up the specific episode for worst - the first two seasons are weaker in general but I think that was the one where Walt forces Flynn to drink until he pukes and I always found that scene particularly gross and weird

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TomNook
04/23/22 5:36:34 PM
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Best: Face Off
Worst: The Fly

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Xeybozn
04/23/22 5:51:13 PM
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Worst: Gray Matter

Nominate The Simpsons

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Jukkie
04/23/22 5:59:27 PM
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Best: Ozymandias
Worst: The Fly

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Mega Mana
04/23/22 6:10:50 PM
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Best: Ozymandias
Worst: Open House


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Snake5555555555
04/23/22 6:14:08 PM
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Best - 4 Days Out

I always adore "trapped" episodes that take place in a single location, and this is one of the most intense. It really highlights the positives and negatives of Walt's and Jesse's characters and has triumphant highs and harrowing lows for a complete experience. It's BB in a perfect little nutshell to me.

Worst - Open House

I don't think any episode is even remotely bad though. Open House just feels like very little happens in it compared to the insanity of the episodes around it. And the whole Jesse depressed with his house parties went on a little too long I think.

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Nanis23
04/23/22 6:14:36 PM
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Too many episodes to vote for best so..no idea

But the worst? The Fly.
Easily

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Underleveled
04/23/22 6:30:28 PM
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Aecioo posted...
nom LOST
Thirdeded

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ZaziGuado
04/23/22 6:49:10 PM
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Best: Ozymandias

The only season I watched as it was actively premiering was the second half of season 5, but Ozymandias made it completely worth it. Holy cow I remember just being in awe after it was over.

I dunno what the worst is, but probably a season 1 or 2 episode. I remember enjoying The Fly. Season 1 and 2 were difficult for me because it was so uncomfortable still at that point.

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LordoftheMorons
04/23/22 6:51:05 PM
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Best: Ozymandias

Not sure about worst. I know that I thought that S2 was the weakest season, but I cant think of a specific episode that stuck out as being notably bad.

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SeabassDebeste
04/23/22 6:55:16 PM
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okay, i think i'm going with "over" for worst episode, 2x10. cool final scene though.

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LordoftheMorons
04/23/22 7:03:15 PM
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Also fourthing LOST

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ChichiriMuyo
04/23/22 10:03:25 PM
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Best: Ozymandias

Worst: Now, keep in mind there are not any bad episodes in this show at all. Not a single one. However, Kakaesque is an episodes that seems to focus a lot on things that just weren't that compelling. I didn't really care much about Jesse's recovery and even less about Hank's recovery. I also never felt like gambling/card counting was a good coverup for where Walter was getting his money since I don't think he'd have hid something like that. I guess if you believe for some reason he would then it does explain several things (including him lost in the desert), but even then there's no way he'd get into the millions of winnings without a huge tax trail.

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banananor
04/24/22 2:28:24 AM
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There were some completely forgettable episodes in s2/3

I think we skipped one by accident and didn't realize until much later

It's just hard to pick one in particular

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XIII_rocks
04/24/22 3:09:40 AM
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I guess Fly is going to win worst, even though I love it, because it's the only episode to have any kind of notable consensus. I suppose that's fair

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Mythiot
04/24/22 3:21:14 AM
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Best: Ozymandias
Worst: Hmmmm...I'll go with Open House
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Lopen
04/24/22 9:20:32 AM
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Best: Face Off
Worst: Open House

There might be a season 5 episode that's slightly worse than Open House as I find a lot of the season 5 episodes to be bad but Open House stands out a lot more to me buried in a season that's great nearly front to back so I gotta go with that.

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plasmabeam
04/24/22 10:20:38 AM
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XIII_rocks posted...
I guess Fly is going to win worst, even though I love it, because it's the only episode to have any kind of notable consensus. I suppose that's fair

There are no consequences to any of the events in The Fly, which is what killed it for me.

Shame they pulled that one punch when Walt almost revealed the truth about Jane.

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SeabassDebeste
04/24/22 11:48:57 AM
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an episode can be good outside of future consequences, and fly for stretches is fucking hilarious imo

give me that over jesse in rehab for sure

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XIII_rocks
04/24/22 12:46:53 PM
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It was so good. Hilarious at first then descended into being genuinely sad towards the end. That said I think it suits binge watching (which is how I originally watched it) over week-to-week. If I was on tenterhooks all week about what happened next and then I got something relatively fillerish, I might feel differently towards it

Like I remember genuinely despising the first Lost episode after they found the hatch because the hatch wasn't involved at all iirc

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SuperbVEVO
04/24/22 1:17:34 PM
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Best: Ozymandias
Worst: Peekaboo

For best, Ozymandias was an experience when I was watching it for the first time, still gets me sometimes. I think season 5 is overall better than 4, I don't know how common of an opinion that is nowadays

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junk_funk
04/24/22 1:29:09 PM
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Best: Face Off
Worst: Fly

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Giggsalot
04/24/22 1:39:34 PM
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In my opinion BB starts off overly bleak and ends overly cartoonish. Best stuff is found in the middle. I'll go with Crawl Space for best.

No opinion on worst, probably something from S1

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XIII_rocks
04/24/22 1:44:23 PM
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Yeah I guess I'll go with Peekaboo too for worst

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KamikazePotato
04/24/22 1:52:07 PM
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I thought Peekaboo was a good episode. It helped remind the audience of what the social consequences of creating/selling meth are. That aspect is rarely at the forefront of the show.

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XIII_rocks
04/24/22 2:02:50 PM
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Oh sure it's a good episode, all of them are

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andylt
04/24/22 5:36:39 PM
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Giggsalot posted...
In my opinion BB starts off overly bleak and ends overly cartoonish. Best stuff is found in the middle.
Agreed! I'm pleasantly surprised to see several S5 detractors here, I always felt alone being disappointed with where the series went post-Gus.

Best: Ozymandias
...That said, this one is of course great. I haven't watched the show in a long time so I don't think I can remember the earlier seasons enough to vote for them, but shout-out to Crawl Space, Salud, One Minute, and Half Measure/Full Measure.
Worst: Felina
OK there's probably worse eps but the finale annoyed me so much and left me feeling pretty bitter about the show overall.


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Lopen
04/24/22 8:12:14 PM
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Oh I love Peekaboo

Really upsetting but that's the point

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tcaz2
04/25/22 3:20:52 AM
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Giggsalot posted...
In my opinion BB starts off overly bleak and ends overly cartoonish.
Funny because I would say the exact opposite.

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Worst: Open House
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Maniac64
05/02/22 2:55:42 PM
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Had a wedding to travel to over the weekend and Working overtime this week so not sure when I will get to total this

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Maniac64
05/06/22 8:21:13 AM
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Final bump

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tennisboy213
05/06/22 12:30:10 PM
#47:


Nanis23 posted...
Too many episodes to vote for best so..no idea

But the worst? The Fly.
Easily


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HaRRicH
05/07/22 4:04:37 PM
#48:


Best: Oxymandias
Worst: Fly

andylt posted...
Worst: Felina

Don't know that I've ever seen this opinion before. I've heard of some people not sure that it was a great episode to end on though. I'm of the camp that Felina survived its hype and that was very hard to do, personally.

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SuperbVEVO
05/07/22 4:12:52 PM
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andylt posted...
Agreed! I'm pleasantly surprised to see several S5 detractors here, I always felt alone being disappointed with where the series went post-Gus.

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ZeroSignal620
05/07/22 7:03:12 PM
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Best: Ozymandius
Worst: Fly

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