ABC were smart to pick up this one, maybe the other networks weren't interested.
Have seen series 1 and 2 and must say I'm pretty hooked. Series 3 starts next month in the States.
Great show, mild mannered Science teacher turns into menacing meth lord.

I've watched a couple of episodes bit hard to pick up what was going on but soon got the drift....probably best show to come out of the USA in recent years, sick of NCIS kind of show unrealistic over the top.Great watching something from a different point of view.

FormulaNova said...

I watched the third episode and managed to catch the second one on iview (or whatever the ABC call it), but I missed the first episode.

Some of the episodes seem to be a bit slow or not much happens. I think after seeing the second and third one, the next two have seemed a bit quiet.

Does it get better?

FN,
Re: "............seemed a bit quiet".....for me (anyway) that's the shows endearing quality. I understand it does speed (pun not intended) up somewhat as Davo has alluded to.

watched every episode since it came on......missed one but caught up with it on abc itv....
keen for him to get back to the cooking and dealing again after all the slow few bits last episode..loveing the brother inlaw dea thing

go to ov guide and watch the lot, TV Shack or one of those.
Awesome show, Dexter and Breaking Bad are best thing out of Yank land for years.

Setting "KEN WINS" beemer alight using the servo screen squeegee was a classic.

I have just become an ABC iView junkie.

Watched "One Red Blood" with David Gulpilil two hours before it got pulled off. The guy is a "National Treasure".

A while ago I downloaded and watched "Underbelly" and "Canal Road" from Nine's "Catch Up" TV. They had a bit of advertising for Honda?? which was tolerable but it was a piss off that they put a timer in the codec needed to play them that rendered them unplayable after going to the trouble of downloading it onto my computer.

My man made me watch the first series and it was certainly different...
Needless to say he was stoked to realize it was on air, even though Aus is a season behind.

cisco said...
Which ABC channel is Breaking Bad on, which day, and when do they add the episodes to IView.

Please pardon my ignorance.

Cisco,
i'll pardon your ignorance but I won't pardon your inability to read the first post of this thread

PS - iView have it literally straight after the show finishes on Friday night.

Some funny bits in tonight's program. For a change the sidekick doesn't get the brown stuff beaten outta him too.

Wonder if Martha Stewart will be along in the 2nd season for a bake-off?

Toon in

I got addicted to it and took pclarky's advice.(Searched ov guide then went to tv gorge)
Just finished watching both series.
Best show from the US i have ever seen.

sausage said...

Anyone been watching this on ABC2.(Friday 9.30pm). Once in a while something good comes out of the States. It's now in it's third season in the U.S. but has only just been picked up here.

Just watched the first and second episode of the first series tonight and it's got me in.

Got to disagree with you on the "Once in a while" statement though.

There is lot's of qual coming out of the US in recent times

Big Love - I'm in love with mormons
Dexter - lost me at the end of series two loved it up till then
True Blood - bring on the next one
Mad Men - love it, next one please SBS
Lost - same as Dexter
Weeds - same as Lost
Curb Your Enthusiasm - can't ever get enough
United States of Tara - Great
Six Feet Under - please please can I have some more

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Watched some of the Young Ones last year and was really disappointed - some comedies age well, like good wine, some don't - Young Ones fell into the latter category for me

Have watched all of season one and hanging out for the next one!! Gets ya thinking! I'm hooked....

pclarky said...

go to ov guide and watch the lot, TV Shack or one of those.
Awesome show, Dexter and Breaking Bad are best thing out of Yank land for years.

Haven't seen this one, but must admit I do like Dexter.

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Mobydisc said...

My niece likes Dexter, I find it a bit weird though haven't sat down to watch it. Almost everyone who has watched a bit of Breaking Bad gets hooked. Its a great story but has become a bit soap operaish in the last couple of episodes.

Dexter looks very strange until you watch it through and it is strangely addictive. I can't even remember why I started watching it, but I am glad I did.

It sort of reminds me of League of Gentlemen in that seeing one episode might confuse you, but you gradually figure it out.