Same here. Tried it once, didn't care for the pilot episode and lost interest. A couple years later, some people encouraged me to give it another try after hearing that I tend to love character dramas. I made it partway through season 2 before I stopped and realized this show just isn't for me.

The subject matter holds no interest to me, and the characters aren't likeable or compelling enough for me to get invested.

I can appreciate that Breaking Bad is a well made show, but I don't understand all the universal love it's garnered.

[–] natecox@programming.dev 12 points 3 days ago

I love that show but it is kinda designed to be hard to watch. I don’t blame anyone for not being able to commit to it.

[–] SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

First season is some of the best TV I've ever seen. After that the story lines get more and more unbelievable and the characters get less and less tolerable. Possibly the most overrated show of all time, imo.

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

I agree with that.

I feel like I could already sense the "holy fuck, this thing's popular, let's stretch this fucker out as long as we can" vibes in the writing and overall direction in early S2

Honestly by the end of it I was just so thrilled it was over, it was sort of a show that my wife and I watched together but I was fully disinvested by S3

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm with you. I was with it until Skylar just got unbearably annoying. I've tried 4 times now to make it through

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

Internet turned around from hating her to thinking hating her isn't allowed because it's problematic

[–] Bldck@beehaw.org 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

The first season is pretty bad. It feels so low budget, low stakes and boring.

I wonder if Better Call Saul would be a better entry point and then you’d be more invested in these characters and situations so you could deal with the slow pace of season one of BB

BCS knew what they were doing and had a larger budget from the get go, so you can feel the storylines immediately without revealing too much about the end of BB

[–] tmyakal@lemm.ee 6 points 3 days ago

If pacing is a problem with Breaking Bad's first season, Better Call Saul offers no relief there. I love it, much more than I liked Breaking Bad, but the plot was a very slow crawl.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 days ago

Same. I made it all the way to season 3 but really couldn’t continue.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Same. It's just not bingeable and I struggle to stick to any show that isn't.

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Maybe it's a product of its time, but I had a week off in 2009 and went through the first two seasons very quickly that week. IIRC, it being on Netflix in the early days let people binge it and contributed to its success while it was still airing which made it very popular. I'd venture to say it may be one of the first bingeable shows, but because that wasn't a thing at the time, it didn't follow the bingeable formula, so maybe that's why it doesn't feel like modern bingeable shows?

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

It wasn't the format but the content that makes it hard for me to binge. It's just so heavy, it becomes overwhelming after a while. I have to step back because it starts impacting my mood negatively.