Its OK but not close to BB.
Breaking Bad had too many plot holes and unfinished ends. The writers occasionally got really lazy and stupidity ensued at times. We are led to believe Walter White all of a sudden had some sort of unexplained meltdown after college and left his girlfriend and all the notes of his lifes work for a never explained reason. Its very important and they glossed over it and never returned to it. Epic Fail.
Then the whole Lily of the Valley poisoning of the boy magically happened. Of course Walter did it, but never went into how and when. (I have theories and read many and they don`t really add up).
The stupid gun he built at the end was something out of a D movie. Total shit and I expected more out of Walter. Marie was a Klepto and they were going with that for a while and then all of a sudden dropped it because they did not know what to do with it. She had a "therapist" and that was that. Total shit. She was a good character actually. Then you had the old lady in the wheelchair who died during filming, but yet they left that in there and did not explain it. Lydia was an annoying moron and so was Skylar and the retarded son as well.
There is a ton more shit that was wrong and did not fit, but thats what is on the top of my mind.
Many more holes than that.
Walter White, Gus,Saul, Mike carried the show. The parts they did get right, were some of the best ever though. Overall good show, but I feel Hell on Wheels so far fits better and the characters are of literary classic ilk, part American Literature-Devil and Daniel Webster/Tom Walker, part Shakespearean at times, sprinkled with bits of Cormac McCarthy with "The Swede" and on.
Both good shows, but I am giving the edge to Hell on Wheels, a show that finally shows the Indians as the savages they were and the Union soldiers the monsters that they were.
