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I had such high hopes for this show. I loved the book series and hated the movie. If possible the show is worse. Bad casting, bad acting, bad writing. The changes made to the story are ridiculous. It's like someone took properties and bits and pieces of the book series, wrote them down and put them in a hat. They then drew it out of a hat and rewrote everything. It's not even that they changed things. It's that they changed things for no noticeable reason. Changing Simon's band and adding Maureen. Changing her art style. Making Luke a cop. It's just a huge series of things that aren't quite right.

I got through the first episode and couldn't make myself watch any more.

An amazing program with character development and symbolism galore. If you enjoy the evolution of a drug kingpin from being an innocent civilian to the natural conclusion of his career, you'll love this program. With an amazing ending that still leaves a decent amount of it up to you to decide, it is truly the story of Walter White. The one thing I can say is that this show is prime marathon material. With story heavy season-long plot, it's easier to watch multiple episodes together, so you catch the little things. You'll still enjoy it while watching episodes here and there, but I feel you'll lose a little bit of the magic.

So I really like this show. Why? I don't even know. The first episode you watch "Hey, this might not be too bad. Try to be The Walking Dead, but whatever." The second episode you watch "This is a little... bad.". The third episode you watch " Holy crap this is horrible. How is it so bad". The fourth episode you watch "OH! It's SUPPOSED to be bad". So once you discover that it's crap. You accept that it's crap. You learn to enjoy that it's crap.

Dexter started off amazing. It was revolutionary. Did I love it? Yes. With season long story arches and noticeable character evolution, it was amazing. The series kind of went off its rails towards the end and ran straight off the tracks by the finale. Disregard the finale season or so, and it's definitely worth the watch.

A charming comedy that ventures into the more risque topics and comedy. It seems almost before its time. This show premiered in the early '90s, without knowing that you might not even notice. Does it get a bit repetitive after the first couple seasons? Sure, but it's always funny and smart. The episodes are only 30 minutes each and 6 episode seasons (not including specials), so it's a quick marathon.