Bad brings new life and depth to an old one: Malcolm in the Middle's Bryan Cranston, riveting and remarkable as a chemistry teacher who finds a more commercial use for his skills.

Grisly and wacky, suspenseful and sorrowful, this darkly compelling cautionary fable of very abnormal chemistry is infused with a Coen Brothers-like flavor of macabre humor.

Creator Vince Gilligan ("The X-Files") never loses touch with the mundane reality that so brilliantly magnifies its absurd horrors.

Breaking Bad promises seven compelling and unique hours of drama.

Not enough of Breaking Bad was available for preview to decide whether the supporting cast will eventually satisfy as much as "Weeds" regulars like Elizabeth Perkins, Kevin Nealon, Tonye Patano, and Justin Kirk, but Cranston’s Walter is already a winner.

Based on Sunday's opener, Breaking Bad falls around the middle of the pack in the new wave of cable dramas. It's no "Mad Men."

Breaking could be a good study of acting, since Cranston and Aaron Paul (as his partner, Jesse) get under the grimy skin of their characters. But there's not enough of the good stuff, like writing, directing, mood, cinematography--you get the point.

Absolutely amazing. Great cast, acting and wonderful plot. S1 is beyond incredible! Its full of emotion, sadness, happiness, shock and so much more, which makes this a rollercoaster of emotions and addictive TV.

very good

There was some cool stuff in this show, great job by the Jesse character, but it's relentlessly depressing. And man am I tired of the too-smart-for-you **** wife character. I will be glad to die without seeing another too-smart-for-you **** wife. It's almost as if a show, even as crazy and violent as Breaking Bad, must MUST include a family life with a dumb kid and a too-smart-for-you **** wife.

Horrible, **** show where the characters are very unlikeable, there are major plotholes, some major characters are so annoying that you really want to see them dead. And the protagonist - I can't sympathize with him just because he's about to die he's going to wreck other people's lives. The first 2 seasons did have an element of suspense. After that it was just plain awkwardness, cringiness and horribly unlikeable characters.

I watched the first two series twice but on each occasion gave up .. so recently with some time on my hands after a broken leg I decide to give it a go for the third time. I'm currently on series 4 episode 4 and have to say it's distinctly average. Not a patch on the wire, sopranos , game of thrones. Some scenes are genuinely riveting but there are long spells where it gets boring and you lose attention. Hopefully it picks up soon but even if it does overall not good. Really can't see for the life of me what people see in it