‘Breaking Bad’ on AMC
Did anybody sample this new dramedy Sunday night? Bryan Cranston (dad Hal on “Malcolm in the Middle”) plays a high school chemistry teacher, in dire financial straits already, with a disabled son and a pregnant wife, who learns he’s dying of lung cancer and probably only has a year even with chemo. Seeing TV footage of a meth lab bust, he’s inspired to go into the business, using his chemistry background to become a “cooker” in partnership with a former student. Cranston is fabulous, such a sympathetic schlub doing such terrible things, and there are a lot of laughs with the drama (and even action). I love “Breaking Bad,” except for the title, which I think is terrible, but wonder if it will find the wide fan base “Mad Men” did. You have to appreciate AMC’s ambition in putting shows this challenging on the air.
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
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I’ll give it another chance, but it didn’t really do that much for me. It’s certainly no Mad Men.