Sweet 16 (New Dramas): Breaking Bad vs. Succession

The show everyone was talking about ten years ago and the show everyone is talking about today. Who deserves it more?

 

succession is the more consistent show

 

I’ve only seen Breaking Bad and didn’t really care for it, feels like I probably shouldn’t vote hah

 

Succession shouldn’t have beat GOT, and it shouldn’t beat BB either. we’re still only 3 seasons in and I Like it though

 

Breaking Bad

 

Yeah this is where i’m at. I like succession but i don’t think it should be this far already.

 

This one is fucking hard. My initial gut reaction was Succession, but BB is so god damn good.

Gotta think on it.

 

BB

 

Abstaining from this bad boy

 

I enjoy/ed the shit out of both but also I think they’re both a bit overrated. Going BB but don’t see myself voting for it again.

 

Literally watching an episode of Succession right now, 2nd season, so i have a ways to go but BB was so fucking gripping and exciting at it’s high points.

I don’t think it was inconsistent at all but there was table setting for those peaks quite often. Peak BB episodes are some of the best TV episodes i’ve ever watched.

So ya BB

 

Breaking Bad is great for a season and a half. I doubt I could sit through the pilot ever again.

 

I bet you’d be okay

 

I really doubt it. It is hard to watch people shoot fish in a barrel for that long.

 

i agree with tetra

 

If The Leftovers really does beat Mad Men then I have to keep voting for Breaking Bad all the way into the final four. This is my curse.

 

i disagree with tetra

 

It’s not like it matters. The only challenging decision from here is whether it’s the Simpsons or Seinfeld which loses to the Sopranos in the final.

 

I would take Succession any day

 

I love Succession but this isn't close for me.

 

If this were an opening theme song bracket Succession might take the whole thing

 

What will the next bracket be?

 

Best sex scenes

 

I'm not voting as I haven't watched Succession, but I don't understand how anything could be more consistent than Breaking Bad. Season to season, episode to episode, perfection.

 

as someone who didn’t watch BB until the pandemic, I definitely noticed some things that a veteran Walking Dead watcher recognizes from AMC—random, often slow moving, bottle episodes that cut down on costs by cutting down on cast or settings. The fly is a good example of this iirc. I liked the episode but definitely slow.