Hi Donna I've been there since the beginning with your recaps/reviews and followed it all in real time. I still remember your recap of the Breaking Bad pilot. The show seemed like such an odd swerve for AMC at the time right on the heels of Mad Men and I didn't know what to make of it. (And in truth I believe it was originally sold to FX…
Hi Donna I've been there since the beginning with your recaps/reviews and followed it all in real time. I still remember your recap of the Breaking Bad pilot. The show seemed like such an odd swerve for AMC at the time right on the heels of Mad Men and I didn't know what to make of it. (And in truth I believe it was originally sold to FX which would've been a much better fit) But there were just so much fewer scripted shows back then in the pre-streaming pre "Peak TV" era it was worth checking out. And then of course the first season got completely screwed over by the writer's strike. So in that environment your reviews didn't really start standing out to me until sometime around the second or third season. But after that I'd say your "Breaking Bad" reviews were the best combo of show and recapper ever and the "Better Call Saul" ones have continued in that tradition. Long term the two shows together I'd say this is probably the single best sustained criticism of one television show in thie form ever
Hi Donna I've been there since the beginning with your recaps/reviews and followed it all in real time. I still remember your recap of the Breaking Bad pilot. The show seemed like such an odd swerve for AMC at the time right on the heels of Mad Men and I didn't know what to make of it. (And in truth I believe it was originally sold to FX which would've been a much better fit) But there were just so much fewer scripted shows back then in the pre-streaming pre "Peak TV" era it was worth checking out. And then of course the first season got completely screwed over by the writer's strike. So in that environment your reviews didn't really start standing out to me until sometime around the second or third season. But after that I'd say your "Breaking Bad" reviews were the best combo of show and recapper ever and the "Better Call Saul" ones have continued in that tradition. Long term the two shows together I'd say this is probably the single best sustained criticism of one television show in thie form ever
Whoa! Eric, thanks for the sustained commitment, and especially for following me here.