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The Sopranos Vs. The Wire Vs. Breaking Bad

Which series gets to continue its existence

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Oh come on you can't make me choose just one between those 3 masterpieces.

I guess I'll go with The Wire begrudgingly.
 
I wonder which of those 3 didn’t fuck up a single season?
I also wonder which one of those 3 you rewatch and realize you've missed a lot like really a lot?
 
I tried watching The Wire.......only made it like 3 or 4 episodes, it didn't really grab me.

Breaking Bad was incredible, but after seeing it once I haven't had a desire to go back. I can't see how it would make the same impact on a second viewing.

The Sopranos I could watch over and over. So it gets my vote.
 
Trax said:
I wonder which of those 3 didn’t fuck up a single season?
I also wonder which one of those 3 you rewatch and realize you've missed a lot like really a lot?
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I’m partial to sopranos, so I would say it didn’t have a bad season. I’m sure not everyone will agree. Breaking bad had dumb parts of a season, but don’t think it had a bad season. The wire was fine also. The whole thing about mcnulty and the ribbon was dumb, but I really enjoyed season 2 the best.
 
I pick Breaking Bad, but The Wire will win this, based on the history on here.
 
rearnakedchoke said:
I’m partial to sopranos, so I would say it didn’t have a bad season. I’m sure not everyone will agree. Breaking bad had dumb parts of a season, but don’t think it had a bad season. The wire was fine also. The whole thing about mcnulty and the ribbon was dumb, but I really enjoyed season 2 the best.
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I didn't care for the "dream" episodes in the last season of Sopranos. Think it was like 3 or 4 of them in a row, and it just got to a point where I was like "enough already." But it wasn't bad enough for me to call the entire season bad.
 
rearnakedchoke said:
I’m partial to sopranos, so I would say it didn’t have a bad season. I’m sure not everyone will agree. Breaking bad had dumb parts of a season, but don’t think it had a bad season. The wire was fine also. The whole thing about mcnulty and the ribbon was dumb, but I really enjoyed season 2 the best.
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Season two was amazing because thats the moment you find out that The Wire is not about character/characters, its about city. S02 unwrapped the rest of the series perfectly.
So many references and characters that became relevant in the following seasons.
 
I'd take the Sopranos by a pretty large margin. It's the only of those series that I've actually rewatched. Wire is too slow and BB was great but I prefer Better Call Saul actually.
 
Dream Evil said:
I didn't care for the "dream" episodes in the last season of Sopranos. Think it was like 3 or 4 of them in a row, and it just got to a point where I was like "enough already." But it wasn't bad enough for me to call the entire season bad.
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I thought it was only one episode. But you are right. May have been more than one.
 
I haven’t seen Sopranos but between the Wire and Breaking Bad I’m voting the Wire, even though between the two shows I’d say the Wire has the worst single season out of them (season 2) but the Wire just managed to hold together in a more coherent manner throughout, whereas with season 5 of Breaking Bad things started getting too cheesy for me.
 
Trax said:
Season two was amazing because thats the moment you find out that The Wire is not about character/characters, its about city. S02 unwrapped the rest of the series perfectly.
So many references and characters that became relevant in the following seasons.
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During my first watch, season two was my least favorite. On my second watch I realized it’s probably one of the best seasons in the entire series
 
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