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So, I'm way behind here, but we just finished BB


On Sunday. Wow, what a show! I rank it up there with Boardwalk Empire for me.

What other shows do you all suggest now that I have finished this one?

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I don't know what you have seen or not but I can give you some suggestions.

Game of Thrones. I only gave it a shot because of Breaking Bad. I wasn't into TV series at all until a friend suggested I watch BB back in 2010. I was hooked after the first episode. Same with GoT but I think I was fully on board around the 4th ep.

House of Cards. Strangely similar to GoT but set in modern day Washington D.C.

True Detective(first season). Very good show with Matthew Mcconaughey and Woody Harrelson. The second season, not so much. Completely different cast.

I gave shows like The Walking Dead, Under the Dome and now Westworld a shot but stopped watching those. These shows are just not top notch like the shows I recommended, IMO.

Oh, The Sopranos as well, if you haven't watched that already.

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Definitely agree about True Detective

I'll add House of Cards to my rotation Thank you

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Definitely would recommend Game of Thrones and House of Cards as well.

My go-to answer for Breaking Bad fans is The Americans - FX should start paying me, that's how much I lobby for this show lol - because I feel like it's the most reminiscent of BB of any currently running TV show. It's criminally underrated and doesn't get as much viewers as it imho deserves, hope it can experience the same type of a surge as Breaking Bad did in its final season (so far 4 seasons have aired, and it's been confirmed to have two more in the works and then end. Which I personally like, cause it seems the producers and the writers know where the story is going and how many episodes it still needs to get there.)

To continue with the drug theme, Narcos is great. Or The Wire if you haven't seen it yet, of course!

I also really like for example these ongoing shows: Orange Is The New Black, Stranger Things (it only has 8 episodes, so it's not a big commitment), Sherlock (ditto, only 10 episodes thus far) - but these are just personal picks, not something I'd necessarily bet on a Breaking Bad fan loving. I mean they are excellent, just as good as the others I've mentioned, but I don't think they are as much like Breaking Bad as HoC, The Americans or Better Call Saul (which you should watch, obviously.)


Do you even know what honor is?
- A horse.

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I watched 2 episodes of stranger things and just couldn't get into it, I may try again

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Wow - you and I should watch TV together! Agreed about the Americans. It's (arguably) the best show out there.

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 Always glad to see some love for The Americans!


Do you even know what honor is?
- A horse.

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Banshee
Justified
Sons of Anarchy
LOST
The Leftovers
Deadwood
Six Feet Under
Oz
Orange is the New Black
Prison Break
The Shield

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Banshee is tied for favorite with Boardwalk Empire for me

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