Breaking Bad: Season Two

Breaking Bad: Season Two, 2009. The meth-cooking odd couple tries to get their business running.

Created by Vince Gilligan. Directed by Terry McDonough (2 episodes), Adam Bernstein (2), Bryan Cranston (1), Charles Haid (1), John Dahl (1), Johan Renck (1), Peter Medak (1), Felix Alcala (1), Michelle MacLaren (1), Phil Abraham (1) & Colin Bucksey (1). Written by J. Roberts (2 episodes), George Mastras (2), Peter Gould (2), Sam Catlin (2), Moira Walley-Beckett (2), Gilligan (2) & John Shiban (2). Starring Bryan Cranston.

Concept: 3/4 (Good)
Story: 3/4 (Good)
Characters: 4/4 (Great)
Dialog: 3/4 (Good)
Pacing: 3/4 (Good)
Cinematography: 3/4 (Good)
Special effects/design: 4/4 (Great)
Acting: 4/4 (Great)
Music: 3/4 (Good)
Subjective Rating: 8/10 (Great, 4/4). Intense and fun. The overarching plot doesn't have much direction; the story is basically a series of mechanisms to get the characters to develop the way they want. Not that there's anything wrong with that. That's just the kind of show they're making, and to say they excel at it is a huge understatement. Still, there are a lot of plot strands that seem to be building to something but are just left behind, and it's a much more episodic show than season one was.
Objective Rating (Average): 3.4/4 (Very good)