Unpopular opinion but can anybody else too not withstand shows which become unecessarily drama heavy and loose the focus out of main genre?

>I’ll be honest, I absolutely adored the second half of Season 4 and the whole of Season 5, but before that, right from Season 1, there were many times I felt I was not being served what I had really expected, the crime and thriller aspects. What about the pilot episode left you thinking this would be some high-octane action show? >a show like *Prison Break*. That too is a crime, thriller, drama, but not once did I feel bored, although later seasons suffered with plot and writing. Its rare I hear someone suggest that they enjoyed Prison Break over Breaking Bad lol >whereas in *Breaking Bad* there were literally episodes like “The Fly,” where he does nothing but catch a fly, what exactly does it add to the plot? Thats a pretty devisive episode tbh. A lot of fans have your reaction, but others saw it for the character study it was. If your three seasons into Breaking Bad and you dont get that its essentially a character study show, then I think you "watched" the show, but never really got lost in it. You were expecting 24 instead of the West Wing. >Be it any show, fans might defend it by saying the extra drama adds to character development or progression, but I don’t buy that. Lol what do you mean? You dont "buy" what exactly? Are you saying that shows never have character development or use episodes to highlight a specific characters growth or even backslide? In saying you dont "buy" character development, I fear I have no way of communicating with you tbh. >There is no need to do extra when it adds nothing to the main plot. Character progression and development absolutely adds to the main plot, especially for a show like Breaking Bad where its whole premise is built on the idea of a character evolving "from Mr Chips into Scarface." That was the pitch of the show. Breaking Bad's entire pitch and premise is all about character development, not a crime thriller lol >if someone disagrees, let me know why I hope I made sense.

The development, decay, and dissolution of characters--and, in Walter White's case, the realization by the end that he has become mostly, if not purely, evil--is a big part of Breaking Bad. You might even say it's the main point. There's nothing wrong with watching shows for the thrills and action of the plot; but you might want to stick with standard cop shows and purely action-driven series if that's your bag.

*but can anybody else too not withstand shows which become unecessarily drama heavy and loose the focus out of main genre?* Oof. I hope this is ESL. 

2026 - still haven’t mastered loose vs lose.

Totally get this. You’re a plot-first watcher, BB is very much a character-first show. “The Fly” is about Walt’s guilt/control, not crime. Maybe try more procedural-style thrillers instead.

Breaking Bad is quality story telling, not supposed to be a thriller or suspenseful. You won't like Pluribus. Prison Break ended every single episode with a cliff hanger and was designed to be action and suspense. You will like The Pitt.

I've dropped shows that started out as more comedic but got more drama centric the longer they went on

This isn't real analysis. Everything you say has qualifiers. "Unnecessarily," "subplots that don't need attention." You're not actually saying anything. Or, more accurately, you're basically just saying "Anybody else not like when shows do things they don't like?"

I think it depends on expectations. If you go into something like Breaking Bad expecting nonstop crime, it’ll feel slow.

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