Malcolm in the Middle Will Never Seem the Same

So my present favourite show is Breaking Bad. In fact, it's the only show that I'm watching right now on a regular basis besides anything by Louis Theroux. It's so great because it's COMPLETELY UNLIKE ANY SHOW I'VE EVER SEEN. "What do you mean, Chelsea? How can it be unique?" you ask. Here is what I have to say to that.

All shows on TV right now put in a lot of effort to emphasize a situation. Comedies have their laugh tracks, action has its fast-paced music, drama has its violin medleys, so on so forth. Ridiculous events happen and people react just as ridiculously to perpetuate the intended reaction. In Breaking Bad ridiculous things happen. Almost everything that happens is completely, atrociously bizarre. And sometimes characters act in ways that piss you off. For example, in the first season, Walt(Bryan Cranston) finds out he has cancer. He can't afford treatment, but he is a proud man and refuses the "charity" of one of his best friends. It is frustrating to see this, however it is understandable because we've seen what kind of man Walt is. He's proud. Everything he has that is his is HIS. His house, his wife, his vehicle, his debt. He considers his well-being to be something that only he can be responsible for and doesn't like the concept of owing someone. My opinion is that he feels that the actions he took led him to the point he was at, and it was his time to reap what he sewed to some extent. And that he alone would dig himself out of the mess he'd gotten into.

So that was a bit of a tangent. My point is, you can be morally offended by the things that happen. The method with which Walt chooses to deal with his jam is insane. But it is dealt with in the show in a logical way. Every single crazy thing that happens in the show makes sense. And it isn't made more dramatic with silly effects.

The simplest way I can explain my love of this show(and why I can only watch it once a week at the most):
It is like real life. It is the most realistic show I've ever seen. You don't love the "protagonist". Most of the time I find his actions repulsive. But everything has consequences. Watching the characters' descend is haunting and fascinating.