+1 for Breaking Bad being overrated. It is a good show don't fucking get me wrong. But the best thing on TV? Nah.
If people find Skylar annoying, I guess that's the point and the actress is doing a good job. I'm sure the creator wanted to create a wife character who is as "cunty" as humanly possible without being obvious. Who hasn't come across a woman you would like to (different from doing) punch in the ovaries in their lifetime?
And I find it hard to sympathize / follow a story with Walt as the main character. He's a stubborn weakling and if it were real life that guy would have copped 1000 bullets to the dome by now. **SPOILER** If it were real life, he would have just taken the dude's money to pay for his therapy the show would be over by now. He refuses the money because he used to bang the wife of the guy willing to give him a another shot of life but he's willing to sell drugs and put his family and his own safety on the line? I don't really buy it. **/SPOILER**
Walt has practically no redeeming qualities as a human being and is a piece of shit person who doesn't mind ruining other people's lives by selling drugs for his own gain. Now I'm all for following bad / immoral guys, but this bad guy just isn't interesting to me in the way Tony Soprano is. Because Soprano can crack cunts heads open with a baseball bat if people fuck with him while Walt begs for his life when threatened.
Jesse / Saul / El Pollo dude I forgot the name of are the main reasons I kept watching up to Season 3, didn't bother with 4.
GoT is up there for sure. Probably the best eva because even absolute dummies can appreciate it because there is a lot of blood and boobs and it's terrifically done, unlike Spartacus which is a steaming pile of shit IMO. Not everybody can appreciate shows like The Wire or BSG.