UPDATE: F**K EVERYTHING I previously said.
I'm only half way through the first show and had to pause to update. FINALLY I found a new tv show I can both vouch for and get into. When Heisenberg died I literally thought I was witnessing the death of tv. But once again Vince Gilligan has resurrected his brilliant creative demons. In fact, I thought it was Bryan Cranston that made BB what it is but I can tell now it's Vince Gilligan himself. I don't know what it is about this guy but he's got some special TV formula... or some weird type of finesse that's gonna make him go down in tv producer history.
This. I take back my previous skepticism. I'm a full-on convert and zealot now. The word is indeed "epic". All other opinions in this thread are spot-on accurate. This series could eclipse BrBa. The acting is better. That was the weakness of Br Ba, particularly that tw at Skylar. I've seen porn stars getting ready to suck a fat dick that could emote more convincingly that that swing-hipped norwegian.
FYI "The Wire" had it's appeal, but it was also kind of rough and shallow. I liked it, but I could see how someone else would not. I had to "forgive" the show pretty frequently in order to enjoy it. Just like when I had to sit through that other shitty actor "Jesse" from Breaking Bad, GAWD there were moments when I wanted to punch his lights out. Anyways, two thumbs up for Saul.