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The acting can’t be beat. The plot’s details can’t be predicted. Watching it won’t put you to sleep. Either you can’t watch it or you can’t not watch it. There is no middle ground for this high of a level in entertainment.

From the very first minute I watched Breaking Bad, I was hooked. I entered in near the end of the second season at the part just before Jane suffocates in her vomit during her sleep in bed while Walt stands by undecided whether to save her or let her die. After watching the next episode a week later, I caught up with watching all the previous episodes online and on DVDs rented and borrowed. Next Sunday evening at 10/9c on AMC, the third season begins.

If anyone wonders how someone can call herself a Christian and be attracted to this type of entertainment, s/he probably doesn’t get the point behind what this show is about. It’s about how we deal with life’s problems and the consequences our decisions have on the lives of others.

Entertainment doesn’t have to have Jesus mentioned in order for God to draw a person to him. What’s needed is reality. The reality is any and every human being is capable of falling into the kind of sins like those on Breaking Bad. Whoever thinks otherwise is blinded by his or her own pride.

Throughout each episode of Breaking Bad, I often find myself saying, “Oh no!” After it’s over, I have to spend a little time reading a relaxing book to calm my nerves down or else falling asleep isn’t likely to happen. That’s probably the result of how realistic the story is to what goes on in today’s society and how convincing the actors are in their roles.

The main character, Walter White, is brilliant in the show. Also contained within its production is quite an unusual education to satisfy minds continually wanting cognitive stimulation.

Side notes — My son and son-in-law share the same level of attraction as I have towards this show. Even my daughter enjoys it, but not so much my husband. He’d rather not get the whole picture for reasons I shall not mention.