Which is the GOAT: Sopranos, The Wire or Breaking Bad?

[Im Still Ballin]

Even if you don't think one of these is the GOAT, at least vote for the one you think is the best. And if not, which show do you have as GOAT?

And for those who have watched all 3, give me what you think was the best

Character
Episode
Season

Sopranos:

Character - Tony Soprano
Episode - trying to do this off top of head... Pinebarrens episode, or maybe the one where they go to italy
Season - 1

The Wire:

Character - Omar
Episode - one of the s4 episodes
Season - 4

Breaking Bad:

Character - Walter White
Episode - Ozymandias
Season - probably s4 but barely.. they're all so damn good

[starface]

Sopranos:

Character - Tony Soprano
Episode - trying to do this off top of head... Pinebarrens episode, or maybe the one where they go to italy
Season - 1

The Wire:

Character - Omar
Episode - one of the s4 episodes
Season - 4

Breaking Bad:

Character - Walter White
Episode - Ozymandias
Season - probably s4 but barely.. they're all so damn good

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[Im Still Ballin]

The problem with The Sopranos for me is that it never really goes anywhere

Minimal character development

No suspense

Just cool characters and dialogue that gets old eventually

Every now and then it makes something of a social commentary

David Chase himself even admitted they stretched it out to make more seasons due to commercial influences


Breaking Bad was the complete opposite

Epic character development

Insane tension/suspense

They had a beginning, middle, and end. There was artistic integrity -- the vision was maintained

[bladefd]

I watched first few episodes of Sopranos but just couldn't get into it. I felt it a drag to continue watching so I never got back to it..

Breaking Bad had me from episode 1. The Wire took a few episodes but I was in after that.

[KennyPowers]

On Breaking bad my favorite was the crippled kid.



On game of thrones my favorite was the crippled kid.



Khaleesi naked is pretty cool.

[Bawkish]

I chose The Wire as a whole, it's like reading a novel

As for season nothing beats Breaking Bad season 4

[Akeem34TheDream]

Most rewatchable show is The sopranos. It also was the smartest show between 3 of them. A lot of the stuff happened quickly and in a subtle way. Breaking Bad had the best story. The Wire was the most realistic show. And every season had different subject which I liked. Best production goes to BB imo. It probably had the biggest budget and was aired years later than the other two so thats probably why. Breaking Bad also appealed to larger audiences. And it was without a doubt the most gripping show. Its REALLY hard to rank them but I love western movies and BB had a similar theme so I lean towards it.

[Shooter]

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[bigbaz30]

Sopranos for sure

[rufuspaul]

I recently binge watched Breaking Bad and El Camino. Fantastic stuff.

[Smoke117]

Only ever watched about 20 mins of the first episode of The Wire so can't really given an opinion on it, but I liked The Sopranos more than I liked Breaking Bad. Both great shows, but The Sopranos was better.

[brownmamba00]

The wire for me. So many villians too good.

[brownmamba00]

The sopranos got boring after season 2. Too much psychological bullshit.

[BurningHammer]

The sopranos got boring after season 2. Too much psychological bullshit.

And those psychological stuff were all discarded at the end with Tony-being-psychopath-all-along at the end.

[Im Still Ballin]

The great thing about Breaking Bad is that it never stagnated. It never fell into a formulaic rut.

Sure, they cook meth, yada yada yada... But the game changes. The level they play at evolves.

The Wire only really stagnated in season 3 in some ways. Each season was a fresh new angle on the city of Baltimore.


The Sopranos stagnated hard IMO.