Breaking Bonanza

Beverage: H2O on the rocks

Toast: another day, another dollar

Some of my work chums have been going on and about Breaking Bad. You gotta watch it, oh its so good. Have you watched it yet? Whats wrong with you!

One of them is a sweet and innocent woman, not the typical demographic for drug crime shows. But she is bongo for it and goes on and on. I'm not that into the idea. Not the least reason being that I would have to watch a lot of it to catch up. Seems like a chore.

But I think of my friend and it would be nice if I watched it, so I plunk down in front of Netflix and dial in Season One, Episode One.

And I will say this: it's pretty good. Daring and out there. But I only make it through two episodes. The second one focuses on disposing of a body and doing a murder. When the gore burns through the ceiling due to a poorly-thought-out acid bath, I give a little exclamation.

But I don't watch episode three. I don't want to watch him turn bad. Especially not for fifty more hours or so. I can see how if you had started watching it during he original run it would hook you in.

But flip around in the Netflix search and find some Bonanza episodes. Here we go. Hoss has found an adorable stray dog but it is covered in ticks! Hmm. How will this connect to the angry guy who's in love with a girl Adam used to date?

Incidentally, Adam dated her for three years and "never got around" to asking to marry her.

In the end, good hearted neighborliness wins the day (after Adam kills the girl's oil baron dad in front of her) and they defeat the Texas Fever which threatened the herd.

I have to confess that I perked up at every mention of Texas Fever. I was sort-of rooting for my hometown fever. That and the silly dog that gave Hoss a hard time. What a fool I am.

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