I could do that w/The Sopranos and Breaking Bad, but not spies

Don't know why. For BB, it was because the bad guys didn't start bad, or at least were fairly normal, at first. For The Sopranos, maybe I just am more OK with the mob than the USSR? Who knows.

In response to this post by Late 80s Hokie

Posted: 08/17/2018 at 09:50AM

I finished the Americans the other day. I enjoyed the last few episodes -- Hurley09 08/17/2018 08:42AM

I've heard this is a great series, but I can't get into spies in the US -- WestyHokie 08/17/2018 08:51AM

There are emotional conflicts with this very thing - viewer & character -- Hokie Bird 94 08/17/2018 09:55AM

It definitely is done in a way that can make you sympathetic to the spies -- Hurley09 08/17/2018 08:59AM

Yup, you ended up invested in characters who were actually the bad guys -- Late 80s Hokie 08/17/2018 09:38AM

Same deal with Star Wars... -- JoesterVT 08/17/2018 10:14AM

And Karate Kid. -- vthokieq 08/17/2018 10:55AM

Sons of Anarchy was like that for me ** -- Betabeachbum 08/17/2018 09:57AM

I could do that w/The Sopranos and Breaking Bad, but not spies -- WestyHokie 08/17/2018 09:50AM

It is almost reversed in The Americans -- RTFC 08/17/2018 12:01PM

Philip does. She never really does EXCEPT insofar as she stays loyal to -- Late 80s Hokie 08/17/2018 12:45PM

Yeah, she wasn't going to be part of a revolution, but I also think -- RTFC 08/17/2018 4:39PM

Good point with Breaking Bad. I wasn't as wild about it as others on this -- Late 80s Hokie 08/17/2018 09:53AM

Working w/ Tuco or killing Crazy 8 all seemed like stuff Walt -- RhinoVT 08/17/2018 10:08AM

I could do that w/The Sopranos and Breaking Bad, but not spies

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