Eighth Day of TV Christmas- Eight Minutes Breathless

In a new tradition here at the Pool, as both a way of summing up the year in television and celebrating the holidays, we will be releasing the first Twelve Days of TV Christmas series leading up to the day where I hope to receive multiple DVD box sets of my favorite shows. Whereas the Poolies celebrate the best television of the season by a number of voters, the Twelve Days of Christmas is my attempt at giving credit to the top series of the year by me and only me. Having said that, a couple of my favorite shows have been left off the list for a multitude of reasons. In the case of Chuck and Justified, it's mostly because I couldn't fit them into a numbered slot as well as some others. With Sons or Always Sunny, I just wasn't as happy with their respective seasons in 2010. So without further ado, here is the Eighth Day of TV Christmas. Feel free to sing along.

On the eighth day of Christmas my tv gave to me...eight minutes breathless, seven kids a studying, six deads a walking, five deeeaaad rapiiiiists, four ad partners, three Jo Bros, two Terriers, and a paper boss in Scranton, PA.

I really had no place to put it, but Breaking Bad needed to be recognized for its outstanding performance in 2010. The episode titled "One Minute" was filled in tv time by multiple minutes of excitement, hence the "eight minutes breathless." Watching as our boy Hank hung on for dear life as the crazy Mexican brothers attempted to murder him horror movie style, was absolute brilliance. Not only was the ending to that episode so great, but looking back on it, the entire season was fantastic. At the time I didn't think that great of it, but after watching how disappointing some of my other favorite shows have been, Breaking Bad needs to receive credit for showing up to play this year. Other than "Fly", which some critics are touting as a great episode but in reality was God awful, every ep brought excitement and drama. It won't be back until this summer, so we have to wait a while to get Walter, Jesse and the gang back in our lives.