“How many of you have seen Breaking Bad?” our Health teacher dropped the question out of nowhere like it was some groundbreaking revelation. To my mild surprise, over half the class threw up their hands or nodded like zombies who’d binge-watched at least some of the show. Honestly, I was half expecting crickets and blank stares.
Her reaction? Priceless. She sounded as if the class just confessed to binge-watching snuff films or something equally scandalous. “Did not expect that!” she said, wide-eyed, like we’d all lost our souls in front of the TV screen. Guess she figured we were all kids clean enough to survive on cartoons and cereal commercials.
“I saw it once. Only the first season, though,” I admitted, my voice dropping to a sheepish whisper like I was confessing a crime. “It was wa
