Breaking Bad's 'Ozymandias' is the only 10/10 episode on IMDb in television history (S5, E14). It is considered by many television critics and audiences to be the greatest episode of TV ever produced.
There is no film with a perfect rating of 10. But there is a TV episode of Breaking Bad that held the record of scoring a perfect 10. It aired in 2013 and consistently had a 10 rating, until recently it unfortunately dropped to a 9.9.
"Ozymandias" frequently tops polls of the best Breaking Bad episodes. The episode, watched by 6.4 million viewers—the then-most for the show—is revered among fans, achieving a perfect 10.0 out of 10 rating on IMDb with over 200,000 votes, putting it at the number one spot for its 'Best TV Episodes' ranking.
Attack on Titan now has more episodes with a user rating of 9.9 or above on IMDB. An impressive achievement not held by acclaimed shows like The Wire and Game of Thrones.
This episode is considered by many television critics and audiences to be the greatest episode of TV ever produced. It received universal critical acclaim, is the highest rated TV episode on IMDb and won three Emmys for Best Writing, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actress.
The brilliance of Ozymandias is how it manages to replicate that feeling even as it takes everything away from its protagonist. Ultimately, Walter's losses, like his triumphs, are nothing more than the product of his own decisions.
And when Breaking Bad decided to reference Percy Shelley's 1818 poem “Ozymandias,” the point the writers wanted to make was that nothing lasts, death comes for us all, and power, ultimately, is a fleeting fantasy.
As of September, 2020, there is only one TV episode (Breaking Bad's "Ozymandias") that has a perfect IMDb rating of 10 with a minimum of 5,000 votes. Here is the list of TV episodes having a near perfect IMDb rating of 9.9 and a minimum of 5,000 votes. Which TV episode do you think is the closest to perfection?
In fact, the median is 6.7 (that means that 50 percent of movies with at least 10k votes are above 6.7) and the average is 6.6. In fact, the 75% is 7.4 (the black area in the middle of the plot ends at the first 25%, and 75% quartiles–i.e. 25% of the movies are below 6.0).
1. The Shawshank Redemption. Over the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.
What are IMDb ratings? IMDb registered users can cast a vote (from 1 to 10) on every released title in the database. Individual votes are then aggregated and summarized as a single IMDb rating, visible on the title's main page.
Breaking Bad's 'Ozymandias' is the only 10/10 episode on IMDb in television history (S5, E14). It is considered by many television critics and audiences to be the greatest episode of TV ever produced.
We know from history that Shelley (the real poet) was a man, and we know that Ozymandias (the character) was a man because of the word “king” in the poem.
The episode is named after the 1818 poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley about the inevitable fall of kings and empires. In addition, Bryan Cranston read the poem in a short promo prior to the episode. The poem "Ozymandias" was recited by Bryan Cranston as a promotion for the return of Season 5B.
There are several possible interpretations for the inclusion of all three voices in the poem. The statue's voice is ironic because it is describing Ozymandias' greatness even though the statue has been destroyed; on the other hand, the speaker is still hearing about Ozymandias even long after the statue has fallen.
Ozymandias is first and foremost a metaphor for the ephemeral nature of political power, and in that sense the poem is Shelley's most outstanding political sonnet, trading the specific rage of a poem like “England in 1819 ” for the crushing impersonal metaphor of the statue.
What TV show has the most episodes ever? Coronation street is the longest running soap opera “in the world” with nearly 10,000 episodes and counting. It started on 9 December 1960 and is still going.
