3. Man vs. Wild
The most subtle piece of false advertising in the inglorious history of false advertisements. Mr. Bear Grylls - alligator killer, camel-liver, crab eater and renowned bat tennis player is seen here on one of his adventures - to digest all of this before climbing the next mountain or jumping into the next water body. Sure, everything Bear does is beyond remarkable and it is truly inspirational to watch a human pushing himself to the limits of endurance. But stuff like this spoils it all. You don't want to see the man having a regular meal behind the camera. It tests your faith. It makes you question the feats he accomplishes and nothing is ever the same anymore.
2. The Walking Dead
This fella looks rather pleased for a man who just got his leg hacked off by an axe. There's a smug satisfaction on his lips; a playful twinkle in his eyes - reactions that are often seen from teenagers who just got laid for the first time. Admittedly, though the work has been done adroitly, just knowing that it isn't real from the man's mustachioed smirk takes a lot of the tension away from the scene and from the show. Everyone's seen Saw. The man writhes in agony as he does the grind on his leg before eventually dying from loss of blood. What happened to that? Not even a bead of sweat? Come on!
1. Breaking Bad
Seen together, this picture has more oodles of happiness than a gigantic statue of the Laughing Buddha. There's Walter White, a man lovingly known by the world as Heisenberg. There's Gustavo Fring, fondly called the Only Brown Drug Distributor Ever. They're supposed to be at each others' necks - trying to stab, bite, choke or kill each other in any manner possible. They're the Nemeses of the Year 2013. But here they are, standing with arms around each others' shoulders, looking strangely... happy. The quality of mercy being unstrained and all, to forgive a man who burned the prettier half of your face into a molten mass might be stretching it a little. But who are we to say anything? In Vince Gilligan we trust.