r/imdb • u/its__H • Feb 22 '26
Review 🍿 Live by the review bomb, die by the review bomb
Honestly, this was about time.
For years, “Ozymandias” sat at a perfect 10. And every single time another episode even got close to 10, there’d suddenly be waves of 1-star reviews. This has happened repeatedly. I’ve seen it with Game of Thrones, Attack on Titan, Invincible .... Whenever another episode hits a 9.9 or 10.0, the 1-star reviews floods the rating.
When “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” briefly hit a 10, it didn’t just randomly fall to 9.7. It got review bombed and let’s not pretend a loud section of the Breaking Bad fanbase hasn’t been part of that culture for years.
At some point it stopped being appreciation and started being gatekeeping. It’s like a small group built their own throne at the top of IMDb and can’t stand the idea of any other episode even approaching it. The repeated reactions whenever another show hits a 10 make that pretty obvious.
Now “Ozymandias” is sitting at 9.7, and “In the name of the Mother” is at 9.6. Both episodes are great. But now both are taking hits because ratings turned into a competition instead of just appreciation. A 10 vs 9.7 doesn’t change the quality of either episode. It just shows how messy IMDb score wars can get. Breaking Bad doesn’t need other shows dragged down to prove it’s great.
Honestly, IMDb should filter obvious 1-star bombs (and 10-star spam too). Extreme votes don’t reflect real audience opinion