“Breaking Bad” is an incredible television show.

For those of you who don’t know, “Breaking Bad” is an AMC creation about a high school chemistry teacher who gets diagnosed with cancer and becomes a rationalizing, somewhat sympathetic, ultimately evil drug lord.

More or less.

On Sept. 29, the sixth season (it wasn’t a two-part fifth season, despite what the cheapskate AMC would like you to believe) ordeal finally ended.

Don’t worry, I won’t spoil anything for you. Because I think you should watch it. If you have any sort of affinity for moral ambiguity, intense action, breakfast or methamphetamine, this is the show for you. It’s all on Netflix, and you could catch up in no time.

Although you’ll get to see the brilliance of Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul and Co., you’ll miss out on the true experience provided by the show. Every Sunday (and parts of Monday), something related to “Breaking Bad” would be trending on Twitter. And for good reason.

The show became a cultural phenomenon. Between its long-time viewers and the recently caught-up Netflix crowd, people bonded over “Breaking Bad.”

No one would intentionally spoil anything. Friends would have to plan on where and when they would watch it (DVR is truly a wonderful thing). Once you were caught up, you would spend hours trying to find Easter eggs and hints, until you eventually admitted that you had no idea what would happen next; you just knew you were excited for it.

All of this must be taken with a grain of salt. “Breaking Bad” is widely accepted as one of the three best shows in the history of American television. Although we’re in the golden age of TV, shows this great are not very common.

However, phenomenons like this are. And being a part of it is much better than not.

I missed out on “The Sopranos” and “The Wire” in real-time. I never could get into “Lost” or “Mad Men.” I just don’t understand the humor behind T”he League” or “Workaholics.” But each and every one of those shows created a cult following in which its fans would hypothesize about the future or fondly remember its past.

Everyone involved would have nothing but great things to say about the experience. And that’s what television is all about.

You can be as condescending and critical of TV as you want to be. You can swear that a show no one has ever heard of is better than something as mainstream as “Breaking Bad.” That’s your prerogative.

But TV, especially in this age of social media and constant communication, isn’t just meant to be watched anymore. It’s meant to be experienced.

So do yourself a favor the next time a transcendent television show comes around: experience it.