Season 4 of Arrested Development definitely gets better in the second half once you start to piece together what is going on. It's not as good as the first three seasons (and could have used more Maeby), but I didn't need it to be. I liked it for what it was. I started watching the show in May and finished it in June. All around excellent show.
I blitzed through Breaking Bad right after. There are a few so-so episodes, but it's one of the best shows I've ever seen even though Walter is kind of a dick, Jesse is uber-emo, and seriously, **** Skyler. Besides the borderline racist things Hank says, he's probably my favorite character on the show (maybe Saul for how delightfully smarmy he is). And Gus's death scene was awesome. I have no idea where the show is going (haven't seen any of Season 5 since I don't have cable). My guess is that Hank is going to find out what Walt has been doing the last year or so though Mike got conveniently written out of the excellent Season 4 end so I wonder where they're going with that.
I started Fringe last week instead of trying to track down Season 5 of Breaking Bad on The Google. I've heard the first season is mediocre for being mostly X-Files Monster of the Week type stuff, but I like it so far. Apparently, it gets better in subsequent seasons once it starts focusing on the mythology. I suppose that's similar to The X-Files though many of my favorite episodes were Monster of the Week ones (Je Souhaite being at or around the top). Joshua Jackson is excellent and his role as Peter Bishop more than makes up for that awful horror movie he was in a few years ago (Shutter, I think). I keep thinking Broyles is secretly bad which was the same impression I got from Lance Reddick's Matthew Abaddon on Lost.
I've had Netflix for almost three years. Considering how many shows I've seen in their entirety (or most of it), it's more than paid for itself. I wish they would put Wonderfalls on Netflix so more people could appreciate/see how awesome it is.