Breaking Bad vs. Better Call Saul

[bidogg Joined: Oct 28th, 2013 Topics: 2 Posts: 1 View Predictions]

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Vote here: POLL

Voting closes on 25th April 2020 at 6:00 pm EST and the winner will be announced the following day.

Any comments about these two great tv shows will be appreciated!

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[Dan Backslide Joined: Apr 24th, 2016 Topics: 45 Posts: 3250 View Predictions]

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Obviously it would be better to judge both shows once Better Call Saul ends, but I’m giving this to Breaking Bad.

I don’t think any other show will top it as my all time favorite.

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[Jays Joined: Dec 15th, 2017 Topics: 1 Posts: 1298 View Predictions]

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I’m on season 4 of Better Call Saul right now, but still I’m going with Breaking Bad.

Better Call Saul is very good. The writing is strong. Performances are great, specifically Odenkirk and McKean. I like Seehorn and Banks as well, though Banks was given his best material in season 1 (as of where I’m at right now). Something just isn’t clicking with me. With Breaking Bad, the stakes felt super high every episode. You couldn’t look away, not that you even wanted to. On the other hand, I’m finding myself really disinterested in some of the storylines in Better Call Saul. I definitely like the show, but I could actually see why it hasn’t performed well at the Emmy’s (in terms of wins).

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[CanadianFan Joined: Jul 23rd, 2012 Topics: 2 Posts: 60 View Predictions]

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The worst season of Breaking Bad is better than the best season of Better Call Saul.

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[methaddiction Joined: Aug 1st, 2017 Topics: 3 Posts: 4594 View Predictions]

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Breaking Bad >>>>>>>> Better Call Saul

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[Riley Chow Joined: Oct 11th, 2010 Topics: 21 Posts: 2216 View Predictions]

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I am disgusted that this has become a question.

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[fvg627 Joined: Sep 23rd, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 102 View Predictions]

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I’ll throw a little love out there for Better Call Saul. It has impressed me and engaged me just as much as Breaking Bad’s first 5 seasons did, all while living under the shadow of Breaking Bad and carefully weaving it’s way into the preexisting universe.  The blend of humor, drama and just clever writing in general on BCS are even more impressive than BB at times. But as others have mentioned, the stakes just aren’t the same.

It’s only Breaking Bad’s excellent final season that puts it over the top for me, and so I don’t think it’s fair to judge yet.

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[Turd Ferguson Joined: Nov 1st, 2014 Topics: 0 Posts: 164 View Predictions]

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Riley Chow wrote:

I am disgusted that this has become a question.

If you get disgusted by this, I worry

Both shows fucking rule.

Big fan of Better Call Saul, Sex Education, Barry, BoJack Horseman, and, especially, Survivor

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[Marco11 Joined: Nov 29th, 2014 Topics: 3 Posts: 203 View Predictions]

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Better Call Saul is much, much more interesting than Breaking Bad.

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[bidogg Joined: Oct 28th, 2013 Topics: 2 Posts: 1 View Predictions]

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Almost 50 votes!

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[Potatohead Joined: Apr 6th, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 130 View Predictions]

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Breaking Bad is better plot-wise in my opinion, but I’ve come to love Better Call Saul more.

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[FairWeatherAffair Joined: May 11th, 2018 Topics: 4 Posts: 489 View Predictions]

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Marco11 wrote:

Better Call Saul is much, much more interesting than Breaking Bad.

Once again, Marco, I can count on you to say the right thing.

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[DvirBA Joined: Apr 23rd, 2018 Topics: 3 Posts: 172 View Predictions]

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Breaking Bad, easily.
The BrBa fanboys are starting to over-hype BCS a little bit too much to the point it becomes a little annoying.

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[Marco11 Joined: Nov 29th, 2014 Topics: 3 Posts: 203 View Predictions]

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FairWeatherAffair wrote:

Once again, Marco, I can count on you to say the right thing.

We should start to look for differences among our personal tastes before we get accused of being the same user, lol.

Just joking, of course! Thanks for your (as always) nice comment 🙂

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[rodben2000 Joined: Sep 16th, 2018 Topics: 0 Posts: 72 View Predictions]

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The two shows are not comparable. Both two of the best tv shows of all time but in a very different way. Whereas BCS is slower and more focused on the character development, Breaking bad is more explosive, binge watching and made of epic moments. BCS doesn’t have that big moments as Breaking Bad does but in a way it has a more complete and consistent narrative. All that being said, I have to choose Breaking bad as the best of this two shows. I think no one will ever top Breaking bad as my favourite tv show of all time purely based on what it achieved(and created) in a tv standpoint.

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