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Start with "Slippin' Jimmy' ;), then watch BB, then El Camino, then Better Call Saul.
Rinse & repeat.
Disagree. Breaking Bad should be approached cold.
Yes. Most people aren't aware that 'Slippin Jimmy' is a real show. I mean, it's animated.. and it's terrible. Vince hates it.
I agree. Start cold with Walter in his Walter tighty whities.
Hard disagree. BCS is nothing like BB. I loved Breaking Bad, hated Better Call Saul. I couldn't even force myself to watch the final season.
Most people that I have talked to prefer Better Call Saul, because Breaking Bad has the stigma of a terrible drug hanging over the premise. It's harder for Joe Everyperson to watch Breaking Bad because it feels dirty. BCS has a more familiar swindly feeling because that's who Saul is and Saul represents a lot of people. But so does Walter.
They're both great companion series, my point was to make sure anyone reading this would watch Saul after breaking bad. It doesn't work the other way. Watch it as it was released. Hell, they overlapped at the end (iirc)
Wow. Seriously? Maybe people would feel differently if they knew Hal was truly the villain, not the hero.
I’m on board here. Didn’t hate hate BCS, but if you’re gonna get into the style of Vince Gilligan, you need to start with breaking bad before you get into better call Saul, because it’s extremely heavy and takes a bit of patience to get through.
Plus, even though BCS is a prequel, there’s a lot of references to breaking bad, so you should watch breaking bad first.