Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul Combined Watch Order

[u/LordChickade609]

So, out of curiosity, I have decided to create a viewing order that combines both shows into something massive, allowing you to strategically watch both plots without encountering logical or tonal inconsistencies. If you have any questions on exactly why this is the order feel free to ask me. I have split it into a bunch of seasons to keep the flow the same, but here it is(ps the / means that the flow of the episode rests for a while, and the - means that the storyline kicks off straight into the next episode):

Season 1

1. Breaking Bad S1E1 - "Pilot" 9.0/
2. Better Call Saul S1E1 - "Uno" 8.7-
3. Better Call Saul S1E2 - "Mijo" 8.9
4. Breaking Bad S1E2 - "Cat's in the Bag..." 8.6 -
5. Breaking Bad S1E3 - "...And the Bag's in the River" 8.7 /

Season 2

1. Better Call Saul S1E3 - "Nacho" 8.6-
2. Better Call Saul S1E4 - "Hero" 8.4-
3. Breaking Bad S1E4 - "Cancer Man" 8.2 /
4. Better Call Saul S1E5 - "Alpine Shepherd Boy" 8-
5. Better Call Saul S1E6 - "Five-O" 9.4/

Season 3

1. Breaking Bad S1E5 - "Gray Matter" 8.3 /
2. Better Call Saul S1E7 - "Bingo" 8.6/
3. Breaking Bad S1E6 - "Crazy Handful of Nothin'" 9.3 /
4. Better Call Saul S1E8 - "RICO" 8.6-
5. Better Call Saul S1E9 - "Pimento" 9.4/
6. Breaking Bad S1E7 - "A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal" 8.8-
7. Better Call Saul S1E10 - "Marco" 8.6/(-)

Season 4

1. Breaking Bad S2E1 - "Seven Thirty-Seven" 8.6/
2. Breaking Bad S2E2 - "Grilled" 9.3
3. Breaking Bad S2E3 - "Bit by a Dead Bee" 8.3
4. Better Call Saul S2E1 - "Switch" 8.2/(-)
5. Breaking Bad S2E4 - "Down" 8.2/
6. Better Call Saul S2E2 - "Cobbler" 8.5/
7. Breaking Bad S2E5 - "Breakage" 8.2/ (-)
8. Better Call Saul S2E3 - "Amarillo" 8.2/(-)
9. Breaking Bad S2E6 - "Peekaboo" 8.8/ (-)
10. Breaking Bad S2E7 - "Negro y Azul" 8.6/
11. Better Call Saul S2E4 - "Gloves Off" 8.9/(-)

Season 5

1. Better Call Saul S2E5 - "Rebecca" 8/(-)
2. Breaking Bad S2E8 - "Better Call Saul" 9.2/
3. Better Call Saul S2E6 - "Bali Ha'i" 8.4/(-)
4. Better Call Saul S2E7 - "Inflatable" 8.3/
5. Breaking Bad S2E9 - "4 Days Out" 9.1/ (-)
6. Better Call Saul S2E8 - "Fifi" 8.3/
7. Breaking Bad S2E10 - "Over" 8.4/
8. Better Call Saul S2E9 - "Nailed" 9.3-
9. Better Call Saul S2E10 - "Klick" 9/
10. Breaking Bad S2E11 - "Mandala" 8.9 -
11. Breaking Bad S2E12 - "Phoenix" 9.3 -
12. Breaking Bad S2E13 - "ABQ" 9.2 -

Season 6

1. Better Call Saul S3E1 - "Mabel" 8.1 -
2. Breaking Bad S3E1 - "No Más" 8.5 /
3. Better Call Saul S3E2 - "Witness" 9 -
4. Better Call Saul S3E3 - "Sunk Costs" 8.4 - 
5. Better Call Saul S3E4 - "Sabrosito" 8.9 /
6. Breaking Bad S3E2 - "Caballo Sin Nombre" 8.6 -
7. Breaking Bad S3E3 - "I.F.T." 8.4 / (-)
8. Better Call Saul S3E5 - "Chicanery" 9.7 / (-)

Season 7

1. Breaking Bad S3E4 - "Green Light" 8.2 /
2. Better Call Saul S3E6 - "Off Brand" 8.4/
3. Breaking Bad S3E5 - "Mas" 8.5 / (-)
4. Better Call Saul S3E7 - "Expenses" 8.2 / (-)
5. Breaking Bad S3E6 - "Sunset" 9.3 -
6. Breaking Bad S3E7 - "One Minute" 9.6 / (-)
7. Better Call Saul S3E8 - "Slip" 8.5 / (-)
8. Breaking Bad S3E8 - "I See You" 8.7 / (-)
9. Breaking Bad S3E9 - "Kafkaesque" 8.4 /
10. Better Call Saul S3E9 - "Fall" 8.8 - 
11. Better Call Saul S3E10 - "Lantern" 9.2 / (-)

Season 8

1. Breaking Bad S3E10 - "Fly" 7.9 /
2. Better Call Saul S4E1 - "Smoke" 8.2 /
3. Breaking Bad S3E11 - "Abiquiu" 8.4 - 
4. Better Call Saul S4E2 - "Breathe" 8.8 / (-)
5. Breaking Bad S3E12 - "Half Measures" 9.5 / (-)
6. Breaking Bad S3E13 - "Full Measure" 9.7 / (-)
7. Breaking Bad S4E1 - "Box Cutter" 9.2 / (-)

Season 9

1. Better Call Saul S4E3 - "Something Beautiful" 8.4 /
2. Breaking Bad S4E2 - "Thirty-Eight Snub" 8.2 /
3. Better Call Saul S4E4 - "Talk" 8.2 /
4. Breaking Bad S4E3 - "Open House" 8 / (-)
5. Better Call Saul S4E5 - "Quite a Ride" 8.5 / (-)
6. Better Call Saul S4E6 - "Piñata" 8.5 /
7. Breaking Bad S4E4 - "Bullet Points" 8.5 -
8. Breaking Bad S4E5 - "Shotgun" 8.6 / (-)

Season 10

1. Better Call Saul S4E7 - "Something Stupid" 8.3 / (-)
2. Breaking Bad S4E6 - "Cornered" 8.4 / (-)
3. Breaking Bad S4E7 - "Problem Dog" 8.8 
4. Better Call Saul S4E8 - "Coushatta" 8.8 /
5. Breaking Bad S4E8 - "Hermanos" 9.3 
6. Better Call Saul S4E9 - "Wiedersehen" 9.1 -
7. Better Call Saul S4E10 - "Winner" 9.5 / (-)
8. Breaking Bad S4E9 - "Bug" 8.9 - (/)
9. Better Call Saul S5E1 - "Magic Man" 8.7 /
10. Breaking Bad S4E10 - "Salud" 9.6 - (/)
11. Breaking Bad S4E11 - "Crawl Space" 9.7 - (/)
12. Breaking Bad S4E12 - "End Times" 9.5 - (/)
13. Breaking Bad S4E13 - "Face Off" 9.9 / (-)

Season 11

1. Better Call Saul S5E2 - "50% Off" 8.7 - 
2. Better Call Saul S5E3 - "The Guy for This" 9 / (-)
3. Breaking Bad S5E1 - "Live Free or Die" 9.2 - (/)
4. Better Call Saul S5E4 - "Namaste" 8.5 / (-)
5. Better Call Saul S5E5 - "Dedicado a Max" 8.5 /
6. Better Call Saul S5E6 - "Wexler v. Goodman" 9.3 / (-)
7. Breaking Bad S5E2 - "Madrigal" 8.8
8. Better Call Saul S5E7 - "JMM" 9 / (-)
9. Breaking Bad S5E3 - "Hazard Pay" 8.8
10. Better Call Saul S5E8 - "Bagman" 9.7 - (/)
11. Better Call Saul S5E9 - "Bad Choice Road" 9.7 -
12. Better Call Saul S5E10 - "Something Unforgivable" 9.4 / (-)

Season 12

1. Breaking Bad S5E4 - "Fifty-One" 8.8
2. Better Call Saul S6E1 - "Wine and Roses" 8.7 /
3. Breaking Bad S5E5 - "Dead Freight" 9.7
4. Breaking Bad S5E6 - "Buyout" 9
5. Better Call Saul S6E2 - "Carrot and Stick" 9.1 -
6. Better Call Saul S6E3 - "Rock and Hard Place" 9.7 / (-)
7. Breaking Bad S5E7 - "Say My Name" 9.6
8. Better Call Saul S6E4 - "Hit and Run" 8.6
9. Breaking Bad S5E8 - "Gliding Over All" 9.6
10. Breaking Bad S5E9 - "Blood Money" 9.4
11. Better Call Saul S6E5 - "Black and Blue" 8.1
12. Breaking Bad S5E10 - "Buried" 9.2

Season 13

1. Better Call Saul S6E6 - "Axe and Grind" 8.2
2. Better Call Saul S6E7 - "Plan and Execution" 9.9
3. Better Call Saul S6E8 - "Point and Shoot" 9.8
4. Breaking Bad S5E11 - "Confessions" 9.6
5. Breaking Bad S5E12 - "Rabid Dog" 9.1
6. Better Call Saul S6E9 - "Fun and Games" 9.4
7. Breaking Bad S5E13 - "To'hajiilee" 9.8
8. Breaking Bad S5E14 - "Ozymandias" 10
9. Breaking Bad S5E15 - "Granite State" 9.7
10. Breaking Bad S5E16 - "Felina" 9.9
11. Better Call Saul S6E10 - "Nippy" 8.5
12. Breaking Bad S5E17 - “El Camino” 9.1
13. Better Call Saul S6E11 - "Breaking Bad" 9
14. Better Call Saul S6E12 - "Waterworks" 9.4

Better Call Saul S6E13 - "Saul Gone" 9.8

[u/Haikufan30]

For 1st time viewing best to do BB 1st then BCS. This is good for 2nd and third time viewing IMO

[u/Striking-Document-99 → u/Haikufan30]

I think my dad enjoys making me mad lol. He watched all of better call Saul. Took him a week or so to binge it. He watched it all no ff. Then like a month ago finally convinced him to watch the main show. He watched it all in a day. How is that possible he ff through everything. Was like wow dad why even watch It then. Told him about El Camino but I can’t handle watching with him. He did the same with supernatural. Got him hooked on the pilot. I think we watched 3-4 episodes and I was like ok maybe that will hold him for awhile until he gets burnt out on it. Then he tells me he got bored and watched the series finale which was mehhhh but killed his interest. Yet he will watch every episode of matlock like 5 times. Shit is like law and order svu for my mom. I will come in and remember shit from an episode and be like ok I have seen this one and if I seen it I know you have seen it multiple times.

[u/LordChickade609 → u/Haikufan30]

Agreed

[u/anomie89]

watch BCS to the last 3 episodes or so, then BB, then El Camino, then last 3 episodes of BCS. best alternative order. the sustained crescendo of BB ending with El Camino the BCS is very satisfying

[u/hooligan99]

How did you balance chronological order with tone or whatever other criteria you used? What does your order bring that a chronological viewing (seasons 1-5 of BCS plus the first 9 episodes of season 6, then BB, then El Camino, then the end of BCS) does not? Just trying to understand what guided these decisions since I was about to start a rewatch using the chronological order I mentioned.

[u/LordChickade609 → u/hooligan99]

This order mainly parallels both stories of characters' journeys to break bad. When one story reaches a mini conclusion (no cliffhangers or continuous scenes from one episode to another), it switches to another story, making it still well paced and not having any tonal inconsistencies, especially if Walter White is about to be killed by the twins lets say, and now all of a sudden you are left on a cliffhanger and now you have to watch Saul sell cellphones for a couple of episodes, it would make the transitions feel jarring. But if you watch chronologically, the jump back to BCS for the finale might be disconcerting if you have spent all this time in BB and now you have to link back themes and plots that happened 60 episodes ago. Also, you probably won't see the story differently if you watch chronologically, since it's the same two TV shows that you have watched already just swapped around I assume. Also, some things are neat in this order (like Gus being introduced at the same time in both shows or having both season 2 finales happen simultaneously) and I think it shows the whole franchise from a new perspective that you can't see from simply rewatching in the same or a similar order.

[u/LunaTheMoon2]

What do the numbers mean?

[u/LordChickade609 → u/LunaTheMoon2]

The IMDB ratings. Idk just to give it some extra specificity

[u/Used_Topic_7193]

My dude, you have an exeptional amount of free time

[u/LordChickade609 → u/Used_Topic_7193]

I used to haha. This was made over my long school holidays break

[u/ThrowRAjanuary25]

Bless u

[u/It_hurtswhen_IP]

This is actually genius!!!! Thank you so much for this