"Better Call Saul" has ended its sixth and final season, and with it comes what seems like the end of the "Breaking Bad" universe. The prequel/sequel series stood on its own from "Breaking Bad," creating a compelling and tragic story that showed us the transformation of Bob Odenkirk's Jimmy McGill into Saul Goodman. The final season of the critically acclaimed series brought Jimmy's story to an end, with the black & white flash-forwards giving audiences what feels like a definitive ending to this shared universe of two television shows and one feature film.
Throughout both "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul," various flashbacks were used to flesh out the respective characters in each series. Now that the massive story that started with "Breaking Bad" is seemingly at its end with no further spin-offs confirmed, now is as good of a time as any to look back on the timeline of the "Breaking Bad" universe.
Throughout both "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul," various flashbacks were used to flesh out the respective characters in each series. Now that the massive story that started with "Breaking Bad" is seemingly at its end with no further spin-offs confirmed, now is as good of a time as any to look back on the timeline of the "Breaking Bad" universe.
- 9/6/2022
- by Ernesto Valenzuela
- Slash Film
The following contains spoilers for Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad, and El Camino.
The nice thing about Vince Gilligan’s Albuquerque universe in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul is how neat and orderly it all is. Gilligan and his Bad and Saul writers (including Saul showrunner Peter Gould) take an engineer’s approach to crafting their series. When characters are presented with problems, the show makes sure they go about solving them in as realistic and detailed a way as possible.
That appreciation for realism and detail carries over into Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul’s approach to time. There are very few “circa” dates” or “I don’t know, around Christmas, 2004?” dates on either show’s calendar. Breaking Bad established a starting date in its very first episode and then the writers take great care to make sure that everything that happens after (or before) sticks to a realistic timeline.
The nice thing about Vince Gilligan’s Albuquerque universe in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul is how neat and orderly it all is. Gilligan and his Bad and Saul writers (including Saul showrunner Peter Gould) take an engineer’s approach to crafting their series. When characters are presented with problems, the show makes sure they go about solving them in as realistic and detailed a way as possible.
That appreciation for realism and detail carries over into Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul’s approach to time. There are very few “circa” dates” or “I don’t know, around Christmas, 2004?” dates on either show’s calendar. Breaking Bad established a starting date in its very first episode and then the writers take great care to make sure that everything that happens after (or before) sticks to a realistic timeline.
- 4/22/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
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