Lmao I find it so funny that people get so mad about some cartoon that isn't even canon. Like stop bullying something that's so easy to bully. It's lame and low hanging fruit.
@@Jor_P It's just so easy. It's low hanging fruit as I said. Everyone knows it's bad. Idk why it bothers you so much. It's just strange to me and kind of a weak insult.
@@Jor_P No one said you're not allowed. It's just so easy and lame. It's kinda pointless too. It's like comedians making fun of Putin. Like no shit everyone hates him. I'm sure you could come up with something else to make fun of. You seem like a smart guy Jor_P. I also don't know why it makes you so angry. But yes of course no one is physically stopping you from making your weak jokes about a bad cartoon that isn't even canon lmao.
@@Jor_P Anyway buddy I'm not gonna go on one of these never ending arguments on the Internet I see about the dumbest shit. And I've clearly started to do that. So I'm done responding.
it's crazy how even the "worst" breaking bad episodes still have iconic moments like the "why are you blue" scene or the walking off to the car exploding scene
the car exploding scene is so bad lol its so obv they only added that bc they had to fit the cool scene quota even if walt had to be against cooking meth for 2 episodes. it made no sense
@@whatwhatwfeenfeenIt’s pretty clearly communicating that Walt is embracing taking risks he never would’ve taken before, communicated through a massive risk taken for incredibly petty reasons. In terms of all-around quality, in-character stupidity/ego, and the way both serve as a thesis statement for the episode, I would honestly say it’s on par with “Stay Out of My Territory”.
I like how after the first episode on the list i opened the comments to see if anyone else was reminded of the Glidus movie and this is the first comment i see
I made the mistake of trying to watch this before I was done BCS season 5, skipping any episode I hadn't seen. I was already spoiled on every major character death, but I still had to look away everytime that clip played
@@HNfilms Watch the video prematurely? I was impatient and wanted to watch it before my breaking bad high came down. Avoid the howard clip like the plague? Even tho I knew the circumstances of his death, I didn't want to know exactly how the scene plays out
I feel like Lalo's first appearance in Coushatta does not receive enough love, such a cool scene that depicts his character perfectly. Also, glad to see early season BCS Episodes at the top of the list. For me those early seasons are criminally underrated
slipping jimmy would be sm better if instead of being animated it was just bob odenkirk pretending to be a child in that really shitty wig from the bcs flashbacks
I know many will disagree but I love season 2 of BB. It shows how Jesse and Walt have to truly learn about selling their product smart and learning the dangers of overstepping. Honestly I prefer it over S3
I didn't mind the change in actors for Jeff because I see it as Gene being intimidated and concerned when he first meets him, then seeing him how he actually is
Copium. It’s pretty bad, especially since they made the decision to not recast anyone under any circumstances, but made an exception for a minor character.
@@pretzelstick320even if it wasn't intended to have that affect, it still did. Obviously the actor wasn't supposed to be recast but that doesn't change that it happened and that it created that element of Jeff 1.0 being from Jimmy's perspective and Jeff 2.0 being from Saul's perspective, even if that wasn't what the writers intended
Hats off to you for giving your genuine ranking of these episodes based on your actual personal preference. I hate when others do these ranking videos for film, tv, or music, and they say stuff like, "Now this isn't my personal favorite, but I had to put it at #1 because it is objectively the most well made" It's art! There is no method of objectively calculating or concluding that one piece of art is the best. I watch these kinds of videos to see and hear others' opinions, perspective, and feelings on a piece of art that I enjoy. What's the fun in expecting the list to be exactly like mine, and then whining in the comments when it inevitably isn't?! Go look at imdb ratings or rotten tomatoes scores if you want mass consensus rather than 1 individual's personal takeaway from a piece of art/entertainment.
29:23 Mike’s “guy” is definitely Victor. Nacho wasn’t even a created character yet and Victor had just died. Even if Mike didn’t like him he still at the very least respected his ability to keep his mouth shut and do his job.
i kinda doubt it tbh. i don’t think mike would get that defensive about victor 💀 in my head i think when they made that scene they didn’t have a character as “that guy” yet so i honestly think it’s nacho since nacho was kinda like mike’s jesse in better call saul at moments
It certainly was. However he felt about Victor as a person, the two had a clear rapport. Watch the scene in "Half Measures" where Jesse gets caught again. Mike and Victor are a perfect team, and their smart enough to keep up with each other.
If Snow Globe snuck into this ranking then the Kettleman "No Picnic" and "American Greed: James McGill" should've made it, along with the minisodes and bcs training videos. I didn't even know Snow Globe existed until just now lol
I do think that I love when Gus Fring started carrying a personal gun in Better Call Saul. Gus was never a gun man, he was a drug dealer who had men with guns. I do love that this was brought to light so well in the Breaking Bad universe. There is a book by Matt Taibbi about a successful pot dealer. This pot dealer had people with guns because you can't go to small claims court with problems.
2:42:44 Only the Alpha Chad side of the Breaking Bad community would take the most obviously messed up scene in the whole series and come to this conclusion
It’s always so enlightening when you start off a ranking video and the episodes on the bottom of the list (except for Slippin’ Jimmy) are overall still decent episodes and can stand up on their own despite the small parts that can bog it down 👏👏👏
I can’t tell how how much of it is jokes and how much as serious. For instance, Hank being upset about being assigned to El Paso isn’t just “for some reason”. It’s because he’s the one who’s been making all the progress on the Heisenberg case and is obsessed with it on top of El Paso being super dangerous. There was one before that where he said it was also for no reason but yeah
@@HNfilms It seems to be implied that Jimmy taking the fall for everything leaves her more or less in the clear...correct me if you think I'm wrong though. There is still the potential civil suit I suppose. Kim was the driving force in the demise of Howard and I just felt that Jimmy took all the fall.
Loved this! Congrats on the great video! I loved both shows and BCS is probably one of the few shows that lives rent free in my mind. So many good moments, great scenes, writing, acting, all. Things to think about, to reflect on.
Or maybe was Nacho, because of his emotional attachment to him and how he saw Nacho in Jesse too and ended up caring for him and trying to make Jesse not share the same fate
@@uruacufutsal1 I don't believe emotional attachment was what they were thinking about when they wrote Mike saying that line. This line of thinking, my line of thinking, is based on the fact that Breaking Bad was done before the idea of Mike and Nacho's relationship in BCS was even conceptualized.
@@HNfilms I know about thematic sense, but I'm talking about the context the line was both written and said under. He had a guy, but that guy was murdered by Gus, and now he doesn't have a guy. And the relationship between Nacho and Mike wasn't written until further into Better Call Saul. So I have reason to believe the writers meant for Mike to mean that Victor was his guy.
I love both shows and your rankings were pretty spot on. Not sure why you included the Slippin Jimmy cartoons, but lumping them at the bottom was perfect. 😂
Good video! Appreciate these moreso just hearing your thoughts on each episode. Also love to see someone shouting out Walt's last line in Saul Gone. The real chicanery is ranking Snow Globe but not No Picnic and Squat Cobbler, though
Ozmadiyas is the best episode…. And for me fly was pretty special..I have never seen anything like it and I revisit that one sometimes. I was looking at its description and was a like WTF but than after I saw it…it was sad yet wholesome
My top 3 Breaking Bad episodes: 1. Felina. 2. Ozymandius. 3. Face/Off. My top 3 Better Call Saul episodes: 1. Saul Gone. 2. Chicanery. 3. Plan and Execution.
FINALLY!!! Someone else who says Grabite State is their favourite. I appreciate it may not be the "best episode" but its definitely my personap favourite. Great vid btw, I enjoyed every minute.
ok so i just finished BCS first watch (besides Saul Gone bcs i emotionally don't have the capacity for watching it, ever). i'm looking forward to sitting with both this video and all of Beat Rice's ranking videos for the next few weeks to make observations. again you did a wonderful job great work.
Real talk- why do people say ‘Walt won?’ Because he got revenge on Todds family and Jesse escaped? I don’t think the ending means that he ‘won’ or even got off easy. He lost it all in the end
@@lospolloshermanos3490 Walt's terrible fate was being forced to live through cancer as a drug lord. He wanted to die, to escape from his hellish life before his family grew to hate him (as evident in S2E9 of BB, the episode where he beats the shit out of the paper towel dispenser). He was not granted the sweet release he wanted. Instead, he lived, up until the point where his wife and only son hated him. Nobody loved him as he laid on the ground dying. He may have been "victorious" but it cost him everything.
Dude this was some of the funniest stuff i’ve ever seen. You managed to keep my attention for the whole vid, i’m glazing but i really do not care. keep this up please
2:42:45 that comment is actually so alarming that they’d rather defend a manipulative murderer than a mother who sees her baby with the man who just murdered her brother in law 💀
I'm listening to this in the background and can't help but laugh at all the little jokes and remarks you have about various parts of the BB/BCS franchise 😂 Good work, man! 👍
Really well done video; came here from Beat Rice and outside of the through coverage plus his cameo, my favorite parts were that reference to the best movie ending ever with Face Off, bringing up the actress from Knock At The Cabin because I had watched that movie a month ago and actually hadn't recognized it was her from Winner...and Howard's Howard moment (which by the way, I don't know if you also noticed it but... ...the way it happens with the camera angle and table slam is very much like Chuck's own slip that I actually wonder if it was intentional as it also was Jimmy induced...vut even if it isn't, in retrospective its kinda funny they gave him that; though when I watched the episode first time me and my brother were legit speechless for almost a whole minute in disbelief.
2:00:28 The berries were sweet. Walt randomly comments to Brock later: "Froot Loops, nice." It is likely, but not definitive, that that was the delivery method.
Lot of nitpicks in these comments, understandably, but may I just say bravo. You made this compelling in spits of its length and the need to catalogue so much. What I really like is that I have a good sense of your perspective and taste when it comes to this universe, the trends that really work for you and the trends that subsequently don't, and it helps me reflect on why I like this strange universe of drug dealers and courtroom drama, these strong willed characters that are so deeply human, and of course all the magnificent, crazy schemes from nearly every character in both shows. Another good effect of this list is getting to just see the range these shows tackle and how it all is kinda unified. To go to the end, seeing Granite State next to Chicanery should feel a little discordant. On paper, they don't have a ton in common, and yet they fit as part of this same continuity very well. It's not only because of Jimmy/Saul, but more importantly that Walt and Chuck's downfalls are of the same stuff, of that same underlying arrogance and lack of regard for those who once loved them. (Imagine Walt and Chuck meeting. Hard to think of a context, but they would be such an insufferable pair together I would love to see it).
Even though I don’t agree with some of your choices, I appreciate the different perspective here rather than seeing the usual choices. Also agree with you on the Fly episode
concerning the shadow university shots and hilarious young jimmy wig: i’m glad they didn’t insult our intelligence by doing some awful CGI de-aging nonsense. i’d rather have a hundred silly wigs than be subject to those horrors!
I love any episode that has a montage of Mike just doing stuff. Maybe it's because of my ADHD, but watching Mike's methodical approach to solving problems makes my brain happy. It's like he has a mental flowchart for any given scenario.
I think a way to improve everything about Gus and Lalo's confrontation would be for Gus to have planted multiple guns in the superlab. Overkill? Perfectly in character for Gus. Would it deflate the tension because Gus would have too many ways to win? Maybe, I'm not sure. But I think it would also add a different kind of tension by forcing Gus to think on his feet and choose which gun would be ideal to go for in his current circumstance. It would also lessen the predictability, since if he has multiple guns we can't know *exactly* how things would go, since we don't know which gun he'd go for. Hell, lessen the predictability even more by having him plant different types of defense tools, not just guns. (TT Games, if you're ever planning on making a LEGO game for BCS, here's your clue on how to make Point and Shoot the ultimate boss fight level.)
I think it might have been better if in the Gus and Lalo scene they didnt have that shot of the gun to remind us its there, let the viewer make the connection to the earlier episode where he planted the gun
@@HNfilmsOr maybe, you know, not have Lalo videotape Gus for 10 minutes when he could have just killed him. I get Gus needed to live obviously, but they shouldn’t have done it that way because it was just stupid how he could have just shot him but instead he was just sitting there recording.
W vid idea, I’ve got a couple of strong agrees/disagrees though that I think are fun to talk about. I like how your favorites aren’t all just the super basic top IMDB picks, but I think having some kind of time stamps in the description/comments for returning viewers to see the new segments would be good. I had to skip around just bc I’ve already watched the past rankings and I wanted to see what was new, something to streamline that process would be cool. This is gonna be a long comment, I nearly made an hour+ long video on this topic but I doubt I’ll ever get around to making it bc of time: I really like the BB S4 and S3 placements. IMO S4 is easily the most overrated portion of either show; a lot of bros say it’s the best season bc of Walt vs Gus but it’s one of the weakest in writing quality. From my perspective, both of these shows are at their best when they find a healthy balance between plot and character development. BB S3 is probably the best at that balance, as Walt, Skyler, and Hank are at their most complex while there are still plenty of exciting, memorable scenes and the plot has a clear direction. The character writing in S4 is comparatively thin, and the slower, early season episodes almost exclusively progress plot (buying the laundromat, establishing the cartel conflict) which isn’t very interesting, while seasons 2 and 3 used those slower episodes to focus on the characters, which makes those episodes comparatively richer. S5 is arguably more plot driven than S4 but seeing Walt in his sigma super villain mode was really satisfying after watching his moral compass progressively degrade over so many episodes, and the team’s “craft” really felt perfected by then. Most of S4 feels pretty surface level on a rewatch; S2 and S3 are far more layered, though the Walt + Skyler bickering in S2 gets pretty tiresome to watch. S3 is also hilarious, the cringe Walt scenes early on are genuinely some of the funniest bits of any film/show I’ve ever watched I think going too far in the “character direction” on the plot vs character spectrum can be a bad thing too. Having BCS S1 as the best season is absolutely insane to me lol but the lower stakes and lack of an overarching narrative give the characters more room to breathe, and I understand why you might like that. But without a clear driving force for the plot, these episodes feel aimless and inconsequential. As a point of comparison, BCS S4 leaves a ton of space for its characters too, but the overarching thematic and plot arcs, of Jimmy’s handling of Chuck’s suicide, the Werner situation challenging Mike’s ethical code of treating people who are in/out of the game differently, and Kim’s growing resentment with Mesa Verde and the pride she develops from her pro bono work, all feel far more intentional than S1’s “case of the week” approach. S4 has a lot of slow scenes like S1, but, unlike S1, I never thought the writers didn’t have a clear goal in mind with every episode. It feels like every S4 scene gives the viewer new insights into the characters that then become pivotal pieces of their arcs, while S1 is just kinda filling up time as the writers conjure up some menial problems that Jimmy can solve. I’m speaking in absolutes here; there are some examples that fit and don’t fit in with these generalizations (Chuck’s hidden resentment of Jimmy was well woven throughout the whole season, the Hummel heist serves Jimmy’s arc but is pretty inconsequential, etc.) but the overall impression of each season is what I’m talking about here. I also think S1 looks kinda ugly as the lighting and color grading are a little too drab/flat. BCS’ aesthetic definitely peaked in S3 and S4; S2 is a little too saturated for me and S5 and S6 have this weird depth of field effect that sometimes makes it seem like the characters are standing in front of a green screen (the Kim and Cliff convo in Hit and Run really sticks in my mind as looking weird). I think they used new cameras in those final seasons bc NM doesn’t have actual film anymore or something like that, but the actual shot composition in a lot of these later episodes, JMM and Bad Choice Road stick out in particular, are still really great. Some underrated episodes on this list to me were One Minute, Salud, Rebecca, Piñata, and JMM. They all have great, subtle character moments, while also having really memorable sections that have stuck with me. Fun and Games is probably my favorite BCS episode; it’s a cascade of subtly devastating moments that perfectly wrap up everyone’s arcs, and, though the cold cut felt really jarring and almost disappointing at first, in retrospect I think it’s absolutely genius. It perfectly communicates Jimmy’s emptiness in a way that a wacky montage where Saul pimps out his office wouldn’t have been able to, and I legit think it’s on the same level as the iconic 2001, bone to space station cut in regard to all-time best edits. On a totally different note, your vids are really well made. The editing is crisp, the jokes are tight, etc. It’s always cool to see smaller-ish channels have high production quality, and I’ve enjoyed watching your vids ever since BCS ended Ozy is definitely the best BB episode though, having it at 15 is a big skill issue and completely invalidates everything. TLDR: This video is mid
BCS is definitely the superior show for me, but I’m glad to see Granite State finally get the love it deserves as it is my favorite episode of Breaking bad as well.
Best Breaking Bad Universe Episodes 1. Ozymandias (5x14) 2. Felina (5x16) 3. Face Off (4x13) 4. Plan and Execution (6x7) 5. Saul Gone (6x13) 6. Chicanery (3x5) 7. Crawl Space (4x11) 8. To’hajiilee (5x13) 9. Rock and Hard Place (6x3) 10. Granite State (5x15)
El camino is super underated in my opinion. My biggest problem with the final season for breaking bad is that Jeesie did not show up enough. This movie has some of the highest emotional peaks of breaking bad in my opinion (Not counting better call saul.) But I do understand why people don'y like it. It came out years later after the audience already had closure with the story and not much ended up happening.
I think it's fine. I like it, I'm just not sure how necessary it was. If it had been written as well as Saul Gone, I'm sure my opinion would change, but as a character finale, it wasn't as strong as BB or BCS's finale.
the best Slippin Jimmy: _absolutely terrible_
the worst of Better Call Saul: _stunningly beautiful_
Lmao I find it so funny that people get so mad about some cartoon that isn't even canon. Like stop bullying something that's so easy to bully. It's lame and low hanging fruit.
@@Jor_P It's just so easy. It's low hanging fruit as I said. Everyone knows it's bad. Idk why it bothers you so much. It's just strange to me and kind of a weak insult.
@@Jor_P No one said you're not allowed. It's just so easy and lame. It's kinda pointless too. It's like comedians making fun of Putin. Like no shit everyone hates him. I'm sure you could come up with something else to make fun of. You seem like a smart guy Jor_P. I also don't know why it makes you so angry. But yes of course no one is physically stopping you from making your weak jokes about a bad cartoon that isn't even canon lmao.
@@Jor_P Anyway buddy I'm not gonna go on one of these never ending arguments on the Internet I see about the dumbest shit. And I've clearly started to do that. So I'm done responding.
@@michaellong4980It's terrible, if you don't criticise it they will think we like it and make more.
Omg i died at 1:01:40
The monotone voice at "jesse manages to beat the 50 year old guy with cancer" bravo Vince
46:05 got me from the deadpan delivery too
6:50 is another great line
it's crazy how even the "worst" breaking bad episodes still have iconic moments like the "why are you blue" scene or the walking off to the car exploding scene
As he said, by about the midway point, it really just becomes a question of personal taste and priorities since it's all gold.
the car exploding scene is so bad lol its so obv they only added that bc they had to fit the cool scene quota even if walt had to be against cooking meth for 2 episodes. it made no sense
@@whatwhatwfeenfeenbut it also shows how smart walt is and his ego very early on
@@whatwhatwfeenfeenIt’s pretty clearly communicating that Walt is embracing taking risks he never would’ve taken before, communicated through a massive risk taken for incredibly petty reasons. In terms of all-around quality, in-character stupidity/ego, and the way both serve as a thesis statement for the episode, I would honestly say it’s on par with “Stay Out of My Territory”.
Can’t think of a Breaking Bad episode without an iconic moment scene
Exact list:
1:17 133-128 all of Slippin’ Jimmy
4:15 127 Snow Globe short
5:12 126 BrBa S2E04 Down
6:16 125 BrBa S1E04 Cancer Man
7:02 124 BrBa S2E03 Bit by a Dead Bee
7:58 123 BrBa S4E03 Open House
9:19 122 BrBa S2E01 Seven Thirty-Seven
10:48 121 BrBa S2E05 Breakage
11:41 120 BCS S6E02 Carrot and Stick
12:56 119 BCS S5E05 Dedicado a Max
13:46 118 BCS S4E04 Talk
14:38 117 BrBa S1E07 A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal
15:54 116 BrBa S3E01 No Más
17:07 115 BCS S3E01 Mabel
17:51 114 BrBa S3E09 Kafkaesque
19:54 113 BrBa S4E02 Thirty-Eight Snub
21:09 112 BCS S6E10 Nippy
22:37 111 BCS S5E03 The Guy For This
23:32 110 BCS S6E06 Axe and Grind
24:32 109 BCS S1E10 Marco
25:43 108 BCS S3E08 Slip
26:34 107 BrBa S3E03 I.F.T.
27:51 106 BCS S3E04 Sabrosito
28:44 105 BrBa S4E05 Shotgun
30:39 104 BCS S5E04 Namaste
31:24 103 BrBa S3E11 Abiquiú
33:02 102 BCS S2E05 Rebecca
33:43 101 BrBa S1E05 Gray Matter
34:49 100 BCS S4E03 Something Beautiful
35:47 99 BrBa S5E04 Fifty-One
36:51 98 BCS S2E06 Bali Ha’i
38:03 97 BCS S5E02 50% Off
38:52 96 BrBa S5E02 Madrigal
40:23 95 BrBa S4E04 Bullet Points
42:35 94 BCS S6E01 Wine and Roses
44:10 93 BCS S4E02 Breathe
45:07 92 BCS S5E01 Magic Man
46:12 91 BCS S2E03 Amarillo
46:57 90 BrBa S3E08 I See You
48:08 89 BCS S4E07 Something Stupid
49:16 88 BCS S3E03 Sunk Costs
51:46 87 BrBa S3E05 Más
53:32 86 BCS S1E07 Bingo
54:35 85 BrBa S5E12 Rabid Dog
56:14 84 BrBa S4E06 Cornered
57:50 83 BrBa S2E10 Over
58:56 82 BCS S4E05 Quite a Ride
59:50 81 BCS S3E06 Off Brand
1:00:39 80 BrBa S4E09 Bug
1:01:46 79 BCS S3E09 Fall
1:03:03 78 BCS S3E07 Expenses
1:03:56 77 BCS S1E04 Hero
1:04:45 76 El Camino
1:05:56 75 BrBa S3E02 Caballo Sin Nombre
1:08:18 74 BCS S4E06 Pinata
1:09:30 73 BrBa S1E02 Cat’s in the Bag…
1:11:00 72 BrBa S2E07 Negro y Azul
1:12:19 71 BrBa S1E06 Crazy Handful of Nothin’
1:13:37 70 BrBa S5E10 Buried
1:14:50 69 BrBa S2E06 Peekaboo
1:16:02 68 BCS S6E05 Black and Blue
1:16:52 67 BCS S1E06 Five-O
1:18:04 66 BrBa S5E09 Blood Money
1:19:32 65 BrBa S4E07 Problem Dog
1:20:48 64 BrBa S4E08 Hermanos
1:22:17 63 BCS S1E03 Nacho
1:23:50 62 BCS S2E08 Fifi
1:25:14 61 BrBa S5E11 Confessions
1:26:53 60 BCS S6E11 Breaking Bad
1:28:18 59 BrBa S2E13 ABQ
1:29:40 58 BCS S1E02 Mijo
1:30:25 57 BCS S2E07 Inflatable
1:31:33 56 BrBa S5E03 Hazard Pay
1:33:24 55 BCS S4E01 Smoke
1:34:13 54 BCS S2E01 Switch
1:34:56 53 BrBa S3E04 Green Light
1:37:43 52 BCS S2E09 Nailed
1:38:53 51 BCS S2E10 Klick
1:40:21 50 BCS S1E05 Alpine Shepherd Boy
1:41:19 49 BrBa S3E07 One Minute
1:42:39 48 BrBa S2E11 Mandala
1:44:12 47 BrBa S5E13 To’hajiilee
1:47:58 46 BrBa S5E06 Buyout
1:49:36 45 BCS S4E09 Weidersehen
1:50:23 44 BrBa S5E01 Live Free or Die
1:52:23 43 BCS S6E12 Waterworks
1:54:14 42 BCS S5E10 Something Unforgivable
1:55:17 41 BrBa S3E06 Sunset
1:56:23 40 BrBa S1E03 …and the Bag’s in the River
1:57:36 39 BCS S2E04 Gloves Off
1:59:33 38 BrBa S4E12 End Times
2:01:07 37 BrBa S4E01 Box Cutter
2:02:31 36 BCS S6E04 Hit and Run
2:04:30 35 BrBa S5E05 Dead Freight
2:05:54 34 BCS S5E07 JMM
2:07:23 33 BCS S6E08 Point and Shoot
2:09:52 32 BCS S1E08 RICO
2:11:43 31 BrBa S1E01 Pilot
2:13:57 30 BCS S1E01 Uno
2:15:39 29 BrBa S5E08 Gliding Over All
2:16:57 28 BCS S2E02 Cobbler
2:18:23 27 BrBa S4E10 Salud
2:20:13 26 BCS S6E03 Rock and Hard Place
2:21:50 25 BCS S4E08 Coushatta
2:23:31 24 BrBa S5E07 Say My Name
2:25:10 23 BCS S3E10 Lantern
2:26:39 22 BrBa S2E02 Grilled
2:28:02 21 BrBa S2E12 Phoenix
2:30:05 20 BCS S3E02 Witness
2:31:41 19 BCS S5E08 Bagman
2:32:57 18 BrBa S2E08 Better Call Saul
2:35:13 17 BrBa S4E11 Crawl Space
2:39:32 16 BCS S1E09 Pimento
2:41:17 15 BrBa S5E14 Ozymandias
2:43:18 14 BrBa S4E13 Face Off
2:45:20 13 BrBa S3E12 Half Measures
2:47:14 12 BCS S5E09 Bad Choice Road
2:48:54 11 BrBa S3E13 Full Measure
2:50:43 10 BrBa S2E09 4 Days Out
2:51:59 9 BrBa S3E10 Fly
2:54:53 8 BCS S5E06 Wexler v. Goodman
2:56:22 7 BCS S6E07 Plan and Execution
2:59:10 6 BrBa S5E16 Felina
3:01:07 5 BCS S6E09 Fun and Games
3:03:21 4 BrBa S5E15 Granite State
3:06:29 3 BCS S3E05 Chicanery
3:08:07 2 BCS S4E10 Winner
3:10:29 1 BCS S6E13 Saul Gone
His opinion is garbage lmao
Top 5 should be:
#1 felina
#2 ozymandias
#3 plan and execution
#4 saul gone
#5 face off
@@Graycent7326#6 Chicanery
You’re a legend
@@Graycent7326 according to imdb maybe lol winner is top 5 for sure
Hey mate, congratulations on making this.
Your GOT video was the main inspiration for all this, your comment means a lot. Whens the next pisstake
Any chance we get new music before HotD S2?
I like how after the first episode on the list i opened the comments to see if anyone else was reminded of the Glidus movie and this is the first comment i see
What´s Glombee doing here?
@@HNfilms I knew you had glidus inspiration when I heard your transitions between each episode
I’m so glad somebody finally talked about Granite State, that ending scene was the scene that moved me the most in any piece of media ever
I think it is beyond perfect
Yeah, definitely my favorite ending scene in the show
Well he talked about EVERY episode
the amount of time this guy uses the Howard death clip is insane
the clip played as i read this comment and i lol'd
I made the mistake of trying to watch this before I was done BCS season 5, skipping any episode I hadn't seen. I was already spoiled on every major character death, but I still had to look away everytime that clip played
@inaviatable118 why would you do that
@@HNfilms Watch the video prematurely? I was impatient and wanted to watch it before my breaking bad high came down.
Avoid the howard clip like the plague? Even tho I knew the circumstances of his death, I didn't want to know exactly how the scene plays out
@@inaviatable118nah you're making an L decision
I love how he mentions more about the Kettleman’s return in carrot and stick more than AN ENTIRE SHOOTOUT
Kettlemans are more important
Betsy Kettleman made my sigma spray Shoot out
@@swagZanaris OH MY GOD?? HELP??
I mean he said everything that needed to be said about the shootout, it's ass
@@Grapevin Why? It wasn't perfect but it was cool
I feel like Lalo's first appearance in Coushatta does not receive enough love, such a cool scene that depicts his character perfectly.
Also, glad to see early season BCS Episodes at the top of the list. For me those early seasons are criminally underrated
"We also get to meet nacho. Who at this stage is a far cry from what he becomes down the road"
Touché
What dat mean
He's the first villain in Far Cry 3@@marshmellowguy586
@@marshmellowguy586 the actor, Michael Mando, is well known for his role as Vaas in Far Cry 3
slipping jimmy would be sm better if instead of being animated it was just bob odenkirk pretending to be a child in that really shitty wig from the bcs flashbacks
I know many will disagree but I love season 2 of BB. It shows how Jesse and Walt have to truly learn about selling their product smart and learning the dangers of overstepping. Honestly I prefer it over S3
didn't realize there were a lot of haters of season 2 of Breaking Bad.
Thank you! It has so many important character moments
S2 is the best
I respectfully disagree
S2 is better than 3,4, and 5.
3:10:56 this is my favorite shot in the whole show. Kim sitting between the letters EX in EXIT. Ex wife. Not to mention the obvious Chuck references.
Wow, insane catch there
@@teakfreeman3543thank you
her feet shots better
Solid ranking. My top 3 (in no particular order) are Face Off, Ozymandias, and Plan & Execution
I didn't mind the change in actors for Jeff because I see it as Gene being intimidated and concerned when he first meets him, then seeing him how he actually is
Copium. It’s pretty bad, especially since they made the decision to not recast anyone under any circumstances, but made an exception for a minor character.
I didn’t even notice lol
@@NoThankYous yeah I'm surprise people even noticed this
@@pretzelstick320you can’t just call everything someone doesn’t have a problem with cope lmao
@@pretzelstick320even if it wasn't intended to have that affect, it still did. Obviously the actor wasn't supposed to be recast but that doesn't change that it happened and that it created that element of Jeff 1.0 being from Jimmy's perspective and Jeff 2.0 being from Saul's perspective, even if that wasn't what the writers intended
The dread in waiting for Fly to show up is wild.
Hats off to you for giving your genuine ranking of these episodes based on your actual personal preference. I hate when others do these ranking videos for film, tv, or music, and they say stuff like, "Now this isn't my personal favorite, but I had to put it at #1 because it is objectively the most well made"
It's art! There is no method of objectively calculating or concluding that one piece of art is the best. I watch these kinds of videos to see and hear others' opinions, perspective, and feelings on a piece of art that I enjoy. What's the fun in expecting the list to be exactly like mine, and then whining in the comments when it inevitably isn't?!
Go look at imdb ratings or rotten tomatoes scores if you want mass consensus rather than 1 individual's personal takeaway from a piece of art/entertainment.
1:30:02 LMFAOOOO I see what you did there. Got a huge chuckle out of me haha
Words cannot describe how much I love the thumbnail for this one
It’s my greatest work
@@HNfilmsLet’s put it up in a museum
@@HNfilms I like how mike is in the middle lol, considering how he's probably one of the only characters the has so much screen time in both shows.
I’m glad you put 4 Days Out so high, it’s my comfort episode that I watch when I just want to have something on and I think it’s really good.
Crawl Space will forever remain my favorite, the climax of Walt's character and the ending sequence is chef's kiss still
Amazing video with amazing editing, can’t wait for “Every Kim Wexler Foot Scene Ranked”
My favorite running bit in this video (and the previous ones before it) is calling any action a character makes “trolling”
Theres a lot of trolling in the BBU what can I say?
Winner will always be my favorite. Amazing list overall. This is insane.
Same. Just so much stuff there.
Saul Gone is still in my top 5 though
I think chicanery and Saul gone are my favorite better call Saul episodes
1:30:02
"we also get to meet nacho, who at this stage was a Far Cry"
"did I ever tell you the definition of insanity?"
Love your games ❤️
First thing I thought of
You think Fly just happens to be above Ozymandious? No, He orchestrated it! Jimmy!
29:23 Mike’s “guy” is definitely Victor. Nacho wasn’t even a created character yet and Victor had just died. Even if Mike didn’t like him he still at the very least respected his ability to keep his mouth shut and do his job.
i kinda doubt it tbh. i don’t think mike would get that defensive about victor 💀 in my head i think when they made that scene they didn’t have a character as “that guy” yet so i honestly think it’s nacho since nacho was kinda like mike’s jesse in better call saul at moments
It certainly was. However he felt about Victor as a person, the two had a clear rapport. Watch the scene in "Half Measures" where Jesse gets caught again. Mike and Victor are a perfect team, and their smart enough to keep up with each other.
@coloncancer8396 nacho doesn't even make sense though. Mike didn't hire nacho as a bodyguard or something
Victor had just died a few episodes before Mike started talking about “the guy”, of course he was talking about Victor
Mike's guy was his son.
Stopped considering this as a serious video after not seeing "Fly" until number 100. Still a good watch.
2:21:40 honestly part of me interpreted Mikes "come on, do it" as Nacho held Bolsa hostage was him hoping that Nacho tried to fight back.
I 100 percent agree. I think he was saying kill Bolsa. I feel like if he had Mike would have started shooting
If Snow Globe snuck into this ranking then the Kettleman "No Picnic" and "American Greed: James McGill" should've made it, along with the minisodes and bcs training videos. I didn't even know Snow Globe existed until just now lol
Fuck I shouldve included the American Greed video
@@HNfilmsRewatch the whole universe again and make a new video ranking every single piece of content that came out of it.
19:43 - omg I never saw that Walt and Marie made the same "what are you talking about" gesture :D Brilliant!
I do think that I love when Gus Fring started carrying a personal gun in Better Call Saul. Gus was never a gun man, he was a drug dealer who had men with guns. I do love that this was brought to light so well in the Breaking Bad universe.
There is a book by Matt Taibbi about a successful pot dealer. This pot dealer had people with guns because you can't go to small claims court with problems.
there are no words to describe how truly amazing the better call saul finally is
And yet still Ozymandias is the true climax of Cinema. Nothing is better
@@smallbudoofelina, winner, full measure, saul gone>
@@Better_call_jimmy no
@@Better_call_jimmyAlthough I love all of them, Ozymandias is still the greatest episode to ever grace television.
@@rajveerdholan8291 yeah man ozymandias is amazing I am just saying my opinion
Fly above Ozymandias is the DEFINITION of contrarian lol
It’s a good episode but come on man
The trilogy is now complete 🗣️
2:42:44 Only the Alpha Chad side of the Breaking Bad community would take the most obviously messed up scene in the whole series and come to this conclusion
It’s always so enlightening when you start off a ranking video and the episodes on the bottom of the list (except for Slippin’ Jimmy) are overall still decent episodes and can stand up on their own despite the small parts that can bog it down 👏👏👏
The Sonic 3 & Knuckles of HN FILMS
I can’t tell how how much of it is jokes and how much as serious. For instance, Hank being upset about being assigned to El Paso isn’t just “for some reason”. It’s because he’s the one who’s been making all the progress on the Heisenberg case and is obsessed with it on top of El Paso being super dangerous. There was one before that where he said it was also for no reason but yeah
1:40:00 it's the first time I cried in this show. That scene itself showes how Jimmy loves Kim and he would do literally ANYTHING for her
But taking 86 years in jail so that she could get away scott free is kinda dumb to be honest
Who said she got off scot free?
@@HNfilms It seems to be implied that Jimmy taking the fall for everything leaves her more or less in the clear...correct me if you think I'm wrong though. There is still the potential civil suit I suppose. Kim was the driving force in the demise of Howard and I just felt that Jimmy took all the fall.
No joke this video helped me stay up all night and study for an exam when this dropped. I’VE NOW GRADUATED.
"Hank losing his shit and gamer raging at Jesse after he got trolled last episode" had me on the floor
Here is my ranking (not including Snow Globe)
127: Every Slippin' Jimmy Episode -100/10
126: Mabel BCS S3 E1 8/10
125: Shotgun BB S4 E5 8/10
124: Thirty Eight Snub BB S4 E2 8/10
123: Talk BCS S4 E4 8/10
122: Down BB S2 E4 8/10
121: Seven Thirty-Seven BB S2 E1 8/10
120: Open House BB S4 E3 8/10
119: Dedicado A Max BCS S5 E5 8/10
118: Breakage BB S2 E5 8/10
117: Bit By a Dead Bee BB S2 E3 8/10
116: Nippy BCS S6 E10 8.1/10
115: Carrot And Stick BCS S6 E2 8.1/10
114: Marco BCS S1 E10 8.1/10
113: No Mas BB S3 E1 8.1/10
112: Bali Ha'i BCS S2 E6 8.2/10
111: Cornered BB S4 E6 8.2/10
110: Namaste BCS S5 E4 8.2/10
109: Cancer Man BB S1 E4 8.3/10
108: Rebecca BCS S2 E5 8.5/10
107: Off Brand BCS S3 E6 8.5/10
106: Sabrosito BCS S3 E4 8.5/10
105: Bingo BCS S1 E7 8.5/10
104: Breathe BCS S4 E2 8.5/10
103: Sunk Costs BCS S3 E3 8.6/10
102: 50% Off BCS S5 E2 8.6/10
101: Gray Matter BB S1 E5 8.7/10
100: Mas BB S3 E5 8.8/10
99: Something Beautiful BCS S4 E3 8.9/10
98: Bullet Points BB S4 E4 9/10
97: The Guy for This BCS S5 E3 9/10
96: A No Rough Stuff Type Deal BB S1 E7 9/10
95: Hero BCS S1 E4 9/10
94: Expenses BCS S3 E7 9/10
93: Switch BCS S2 E1 9/10
92: Fall BCS S3 E9 9/10
91: Pinata BCS S4 E6 9/10
90: Quite a Ride BCS S4 E5 9/10
89: Amarillo BCS S2 E3 9/10
88: Smoke BCS S4 E1 9.1/10
87: Slip BCS S3 E8 9.1/10
86: I.F.T BB S3 E3 9.2/10
85: Negro Y Azul BB S2 E7 9.2/10
84: Wine and Roses BCS S6 E1 9.2/10
83: Caballo Sin Nombre BB S3 E2 9.3/10
82: Bug BB S4 E9 9.3/10
81: Fifi BCS S2 E8 9.3/10
80: Peekaboo BB S2 E6 9.3/10
79: Nacho BCS S1 E3 9.3/10
78: Green Light BCS S3 E4 9.3/10
77: Nailed BCS S2 E9 9.4/10
76: Black and Blue BCS S6 E5 9.4/10
75: Cat's In the Bag... BB S1 E2 9.4/10
74: Fifty-One BB S5 E4 9.4/10
73: Rico BCS S1 E8 9.5/10
72: Hit and Run BCS S6 E6 9.5/10
71: Madrigal BB S5 E2 9.5/10
70: Klick BCS S2 E10 9.5/10
69: Something Stupid BCS S4 E7 9.5/10
68: Alpine Sheperd Boy BCS S1 E5 9.6/10
67: Wiedersehen BCS S4 E9 9.6/10
66: Axe and Grind BCS S6 E6 9.6/10
65: Inflatable BCS S2 E7 9.6/10
64: Coushatta BCS S4 E8 9.6/10
63: Mijo BCS S1 E2 9.6/10
62: Uno BCS S1 E1 9.6/10
61: Pilot BB S1 E1 9.6/10
60: Cobbler BCS S2 E2 9.6/10
59. Kafkaesque BB S3 E9 9.6/10
58: Gloves Off BCS S2 E4 9.6/10
57: Buyout BB S5 E3 9.6/10
56: Bad Choice Road BCS S5 E9 9.6/10
55: Over BB S2 E10 9.6/10
54: Abiquiu BB S3 E11 9.6/10
53: Witness BCS S3 E2 9.7/10
52: Problem Dog BB S4 E7 9.7/10
51: I See You BB S3 E8 9.7/10
50: Sunset BB S3 E6 9.7/10
49: Hazard Pay BB S5 E3 9.7/10
48: Mandala BB S2 E11 9.7/10
47: Live Free or Die BB S5 E1 9.7/10
46: Hermanos BB S4 E8 9.7/10
45: ABQ BB S2 E13 9.7/10
44: Buried BB S5 E10 9.7/10
43: Rabid Dog BB S5 E12 9.7/10
42: Blood Money BB S5 E9 9.7/10
41: Magic Man BCS S5 E1 9.8/10
40: Lantern BCS S3 E10 9.8/10
39: Box Cutter BB S4 E1 9.8/10
38: Waterworks BCS S6 E12 9.8/10
37: End Times BB S4 E12 9.8/10
36: One Minute BB S3 E7 9.8/10
35: ...And the Bag's in the River BB S1 E3 9.8/10
34: Wexler V. Goodman BCS S5 E6
33: Crazy Handful of Nothin' BB S1 E6 9.8/10
32: Gliding Over All BB S5 E8 9.8/10
31: Confessions BB S5 E11 9.8/10
30: Grilled BB S2 E2 9.8/10
29: Fly BB S3 E10 9.8/10
28: Salud BB S4 E10 9.9/10
27: Breaking Bad BCS S6 E11 9.9/10
26: Better Call Saul BB S2 E8 9.9/10
25: JMM BCS S5 E7 9.9/10
24: Rock and Hard Place BCS S6 E3 9.9/10
23: Crawl Space BB S4 E11 9.9/10
22: Half Measures BB S3 E12 9.9/10
21: Something Unforgivable BCS S5 E10 9.9/10
20: Say My Name BB S5 E7 10/10
19: Pimento BCS S1 E9 10/10
18: Dead Freight BB S5 E5 10/10
17: Fun and Games BCS S6 E9 10/10
16: Bagman BCS S5 E8 10/10
15: 4 Days Out BB S2 E9 10/10
14: Point and Shoot BCS S6 E8 10/10
13: Full Measure BB S3 E13 10/10
12: Phoenix BB S2 E12 10/10
11: Winner BCS S4 E10 10/10
10: El Camino 10/10
9: To'hajiilee BB S5 E13 10/10
8: Face Off BB S4 E13 10/10
7: Chicanery BCS S3 E5 10/10
6: Five-O BCS S1 E6 10/10
5: Saul Gone BCS S6 E13 11/10
4: Plan and Execution BCS S6 E7 11/10
3: Granite State BB S5 E15 11/10
2: Ozymandias BB S5 E14 11/10
1: Felina BB S5 E16 1,000,000/10
Now for the Season Ranking:
11. BCS Season 2
10. BB Season 1
9. BB Season 2
8. BCS Season 4
7. BCS Season 3
6. BB Season 3
5. BCS Season 1
4. BB Season 4
3. BCS Season 5
2. BCS Season 6
1. BB Season 5
This comment took me 3 hours but I just wanted to share my thoughts.
3 hours for a comment is crazy but I respect it
The level of glaze in this comment is insane, like I guess the worst episode of the entirety of bcs and bb is a 8/10??? no fucking way
Loved this! Congrats on the great video! I loved both shows and BCS is probably one of the few shows that lives rent free in my mind. So many good moments, great scenes, writing, acting, all. Things to think about, to reflect on.
Mike's guy was definitely Victor. Even if he didn't like him, he had to work with him.
Definitely
Or maybe was Nacho, because of his emotional attachment to him and how he saw Nacho in Jesse too and ended up caring for him and trying to make Jesse not share the same fate
Nacho as his guy makes more thematic sense but he didnt really do much proper “work” with him compared to Victor or any of Gus’ other goons
@@uruacufutsal1 I don't believe emotional attachment was what they were thinking about when they wrote Mike saying that line. This line of thinking, my line of thinking, is based on the fact that Breaking Bad was done before the idea of Mike and Nacho's relationship in BCS was even conceptualized.
@@HNfilms I know about thematic sense, but I'm talking about the context the line was both written and said under. He had a guy, but that guy was murdered by Gus, and now he doesn't have a guy. And the relationship between Nacho and Mike wasn't written until further into Better Call Saul. So I have reason to believe the writers meant for Mike to mean that Victor was his guy.
I love both shows and your rankings were pretty spot on. Not sure why you included the Slippin Jimmy cartoons, but lumping them at the bottom was perfect. 😂
Good video! Appreciate these moreso just hearing your thoughts on each episode. Also love to see someone shouting out Walt's last line in Saul Gone. The real chicanery is ranking Snow Globe but not No Picnic and Squat Cobbler, though
Ozmadiyas is the best episode…. And for me fly was pretty special..I have never seen anything like it and I revisit that one sometimes. I was looking at its description and was a like WTF but than after I saw it…it was sad yet wholesome
My top 3 Breaking Bad episodes:
1. Felina.
2. Ozymandius.
3. Face/Off.
My top 3 Better Call Saul episodes:
1. Saul Gone.
2. Chicanery.
3. Plan and Execution.
Bb:
Felina
Full measures
Face off
Better call saul
Winner
Saul gone
Plan and execution
FINALLY!!! Someone else who says Grabite State is their favourite. I appreciate it may not be the "best episode" but its definitely my personap favourite. Great vid btw, I enjoyed every minute.
I gotta love that Beat Rice cameo gotta say though it was very unexpected
HN Films trying not to use the Howard death scene for more than 2 minutes
(Impossible)
I’m sorry but ozymandias at 15 is CRAZY. Overall great video though
Ozymandiaz in 15 invalidates the whole list
It’s his opinion
Serious talk for a sec…
This video probably saved my life tbh I was thinking about “stuff” and was about to do it. Then I came across this 🤞
Damn I watched this without checking the channel and expected it to be a channel with hundreds of thousands of subscribers. Underrated
ok so i just finished BCS first watch (besides Saul Gone bcs i emotionally don't have the capacity for watching it, ever). i'm looking forward to sitting with both this video and all of Beat Rice's ranking videos for the next few weeks to make observations. again you did a wonderful job great work.
What? You didn’t watch the finale?
@@dimwitted-fool yeah i couldnt i don't have the heart to say goodbye
very unexpected but welcome Beat Rice cameo, it was nice hearing their voice :D
"Kidnapping both of them and taming them to a much better episode" got me dying 💀💀💀
First person to count all the Howard death clips gets a gold medal
EDIT: Shoutouts to danieluss8729 for counting them all!
There’s, at least 4.
havent watched the vid yet but im gonna say 22
I counted 10, 11 if you count 1:59:30 as part of the howard death. I think I deserve that gold medal
1 million, take it or leave it buckaroo.
what a terrible game to play. Howard deserved better
Real talk- why do people say ‘Walt won?’
Because he got revenge on Todds family and Jesse escaped?
I don’t think the ending means that he ‘won’ or even got off easy.
He lost it all in the end
He didnt have to go to jail I guess
He was able to give the money to his family and he died, when he deserved a much worse fate.
@@lospolloshermanos3490 Walt's terrible fate was being forced to live through cancer as a drug lord. He wanted to die, to escape from his hellish life before his family grew to hate him (as evident in S2E9 of BB, the episode where he beats the shit out of the paper towel dispenser). He was not granted the sweet release he wanted. Instead, he lived, up until the point where his wife and only son hated him. Nobody loved him as he laid on the ground dying. He may have been "victorious" but it cost him everything.
@@generalsour fax
@@HNfilms Walt’s fate is worse than being in Jail imo not having his family with him is hell
Just wanna comment that the 1:00 intro is still so mesmerizing. Could watch it all day. And it somehow makes Slippin' Jimmy looks awesome
3:05:34 "walt's little gooncave" is WILD
Dude this was some of the funniest stuff i’ve ever seen. You managed to keep my attention for the whole vid, i’m glazing but i really do not care. keep this up please
2:42:45 that comment is actually so alarming that they’d rather defend a manipulative murderer than a mother who sees her baby with the man who just murdered her brother in law 💀
3:02:10 “when I looked into your eyes, hate. A little bit is ok, but remember who’s boss”
1:30:00 "We also get to meet Nacho, who at this stage is a Far Cry from what he becomes later down the road."
🔥✍
I'm listening to this in the background and can't help but laugh at all the little jokes and remarks you have about various parts of the BB/BCS franchise 😂
Good work, man! 👍
Really well done video; came here from Beat Rice and outside of the through coverage plus his cameo, my favorite parts were that reference to the best movie ending ever with Face Off, bringing up the actress from Knock At The Cabin because I had watched that movie a month ago and actually hadn't recognized it was her from Winner...and Howard's Howard moment (which by the way, I don't know if you also noticed it but...
...the way it happens with the camera angle and table slam is very much like Chuck's own slip that I actually wonder if it was intentional as it also was Jimmy induced...vut even if it isn't, in retrospective its kinda funny they gave him that; though when I watched the episode first time me and my brother were legit speechless for almost a whole minute in disbelief.
Love the Spyro music
to'hajiilee being 47 is literally a crime
What?! So this guy is a Bcs meat rider a see
@@smallbudoo cuz its better
It's just isn't. @@SillyCar69420
@@smallbudoo it is way better than breaking mid
Lmao Breaking Bad made Better Call Saul. Objectively its way better as well@@SillyCar69420
The videos are so relaxing to watch before bed 😂 ty for working hard you entertain me every night!🔥
2:00:28 The berries were sweet.
Walt randomly comments to Brock later: "Froot Loops, nice."
It is likely, but not definitive, that that was the delivery method.
2:05:50 “thankfully Todd takes care of him” was savage 😂😂
Legitimately screamed when Beat Rice showed up, this is truly a Bravo Vince moment.
Screamed in horror
3:06:12 I loved this moment where Walt turns himself into a shot of whiskey, bravo Pinch Gilligan
Having Beat Rice pop up when i was having the exact thought of Crawlspace being his favorite episode was pretty surreal
Lot of nitpicks in these comments, understandably, but may I just say bravo. You made this compelling in spits of its length and the need to catalogue so much. What I really like is that I have a good sense of your perspective and taste when it comes to this universe, the trends that really work for you and the trends that subsequently don't, and it helps me reflect on why I like this strange universe of drug dealers and courtroom drama, these strong willed characters that are so deeply human, and of course all the magnificent, crazy schemes from nearly every character in both shows.
Another good effect of this list is getting to just see the range these shows tackle and how it all is kinda unified. To go to the end, seeing Granite State next to Chicanery should feel a little discordant. On paper, they don't have a ton in common, and yet they fit as part of this same continuity very well. It's not only because of Jimmy/Saul, but more importantly that Walt and Chuck's downfalls are of the same stuff, of that same underlying arrogance and lack of regard for those who once loved them. (Imagine Walt and Chuck meeting. Hard to think of a context, but they would be such an insufferable pair together I would love to see it).
"Probably the go to example when it comes to any discussion on the best tv endings, up there with Game of Thrones-"
*lAy oFF t HE crACk*
Even though I don’t agree with some of your choices, I appreciate the different perspective here rather than seeing the usual choices. Also agree with you on the Fly episode
concerning the shadow university shots and hilarious young jimmy wig: i’m glad they didn’t insult our intelligence by doing some awful CGI de-aging nonsense. i’d rather have a hundred silly wigs than be subject to those horrors!
It’s insane you made this video! Good work. I’ll be sure to listen tot his throughout the next few days.
Also, here is my personal ranking of the entire Breaking Bad-Verse:
1. Ozymandias (BBS5E14) - 10/10
2. Felina (BBS5E16) - 10/10
3. To'hajiilee (BBS5E13) - 9.5/10
4. Crawl Space (BBS4E11) - 9.5/10
5. Granite State (BBS5E15) - 9.5/10
6. Confessions (BBS5E11) - 9.5/10
7. Bagman (BCSS5E8) - 9.5/10
8. Rabid Dog (BBS5E12) - 9.5/10
9. Salud (BBS4E10) - 9.5/10
10. Say My Name (BBS5E7) - 9.5/10
11. Saul Gone (BCSS6E13) - 9.5/10
12. End Times (BBS4E12) - 9.5/10
13. Dead Freight (BBS5E5) - 9.5/10
14. Plan and Execution (BCSS6E7) - 9.5/10
15. Full Measure (BBS3E13) - 9.5/10
16. Something Unforgivable (BCSS5E10) - 9.5/10
17. Buried (BBS5E10) - 9.5/10
18. Face Off (BBS4E13) - 9.5/10
19. Bad Choice Road (BCSS5E9) - 9.5/10
20. Rock and Hard Place (BCSS6E3) - 9/10
21. One Minute (BBS3E7) - 9/10
22. Half Measures (BBS3E12) - 9/10
23. Fun and Games (BCSS6E9) - 9/10
24. JMM (BCSS5E7) - 9/10
25. Box Cutter (BBS4E1) - 9/10
26. Point and Shoot (BCSS6E8) - 9/10
27. Gliding Over All (BBS5E8) - 9/10
28. Sunset (BBS3E6) - 9/10
29. Winner (BCSS4E10) - 9/10
30. Blood Money (BBS5E9) - 9/10
31. Hazard Pay (BBS5E3) - 9/10
32. Pimento (BCSS1E9) - 9/10
33. Buyout (BBS5E6) - 9/10
34. Chicanery (BCSS3E5) - 9/10
35. Wexler v. Goodman (BCSS5E6) - 8.5/10
36. Cat’s in the Bag… (BBS1E2) - 8.5/10
37. Live Free or Die (BBS5E1) - 8.5/10
38. Hermanos (BBS4E8) - 8.5/10
39. Madrigal (BBS5E2) - 8.5/10
40. Lantern (BCSS3E10) - 8.5/10
41. Bug (BBS4E9) - 8.5/10
42. Carrot and Stick (BCSS6E2) - 8.5/10
43. Mijo (BCSS1E2) - 8.5/10
44. Phoenix (BBS2E12) - 8.5/10
45. Green Light (BBS3E4) - 8.5/10
46. Better Call Saul (BBS2E8) - 8.5/10
47. No Más (BBS3E1) - 8.5/10
48. Crazy Handful of Nothin’ (BBS1E6) - 8.5/10
49. 50% Off (BCSS5E2) - 8.5/10
50. Problem Dog (BBS4E7) - 8.5/10
51. Fifty-One (BBS5E4) - 8.5/10
52. Wine and Roses (BCSS6E1) - 8.5/10
53. Grilled (BBS2E2) - 8.5/10
54. Five-O (BCSS1E6) - 8.5/10
55. Magic Man (BCSS5E1) - 8.5/10
56. The Guy For This (BCSS5E3) - 8.5/10
57. RICO (BCSS1E8) - 8/10
58. Más (BBS3E5) - 8/10
59. Seven Thirty-Seven (BBS2E1) - 8/10
60. I See You (BBS3E8) - 8/10
61. Uno (BCSS1E1) - 8/10
62. 4 Days Out (BBS2E9) - 8/10
63. Waterworks (BCSS6E12) - 8/10
64. Gloves Off (BCSS2E4) - 8/10
65. Nippy (BCSS6E10) - 8/10
66. Wiedersehen (BCSS4E9) - 8/10
67. Witness (BCSS3E2) - 8/10
68. Hit and Run (BCSS6E4) - 8/10
69. Smoke (BCSS4E1) - 8/10
70. Abiquiu (BBS3E11) - 8/10
71. Cornered (BBS4E6) - 8/10
72. Bullet Points (BBS4E4) - 8/10
73. Caballo Sin Nombre (BBS3E2) - 8/10
74. I.F.T. (BBS3E3) - 8/10
75. …And the Bag’s In the River (BBS1E3) - 8/10
76. A No-Rough-Stuff Type Deal (BBS1E7) - 8/10
77. Mandala (BBS2E11) - 8/10
78. ABQ (BBS2E13) - 8/10
79. Thirty-Eight Snub (BBS4E2) - 8/10
80. Off Brand (BCSS3E6) - 8/10
81. Namaste (BCSS5E4) - 8/10
82. Sabrosito (BCSS3E4) - 8/10
83. Dedicado a Max (BCSS5E5) - 8/10
84. Shotgun (BBS4E5) - 8/10
85. Black and Blue (BCSS6E5) - 8/10
86. Breathe (BCSS4E2) - 8/10
87. Nacho (BCSS1E3) - 8/10
88. Nailed (BCSS2E9) - 8/10
89. Fall (BCSS3E9) - 8/10
90. Fly (BBS3E10) - 7.5/10
91. Axe and Grind (BCSS6E6) - 7.5/10
92. Sunk Costs (BCSS3E3) - 7.5/10
93. Marco (BCSS1E10) - 7.5/10
94. Down (BBS2E4) - 7.5/10
95. Piñata (BCSS4E6) - 7.5/10
96. Bingo (BCSS1E7) - 7.5/10
97. Kafkaesque (BBS3E9) - 7.5/10
98. Klick (BCSS2E10) - 7.5/10
99. Gray Matter (BBS1E5) - 7.5/10
100. Something Beautiful (BCSS4E3) - 7.5/10
101. Breakage (BBS2E5) - 7.5/10
102. Peekaboo (BBS2E6) - 7.5/10
103. Pilot (BBS1E1) - 7.5/10
104. Cobbler (BCSS2E2) - 7.5/10
105. Over (BBS2E10) - 7.5/10
106. Switch (BCSS2E1) - 7.5/10
107. Quite a Ride (BCSS4E5) - 7.5/10
108. Bali Ha’i (BCSS2E6) - 7.5/10
109. Cancer Man (BBS1E4) - 7.5/10
110. Coushatta (BCSS4E8) - 7.5/10
111. Hero (BCSS1E4) - 7/10
112. Talk (BCSS4E4) - 7/10
113. Expenses (BCSS3E7) - 7/10
114. Fifi (BCSS2E8) - 7/10
115. Mabel (BCSS3E1) - 7/10
116. Alpine Shepherd Boy (BCSS1E5) - 7/10
117. Negro y Azul (BBS2E7) - 7/10
118. Slip (BCSS3E8) - 7/10
119. Breaking Bad (BCSS6E11) - 7/10
120. Amarillo (BCSS2E3) - 7/10
121. Inflatable (BCSS2E7) - 7/10
122. Bit by a Dead Bee (BBS2E3) - 7/10
123. Something Stupid (BCSS4E7) - 6.5/10
124. Rebecca (BCSS2E5) - 6.5/10
125. El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie - 6/10
126. Open House (BBS4E3) - 5.5/10
127. Snow Globe (El Camino Short) - 2.5/10
128. City Flights (SJE4) - 1.5/10
129. Fistful of Snowballs (SJE1) - 1/10
130 Cool Hand Jimmy (SJE6) - 1/10
131. Speed Date (SJE4) - 0.5/10
132. After Bedtime (SJE5) - 0/10
133. The Exo-Sister (SJE2) - 0/10
Dude didn’t count the minisodes but still counts Slippin Jimmy
I love any episode that has a montage of Mike just doing stuff. Maybe it's because of my ADHD, but watching Mike's methodical approach to solving problems makes my brain happy. It's like he has a mental flowchart for any given scenario.
I think a way to improve everything about Gus and Lalo's confrontation would be for Gus to have planted multiple guns in the superlab. Overkill? Perfectly in character for Gus. Would it deflate the tension because Gus would have too many ways to win? Maybe, I'm not sure. But I think it would also add a different kind of tension by forcing Gus to think on his feet and choose which gun would be ideal to go for in his current circumstance. It would also lessen the predictability, since if he has multiple guns we can't know *exactly* how things would go, since we don't know which gun he'd go for. Hell, lessen the predictability even more by having him plant different types of defense tools, not just guns. (TT Games, if you're ever planning on making a LEGO game for BCS, here's your clue on how to make Point and Shoot the ultimate boss fight level.)
I think it might have been better if in the Gus and Lalo scene they didnt have that shot of the gun to remind us its there, let the viewer make the connection to the earlier episode where he planted the gun
@@HNfilms that's also true, putting that shot there is a bit of an insult to the viewers' intelligence.
To be fair a lot of the people watching this show now are dumb kids
@@HNfilmsit’s funny you say that because honestly when I watched the show I had no idea what Gus’s plan was until he shot Lalo, and I’m 19
@@HNfilmsOr maybe, you know, not have Lalo videotape Gus for 10 minutes when he could have just killed him. I get Gus needed to live obviously, but they shouldn’t have done it that way because it was just stupid how he could have just shot him but instead he was just sitting there recording.
One of the commercials that came up during this video was for a trip to Belize, weirdly enough.
W vid idea, I’ve got a couple of strong agrees/disagrees though that I think are fun to talk about. I like how your favorites aren’t all just the super basic top IMDB picks, but I think having some kind of time stamps in the description/comments for returning viewers to see the new segments would be good. I had to skip around just bc I’ve already watched the past rankings and I wanted to see what was new, something to streamline that process would be cool.
This is gonna be a long comment, I nearly made an hour+ long video on this topic but I doubt I’ll ever get around to making it bc of time:
I really like the BB S4 and S3 placements. IMO S4 is easily the most overrated portion of either show; a lot of bros say it’s the best season bc of Walt vs Gus but it’s one of the weakest in writing quality. From my perspective, both of these shows are at their best when they find a healthy balance between plot and character development. BB S3 is probably the best at that balance, as Walt, Skyler, and Hank are at their most complex while there are still plenty of exciting, memorable scenes and the plot has a clear direction. The character writing in S4 is comparatively thin, and the slower, early season episodes almost exclusively progress plot (buying the laundromat, establishing the cartel conflict) which isn’t very interesting, while seasons 2 and 3 used those slower episodes to focus on the characters, which makes those episodes comparatively richer. S5 is arguably more plot driven than S4 but seeing Walt in his sigma super villain mode was really satisfying after watching his moral compass progressively degrade over so many episodes, and the team’s “craft” really felt perfected by then. Most of S4 feels pretty surface level on a rewatch; S2 and S3 are far more layered, though the Walt + Skyler bickering in S2 gets pretty tiresome to watch. S3 is also hilarious, the cringe Walt scenes early on are genuinely some of the funniest bits of any film/show I’ve ever watched
I think going too far in the “character direction” on the plot vs character spectrum can be a bad thing too. Having BCS S1 as the best season is absolutely insane to me lol but the lower stakes and lack of an overarching narrative give the characters more room to breathe, and I understand why you might like that. But without a clear driving force for the plot, these episodes feel aimless and inconsequential.
As a point of comparison, BCS S4 leaves a ton of space for its characters too, but the overarching thematic and plot arcs, of Jimmy’s handling of Chuck’s suicide, the Werner situation challenging Mike’s ethical code of treating people who are in/out of the game differently, and Kim’s growing resentment with Mesa Verde and the pride she develops from her pro bono work, all feel far more intentional than S1’s “case of the week” approach. S4 has a lot of slow scenes like S1, but, unlike S1, I never thought the writers didn’t have a clear goal in mind with every episode. It feels like every S4 scene gives the viewer new insights into the characters that then become pivotal pieces of their arcs, while S1 is just kinda filling up time as the writers conjure up some menial problems that Jimmy can solve. I’m speaking in absolutes here; there are some examples that fit and don’t fit in with these generalizations (Chuck’s hidden resentment of Jimmy was well woven throughout the whole season, the Hummel heist serves Jimmy’s arc but is pretty inconsequential, etc.) but the overall impression of each season is what I’m talking about here.
I also think S1 looks kinda ugly as the lighting and color grading are a little too drab/flat. BCS’ aesthetic definitely peaked in S3 and S4; S2 is a little too saturated for me and S5 and S6 have this weird depth of field effect that sometimes makes it seem like the characters are standing in front of a green screen (the Kim and Cliff convo in Hit and Run really sticks in my mind as looking weird). I think they used new cameras in those final seasons bc NM doesn’t have actual film anymore or something like that, but the actual shot composition in a lot of these later episodes, JMM and Bad Choice Road stick out in particular, are still really great.
Some underrated episodes on this list to me were One Minute, Salud, Rebecca, Piñata, and JMM. They all have great, subtle character moments, while also having really memorable sections that have stuck with me. Fun and Games is probably my favorite BCS episode; it’s a cascade of subtly devastating moments that perfectly wrap up everyone’s arcs, and, though the cold cut felt really jarring and almost disappointing at first, in retrospect I think it’s absolutely genius. It perfectly communicates Jimmy’s emptiness in a way that a wacky montage where Saul pimps out his office wouldn’t have been able to, and I legit think it’s on the same level as the iconic 2001, bone to space station cut in regard to all-time best edits.
On a totally different note, your vids are really well made. The editing is crisp, the jokes are tight, etc. It’s always cool to see smaller-ish channels have high production quality, and I’ve enjoyed watching your vids ever since BCS ended
Ozy is definitely the best BB episode though, having it at 15 is a big skill issue and completely invalidates everything.
TLDR: This video is mid
least expressive bb/bcs fan
Damn. I'm gonna enjoy this a Lot
Thank you and amazing video
BCS is definitely the superior show for me, but I’m glad to see Granite State finally get the love it deserves as it is my favorite episode of Breaking bad as well.
Breaking Bad will forever be the better show. Better actors and way larger scopes. Better Call Saul is insanely good but Breaking Bad is just better
@@smallbudoo BCS has better writing and production imo. Both are unbelievably well-crafted , but I believe BCS wins as a better show
Great video man. This popped up on my page this morning and had never heard of you do this was a great find!
Beat Rice's section was the best, thanks to him I found out about this video
The scene with Mike teaching Walt how to make a pimento cheese sandwich was hands down the best episode of all time
better call saul? more like "better" watch this whole video in 1 day because i enjoy it. great job
Thanks for making this
Best Breaking Bad Universe Episodes
1. Ozymandias (5x14)
2. Felina (5x16)
3. Face Off (4x13)
4. Plan and Execution (6x7)
5. Saul Gone (6x13)
6. Chicanery (3x5)
7. Crawl Space (4x11)
8. To’hajiilee (5x13)
9. Rock and Hard Place (6x3)
10. Granite State (5x15)
valid list but where is point and shoot
The fact that 7/10 are some of the last episodes of Breaking bad and Better call Saul just says it all
IMDb ass top 10
@@HankBhalla Ozymandias has the most perfect score of any media whatsoever
Vince you're a goddamn genius
@@youknow227 saul gone gaps it in every single way.
Thanks for making this!!
Such an amazing video, I hope that with time it gets the recognition it deserves.
02:44:35 "Oh my God! Oh my God! That was the best ending ever!" Mike Stoklasa on the ending of "Blood Debts." Loved the reference. Subed.
El camino is super underated in my opinion. My biggest problem with the final season for breaking bad is that Jeesie did not show up enough. This movie has some of the highest emotional peaks of breaking bad in my opinion (Not counting better call saul.) But I do understand why people don'y like it. It came out years later after the audience already had closure with the story and not much ended up happening.
I think it's fine. I like it, I'm just not sure how necessary it was. If it had been written as well as Saul Gone, I'm sure my opinion would change, but as a character finale, it wasn't as strong as BB or BCS's finale.
The editing is hilarious