Breaking Bad watch order
Every film, series, and special in the correct viewing order.
14 entries·~104 hrs total runtime·2008–2022
In story order, most of Better Call Saul comes before Breaking Bad and El Camino.
Breaking Bad
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1
Breaking Bad Season 1
TV Series7 episodes · 2008
The first released entry and the beginning of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman's criminal partnership.
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Breaking Bad Season 2
TV Series13 episodes · 2009
Continues Walter and Jesse's expansion into the Albuquerque drug trade.
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Breaking Bad Season 3
TV Series13 episodes · 2010
Develops Walter's working relationship with Gus Fring and the industrial laboratory.
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Breaking Bad Season 4
TV Series13 episodes · 2011
Continues Walter and Gus Fring's escalating conflict.
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5
Breaking Bad Season 5
TV Series16 episodes · 2012–2013
Released in two parts and concludes the principal Breaking Bad television storyline.
Better Call Saul
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Better Call Saul Season 1
TV Series10 episodes · 2015
A prequel beginning several years before Breaking Bad and following Jimmy McGill before Jimmy becomes Saul Goodman.
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Better Call Saul Season 2
TV Series10 episodes · 2016
Continues Jimmy McGill's legal career and Mike Ehrmantraut's involvement with the criminal underworld.
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Better Call Saul Season 3
TV Series10 episodes · 2017
Continues Jimmy's conflict with Chuck McGill and expands the story of Gus Fring.
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Better Call Saul Season 4
TV Series10 episodes · 2018
Moves Jimmy closer to practising law under the Saul Goodman identity.
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Better Call Saul Season 5
TV Series10 episodes · 2020
Connects Jimmy and Kim Wexler more directly with the Salamanca organisation.
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Better Call Saul Season 6
TV Series13 episodes · 2022
Concludes Jimmy McGill's story and includes events set during and after Breaking Bad.
El Camino
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12
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Movie122 min · 2019
Begins immediately after the Breaking Bad finale and follows Jesse Pinkman's escape.
Major Animated and Web Spin-offs
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Better Call Saul Employee Training
TV Series36 short episodes across 4 collections · 2017–2022
A group of comedy and instructional web shorts featuring characters and organisations from Better Call Saul.
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Slippin' Jimmy
TV Series6 episodes · 2022
An animated comedy spin-off following a younger Jimmy McGill and Marco Pasternak.
How many episodes of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul are there?
Breaking Bad contains 62 episodes, Better Call Saul contains 63 episodes and El Camino is a feature-length continuation, with additional animated and web shorts available.
Do I need to watch Better Call Saul before Breaking Bad?
Better Call Saul is largely set earlier, but it was created after Breaking Bad and uses character identities and outcomes established by the original series.
What order should a first-timer watch Breaking Bad in?
A first-time viewer should watch Breaking Bad, El Camino and Better Call Saul in release order, while placing the web and animated spin-offs at their real-world release positions.
Is Breaking Bad finished or still ongoing?
Breaking Bad, El Camino and Better Call Saul each tell completed screen storylines, with no subsequent narrative series released by September 2026.
See also: Dexter watch order.
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