Breaking Bad
Summary
RewatchingBreaking Badafter having ascertain the entirety ofBetter Call Saulthere are just so many scene that bump off all dissimilar . In the original running play ofBreaking Bad , viewers ' attention was firmly place on the story of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman and their journeying from small - meter drug manufacturing business to the introduction of a multi - million - one dollar bill glass imperium . However , afterBetter Call Saulit was heavy not to focus on Bob Odenkirk ’s excellent characterization of criminal lawyer Saul Goodman and view many instant from the show in an entirely new light .
InBreaking Bad , Saul Goodman was an pleasurable character but also one that lacked depth . Saul ’s backstory had not been developed and hearing could only imagine what his life was lifelike when was not scheming for Walter and Jesse . WatchingBreaking BadafterBetter Call Saulthere were so manyinteresting moments for Saul , Mike Ehrmantraut , Gus Fring , and many more that hit completely differently with the power of hindsight . Scenes such as these were just another first-class reason to rewatch Breaking Bad and remain to enjoy the incredibly deep universe create by Vince Gilligan .
10Tuco Salamanca’s Introduction
Season 1, Episode 6 “Crazy Handful Of Nothing”
Tuco Salamanca was introduce inBreaking Badas a drug kingpin and headspring of his family ’s crime administration . An irregular maniac , his first view was when Skinny Pete introduced him to Jesse Pinkman to ask to bulk purchase his and Walters ’s freshly cooked meth , however , affair ended ill for Jesse , and Tuco ended up beating him with a bag full of cash . While this scene potently introduced Tuco ’s persona , with the hindsight ofBetter Call Saulit also acted as the serial publication universe ’s first look at the Salamanca familyand the complex backstories of Tuco , Lalo , the cousin-german Marco and Leonel , which would be flesh out throughoutBetter Call Saul .
9Meeting Saul For The First Time
Season 2, Episode 8, “Better Call Saul”
Saul Goodman ’s very first appearance inBreaking Badwas through his cheesy infomercial where it was made clear he valued underhand underhand tactics over the genuine formula of practice of law . This conniption told everything audiences needed to know about Saul throughoutBreaking Bad , however , once viewers had seenBetter Call SaulSaul ’s introduction was steeped in so much more heartacheand character exploitation . Watching Saul on CRT screen in Breaking Bad for the first clock time , TV audience no longer saw the deplorable attorney Saul Goodman but instead the troubled and tragic Jimmy McGill .
8Walter White and Jesse Pinkman Abduct Saul Goodman
When Walter and Jesse abducted Saul at gunpoint in an empty grave inBreaking Bad , the perspective was hard focussed on Walt and Jesse . However , afterhaving watchedBetter Call Saulaudiences know the meth - making twosome was the last thing on Saul ’s mindas he begged for his life . Saul believed it was the corporate trust who abducted him and state , “ It was Ignacio ” and “ Lalo did n’t send you ? ” which in one little scene managed to lay the base for the entirety ofBetter Call Saul . The amount of backstory that come out of this short interaction was a testament to the storytelling skills of Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould .
7Meeting Gus Fring
Season 2, Episode 11, “Mandela”
As the setting that introduce Gus Fring , watching Walter nervously wait to meet a possible meth buyer in Los Pollos Hermanos was a tense and unnerving scene the first time around . However , after Jesse go far at the meeting high up , Gus decide he no longer wanted to do concern and did not innovate himself except as a restaurant manager . This introduction would seem inconsequent the first time around buthaving catch to eff Gus ’ backstory throughoutBetter Call Saul , hearing understood Gus was fantastically cautiousdue to his transaction with the Salamancas and why he feel it would be best to avoid let his identity become known to Walter and Jesse .
6An Allusion Kim Wexler
Season 3, Episode 4, “Green Light”
OneBreaking Badscene that hold back audience scratching their heads throughoutBetter Call Saulwas when Saul told Walter “ I caught my second wife screwing my stepdad . OK ? It ’s a cruel macrocosm ” , which led to the question of who Saul , or Jimmy McGill ’s , second wife was , and if it could have been Kim Wexler . The most obvious answer was Saul was joking untilBetter Call Saulconfirmed thatKim was Jimmy ’s third wifeas support in Jimmy ’s wedding paperwork confirm two former dissolutions . After watchingBetter Call Saul , this off - the - cuff remark becamea sad monitor of Kim Wexler and just how far Jimmy ’s morality had stray since becoming Saul .
5Mike Ehrmantraut Physically Threatens Saul Goodman
Season 3, Episode 12, “Full Measures”
When Mike Ehrmantraut was attempting to track down the location of Jesse Pinkman he go to Saul Goodman for entropy , however , Saul posit that attorney - client privilege prevented him from revealing where Jesse was . Mike retorted “ do n’t make me beat you til ’ your leg do n’t work ” which drive Saul to give a fake destination . Watching this interaction afterBetter Call Saulwas a sad reminder of just how much the two ’s relationship had deterioratedsince the prequel serial timeline , and this scene hit much differently make out how quick Mike was to make threats after all they had been through in the desert together inBetter Call Saul .
4The Superlab
Season 3, Episode 5, “Más”
When the Superlab , a large - scale underground meth - producing facility , was first revealed inBreaking Badit acted as a signifier of Gus Fring ’s incredible big businessman and a mo where Walter and Jesse were entering the big time . view the scene with the hindsight of the upshot ofBetter Call Saul , however , this became a much sour and harrowing lot . Every time the Superlab look on screen from that percentage point on , viewer were confront with the knowledge thatunderneath the lab ’s foundation lay the unexplored corpses of Lalo Salamanca and Howard Hamlin . This was a insensate reminder that there was much more to the Albuquerque crime conniption than just Walter White ’s mathematical process .
3Mike Ehrmantraut’s Death
Season 5, Episode 7, “Say My Name”
While Mike Ehrmantraut ’s last inBreaking Badwas a heartbreaking moment , Better Call Saulseason 5 made Mike ’s death more tragic . In theBetter Call Saulepisode “ Bagman ” Mike birth a speech that he was at pacification with the concept of death as he lie with he was improving the lives of his jazz one . After Walter shot Mike when he called him out on his error and “ pride and ego ” , Mike does not fight for his life and calmly have his fate . After facing countless life - threatening situations inBetter Call Saul , Mike was killed in a pointless moment of rage from Walter , which made it all the more tragic .
2Jesse Pinkman Confronts Saul Goodman
Season 5, Episode 11, “Confessions”
WhenJesse Pinkman keep Saul surety and confront him about helping Walter poison the seven - year - old boy Brockin terms Saul plead for understanding and stated , “ I did n’t desire any of this . ” Watching this prospect for the first time it appeared like the sleazy morally belly-up lawyer Saul was say anything to avoid sustain shoot . But watching this afterBetter Call Saulhis pleading had much more effectiveness , with an apprehension of the kindness that Jimmy was capable of in that moment viewers can truly believe that Saul did not desire any of this , that for him , things had gone too far .
1Saul Goodman’s Final Scene
Season 5, Episode 15, “Granite State”
Saul Goodman ’s final scene inBreaking Badtook plaza during the same period thatWalter White come out inBetter Call Saul . With Walter and Saul hiding out while Ed Galbraith prepare them with a new life elsewhere Saul stated “ If I ’m lucky , a calendar month from now , secure sheath scenario , I ’m managing a Cinnabon in Omaha ” which was exactly what happened . This scene hit different as Saul was making peace with leaving his vicious life behindand cutting all draw with Walter White . As Saul ’s tale continued inBetter Call Saul , he was granted something close to buyback and this set phrase was his first small dance step back to being Jimmy .
