"Let justice be done, though the heavens fall."
— Chuck McGill, Better Call Saul
Breaking Bad is an American crime drama series that began airing on AMC in 2008. Achieving high acclaim among critics and viewers alike, it inspired a few spin-offs. With the final instalment of Better Call Saul, the franchise as a whole concluded on August 15, 2022.
Main Series
- Breaking Bad (2008-2013): the original television series.
- Better Call Saul (2015-2022): a prequel television series.
- El Camino (2019): a sequel television film.
Side Material for Breaking Bad
- Breaking Bad Original Minisodes (2009-2011): A series of short (1-3 minute) episodes taking place during the events of the original series.
- All Bad Things (2013): A one-shot webcomic that recapped all the events of the original series that have occurred, up until the end of Season 5A.
- Metástasis (2014): a Colombian remake/adaptation of Breaking Bad.
- An (as of March 2023) unnamed South Korean remake/adaptation of Breaking Bad, set to air by 2024.
Side Material for Better Call Saul
- Webcomics:
- Client Development (2015): A one-shot comic detailing how Jimmy and Mike identified Walter White as Heisenberg.note There are also a few pages showing Saul as a lawyer-themed superhero with Mike as his sidekick.
- Saul Goodman and the Justice Consortium in the Clutches of the Judgernaut! (2016): Another comic featuring Saul as a superhero.
- Employee Training web series (2017-2022): A series of online webisodes and cartoons featuring characters narrating training videos for various jobs.
- Los Pollos Hermanos Employee Training (2017): Gus Fring, owner and proprietor of the Los Pollos Hermanos fast food franchise, explains how to succeed as one of his staff members.
- Madrigal Electromotive Security Training (2018): Mike Ehrmantraut, security chief for Madrigal Electromotive, teaches new employees how to act safely and safeguard company secrets.
- Ethics Training with Kim Wexler (2020): Kim Wexler, senior partner at Schweikart and Cokely, counsels other lawyers on how to ethically represent clients and defend their own interests.
- Filmmaker Training (2022): Jimmy McGill's team of amateur filmmakers explain how to get started in film production.
- Other short videos and series.
- No Picnic (2017): Betsy Kettleman and her children try to cheer up Craig Kettleman during a difficult time.
- Better Call Saul: How to (2020): Various characters share hints and tips for common everyday tasks.
- American Greed: James McGill (2022): The start of a documentary discussing Jimmy's rise and fall.
- Slippin' Jimmy (2022): A series of cartoons detailing Jimmy's early days in Chicago.
Side Material for El Camino
- Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short (2020): A 3-minute episode detailing one of Todd's escapades.
Notable unauthorized material
- Faking Bad (formerly Say My Name), an unauthorized musical telling the story of Breaking Bad and El Camino in ninety minutes of musical numbers.
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