Breaking Bad

What links Netflix’s Kaleidoscope to Jonathan Coe and Bryan Cranston?

A chain of connections that starts and finishes with the random-order eight-part crime thriller

Larry Ryan

31, Dec, 2022 @1:00 PM

Pushing Buttons: Breaking Bad meets GTA – and other shows I’d like to play

Game adaptations don’t have to be terrible. But as Better Call Saul creator Vince Gilligan admits, bringing action from screen to console isn’t as easy as it sounds

Keza MacDonald

16, Aug, 2022 @10:53 AM

Better Call Saul’s Bob Odenkirk: ‘Without CPR I’d have been dead in minutes’

Actor opens up about on-set heart attack and reunion with Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul ahead of Breaking Bad prequel’s finale

Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

09, Aug, 2022 @5:00 AM

Better Call Saul has gone full Breaking Bad – so why does it feel like punishment?

The return of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman has been central to Breaking Bad’s spin-off show – but after all the hype, it fell flat. At least we know there’s more of them to come …

Stuart Heritage

02, Aug, 2022 @10:15 AM

Albuquerque to unveil statues of Breaking Bad’s Walter White and Jesse Pinkman

Show’s creator wants to ‘give something back’ to New Mexico city and hopes statues will attract ‘busloads of tourists’

Coral Murphy Marcos

12, Jul, 2022 @6:06 PM

We’re back! Walt, Jesse and the TV stars who couldn’t resist one last goodbye

As two of TV’s most iconic characters prepare to join Better Call Saul for its swansong, the creators of some of telly’s best sendoffs discuss giving one last hurrah to their fan favourites

Rachael Sigee

08, Jul, 2022 @11:00 AM

11 hours to get to Breaking Bad? Better Call Saul’s impossible task

The clock is ticking on the masterful show that’s known for spectacularly slow storytelling. How will its final season find the time to go full Saul Goodman, resolve Kim’s story and take us to the brink of Walter White?Read our episode recaps here

Stuart Heritage

19, Apr, 2022 @2:58 PM

Fake views: why most of us lie about the TV shows we’ve seen

No one likes to admit they’ve missed a major cultural event. Which is why 52% of us falsely claim to have watched the likes of Stranger Things or Game of Thrones

15, Nov, 2021 @4:16 PM

Bob Odenkirk condition stable after ‘heart related incident’ on Better Call Saul set

The actor was rushed to hospital after he collapsed while filming the final series of the television series in New Mexico

Guardian staff and agencies

29, Jul, 2021 @1:44 AM

Nobody review – Bob Odenkirk is a blast in action man mode

The Better Call Saul star is perfectly cast as a downtrodden everyman who discovers his inner vigilante after his home is burgled

Wendy Ide

12, Jun, 2021 @2:00 PM

Bob Odenkirk: ‘Soon people won’t remember Breaking Bad’

He charmed as slimeball lawyer Saul in the drugs drama and its spinoff – but now Bob Odenkirk has gone badass in action thriller Nobody. Has he left his comedy days behind?

Stuart Heritage

07, Jun, 2021 @5:00 AM

No more Mr Bad Guy! Farewell for ever to TV's male antiheroes

At the start of the decade, the likes of Don Draper and Walter White loomed large on our screens. Now, they’ve been neutered – and made way for far more fascinating figures

Paul MacInnes

29, Dec, 2019 @4:00 PM