Top 20 Hidden References to Breaking Bad in Better Call Saul
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- čas přidán 11. 05. 2022
- "Better Call Saul" is an incredible show and part of its charm is seeing how well it connects to "Breaking Bad." For this list, we’ll be looking at the best Easter Eggs and callbacks to “Breaking Bad” in the prequel spinoff “Better Call Saul.” We’ll be talking about some major plot developments on both shows, so consider this your spoiler warning. Our countdown includes the Kettlemans' hiding place, Ice Station Zebra Associates, Name-Dropping Nacho, why Tuco was in prison, and more! Have you caught any “Breaking Bad” references in “Better Call Saul”? Let us know in the comments!
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loyola's dinner
The taco cabeza
The vacuum shop is in the vet's little black book.
Spooge who got his head crushed inBrBa was Saul’s client who said “you’re salamancas guy”
The Lady Liberty balloon from the Kettlemans shop
You know its a great prequel when it manages to elevate the original in so many ways.
But it’s still not as good as breaking bad
@@PwerGuido it's not only as good as Breaking Bad, it's better.
@@walterquick5829 Love BCS but that's a damm lie
@@smitty02345 It can't be a lie if it's my opinion, my friend. The attention to detail and enrichment to the overall saga of these characters really is a chef's kiss.
@@walterquick5829 how is it better like I just recently started watching it and idk if it’s pacing or what but season 1 is so boring to me
Better Call Saul: is announced
all of us: "this is a bad idea."
Vince Gilligan: _"hold my Zafiro Anejo stopper."_
Ñ
SALUD!
*Peter Gould
It's funny because I said something similar when I started Breaking Bad! Best 2 shows on television that I've seen.
Who thought it was a bad idea? I about shit when I heard about it.
Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul are the best examples of “showing” not “telling.”
The Wire too!
@@alejandromarmolejo13 Ahhhh wire
@@BrownSoldier96 copper.. it’s copper
Personally, I found it a bit slow until Chuck was killed off. That whole storyline dragged and dragged.
I could rewatch Breaking Bad again and again but I have the feeling when I do one day rewatch BCS it will be with the fast forward buttons assistance.
@@andrewcattini1151 I guess slow burn shows aren’t your thing
The biggest reference to breaking bad in better call saul is the character Jimmy McGill, he appears as Saul Goodman in Breaking Bad!
🤯
Damn nice spot i had to look on 0.25 speed to spot that
You spent part of your life on that.
same voice actor 🤯
@@breadpirateroberts4946 sadly they swapped the actual actor. Looks nothing like original Saul. Where can I return my money
Better Call Saul doesnt take the easy way out on anything. They set themselves up for hard to write character and plot developments, even for minor characters like Krazy 8. Truly the best written show on television.
I loved how in some of the mall scenes in BCS they purposely pan over the Crazy 8 store ( I know it's a store irl) but details like that just point to the meticulous effort they put into the show.
You look like that one lawyer from Albuquerque lol
@@ArielBojorquez Yeah, Better Call Saul right?
There should a list dedicated to Mike's cleverness.
Not so clever in the end...
I love Mike
LOVE IT!
no
*finger's
Watched Better Call Saul out of curiosity, seriously thought the writing was the best ever. I have almost done watching Breaking Bad and I'm just at awe on how the writers of both the shows have done an amazing job in connecting them. The writers, well and truly deserve an Emmy.
Totally agree!
Yeah... I think Gus and Max were a bit more than just really good "friends"...
Right? It was so cringey they called them "business partners"
nope
@@pyocopyocoultra2047 yup
@@java_bean well they were business partners. Any romantic relationship is just implied in the show
@@Emma-ex8gx Quite, as in Hector refers to them as "los culos hermanos" lol. Maybe Vince should do a full Pollos Hermanos spin-off to have a better background.
When Saul and Walt first met. When Walt named himself as “Mr. Mayhew”. Saul mentioned there that his real name is McGill.
The nail salon. In BCS Jimmy lives and works in one; in BB Saul tries to convince Jesse to buy one for money laundering.
ITS THE SAME ONE I THINK TOO
@@jimpix7312 it is, in the second to last episode Francesca says the nail salon was seized, meaning Saul owned it.
It is not the same. Jimmy owns several salons.
“I caught up my second wife screwing my step dad, it’s a cruel world Walt, grow up!”
I’m still waiting for that moment 😂
We already got that paid off in bCS. When Jimmy and Kim get married, the clerk at the courthouse asks for documentation of his two previous dissolutions.
Remember in the begining when Saul was arrested for defecating from the sun roof? That's why he did it lmao.
Same!
Who's his step dad though?
@@olsonbryce777 Hector
The show makers make both of these shows’ quality just seem effortless. Like, it makes me think I could write a ground breaking tv show, that’s how easy they make it look. That’s the sign of masterclass writing
i can safely say that Vince is a genius.
And Peter too
Fun fact, that Cinnabon in "Omaha, NE" is actually the Cottonwood Mall on the westside of Albuquerque. I was there as they were closing and getting ready to film BCS after hours.
Giancarlo Esposito's character in The Boys makes a statement that he's 'not ready to retire in Belize just yet'.
Cross show references! Love it
What episode is this in?
@@jdot666x420 Hi, it's during Stan's conversation with Madelyn in the season one finale. Skip to the 31 minute mark and you'll hear it within a minute. It's a great, fun little reference. lol
I also caught that!
Also the scene where he tells homelander he's "nothing more than bad product" is awesome and chilling in a way. His character sounds nothing like Gus Fring, but the way he delivered the line so cold and deadpan, that was Fring!!!💚🤍
I love how in the scene with Tuco in breaking bad where he beats his goon to death, the dude who stops walt from moving anymore forward has a worried look on his face, instead of a typical angry goon face.
also in season 4 episode 6 of BCS, Kim says "I like it, I'm good at it" which is also like a half reference to the last episode of BrBa
It's so great, now it feels like it's the main story and Breaking Bad is the story of the guy who came in and royally f*cked everything up
When Saul represents badger he confuses him with another client who pissed in a starbucks, in the second last episode of better call Saul, the cab drivers mum mentions that he got into some bad situations, including urinating somewhere she didn’t want to mention. Best reference imo
I’m a flight attendant and recently had a work layover in ABQ. The Breaking Bad Store was so awesome! Tons of autographed items from the show and several of the cast members have been there to visit. Lots of memorabilia from both shows. It’s quite small but really a fun little stop if you’re a fan ☺️
Doesn’t Saul use the big inflatable thing on his office roof in BB that the kettlemens used at their dodgy setup in BCS…
Yep
Correct.
"Lawyers... We're like health insurance. You hope you never need it.
But man, not having it... No."
That does sound like a nod!
Interesting fact: Zafiro Anejo was created by the breaking bad team after product placements fell through. no brand owners of alcohol were keen on having them feature a product that would end up killing people after drinking it. its based on a real line of liquor called Hardy Cognac part of the perfection series which only had a very limited number made and is over 100 years old. last i checked these are worth up to $20k per bottle for the fire variation this fictional alcohol line resembles closest making their expensive and luxurious appeal accurate to the story
Wow that’s a cool fact. If the brand deal did actually go through the shows would have more than likely boosted which brand’s sales like crazy I’d imagine.
@@AaeriosYT no doubt at all in my mind it would have boosted sales exponentially
@@AaeriosYT ikr? Idk if the story is true that no brand had interest, but if it is, it's just one more proof of how flawed professionals are all over. Mkt & PR guys from big brands don't understanding the basics of human curiosity. If Zafiro was real it'd be popular as fuck and even the ads could be "one sip and you'll be as good as dead" and everybody would be like FUUUUCK YEA I want this shit
@@Henrique.Souza0601 Thats a great point. That reminds me of a brand of water called “Liquid Death” who’s phrase is Murder Your Thirst and people go fucking crazy over it lmao
A brilliant reference in my opinion is the intro to BCS s6 ep5, it is so similar to the meth cooking scene in BB episode: 4 days out. A shot of resin being poured even directly parodies the meth being poured onto a tray.
Another one to add is Dogg Paulson, Tuco’s business friend. Nacho and Tuco were selling crank but Tuco had some himself. Almost outta nowhere, Tuco pulled out a shotgun and shot Dogg in face. Later in Breaking Bad, Hank was telling about Tuco, Krazy 8 and Dogg Paulson.
I believe at one point Walt withdraws cash from Mesa Verde which featured heavily in Better Call Saul.
yes he does!
How the heck can Vince gilligan do this? He’s a god damned legend! I’ve NEVER watched anything that happens in the future first then the prequel after. The amount of work that goes into this has to keep them up at night! #criminallawyer I will cry when it’s done 😭
have you heard of star wars?
Masterpiece. So many Easter eggs. After watching season 2 I had to watch breaking bad again. Now here we are at the final season.
@@Zdravk0 or played Red Dead Redemption?
@@Zdravk0no offense but star wars is unrealistic 👍
Vince and his incredible writing staff are the best at what they do.
I saw one awesome Easter egg! The guy who runs the fast food is in both shows!
Ive never seen a prequel become this successful
I have one that wasn’t mentioned. The restaurant where Mike tells Kim that Lalo is still alive and where she would go to meet up with clients has a big neon sign in the front that can be seen that says “El Camino”
Ye but the movie was named el camino because at the end of bb that’s the name of the car Jesse escaped in
@@bobansburner3225 El Camino also means "the road" and is a reference to the journey Jesse must go on to escape his past. It's also completely irrelevant to the original comment because that neon sign was still a reference so I don't know why you countered them
@@senseweaver01 I never said the neon sign wasnt a reference tho i was jus clarifying that its called el camino because of the car
Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul are two of my most favorite series, because these are the only two series which are most realastic!
My favorite series are Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, The Wire, Mad Men and Six Feet Under
The blood-ketchup transition in Breaking Bad.... They also have it in Better Call Saul (BCS Season 6 episode 9)
I'm surprised Jimmy's asking Chuck in 305 if he had lung cancer would he have told his wife didn't make the list in connection to Walt's lung cancer. Then again, I never realized Jimmy found the Kettlemens in the same place where Walt shot Mike, and that now ranks way higher on my favorite easter egg list.
they simply showed how terrifying lalo were in BCS, where it leads to saul almost cried gratefully when it wasn't lalo that kidnapped him
Would love to see Badger and Skinny Pete shows up in BCS.
in the final minute of the last ep there's a reference to Badger arrest.
for the more subtle hints... 17:27 shows the scene where he rolls off the tape just as chuck showed him in Season 3 Ep 1 when they remove the tape together (after he taped jimmys confession)
Jimmy McGill is actually a reference to “Saul Goodman” in Breaking Bad!!!!!🤯🤯
Number 16: The Kettleman's are hiding in the base of the East Mountains. Mike got killed at the river. 2 completely different places
Well done. Very fun for fans of both shows 😉
I was happy to see Lavell Crawford's dramatic weight loss in Better Call Saul. He's a great comedian and I want him to live a long life!
What about Krazy 8's nickname? When he plays poker with Lalo and Nacho and Lalo sees his cards and says Ocho Loco which translates in Crazy Eight 😂
Also there’s a shop in the BCS shopping mall called Krazy8.
My favourite hidden reference to breaking bad is that the name Jimmy uses as an alias to practice law, Saul Goodman, is the same name as Walter’s lawyer from breaking bad.
Really ? I didnt even notice that. Thats brilliant
@@vietanhbui2358 well it’s a very subtle reference but some people think they’re the same person because Jimmy and Saul are never seen in the same place and Jimmy isn’t in breaking bad so there is some ambiguity however we don’t know for sure. Don’t get me started on Gene… or Kevin Costner for that matter.
Venezia's Pizzeria is my favorite Easter egg... in Breaking Bad Season 3 The pizza that Walter throws on the roof of his house is from Venezia's Pizzearia. they had trouble with the slices going all over the place so tried using an uncut pizza and it worked, but you could see it wasn't sliced yet. in order to explain to the audience why it wasn't sliced, Vince Gilligan in Season 4 of Breaking Bad has Jesse asks Badger to buy breakfast for everyone at his party. Badger returns with a stack of pizzas from Venezia's. He claims that by not slicing their pizzas, the pizzeria passes the savings on to the customer and Jesse wonders out loud "How much does it cost to slice a pizza?" In Better Call Saul Season 4 Mr. Neff orders a cheese pizza and specifies that he wants it sliced.
Jimmy did look like Kevin Costner when he dressed up as Howard with Wendy.
Issues I have with certain spin offs/prequel shows, is that they just so happen to explain every detail in the universe. Like how Anakin just so happened to build C-3PO. But this show has an abundance of them, and does them well.
So great to see Gilligan, his production team and his writers level up. These guys set the bar so high and they just leveled up 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Ken Wins is still alive at the end of Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad and El Camino. So you could say that Ken…………….Wins
I love that the thumbnail makes it seem like: did you know that Jimmy McGill is actually Saul Goodman from breaking bad!
Think about how smart the creators have to be to go back to a prequel and link everything up smh great work
Mike eating pimento cheese sandwiches in both shows is the real winner.
#9 should be #1. Who would've known that a throwaway line would give birth to two of the most iconic BCS characters ever?
#1: the main Character, Saul Goodman, appears in Breaking Bad. Glorious attention to detail by Vince. Bravo.
Season 3 Esp 9 when Jimmy is acting like a mall walker before he gives Irene the new shoes there is a store in the background that say Crazy 8.
Krazy8
Season 3 when Mike is sitting with this lady from the support group in the diner she is doing crossword puzzle. I think thats a reference to Skyler in breaking bad. The first time Walt met her she was doing crossword puzzle. Also she mentions a name: Esmarelda. Which is also a breaking bad callback when Skylar had a house party , Walt Jr is filming with his camera and Marie comes up and says to the camera Hi Esmarelda. And then Skyler says after you are born your name will be changed to Holly
The fact they didn’t forgot about his knees is impressive
Did anyone else catch the "Departure On the Sea Shore" painting, over the bed, in S6 Ep9 in the opening scene, as Saul is reciting, "One day we'll wake up... we'll know we can forget."???? This is the painting Walt sees over and over.
Nacho and lalo were written because of that seen on BB. Not the other way around. You could probably say that about the Kevin costner scene too
Amazing video! Thanks
Finishing off season 6 of Better Call Saul rn and the Ice Station Zebra Associates one 😭 I never realised, that's so well hidden!
There’s a fan theory that Max was Gus’ lover. That’s why we never see him so emotionally attached to anyone since.
Side note, Kettleman chick is super hot.
Is this a "theory" really? I though it's obvious af
So is paige from mesa verde
Better Call Saul is better than Breaking Bad… I love both but have fallen in love with Saul more !
I mean they are both good. But I doubt better Call Saul will have an ending like Breaking Bad. Better call saul is witty Breaking Bad broke bad.
That's crazy to me. BB had SO many memorable scenes and dialouges, while i can barely remember those kinda scenes in BCS. Tho i also love the show, many things seems more unimpactfull and lightweight compared to BB.
@@xxbizk1txx for me, with Saul it’s the story that’s gripped me more.
BCS isn't as violent as BB..... but Saul's story and the introductions of Lalo and Nacho make it pretty close to being just as good
I like better call saul but cmon now
No 21 .The old saul 's law office in the beauty center in better call saul
It's the same beauty center Where he suggested that Walter buy it to money laundering.
Untrue, they were two different salons.
Isn't the "El Camino dinning" present in Breaking Bad too?
It was in BCS and the movie El Camino.
@@AaeriosYT yeah I'm 100% sure that it shows in BCS 'cause I saw it just a couple of episodes ago (that's season 6 episode 4 or 5 I guess), but I do remember seeing in BB or as you said, in El Camino movie.
FUN FACT: In interviews, the writers refer to Ken by the name "Ken Wins" due to his license plate.
In the episode Fifi at the end of the episode the show mike has on the tv represents a lot about walter’s and skyler’s relationship, even the man’s name is Walter
Saul mentions Nacho even tho he’s long dead
The max fountain in bcs was the same square pattern as the hospital floor in bb. .
I really thought that shooting a spin-off from BB was a terrible idea since BB was so great. BCS changed my mind : it is indeed on the same level (maybe higher sometimes) as BB. Now I would take any show in Albuquerque coming from Gilligan and Gould.
Mikes death (as angry as I was about it) was so peaceful and perfect storywise. Is there any foreshadowing of how he dies in Better Call Saul?? I had no clue that was the same desert as the Kettelmans.
No. The Kettlemans live near the Sandia Mountains. The place where Mike dies is on the Rio Grande
I stopped by Loyola's when I was in Albuquerque a few weeks ago. It definitely isn't a real place you can eat at. It looked run down and had big cracks in the windows. Didn't look like anyone had eaten there in years.
Saul almost bought Zafiro Añejo tequila as a celebratory drink with Kim for their prank until he saw judge casamiro with the arm cast
You see the tarantula in Todd's apartment in El Camino, too.
Peter Gould and Vince Gilligan are simply directing and writing geniuses
Hectors bell is missing ,when Lalo gave it to him
what about the hoover max 60 vacuum? That's a huge reference
When Saul mentions Lalo in BB it's in the present tense: "Did Lalo send you?" So is Lalo not gonna die in BCS?
Saul might not be told he’s dead, I don’t see why he wouldn’t but even if he did he might be a bit sceptical since Lao’s been “dead” before.
Lmao lalo is definitely dead now
The only reference I got was the Krazy-8 store logo in a flash forward of Saul
I don't know the medical background behind the electrical sensitivity that Chuck suffers from but facing my comment off of what Chuck said earlier in the court hearing about if the current isn't flowing or if there is not a lot of current flowing the effects on him from the electromagnetic disorder he suffers from our minimal. This would probably be able to be explained away with the battery since it was just simply a charged battery and there was no device attached to it creating a current drain. No load equals no current flow. And if there was any residual current flow from some kind of protection device on the battery to keep it from shorting out in your pocket or overcharging or whatever - the amount of current such a device would create would be negligible.
2:33 when Hector at the end of episode 6 went to the restaurant to negotiate with Mike, a bell ran that the food is ready before Salamanca enters, ringing any "bells"? ;)
how about the camera crew and Saul Goodman's ads in BB? Also the foundation scam for Huell and the Walter White foundation? The camera crew also did great to help Jimmy become Saul.
Howard telling Kim she's one of the smartest women he's ever known before dying, direct reference to Hank's death
BCS elevates BB in so many ways and expands upon the universe
How the hell did Sauls Sezuki get all fucked up like that in 3-4 years? The car is a 1998 model, episode 1 I think takes place in October 2001 right? Idk if that much wear and tear can happen in that short period of time... unless Saul got it at a salvage auction or something and never did anything else to it..
A lot can happen in 4 years, I've seen 2022 models in worse shape.
One reference you all missed : who first built the underground meth Lab was called Werner.
The Person who destroyed it was Heisenberg
And Werner Heisenberg is actually à scientist.
Another one: Walt gets the loan to buy the RV in Mesa Verde, the bank that Kim works for in Better Call Saul
jimmy mcgill in the scene where hes reading bingo numbers looks like an old school version of matt murdoch from the daredevil comics
When. Crazy 8 first appears in breaking bad he mentions on of his runners being a kid running of an a deal that looks like it could’ve been Jesse
the insane thing is that nail salon is actually at exactly that address....i have a very unique relationship with that salon.
And the tarantula survives el camino in todds apt
Ice station Zebra is also mentioned when Saul meets Badger as his loanout
it also was a favorite movie of howard huges....
It's also the name of our local weather station, much to my delight.
that's what makes it legendary !
Awesome!!!
Thanks!!
5:04 is hilarious still 😂
Everyone always talks about how Huell is the best minor character and joking about him being happy… meanwhile I’m here like… this is actually Wendy’s world and everyone’s just living in it
Hopefully they’re paying her in root beer.
how did skinny pete survive being in prison with tuco
Damn youre right, he must’ve been all scared after being with him
I don’t remember what season nor episode of Better call Saul, but there’s one easter egg about a store inside a shopping mall called “Crazy 8) referring to breaking bad character in season 1.
I noticed it too) but I found that "crazy 8" is a real brand of children clothing, so it is known to heroes and real people, so when Lalo won over Domingo in poker, he just laughed at his three 8s in a hand, and remembered that store to kinda humiliate the guy. The creators didn't made up that sign intentedly.
@@erinomain also in one of the latest episodes the camera pointed to a road sign with "El camino Motel" written on it
Crazy8 ?? Like Baby Crazy toddlers clothing made in Mexico? I thought the store was Krazy8.
I came to the same conclusion even without knowing Gus didn’t poison the kid.
Error: The place where Mike dies is not the same place where Jimmy looks for the Kettlemans
Since Jesse knew Saul already he probably gets in trouble and uses him as his lawyer at one point
Nah he says he got Emilio off tho
i love that pig thing