Better Call Saul Season One Tier List | Ranked and Reviewed
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- čas přidán 3. 05. 2024
- It's finally time for the Better Call Saul Tier List! Considered by many to be one of the greatest prequel series of all time, many regard the show to be just as good as - if not better than - it's predecessor, Breaking Bad. But are these people true? Can a show really be THAT good? ...I mean, this video's like an hour long, so probably! I hope you enjoy! Feel free to lash your anger out at me in the comments section below!
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Uno
6:05 - Mijo
10:37 - Nacho
15:31 - Hero
20:51 - Alpine Shepard Boy
25:14 - Five-O
33:00 - Bingo
38:37 - RICO
44:44 - Pimento
53:00 - Marco
1:00:13 - Outro
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The greatest trick the show did was try to convince everyone that Howard Hamlin was the bad guy.
I started rewatching it and the idea that Howard is bad at first actually still holds up even when you know it’s Chuck. It’s great because you can still see him as pompous and rude but also see glimmers of him coming off as a good guy and not how he seems to Jimmy/an unaware audience. It’s really great writing!
@@asmileisspecial It's all so sad. In the end you really feel bad for him. Jimmy and Kim went too far.
@@asmileisspecialin Howard vs Kim he was absolutely the bad guy. He didn’t like her doing anything herself and wanted her as an extension of himself.
@@acsone3546I'd have to re-watch the episode to be fair, but it is his law firm. More so his than hers, so he has every right to dictate how he wants his subordinates to work. Hardly 'bad-guy' in my opinion.... especially when we are talking about the BB universe.
But again, I can't remember everything he said/did.
@@sortofanoakyafterbirth3661 Asshole boss/buisnessman, which makes sense because he's a damn lawyer, but as a person he honestly did his best. If not for HHM and Chuck he'd probably be their greatest ally
Plot twist, Sandpiper wasn't actually embezzling, all the money was going into the most deluxe, luxurious toilet paper on the market
Ima tickle you
Its amazing how Mike was just meant to be a fill in character for one episode of BB to being one of the best storylines in both shows.
Same thing with Jesse, he was supposed to die very early on. The writers are great at recognizing characters they should expand upon
@douglassmalls6934 Same with Badger and Saul, and a lot of other characters.
I 🅱️roke my 🅱️oy
The fact that this man only has 16k is a crime he deserves way more his humour is class
I think the most underrated CZcamsr on this website
18 now babyyy
he's gaining a few hundred every day, he's surprisingly close to 100k with the pace he's on
especially if his channel really blows up
BRO DIDNT EVEN SEE THAT WTF!?
already at 19.9k 11 days later, these videos are phenomenal and it looks like they're gaining the attention they deserve.
Chuck's illness is very interesting. I'm referring of course to the psychological manifestation of what he calls EMS. There's evidence that suggests the physiological condition actually exists, and is fairly common, if not this severe. However, in Chuck's case, I think it's actually an anxiety disorder exacerbated by social triggers and an obsessive, detail-oriented personality.
Initially brought on by his painful divorce, a proud man like Chuck would never admit that he's emotionally triggered by anything, but especially his brother. He resents and is made uncomfortable by Jimmy, and it's shown more than once in the series Chuck doesn't want his actions to bother him. "You never mattered all that much to me", "It wasn't that, it was your cell phone!"
To be fair, having a brother like Jimmy, so starkly contrasted with your own buttoned-up, goody-two-shoes self would be frustrating, especially when everyone around you loves him and enjoys his company more than your own (Rebecca finding Jimmy's jokes funnier, their mom asking for Jimmy even though Chuck was right there at her death bed). Even if you see the questionable things he does for what they are, charisma always beats dorky. Even Howard liked Jimmy, Chuck was the real problem all along.
So, the highly intelligent Chuck deflects the reasons behind his symptoms. But since there's nothing physical to blame it on, he assigns the meaning to the ever-present, invisible electricity. You see it in psych all the time, patients pointing out one thing as the problem when it's actually something entirely different, and much simpler. Ironically, the same attention to detail that makes him a good lawyer is also his biggest contributor to his disorder. Nobody knows quite how to get to us like family.
Sorry for the novel lmao.
This is so cool- thanks for writing this! :)
i read this in vile eye’s narrating voice
@@ac1dnet lmao I love that channel
Amazing summary, thank you
what i love about season 1 is just how self contained it is. if the show was cancelled after marco, it would pretty reasonably explain everything about saul in breaking bad, why he became saul why we dont see chuck etc
I remember thinking at the end of season 1, where do they go from here? They told a complete satisfying arc
Then it only got better from there
Can't say I agree at all lmaoo
That would've left dozens of questions about what happened to Kim, Chuck, Nacho, Howard, how he went from Jimmy to Saul and got his classic office, and how he went from really wanting to help people, especially the elderly, to becoming a servant for criminals. It would've raised questions as to who "Lalo" was from the "It wasn't me it was Ignacio. Lalo didn't send you?" line from Breaking Bad. Also Sandpiper really wouldn't have had a point if the series ended here, as well as the Gene Takavic flash forward from the first episode.
Point being, season 1 sets up dozens of things for the rest of the series that wouldn't work without the rest of the series.
@@blokvader8283 Some of the questions you asked could technically be answered by just the first season alone if you just theorized.
Jimmy cut all contact with Chuck and he even changed his name to Saul Goodman to further disassociate from his brother. He doesn't even know if his brother is alive nor does he care. Saul used his cons to get contacts with the criminal world and it lead to him defending criminals instead of elderly people and it's also how could afford that office. Howard and Kim would want to not be a part of a crook so they cut all contacts with Saul. And Gene Takavic is forever managing that Cinnabon and keeping a low profile always longing for the good old days.
It's just that my theories doesn't make sense because there are 5 more seasons that discredits everything I said. You know what the show eventually turned out to be so it's hard to see season 1 being anything but the beginning of the show, not being selfcontained.
@@blokvader8283 I would say it was 90% self contained. The other 10% is expanded upon in upcoming seasons. The 90% is probably due to the fact when they started making the show there was no way to know if they would get following seasons so they wanted to make something that wouldn't piss off the entire fanbase if it only got one season
@@blokvader8283 I'd argue that the Gene flashforward from Uno is reasonably self-contained. It doesn't set up anything, unlike the other Gene scenes, it just shows us Saul's current life, and how depressed he is that he's fallen so far, then gives a brief glimpse into what set him on that path
Im so happy you continued the gag with Huell going "Mnnnh" with Mike spamming Lawyer in the Five-O review
After watching BB recap its surprising how much 'slower' season 1 of BCS is, though I don't remember feeling like that when I was watching the show.
Probably because writing is so good, you don't even notice that you watched an entire season without seeing main character mentally breaking down with a gun in his hand in the middle of the desert without pants.
Love these characters
Tbh bcs is fairly fast pace, especially in season 2, you had jimmy quitting law to the new law firm to solo practice in 10 episodes with cartal stuff, chuck stuff in inbetween.
Unironically Mrs Kettleman had some HUGE bazoogas
I can't even blame Craig that much tbh.
she has them bojangas
I love that these videos are long, but they're not just an hour of rambling about the show, they're an hour of a tightly-paced script packed with jokes.
THIS GONNA BE LIT
shut up
I know you... You posted memes in we do a little killing during 2021.
“You hear that, I found your dumbass clients”
I forgot about that line, shit that made me laugh
Five-O, one of my all time favorite episodes of TV. Johnathan Banks is an absolute legend, Mike is easily my favorite BCS character
Miho was an SS tier episode, the depth of acting was phenomenal, the entire desert scene itself with Jimmy talking to Tuco like a judge, the foreshadowing of Tuco killing Gonzo, this 1 episode set most of the series into motion
Just the line "I just talked you down from a death sentence to 6 months probation" is SS quality lmao
Miho 💀. (Its fine btw, Mijo, j pronounced as Sort of a H in spanish.)
@@ekamsingh1640its more like a hghck like when you have something in your throat
Alright I know I'm slightly late here (and a little bit picky) but Tuco didn't kill Gonzo. He beats up No-Doze (that's his name apparently) and Gonzo is the one he gets brutally stuck while trying to hide his body. In fact, Tuco didn't even realize that Gonzo died, thinking he snitched which allowed Walter and Jesse to remain alive due to the suspicions on the snitching being blamed on Gonzo. So yeah, I guess in a way it did set a lot of things in motion.
@@bayoft6692I think the guy got them confused
The scene where Chuck says Jimmy is not a real lawyer made me genuinely sad for Jimmy. It is clear at that point in the show all he wanted was Chuck's approval and love and yet Chuck's superiority complex clouds his judgment. To be rejected by the ones you value the most is just so awful. I really feel for Jimmy in that scene. Like that scene stuck with me, I still think about it from time to time. Obviously Jimmy is his own person and his choices are on him, but Chuck's decisions are a big part of what led him to become Saul Goodman and you can totally see why. It's just so tragic
At the same time, Chuck was kind of right, even if he had the influence to steer Jimmy in the right direction. Jimmy never changes, even when he has all the power in the world to do so on his own. "Slippin' Jimmy with a law degree is like a chimp with a machine gun."
8:44 I fucking cried when you made Saul run away with the wheelchair at high speed holy shit
Idg why some people dont like season 1. For me its one of the best ones. Jimmy feels like a hero for the story. Someone you can relate to, if youve struggled to be successful.
@@yaneok I suppose so, but i feel like i like Jimmy the most in season one. Just someone i can relate to.
@@just5559I loved it too. The last few seasons were much darker and definitely BB universe-esque... while the first season or 2 of BCS was lighter, funny, and interesting.
The only time I felt any pacing issues in this show were the first few episodes of S2. People who hate on BCS were just expecting another Breaking Bad.
Probably one of the funniest seasons I ever watched
"Shut the Chuck up" absolutely sent me
"i broke my boy " makes me always cry. SS tier
Bro this dude deserves atleast 1m subs, he is soooo underrated
I rate him highly so...but if you mean "more people need to see this" ...then yeah.
The most fascinating part of Season 1 BCS is just how Howard is characterized before you know it was Chuck who's the real asshole. "Hamlindigo Blue" honestly feels so out of place with the man Howard is by the end of the series.
I assumed his father created hamlindigo blue
Just to clarify, the scene of Jimmy and Marco with the Rolex, a good Rolex was worth $8,000 easy even back then. That’s why the guy is so amiable to fork over the extra $500 and runs off a calling Jimmy a loser, he thinks he’s scammed Jimmy by taking the watch.
Just figured that you were born sometime this century and wouldn’t have a clue what a Rolex was worth lol lord knows I didn’t until I looked it up.
Jimmy's interactions with the elder are always so bitter sweet. Its a pleasure seeing him act so genuinely caring for those in need. Very rare instance in all of BB or BCS where someone affiliated in the crime world helps aid people outside that world, truthfully, above the law. Of course, this all goes in the following seasons lol.
And I absolutely love these videos! Complete synopsis breakdown with small details intertwined, with a perfect dash of comedy. Making this comment on my third rewatch, so much love and support for you man. You just keep getting better and better, making everyday a painful wait for the next, cant wait to see more!
I just finished the Breaking Bad Comp earlier today and then you drop this, loved rewatching and hearing your perspectives on each episode. I love how this season sets everything up
fr this guys is too little of a youtuber for this quality and is very underrated
Same ive been watching it all morning
45:44 One detail I didnt notice until now is that the big dude on Mikes left is Clarence, the guy who drove the strippers to Kandy Welding Co. in El Camino
"You're the kind of lawyer guilty people hire." Sweetie you are guilty
The humour, editing, episode descriptions and reasons for the rankings are spot on and amazing much like the Breaking Bad ones. 10 Pimento Sandwiches out of 10.
50:46 the first thing chuck says is all jealousy not "you're a lier" "you're a thief" 'you ultimately hurt everyone around you unintentionally" none of these because the real reason chuck hates Jimmy is because of jealousy.
This content is 99.1 percent pure
I started watching Better Call Saul recently and a big motivation was Mike being my favorite Breaking Bad character. Jonathan Banks' performance just solidified Mike as far and away my favorite BB/BCS character.
"You're the worst lawyer ever!"
"I just talked you down from a death sentence to a six month probation; I'm the best lawyer ever."
That is an amazing summary of Jimmy's character.
So glad you did this series too. I've been loving Better Call Saul. also, FUCK CHUCK. :D
The Kettleman story line is hilarious. They are played brilliantly by Julie Ann Emery & Jeremy Shamos.
sorry man but no one is outdoing Gale for biggest Redditor in the series, he literally talks about what a libertarian he is as he prances around his house listening to vaudville
Visiting Thailand of all places as well, there's no way Vince picked that karaoke video randomly.
I feel like if Chuck had accepted Jimmy and let him work at HHM none of what he ended up getting into with criminal stuff would have happened. That's the tragedy of it though, Chuck was right about Jimmy, but even when he actually started to change he didn't see that so Jimmy went right back to his ways that lead to his eventual downfall.
This video and your breaking bad rating compilation has had me entertained while I work just listening to them. Thank you for the hours of entertainment and laughs. You have a knack for comedic delivery
"He's RIGHT THERE! JUST LOOK-"
I'm convinced that "Steve Ogg" is just a slighly less intense version of Trevor Phillips
Really good pacing and fantastic jokes, the reason Sandpiper has high quality toilet paper is because it has to be for the old people.
Fred Herbert and an Elden Ring reference in one video, phenomenal.
I couldn’t resist. Thanks a ton for the super thanks!
i wasn't sure if i liked mike, but that "lawyer" scene made me laugh my ass off
I finished the BrBa comp a week ago and have been absolutely dying for this since and man did the damn Rice deliver, looking forward to the other seasons asdfasdfasdf
Once this is finish, by any chance could you create a mega tier list on breaking bad, better call saul and rank them as one. Be cool to see how you woukd rank each eps from the 2 shows and which show has more of your favourite eps. Then chuck el camino in the tier list aswell in with the episodes and treat that like an episode
Oh absolutely. That was my plan from the beginning. My computer might explode from rendering but it'll be worth it
@BeatRiceIsHere 😂 lmao, yh you put alot of effort in your vids, can't wait to watch this one fully once I finished the series.
I found your Breaking Bad ranking compilation just the other day and already this is uploaded. Subscribed, can't wait till you finish this one.
Do you think Pimento or Five-O is better?
Additionally, I just want to note that I find the episode 'Marco' extremely underrated. You can't go wrong with an all out Slippin' Jimmy show (not the animated show.
Remember me when you're at 3M subscribers :)
Pimento - the episodes on each tier go from left to right (best to worst) in terms of quality
And thank you!
@@BeatRiceIsHere ohh thanks for the clarification. also, youre welcome!
I nonchalantly love this video
I genuinely do not understand how you dont have more subs. I just watched all of the previous vid, and i will be binging this as well. Please do not stop uploading, the quality is insane.
I like your breakdown of each episode. This is my 4th time watching BCS.
Thanks!
I'm amazed with all the clips you included!❤
I think the biggest reason people arent in love with BCS s1 and you enjoyed it more now than on the first watch is that it's difficult to know where it's going to go on first vieweing and it's quite slow compared to later seasons. Looking back on it, its easy to appreciate the characters and story setup knowing just how well it is payed off.
Can't wait for season 2 tier list, your content makes me happy, keep it going my dude!
Love this type of content! Keep up the amazing work and cant wait for Better Call Saul season 2!!!
Been waiting for this for weeks, let’s goo 🔥💪
I need more 1+ hour long BCS/BrBa breakdowns in my life
Fun fact about "Trevor" in Pimento: Steven Ogg plays a character named Simon in seasons 7 and 8 of The Walking Dead (who's completely original to the show and isn't in the comic book source material - seriously, read the comics. The comics are better than the show and rival Breaking Bad for me in terms of peak fiction), and the character he playes here in Better Call Saul is also named Simon. Given the fact that The Walking Dead has an Easter Egg for Breaking Bad with blue meth in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it scene, there's a fan theory rumor thing that, basically, Steven Ogg's character here would've eventually moved towards Virgiania after the zombie apocalypse began and meet Negan at some point early in the Saviors history.
such a w list!Also love to see the respect that the ep Marco got since i always liked it and believed thats when Jimmy started becoming Saul
Just discovered this channel! Watched the full BB tier list! Now I can't wait for the full BCS one!
How could you call Cinnabon cinnamon rolls mediocre?
Looking forward to watching this though, especially after watching your Breaking Bad ranking 😄
Cinnabon actually makes some great cinnamon rolls, but you gotta figure that they probably aren't very tasty when cooked up by a depressed conman on the run.
@@BeatRiceIsHere ah fair enough, you got me there
@@BeatRiceIsHereThis is accurate.
Finally, ive been waiting forever! definitely gonna be worth the wait.
you deserve way more views honestly. This is really high quality content.
Might be my new favorite tier ranking channel
Just finished your BB ranking two minutes ago! Let's gooooo!
My favorite joke is the pemento SANDWITCH
Dude fantastic video!! I'm off to the next one see you there
Oh, great timing for me, thank you, enjoyed your BB series, im sure this one will be great as well
Literally JUST finished the breaking bad video and here you are...fresh with the better call saul...talk about timing!
Havnt finished season 1 so I can't watch but I literally just finished ur breaking bad video less then 2 hours ago and wondered when this would drop. Ur vids are fire bro keep it up 🎉❤
"Close to tears..." - ooh, tough guy.
yess lessgo
Been waiting for this for a while, loved your BB lists!
i literally just finished watching the breaking bad video, saw that it said july 2023 and decided to check if it was out, only to see that it was posted 11 minutes ago
Surprise!
Love your content man keep up the good work! You're funnier than most high tier CZcamsrs!!
Love your look on the show and funny random comments keep it up
very underated
I like the little micro edits ether when the soundtrack is playing or when dialogue is played
I Watched quiet some different breaking bad tier lists, but yours really stuck in my head. Whenever i watch your tier list videos, i dont feel like im talking to a freaking reddit user who's trying to show that he got the show. When i listen to you, i just feel like i talk to a pal who i watch the show with. Please keep it up!
I have been waiting for this video for ages
Bro thank you so much for these videos
Can we just appreciate the fact that he got straight into the video without ANY intro?
It's all good man
God i wish lawyers were real
Been waiting for this 😭🙏
18:26 as a huge fan of the soundboard community , hearing Fred delighted me 😂 Great tier list ❤
yoooo! i've been waiting for this man
Thank u so much for making these vids bro. You deserve so many more subs :)
Loving your chanel Mr. Rice, thank you for the top tier content
Another great video 👏🏽
1 hour passed like a minute, great video.
You’ve got to be the funniest review CZcamsr ever
Right after the banger jokes you made in the Breaking Bad vids
I knew I had to subscribe and watch the rest of your videos 🧐
The legend is back
I finished BB maybe last month. And I started BCS probably sometime last month. I'm only on S2, and I gotta say... S1 is really good. S2 starts out pretty bad, but it has gotten good. I'm excited for S3, as that's when people consider the show getting good.
You should update on further tier list videos your experience. The show gets so damn good. I honestly disagree that Season 2 starts bad but I can’t lie that it doesn’t get better as it goes on. Enjoy it!
@@yaneok Yeah lol 💀
@bettercallchicanery1216 honestly a really good idea. I finished two, and I'm onto 3, so I will update when the S2 video comes out.
lmao i literally just finished watching the breaking bad tier list and this is uploaded. perfect timing
Keep em coming brother... you're on a million-plus path, and I think all of the comments and praise you're getting confirm that. That Breaking Bad tier list is absolute quality.
Another thing to watch before falling asleep ❤
Your video production is so good u deserve more subs
been waiting for this vid for so long!!!!
dude i just found ur channel from the breaking bad video, such great content. keep it up man ur gonna pop off
I liked your breaking bad episodes so its nice to see you doing better call saul too
YOOO THIS IS SO COOL can’t wait for better fuel huell
just finished The Breaking bad ranking. Are you gonna be uploading the rest of the seasons separately or 2,3 seasons a video?
Gonna upload each season seperately (about one per month), then I’m gonna put them all into a supercut once I’m done
can't wait to watch all the videos over the next 5 months and 12 days
Love you bro good work
2:15 even tho I’ve watched the show before this I still had jumpscared from how loud it was in my headphones
Letttsss gooo, im currently on S6 E9 of better call saul, finished watching bb so went onto this, think ima finish watching and im defo gonna come back to this vid cause im curious on someone elses thoughts. For me season 1 was definitely the weakest but it was still so great, one of the best 1st seasons to a show for me. So far I havnt finished s6 but s5 is probably my favourite season, definitely the last few eps with nacho and lalo was awsome. Looking forward too these upcoming episodes but sad that its gonna be over soon
Hamblindigo blue is the greatest throwaway line in tv history