People say Better Call Saul is better than Breaking Bad now that both have officially ended

Fans reckon Better Call Saul is better than Breaking Bad now that the former has finally ended.

Better Call Saul's final episode was released on August 15 and emotional fans have flooded social media to share their thoughts after viewing six seasons and 63 episodes.

We're not going to lie... they're a little controversial.

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One social media user said: "Finally the time to say it. Better Call Saul > Breaking Bad."

A second person showered the finale with praise: "This ending of Better Call Saul was so marvellously written. For me, it was even better than Breaking Bad's. It's only a bit sad [is] that this Breaking Bad universe ends."

A third chipped in with: "Why do I like the Better Call Saul series finale more than the Breaking Bad series finale? Because no one says 'waving the weenie' in the Breaking Bad series finale."

Fair enough on that final point, to be honest.

But what did the critics make of it?

Alan Sepinwall from Rolling Stone wrote: "There’s no big drama, because it would feel like a cheat to insert some new conflict for them that wasn’t part of the step-by-step process we watched on Breaking Bad. But it’s them back in their element one last time, and it’s very, very good."

The Times writer James Jackson added: "So, Better Call Saul . . . six and a half series in and it is the best thing on TV — possibly ever, in fact!"

The Hollywood Reporter's Daniel Fienberg reckons that critics are 'contractually obligated to pit the two shows against each other', but actually doing so is an impossible task.

"I don’t think Better Call Saul, as breathlessly suspenseful as it often was, was ever on the same level as much of season four of Breaking Bad ... but I don’t think Breaking Bad ever had a relationship that I cared about on the same level as Jimmy and Kim’s," Fienberg said, as per The Hollywood Reporter.

"That makes Breaking Bad a more exciting and rewatchable show, perhaps, but not a show that ever stuck with me with the character-driven potency that Better Call Saul did."

Fienberg added that comparing the shows is really an impossible task, despite being set in the same universe.

But it wasn't just TV critics that made this observation.

One social media user said: "Better call Saul is more meticulously crafted with its storytelling, pacing, and characterisation while Breaking Bad’s story is more enthralling and it’s easy to get stuck into the world."

A second added: "Breaking Bad: Better paced show and the biggest cinematic achievement. Better Call Saul: The deeper and more mature show. The better artistic achievement."

So, even if you're jumping on the 'Better Call Saul is better' bandwagon, the fact of the matter is this: it is now over.

In June, AMC boss Dan McDermott said the network's door 'is always open' for another spin-off, however Gilligan and Gould don't have immediate plans to extend the franchise.

But never say never.

Featured Image Credit: AMC

Topics: Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, TV and Film, News

Rachel Lang

Rachel Lang is a Digital Journalist at LADbible. During her career, she has interviewed Aussie PM Malcolm Turnbull in the lead up to the 2016 federal election, ran an editorial campaign on the war in Yemen, and reported on homelessness in the lead-up to Harry and Meghan’s wedding in Windsor. She also once wrote a yarn on the cheese and wine version of Fyre Festival.

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