Every Breaking Bad Episode Ranked 

The episode where Finger and Waltuh broke up was more heartbreaking than Ozymandias and Felina combined.

I think Skyler is actually a very well written and disagree with your point there. You can say she kinda is molded to the plot but they still manage to keep her believable. She's trapped in an extremely traumatic and complicated situation and doesn't know what to do a lot of the time. Oftentimes she just tries to make the best of a situation she feels like she can't escape. People in real life aren't consistent or one thing and that's what Breaking Bad and BCS do really well imo

I don’t think people understand that Walt left the company and did not get “left out”. He abandoned Gretchen bc he felt inferior to her due to her wealth and could not stand that he was being outdone. His hatred for Gretchen is completely unwarranted and she even called him out for trying to spin the story that way.

In my opinion, Fly is a masterpiece. It's kind of a visualization of Walt's mental state

I think Flynn changing his name is less resenting his father and more wanting a sense of individuality. I never understood naming your child after yourself so it makes sense he changed it

One of my favorite parts I never hear mentioned is in Bullet Points, when Walt and Skyler are practicing the act to tell hank and Marie about the “gambling.” Walt doesn’t wanna act too apologetic. Then he finally says “I’m sorry. For all of this.” And Skylar thinks for a second he’s actually apologizing but then he goes “how’s that. Seem believable?” Pretty devastating

I feel like Skyler is written like that because she actually doesn’t know what to do being in that type of situation she doesn’t want the family to be ruined further but also doesn’t want to be near him

Season 1 S1E1 Pilot 1:08:22 S1E2 Cat’s in the Bag… 58:27 S1E3 …And the Bag’s in the River 1:07:15 S1E4 Cancer Man 30:30 S1E5 Gray Matter 21:53 S1E6 Crazy Handful of Nothin' 1:01:37 S1E7 A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal 42:17 Season 2 S2E1 Seven Thirty-Seven 31:19 S2E2 Grilled 1:04:37 S2E3 Bit by a Dead Bee 23:05 S2E4 Down 14:18 S2E5 Breakage 18:13 S2E6 Peekaboo 13:20 S2E7 Negro y Azul 27:39 S2E8 Better Call Saul 1:26:34 S2E9 4 Days Out 1:12:15 S2E10 Over 20:49 S2E11 Mandala 1:10:37 S2E12 Phoenix 53:10 S2E13 ABQ 40:32 Season 3 S3E1 No Más 2:54 S3E2 Caballo sin Nombre 19:32 S3E3 I.F.T 5:37 S3E4 Green Light 6:36 S3E5 Más 12:26 S3E6 Sunset 45:22 S3E7 One Minute 1:02:48 S3E8 I See You 24:10 S3E9 Kafkaesque 25:53 S3E10 Fly 32:32 S3E11 Abiquiú 15:31 S3E12 Half Measures 59:50 S3E13 Full Measure 1:05:47 Season 4 S4E1 Box Cutter 46:53 S4E2 Thirty-Eight Snub 4:14 S4E3 Open House 9:10 S4E4 Bullet Points 16:48 S4E5 Shotgun 1:12 S4E6 Cornered 7:27 S4E7 Problem Dog 35:24 S4E8 Hermanos 1:17:07 S4E9 Bug 36:56 S4E10 Salud 1:13:40 S4E11 Crawl Space 1:20:52 S4E12 End Times 1:23:09 S4E13 Face Off 1:38:49 Season 5 S5E1 Live Free or Die 1:15:14 S5E2 Madrigal 34:25 S5E3 Hazard Pay 1:18:46 S5E4 Fifty One 10:00 S5E5 Dead Freight 1:25:21 S5E6 Buyout 48:45 S5E7 Say My Name 1:36:53 S5E8 Gliding Over All 1:31:04 S5E9 Blood Money 43:00 S5E10 Buried 29:10 S5E11 Confessions 54:49 S5E12 Rabid Dog 38:32 S5E13 To'hajiilee 57:17 S5E14 Ozymandias 1:33:32 S5E15 Granite State 50:45 S5E16 Felina 1:28:26

Fun Fact: Bryan Cranston has a Breaking Bad tattoo on his ring finger.

For Skylar's bimbo plot, she basically made the guy believe everything was wrong because Ted hired some woman he banged who had no qualifications and she messed up the books rather than him doing it intentionally. It didn't get them off the hook but it gave them more time to come up with the money that was owed. Also I think Jesse remembering Gale more than that cartel guy makes a lot of sense as Gale was defenseless and meant Jesse no harm whereas the Cartel guy was actively trying to shoot him.

my guy just summarized 60+ hrs of TV in a single film's runtime.

This is the moment Sourcebrew became Heisenberg. Bravo Vince

Its a little stupid to say that skylar has writing issues because her behavior is completely normal in such a bizarre and horrifying situation. It was pretty clear that she hated walt the entire time, but was trying to make the best out of it. Jesse trusting mike was because of his nature as a person, and he want to have someone to trust, and he clearly cant do that with walt

By far my favorite episode has always been Crawl Space. On first viewing I had never seen such an anxiety inducing episode quite like that one and it's always stuck with me. So many things are culminating at once and by the end of the episode it's almost in full blown horror territory. I think the only other episode I could compare it to is Plan and Execution from BCS. Full Measure is also close. One thing that I found surprising about your list was your placement of Granite State, it's definitely within my top 10 episodes

skyler laundering money wasn't a favour for walt, it was necessary to keep herself out of prison and prevent flynn and holly from being motherless. i don't see how that makes her wishy washy

Something I want to add about not knowing why Jesse got close with Mike, is that Jesse is just inherently trusting and kind. Throughout the show Jesse allows himself to get close to Walt whose literal introduction to Jesse is “cook meth with me or I tell the DEA what you’ve done”

One detail that I see some people get wrong is that Gonzo didn't die trying to hide No-Doze's body. He came back later that day to retrieve it to give it a proper burial, which he said thats what they should do to Tuco when he originally told him to hide it.

I gotta agree with "Face Off" being Number 1. The whole ending montage of Jesse and Walt burning down the lab, ending with this beautiful shot of Walt at the parking lot with the sunset in the background made me feel incredible joy. Walt and Jesse leaving on good terms with Brock pulling through just added to the joy I felt. Walt telling Skyler that they are safe and that he won was just the crowning satisfaction. I sat there thinking: "Yes Walt! You won! I love you man!" I was not once thinking about the bad shit that Walter did during this whole episode. I was just glad that he, Jesse and Walter´s family were safe. This peak satifaction then gets interrupted by the Lily of the Valley next to Walter´s pool, which in one last scene with emotional music playing recontextualizes the last two episodes and Walt´s character. Ironically I was not even mad at Walt at his moment. I remember feeling even more satisfaction, becuase I was instantly thinking on a meta level: "Holy shit, this show is so incredibly well written". "Ozymandias" made me feel peak distress and "Face Off" made me feel peak satisfaction.

Listen in defense of Andreas little brother being the one who shot combo: it’s not far fetched that a boy who ended up running with gangs had an older sister who abused drugs and ended up in focus groups

I don’t think any tv show beside this one has a memorable and important moment in every single episode this just shows how amazing this show truly is

I think this list proves how great breaking bad actually is. Every single episode has a somewhat iconic scene which makes each one memorable

Finally, after better call saul's rank I've been looking forward to this one

(spoiler alert for the whole show lol) I never got the impression that Skyler was wishy-washy myself. From the moment she finds out about Walt, her main goal has been protecting the kids from the dangers that come with Walt being a drug dealer as well as from the truth, seeing as how it does eventually completely rend their family when it comes out. She initially tries forcing him out, but without being able to tell and him calling her bluff she's forced to go along. Helping Walt not getting caught keeps them kids from finding out, and when she feels like the kids are in particular danger she will go to extremes to get them out of the house without letting anyone know about the Walt stuff.

The saddest moment in the entire show is when Walt doesn’t let Bogdan keep his first dollar. Literally my heart broke first watching that and it just broke again. Bogdans expression is soul crushing :(((

Another meaning behind the finale being called Felina is a reference to an old Marty Robbins song called “El Paso”. The song is about a cowboy who falls in love with a woman named Felina who works at a saloon. The cowboy ends up murdering a man in a duel over his love for Felina and is forced to flee to avoid being arrested. However, after being gone from his love for a while, he decides it’s better to be dead than without his love for the rest of his life, so he returns back to El Paso but is shot by lawmen. In his dying moments Felina finds him and holds him in her arms. The episode is analogous to the song, with the main character being Walt, Walt’s greed and love of power, money, and meth making being represented in Felina, and Hank’s death being similar to the man the cowboy killed over his love for Felina, which forced him to flee. You can even say the cowboy dying in Felina’s arms is similar to Walt dying with a smile in a meth lab for a final time.

Loved this video!! Here's my top 10: 10. Pilot 9. Grilled 8. Fly 7. End Times (Underrated asf!! glad you put it so high!) 6. 4 Days Out 5. Box Cutter (This is the best premire for any season of television ever.) 4. Felina 3. Face Off 2. Crawl Space 1. Granite State (purely because of that incredible ending. I will never forget how it made me feel when I first watched it.)

Depressed Jesse makes sense considering the timeline of the show. Depression doesn’t go away quickly & with who he is & everything that has happened him being depressed is logical

This is an extremely minor detail I never see anyone mention: In Felina when meeting Jack's gang, Walter is wearing the same outfit he wore when he first met Jesse to cook.

One of the craziest things I realized while watching this is that, barring the top percentage **incredible** episodes that would happen occasionally, I hardly ever noticed episode quality. Where I'm saying "oh, this episode was better than the last two" or "that was a strong string of episodes." Even if under analysis like this video is you can come up with rankings, I think it speaks to the show's quality that I was so engrossed in the story due to how well they handled every aspect of production. I had no concern with even **thinking** about quality on an episode by episode basis.

I love the episode where Walter says “I guess we’ve been breaking bad all along Jesse I think we better call Saul”

Skyler (and generally other addicts on television) flush toilets/drugs/whatever the object of their addiction is instead of "just throwing it out like a normal person would" because when you flush it it become unusable. You can take cigarettes out of the trash, you can't take toilet water out of your cigarettes.

I think the reason Gus killed Victor was because he left his car and was seen at the crime scene, so he was a liability to Gus

Fly being above peekaboo is insane to me

I don't really think that Walt surviving and being offered a barrel makes no sense. It is unlikely, yes, but Todd does have a huge amount of respect for Walt, because throughout their time working together, he can read that Walt didn't *really* mind Drew being shot, that Walt actually wants to teach, and that he is an excellent manipulator and great kingpin. Todd has respect for him because he wants to be him, and so him talking Jack out of killing Walt and even leaving him a barrel still makes sense to me.

Fun Fact: The description says the word “Jesse” 3 times.

Something I realized that I didn’t in my first watch through is that, although dying in the end, Walt WON. He came back to Albuquerque after escaping New Hampshire Police and tied up every loose end he could. He thoroughly outplayed everyone in every sense of the matter and saved Jesse, his family, and pretty much everyone else still alive while also dispatching everyone who was a threat to the prior. Easily my favorite show.

Finally someone who appreciates season 5a, i love the walt-jesse-mike dynamic so much.

sourcebrew youre the best, i love listening to your videos while i play skyrim/witcher/minecraft

Abq local here! Just wanted to chime in that although abq is not a small town, I’ve always described it as the biggest small town. Everyone kinda knows everyone somehow and it often feels like you’re one or two people away from having met someone in your life lol I think it’s because abq doesn’t have a whole lot to do so we all inevitably kinda do the same things and end up in similar places maybe? Although either way I don’t suspect the writers knew this when writing the show

I disagree with you saying that Skylar is smoking 'just to have her own secret' I think it's just the amount stress she is under

Completely agree with Face/Off at number one and especially with the statement that Fring had become seemingly invulnerable at this point. I remember rewatching F/O with my brother who was watching it for the first time and when Gus gets out of the car to get to the nursing home, my brother casually said "oh so that’s when Gus dies". I was shocked and enraged. How did he dare being Doylist at a moment like that? Me, when Gus came out with one half of his face blown off, I was still sure he was gonna survive somehow until the radio announced otherwise.

Finally. So many bcs rankings and no bb rankings! Praise you changing that

Im surprised you never mentioned the jesse and kid scenes in peekaboo.i think it deserves a significantly higher rating just for those scenes.especially the last scene in the episode

the cod zombies and re4 reference was amazing. literally 2 titles i grew up playing 24/7

Really liked your list, I would just have put 4 days out in my top five, easily my favorite episode from seasons 1/2

Personally 4 Days Out is my favourite episode It has classic Jesse lines like “ahh wire” or a robot It has a great cook sesh Walt solves the battery problem with his chemistry genius (I think this is an aspect that was lost later in the show) Then it has the series changing reveal that walt is actually in remission and he is stuck in this life of crime he’s created

My Top 5 is #5: Say My Name (S5E7) #4: Face Off (S4E13) #3: Ozymandias (S5E14) #2: Granite State (S5E15) #1: Felina (S5E16/Finale) I made an entire list but I doubt I’ll end up sending the whole list

This show was so amazing bro

I feel like im, suprisingly, in the minority based off of the comments when i say i honestly liked Ozymandias the most. Episodes like Face Off, Felina, and Crawl Space are still top, top tier for sure, but i feel like Ozymandias is just so iconic and is arguably the lowest point for everyone in the series. Hank is dead, Jesse is being tortured and kept only as a meth slave, Walter lost his family as they all turned against him, every main character from this point on is mentally fucked. It's both a sad and honestly disturbing episode, and something that it felt like the series was building up to forever.

3:33 i dont think the scene was supposed to be interpreted that way, i always interpreted it as Walt feeling really guilty over and it and trying to downplay the severity of the plane crash, and feel less responsible.

My top 5 Breaking Bad episodes are: 5. End Times 4. 4 Days Out 3. Ozymandias 2. Face Off 1. Felina Also I just wanted to say that I think Fifty-One is very underrated, it’s in my top 15 episodes and my second favorite of Season 5A after Dead Freight. The parallels it has with Pilot as well as the beautifully tragic pool scene make for a very gripping tale of Skyler trying to save her children in a desperate gamble to get them away from Walt.

im glad you put season 1 first episodes pretty high they were so good and underapriciated

The reason why Skyler is so "wishy-washy" is because she is torn between still loving and caring for Walt while at the same time being scared of him and wanting to leave/escape him. The writing on Skyler is very well done and showcases how an abusive relationship functions and why the abused so often still stays with the abuser. Yes, Walt never outright directly abuses her, but as showcased in the episode where the Salamanca twins sit in Wlats bedroom, he puts the family (and himself) in great danger and Skyler being the smart woman she is, knows that (of course not the twins being in their home but she knows that drug dealing can be fatal for the family). If you look at Walts actions from a more realistic angle and detach yourself from the "coolness" of the Heisenberg character, the only reason why he is alive for so long is BECAUSE it is a tv show, in reality, he would be murdered immediately and put his family on the line. And I'm not saying that is a bad thing, I mean making everything 100 % realistic is super boring, and that's why we even engage in media, but Skyler is a character that grounds Walt and directly confronts his Ego, that's exactly why she slept with Ted, to break walts ego and make him leave, even though in the episode she obviously does not want to sleep with him. In my opinion, Skyler together with Hank are the best-written characters in BB, because both of them contrast and antagonize Heisenberg! in a very unique way. And being this antagonistic force towards Heisenberg while still loving Walt, that in the end loses to Heisenberg and basically becomes his hostage, is what makes Skyler for many viewers such a pain in the ass and appearing "unfocused".

Your list is exactly how I myself would rank the episode but Granite State moves to #1. Great work

Felina is also the name of the Marty Stewart song that plays in the finale.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! Gotta love a breeaking bad/Better call saul ranking video :D

You put Shotgun last yet only made me like it more by listing off all that happened in it lmao.

This is a legendary video… I can’t even comprehend how much time and work it took to make. Thank you. Liked and subbed

Hell yeah it’s here this awesome man! Gonna be a great video I watched a bit and I’m saving the rest for after work

such an underrated video, nice work man

My top five in no particular order are 1. Face off 2. Ozymandiz 3. 4 day cook out 4. The fly 5. Better Call Saul

"Escorting the girl you like through a field or recently-made corpses". Lolol.

I don't know why I was so surprised when he actually said "Negro y Azul". Great video.

I only just started this show last week and I've already finished it. It was impossible to stop once I started and I think its a true testament to how well this show is written, even when I wasn't watching I was thinking about it constantly. Part of me wants more from these characters even after Better Call Saul and El Camino but I'm glad the writers knew when to call it, it all wrapped up perfectly and will stand the test of time of one of the greatest TV series of all time.

I have a hot take regarding Gale "not deserving any of this." As you noted earlier in the video during the ATM episode, we see directly what kind of impact meth has on the people who use it. This is a guy not only complicit in that, but actively pushing the boundaries on purity to make more addicting product. He willingly signed up for this knowing the dangers it brought and the misery it wrought. I think the show does a FANTASTIC job of eliciting sympathy, but that it's actually quite deceptive and similar to most people siding with Walt through to the middle/late stages of the series.

I agree, face off is the number 1 for me all the way, that scene with Hector and Gus never fails to make me drop a couple tears

Walt wasn't cut out he left because he was insecure about how rich gretchens family

Top 3 of each season according to IMDB S1: 3. E7: A No-Rough-Stuff Type Deal (8.8) 2. E1: Pilot (9) 1. E6: Crazy Handful of Nothin’ (9.3) S2: 3. E8: Better Call Saul (9.2) 2. E12: Phoenix (9.3) 1. E2: Grilled (9.3) S3: 3. E12: Half Measures (9.5) 2. E7: 1 Minute (9.6) 1. E13: Full Measure (9.7) S4: 3. E10: Salud (9.6) 2. E11: Crawl Space (9.7) 1. E13: Face Off (9.9) S5: 3. E13: To’hajiilee (9.8) 2. E16: Felina (9.9) 1. E14: Ozyamndias (10)

I just want to say great work. This was incredible

"Roomba, which I didn't know existed back then" I have never felt older with one sentence

59:03 hearing this without vine boom sound effects feels so empty

55:21 if hank told the dea that walt was heisenberg, he would have been fired from his job for having heisenberg (his own brother in law) be under his nose for so long basically like george merket, who was fired due to gus being under his nose for so long

Yo, I love you bro. Never stop making content.

Top 5 1. Felina 2. Face Off 3. Ozymandias 4. Better Call Saul 5. Say My Name

Shotgun being last place: You are not the guy. You have never been the guy. I had a guy. Now I don't. *You. Are not. The guy.*

Hank gets obsessed with rocks. "Rocks" is slang for meth. BRAVO I N C E

Breaking bad was definitely ground breaking TV, i never thought better call saul would live up to it but i always find myself rewatching it more. Such an amazing universe the producers and writers built

The goat, been hoping you’d make this!

I feel like you didn't pay too much attention writing this script

My top 3 is: 1: Felina 2: Dead Freight 3: Confessions Season 5 is a masterpiece

Shotgun being the weakest, I did not see that one coming

Hell yeah great way to start off a Monday ❤ keep up the good work source ❤❤

27:40 Did know one else catch how he said negro y azul? 😅

I LOVED when he rescued Jessie he used his brain I hate that one of the bullets hit home but it was a good gesture he got there right in time

I loved this show so much that I watched this whole video without skipping and I still knew every episode and iconic moment he was talking about. Brilliant

The episode where skyler sing happy birthday to ted, is the most disgusting moment in television history

Kid named sourcebrew:

R.I.P. to the poor innocent man who said Jesus before getting killed by the Salamanca twins in the parking lot. Can’t wait for his spinoff show!

Shotgun is one of my favorites! I love the visuals of a bored Jesse and calm Mike

Appreciate you giving Crawl Space the love it deserves. One of my all time favorite episodes.

ah yes finally the source who brews is back

Love your iceberg videos

This videos going to have a million veiws by next month. Mark my words.

"In 2016, Vince Gilligan finally revealed the true reason why Walter broke up with Gretchen and left Gray Matter: he felt inferior to her and her wealthy family, confirming that it was due to his ego and pride." (from the wiki) gretchen and elliott didn't cut walter out, he left the company and sold his share for 5k because he felt insecure at the fact that he wouldn't be "providing" for gretchen since she was already well-off and felt inferior since he wasn't as rich. he also says something along the likes of "rich girl" in the episode where walt "goes off". so in truth, he's just projecting and baby-raging at his own mistake. he regrets leaving the company since he would have been incredibly successful and rich if he hadn't, but his pride and ego won't allow him to blame himself, so he puts all the blame on her. just a great scene, showcasing how pathetic walt really is.

1:22:04 caught in 4k watching BB on a pirated site except I use the same site tho

Love the comedy in the rankings and very know about the subject, favorite breaking bad ranker just off this one video top quality

No fucking way you beat me to it AGAIN

My top 5: 1. Felina 2 . Ozymandias 3. Face off 4. Dead freight 5. Granite state

I started watching the show June 23rd 2022 and finished it July 10th 2022, it was that awesome

Curious. The very moment this video was showing up in my recommendations, I noticed that a fly was flying through my room. Now I don't need to watch the video anymore, but I clicked anyways just to leave this comment. Cheers!