Instead of Rewatching Breaking Bad, Check Out These 8 Shows
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AMC's Breaking Bad is considered by many to be one of the greatest television shows of all time, up there with groundbreaking series like The Wire, Mad Men, and The Sopranos. In many ways, it changed television through its depiction of Bryan Cranston's antihero, Walter White, part mild-mannered chemistry teacher, part sociopath drug lord.
But all bad things must come to an end, and the series came to a close in 2013. For those who crave stories about complicated characters that you can't help but root for, here are eight TV shows similar Breaking Bad you can watch right now.
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Sneaky Pete
This Amazon show was created by Walter White himself, Bryan Cranston, so you know you're in good hands. It's about a newly released convict (Giovanni Ribisi) who adopts the identity of his cellmate, Pete, in order to start a new life and avoid his previous one.
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Better Call Saul
Well, duh. If you're really missing Breaking Bad, then watch this prequel show from creator Vince Gilligan, starring Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman. This show could also be called Becoming Saul Goodman, as it follows small-time attorney Jimmy McGill's transformation into Albuquerque's favorite hustler.
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Mary Kills People
By day, she's an ER doctor, but at night, she's an end-of-life counselor, helping patients with assisted suicide. Sure, unlike Walter White, Mary is killing people who want to die, but there's still a Breaking Bad quality to this show with unexpected characters doing terrible deeds.
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Ozark
Money issues? Check. Mexican drug lords? Check. Netflix's Ozark has all of the qualities people loved about its AMC predecessor and follows a Chicago family that uproots to the Missouri Ozarks after a money-laundering scheme goes wrong.
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Search Party
In the first season, TBS's hipster crime comedy followed a group of 20-somethings (including Alia Shawkat) looking for a classmate who went missing. But by season two, the show goes totally Breaking Bad when someone ends up dead and the group is forced to cover it up.
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Mr. Robot
Walter White arguably had dual personalities, including one as a chemistry teacher with low self-esteem and another as a drug lord ("I am the one who knocks!"). Elliot on USA's Mr. Robot literally has two personalities struggling to get out, one being himself and the other his dead dad (Christian Slater). Who will win out and prevent a terrorist disaster?
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Mindhunter
Holden Ford's (Jonathan Groff) transformation on this show is very reminiscent of Walter White's on Breaking Bad. The young FBI agent starts out with a curiosity in studying the mind of serial killers, but by the end of season one, he starts to identify with them.
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Godless
Breaking Bad, with its New Mexico setting and redemptive themes, was often considered a modern-day Western. The Netflix series Godless is a straight-up Western that takes place in Santa Fe and follows the story of 1880s outlaw Frank Griffin (Jeff Daniels), who hunts down his partner-turned-enemy Roy Goode (Jack O'Connell), leading Goode to a town made up of all women.