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They're both very well made, with excellent acting, but I couldn't keep watching them. Breaking Bad just depressed the hell out of me, and as for Better Call Saul, while I've known and been forced to deal with my fair share of shady lawyers, it's way over the top.
Definitely entertaining, though, both of them.
Oh, I stopped watching Rings of Power after the second episode. It's just complete drek, imo. It would take forever to list what I think is wrong with it, so I'll just talk about how Galadriel's character is written vs. the male characters. It's the typical "woke" trope: the commanding, confident, take charge woman who can somehow do the physical things women can't do, versus all the inept, weak, vacillating male characters, when they're not outright evil.
I honestly feel sorry for young men who are fed this ego destroying crap.
Oh, I left aside that this character has absolutely NOTHING to do with the character of Galadriel from the source material.
When these Hollywood writers stray from the source material they ruin it. The same thing happened with the last few episodes of GOT, which I loved. Once they went beyond what Martin had written, it blew up.
Yes, Jimmy aka Saul is over the top but he is entertaining. As far as Breaking Bad comes Walt's transformation is scary and freaky. The way he came up to execute Gus and that scene, i cannot forget for a while.
As for Rings of Power, i agree, it's terribly slow and without any context. It completely lacks the Peter Jackson's trilogy magic. I left watching at 3/4-rd episode because it got totally bored. But, Better Call Saul had these funny moments i cannot forget, especially Chuck and Howard getting pissed off by Saul's eccentrism lol.