Although Breaking Bad might not be in this list, its spiritual successor certainly deserves a spot. Vince Gilligan applied every lesson learned with his previous work to construct something more refined but no less gripping. Set six years before Walter White's story, Better Call Saul tells the journey of another antihero: Saul Goodman. Or, as he was known then, Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer struggling to find his way in life. Without missing a beat, the show constructs and deconstructs its characters, challenging the audience to both sympathize and despise them, sometimes during the same scene.