Vince Gilligan's Breaking Bad universe spans 40 years

The narrative universe created by Vince Gilligan, centered around the Breaking Bad saga, spans approximately 40 years of fictional history. This timeline connects the original series with its spin-offs, Better Call Saul and the film El Camino.

The chronology begins as early as the 1970s, detailing the formative years of Jimmy McGill, who later becomes the lawyer Saul Goodman. It also touches upon the 1980s, including Walter White’s involvement in the creation of Gray Matter Technologies and the origins of Gustavo Fring’s vendetta following the death of Max Arciniega.

The saga follows the moral transformations of key characters, from Jimmy McGill’s early scams in the 1990s to Walter White’s empire-building between 2008 and 2010, eventually concluding with the aftermath of the original series and the fates of characters like Jesse Pinkman.