Breaking Bad vs Death by Lightning
Breaking Bad has the higher audience score (8.9/10 against 7.5/10 for Death by Lightning). Breaking Bad is the older of the two (2008 against 2025). Both are crime, drama shows, so they suit a similar mood.
Breaking Bad
Death by Lightning| Breaking Bad | Death by Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.9/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 2025 |
| Seasons | 5 | 1 |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Creator / director | Vince Gilligan | Bernadette Caulfield, D. B. Weiss |
| Main cast | Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, RJ Mitte, Dean Norris | Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham, Matthew Macfadyen, Betty Gilpin, Andrew Hefler |
Synopsis
Breaking Bad
Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.
Death by Lightning
The story of James Garfield, who rose from obscurity to become America's 20th President — and Charles Guiteau, the man who assassinated him.
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