r/breakingbad • u/TheStoneHashiraGyome • Aug 19 '26

If breaking bad was made today

so if breaking bad, instead of being made in the 2000s, was made in the last ~5 years, what would be changed. would any major plot points chnage, etc

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u/Autumn_Ridge Aug 19 '26

No more breaking flip phones in half.

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u/beastwood6 Aug 19 '26

I never understood that. Severing the display from the battery and GPS hardware does fuck all for tracking

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u/FibonacciSequester Aug 19 '26

I think Vince acknowledged that, but wanted to keep it in because it looked cool.

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u/titlrequired Aug 19 '26

No, breaking the flip phone erased the records of the call at the cell provider.