“Breaking Bad” takes place over a smaller period when compared to “Better Call Saul,” spanning two years; the same amount of time Walter’s doctor gave him after his diagnosis.
2008 – Walter White receives his cancer diagnosis and, spurred by the life-changing news, teams up with former student Jesse Pinkman to cook and sell crystal meth. The duo eventually enters business relations with Tuco Salamanca, but their relationship turns deadly when Tuco’s paranoia nearly gets them killed. Walter’s brother-in-law, DEA Agent Hank Schrader, kills Tuco in the ensuing chaos, leaving Walt and Jesse without a distributor.
2009 – Walt and Jesse continue to expand their operation, cutting out the middle man and using Jesse’s friends as distributors. However, setbacks require the duo to recruit Saul Goodman to help develop their criminal enterprise, in turn getting a meeting with Gus Fring.
Walt and Jesse begin working for Gus in his superlab built under the industrial laundromat. Constant insubordination from Walt and Jesse leads to Gus wanting to get rid of the duo, specifically Walt. To save himself, Walt turns Jesse against Gus and successfully kills Fring, utilizing Hector Salamanca and a wheelchair bomb.
2010 – After killing Gus Fring, Walter White establishes a relationship and distribution network with Lydia and the Madrigal company. Walter’s ever-expanding drug empire is put at risk when Hank discovers that Walter is Heisenberg, thanks to some truly revelatory bathroom reading.
Hank and Walter engage in an intense battle of wits ending in Hank and his partner Steve Gomez getting killed by Jack Welker and his neo-Nazi gang. The gang captures Jesse and forces him to cook for them, while Walt goes into hiding after being found out by authorities.
Walt eventually comes out of hiding, returning to Albuquerque to rescue Jesse, get his money to his family, and kill Jack and the rest of the neo-Nazi gang. Just as the authorities close in, Walt succumbs to wounds suffered while killing Jack’s gang and freeing Jesse, finally dying.
