--- title: Breaking Bad: Why Bob Odenkirk Didn't Watch Two Seasons of The Show description: Bob Odenkirk won over fans in his role as Saul Goodman on Breaking Bad, but he didn't even start watching the hit show until the 4th season. canonical: https://time.com/4009535/bob-odenkirk-breaking-bad/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-25T12:31:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T10:24:45.072Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Why Bob Odenkirk Didn't Watch Two Seasons of 'Breaking Bad' og:description: Bob Odenkirk won over fans in his role as Saul Goodman on Breaking Bad, but he didn't even start watching the hit show until the 4th season. og:url: https://time.com/4009535/bob-odenkirk-breaking-bad/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt145756f6a1899167/69877944f887dc3b43e89739/better-call-saul-breaking-bad-bob-odenkirk.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut and Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman in 'Better Call Saul', Season 1. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Why Bob Odenkirk Didn't Watch Two Seasons of 'Breaking Bad' twitter:description: Bob Odenkirk won over fans in his role as Saul Goodman on Breaking Bad, but he didn't even start watching the hit show until the 4th season. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt145756f6a1899167/69877944f887dc3b43e89739/better-call-saul-breaking-bad-bob-odenkirk.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch: Why Bob Odenkirk Didn't Watch Two Seasons of _Breaking Bad_  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Aug 25, 2015 12:31 PM UTC  Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut and Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman in 'Better Call Saul', Season 1. Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut and Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman in 'Better Call Saul', Season 1.Ben Leuner—AMC  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Aug 25, 2015 12:31 PM UTC Bob Odenkirk may have won over fans in his role as Saul Goodman on AMC’s _Breaking Bad_, but it turns out the actor didn’t even start watching the hit show until the fourth season. Odenkirk, who first appears as the crooked lawyer on _Breaking Bad_ in Season 2, told Jimmy Kimmel Monday night that he had a good excuse for not tuning into the show until his third season on it: “I had little kids, you can’t have little kids come in during _Breaking Bad_ or the state will come after you.” We wonder if he lets his children watch his spinoff series _Better Call Saul_? ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4009535/bob-odenkirk-breaking-bad/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4009535/bob-odenkirk-breaking-bad/"},"headline":"Watch: Why Bob Odenkirk Didn't Watch Two Seasons of Breaking Bad","datePublished":"2015-08-25T12:31:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:24:45.072Z","description":"He blames the kids","url":"https://time.com/4009535/bob-odenkirk-breaking-bad/","keywords":["Television","breaking bad"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt145756f6a1899167/69877944f887dc3b43e89739/better-call-saul-breaking-bad-bob-odenkirk.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt145756f6a1899167/69877944f887dc3b43e89739/better-call-saul-breaking-bad-bob-odenkirk.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut and Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman in 'Better Call Saul', Season 1.","caption":"Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut and Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman in 'Better Call Saul', Season 1.","creditText":"Ben Leuner—AMC","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4009535/bob-odenkirk-breaking-bad/","name":"Watch: Why Bob Odenkirk Didn't Watch Two Seasons of Breaking Bad"}}]}] ```