I’ve seen BB three times all the way through. I’ve also seen the Sopranos all the way through three times. I really enjoyed them both, and wouldn’t want to compare.
For my mind BB hit its stride precisely at Better Call Saul. From then on I really don’t see it missing a beat, although for the life of me I can’t understand why anyone would rate “Fly” as one of the top episodes, particularly since it’s clearly a bottle episode.
The most underrated part of it is the scenery, which is always stunning on any viewing.
And I have to roll my eyes for the umpteenth time and point out to Geoff and all the others who’ve made the same point, that Walter White did not take up drug-dealing to pay his medical bills. It’s explicit in the first series that he thinks he’s doing it to provide for his family when he’s dead. And if that’s not enough, in the very final episode they get him to spell out, explicitly, why he did it, and I quote: "I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it. And… I was really… I was alive. "