Bryan Cranston's Best Breaking Bad Replacement Show Is Now On Netflix

Bryan Cranston's Best Breaking Bad Replacement Show Is Now On Netflix

Summary Watch Bryan Cranston in his biggest TV role since Breaking Bad in Your Honor, now available on Netflix.

Your Honor mirrors Breaking Bad with Cranston playing a lead role in another morally conflicted character drama.

Despite mixed reviews, Your Honor is worth watching for Cranston fans seeking a gripping drama experience.

It has been over a decade since Breaking Bad came to a close, but fans can still get their Bryan Cranston fix from a more recent TV show now streaming on Netflix. Before Breaking Bad's perfect series finale, the renowned crime drama ran on AMC for five critically acclaimed, well-beloved seasons between 2008 and 2013, all while building and retaining a tremendous cult following that still holds strong today. For more than its riveting drama or well-thought-out script, Breaking Bad was a must-see series for its compelling antihero narrative centered around the lead character and morally corrupt chemist, Walter White.

Cranston led Breaking Bad's cast as Walter for the entirety of the series, keeping enthusiasts hooked on his descent into deep depravity. Breaking Bad has captivated audiences since its first season when Walter was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer and elected to take his fate into his hands by cooking meth to pay for his treatment and his family's financial needs. From there, the series and Cranston's performance became an increasingly intoxicating wild ride. It was unfortunate to see Breaking Bad conclude Cranston's role - but mercifully, the actor can be found within a similarly entertaining and relatively new TV series.

Related 15 Years Later - Why Breaking Bad Has Aged So Well Breaking Bad recently celebrated its 15th anniversary, with the milestone only proving that the series has aged impeccably well over the years.

Your Honor, Bryan Cranston's Biggest TV Role Since Breaking Bad, Is Now On Netflix

Cranston Plays Your Honor's Lead Role As Michael Desiato

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After Breaking Bad, Cranston was in short role reprisals for the franchise's spinoff series Better Call Saul and sequel movie El Camino, which was a pleasant treat for Breaking Bad enthusiasts but too fleeting to be considered an actual fix. Cranston also took on short or recurring TV roles in How I Met Your Mother, SuperMansion, and Family Guy - yet still, none were particularly suitable for giving Breaking Bad fans the dose of Cranston they truly desired. Fortunately, the Showtime series Your Honor exists as Cranston's biggest live-action TV role since Breaking Bad and conceivably Cranston's best Breaking Bad replacement.

Your Honor is the most similar TV show to Breaking Bad that Cranston appears in, doubling as an American crime drama and television series that spotlights the actor in the lead. Your Honor was first released on Showtime in 2020 as a miniseries but was enough of a crowd-puller to gain renewal for a second season. Your Honor didn't get a season 3 and ended as a complete series, making it only a temporary Cranston fix. That said, it is now available on Netflix for viewers to binge as well as compare and contrast it to Cranston's venerated Breaking Bad.

Your Honor has 20 episodes in total.

How Your Honor Compares To Breaking Bad

The Series Share Similar Characteristics But Differ In Critical Regard

As Your Honor's New Orleans judge, Michael Desiato, whose son leaves the scene of an accidental hit-and-run, Cranston finds himself in another paternal role beleaguered by a moral dilemma.

Being a crime drama and casting Cranston in its lead may seem like superficial comparison characteristics at face value, but Your Honor also has plot similarities and character dynamics that are eerily near identical to Breaking Bad. As Your Honor's New Orleans judge, Michael Desiato, whose son leaves the scene of an accidental hit-and-run, Cranston finds himself in another paternal role beleaguered by a moral dilemma. Just as Walter gets into corrupt ways to provide for his family, Michael falls from grace to cover for his son's crime and, similarly to Walter, falls deeper into wrongdoing throughout Your Honor's seasons.

As exciting as it is to see Cranston in such an identical role, Your Honor's closeness to Breaking Bad damagingly became a measure of its worth. Critical and audience reviews conceded that Your Honor was nowhere near as good as Breaking Bad, citing that it was too grim for its own good, didn't have clever enough dialogue, and, at times, felt too unbelievable, among other things. However, while disapproving reviews ripped Your Honor a new one, the more agreeable reviews testified why Your Honor is worth the watch despite its general approval rating falling well below that of Breaking Bad.

Tomatometer Score Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score Your Honor 58% 67% Breaking Bad 96% 97%

Why Your Honor Is Worth Watching For Breaking Bad Fans, Despite Mixed Reviews

Bryan Cranston Is Enough Incentive

Among the more accommodating reviews were praises of Your Honor's cast, respect for its ambition, and consensus that if it weren't for Breaking Bad's shadow, Your Honor would come across as the well-made, well-acted drama it is. For Breaking Bad fans looking for a familiar role filled by Cranston alone, Your Honor's positive critical reception is glad tidings - they'll get another excellent Cranston performance in a gripping drama. For fans looking for a general Breaking Bad series replacement, Your Honor could be an exceptional alternative only if they disengage from their admiration of Breaking Bad to enjoy it without reservation.

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