Breaking Bad
10 members
Jesse Pinkman was written to die in Season 1. Aaron Paul's performance saved him, and that accident changed everything. Add Giancarlo Esposito's Gus Fring and a bench deep enough to anchor its own spinoff, and you've got the ensemble that defined what TV acting could be.
Members (10)
Aftermath
Vince Gilligan brought Aaron Paul back as Jesse in El Camino, a Netflix film shot in secret and released in 2019.
Bob Odenkirk and Jonathan Banks became series regulars on Better Call Saul, which ran for six seasons from 2015 to 2022.
Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul co-founded Dos Hombres mezcal in 2019, turning their on-screen chemistry into a real business.
Giancarlo Esposito became Hollywood's go-to for calculating villains, landing Moff Gideon in The Mandalorian and Stan Edgar in The Boys.
Eight main cast members reunited on stage at the 2024 SAG Awards, a decade after the show won Ensemble in a Drama Series.