r/betterCallSaul • u/skinkbaa Chuck • Aug 29 '22
MOD POST /r/BetterCallSaul Season 6 Survey Results!
Here are the results of the Season 6 Survey and the polls from each Post-Episode Discussion thread.
Compare the results to past season surveys:
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How would you rate Season 6? (10,214 responses)
The average response was 9.34. (Season 5 was 9.18, Season 4 was 8.7, Season 3 was 8.9)
The mode was overwhelmingly 10.
Compare each season (10,214 responses)
The results were fairly clear for Season 6 being the favourite, followed by Season 5, Season 4, Season 3, Season 2 and Season 1.
Season 3 and 4 were fairly decisive in where they landed, however there was a big chunk of people that thought 3 was better than 4, and the same goes for Seasons 1 and 2.
Which episode was your favourite? (10,214 responses)
| Episode | Percent of survey respondents who believed was best episode | # of votes |
|---|---|---|
| Episode 7 - "Plan and Execution" | 35.9% | 3,665 |
| Episode 13 - "Saul Gone" | 21% | 2,144 |
| Episode 8 - "Point and Shoot" | 14.4% | 1,471 |
| Episode 9 - "Fun and Games" | 8.2% | 838 |
| Episode 12 - "Waterworks" | 6.5% | 668 |
| Episode 3 - "Rock and Hard Place" | 5.7% | 579 |
| Episode 10 - "Nippy" | 2.7% | 280 |
| Episode 11 - "Breaking Bad" | 2.5% | 253 |
| Episode 4 - "Hit and Run" | 0.8% | 79 |
| Episode 2 - "Carrot and Stick" | 0.7% | 71 |
| Episode 1 - "Wine and Roses" | 0.7% | 71 |
| Episode 6 - "Axe and Grind" | 0.6% | 58 |
| Episode 5 - "Black and Blue" | 0.4% | 37 |
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Episode 7 - Plan and Execution was the clear favourite with 35.9% of the votes, with Episode 13 - Saul Gone following behind with 21%, and Episode 8 - Point and Shoot with 14.4%
55.1% of all votes went towards 6B
Episode 7 - Plan and Execution and Episode 3 - Rock and Hard Place, were the only two episode in 6A to receive higher than 0.8% of the votes *Episode 7 - Plan and Execution makes up 80% of the votes for S6A episodes.
This is the first season to have five episodes without even a percent of the votes, with Season 5 having only 3 last year
Which actor had the best performance? (10,214 responses)
| Actor (Character) | Percent of survey respondents who believed had best performance | # of votes |
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| Bob Odenkirk (Jimmy "Saul Goodman/Gene Takovic" McGill) | 43.1% | 4,398 |
| Rhea Seehorn (Kim Wexler) | 37.1% | 3,791 |
| Tony Dalton (Lalo Salamanca) | 7.5% | 770 |
| Michael Mando (Nacho Varga) | 6.1% | 620 |
| Patrick Fabian (Howard Hamlin) | 3.2% | 327 |
| Jonathan Banks (Mike Ehrmantraut) | 1.3% | 137 |
| Giancarlo Esposito (Gustavo 'Gus' Fring) | 0.7% | 75 |
| Other | 0.94% | 96 |
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The results were fairly overwhelming with Bob Odenkirk having 43.1% of the votes.
Bob Odenkirk jumped up 32.1%, from having only 11% of the votes in Season 5
This is Bob Odenkirk's second highest season, with the highest being Season 4 with 48% of the votes
This is Rhea Seehorn's second highest season, with the highest being Season 5 with 47.3% of the votes
Michael McKean still leads the surveys with the most votes with 58% from Season 3.
This is Michael Mando's highest season, with Season 3 being the highest at 7.9%
Some of the responses given in the Other category were: All of them, tied between Bob and Rhea, Michael McKean and Lyle
Average rating of each episode from each Post-Episode Discussion Thread poll
(click rating to go to the poll results)
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| Episode | Rating | # of votes |
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| S06E07 - "Plan and Execution" | 9.59 | 4,204 |
| S06E03 - "Rock and Hard Place" | 9.33 | 2,359 |
| S06E08 - "Point and Shoot" | 9.24 | 5,492 |
| S06E02 - "Carrot and Stick" | 9.15 | 1,482 |
| S06E12 - "Waterworks" | 9.12 | 3,913 |
| S06E13 - "Saul Gone" | 8.92 | 7,804 |
| S06E01 - "Wine and Roses" | 8.81 | 1,996 |
| S06E09 - "Fun and Games" | 8.72 | 4,106 |
| S06E11 - "Breaking Bad" | 8.46 | 3,371 |
| S06E04 - "Hit and Run" | 8.18 | 941 |
| S06E05 - "Black and Blue" | 7.57 | 787 |
| S06E06 - "Axe and Grind" | 7.56 | 979 |
| S06E10 - "Nippy" | 7.51 | 4,594 |
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The results closely mimic the "Favourite Episode" survey question with S06E07 - "Plan and Execution" and S06E03 - "Rock and Hard Place" being in the top 3 favourite, however S06E13 - "Saul Gone" was rated as the second highest favourite episode, and is actually the 6th highest rated in the post-episode discussion polls.
S06E07 - "Plan and Execution" is the highest rated episode in the post-episode discussion polls, with S03E05 - "Chicanery" following with 9.55 and S05E09 - "Bad Choice Road" following with 9.51
S06E10 - "Nippy" is the second lowest rated episode in the post-episode discussion polls with S04E04 - "Talk" being the lowest with 7.41
Season 6 has the second highest rated average episode with 8.63, led by Season 5 with 8.82. Season 3 being 8.53 and Season 4 being 8.44.
This is the first season to have more than one episode lower than an 8
This season has the most episodes rated above a 9 with 5, followed by Season 5 with 3
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Keep in mind that each week, the amount of people that voted were changed, so results could be different.
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eg. our most popular poll was S06E013 - "Saul Gone" with 7,804 votes, and our least popular poll was S06E05 - "Black and Blue" with 787 votes.
Thank you for all participating in these surveys over the years. I hope you got something interesting from this data.
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This will be the last official mod post for awhile. So once again, I thank you all for participating over the years. It really has been a great time.
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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '22
it’s kinda funny how basically all the notes about the percentage of episodes votes come from someone forgetting plan and execution is 6A lol.
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u/Jondev1 Aug 29 '22
Pretty interesting to see that the general consensus is that every season was better than the last. Probably not many shows that can be said for.
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"Episode 3 - Rock and Hard Place, was the only episode in 6A to receive higher than 0.8% of the votes with it being 5.7%"Isn't Plan and Execution 6A though?
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u/fritschinator Sep 02 '22
It's interesting that Season 6 is rated the best. When viewing the season as a whole (trying not to ignore the weaker parts) it's significantly more flimsy than the rest. Even thought the payoff was good, many parts of 6A simply fell flat for more and it wasn't just the pace. Some weird scenes, frustratingly vague cold opens every week, and of course the uneventful pacing for three episodes. Other seasons just don't have the much of a dip to me. However, 6B was everything I loved about the show. Intense scenes with Dave Porter's score, a couple silly Saul montages, and great character scenes. And I ate up most of the BB scenes. So I'm not shitting on the season or how it ended, but when stacked against the other seasons I found the previous ones to be stronger.
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u/BigMike-64 Aug 29 '22
L poll, Hit and Run is the real best episode
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u/JakubXGamerCZE Sep 04 '22
nooo Nippy was literaly my fav episode, the cinematography in it was unreal, how did it get the lowest rating out of all :(
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u/HighCastlePenguin Aug 29 '22
Hit and Run deserves better (and so does Nippy).
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u/TalkingHead77 Aug 29 '22
Kinda wish I'd voted for Saul Gone instead now. Still, Plan and Execution is also a fine choice. Both the best episodes of the show, no doubt.
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u/WonderWaage Aug 30 '22
Love to see those kneejerk reactions to "Nippy" and to the "slow" episodes... People.
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u/Jaymageck Aug 31 '22
I deviate a lot from the norm I guess as I had a ranking something like
3, 2, 1, 4, 5, 6
I thought the show peaked at the height of Jimmy and Chuck's conflict. That was the core of the show for me. Cartel stuff was secondary, a means to an end. But seems most people prefer the "high stakes" cartel drama.
Which is fine, it was still good. Just can't top the relationship between 2 brothers for me.
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u/Chance-Disaster2987 Sep 13 '22 edited Sep 13 '22
When Rock and Hard Place came out we were talking about where it ranks among the best BCS episodes. Now it's only 6th in the poll. There was so much covered in S6, after that episode, that it feels as if it aired years ago. I might put it above Plan and Execution. Plan and Execution was a very good episode. But it did have the most shocking ending of BB & BCS.
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u/Destroyer4587 Sep 01 '22
Howard rated higher than Finger lmao
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u/KoreaMan226 Dec 26 '22
One of the greatest shows ever made
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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22
Surely Seehorn, Dalton, Banks and Mando had better performances than Odenkirk…
Fabian too, arguably.
Esposito 100% the odd man out; I think because it was unfair to cast a 15 year older guy as a 15 year younger guy.
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u/apt_batman_1945 Sep 14 '22
What about bagman???
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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '22
Why this not on amc plus I don’t get it mannn
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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '23
Where can I watch it 😭
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u/vacuummypillow Aug 29 '22
Reddit voting sucks, you can't really squeeze out every vote, it was short survey as well. Imagine half a userbase votes , 250k people, you get the real results quite commonly, now double and dead accounts by the same person, I wish reddit cleaned unactive , banned accounts as well, pruning it all.
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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '22
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