There’s no magic formula to these adaptations, there’s no, 50% word for word remake, 50% new material, that varies from property to property. But where these game adaptations go wrong is that the writers and show runners see the source material as “below them”, they actively seek to change what worked because they see themselves above games. Why the last of us worked is it respected the game, it knew what worked and kept the heart of the story. Craig Mazin loves and respects the games and with the help of Neil Druckmann figured out what needed to be kept and changed to make an adaptation work for tv. Was it perfect? No, but it delivered a damn good season of TV regardless of your knowledge on the game

Season 4 and 5 Breaking Bad

Season 5 and 6 Better Call Saul

Season 2 and 3 Succession

Depends on the show, I binged Breaking Bad in 3 weeks and I adored it, but ask me what happened in certain episodes and I’ll go blank, I obviously remember key moments and small ones aswell, but smaller details don’t stick with me as much,

For better call Saul, I also binged up until season 5 and watched all of season 6 live, and I can tell you absolutely everything about the last 13 episodes of that show, I remember small lines of dialogue, music played, episode titles, everything, it stuck with me more and I had longer to process episodes and mainly deaths, there’s 3 deaths in season 6 which stuck with me more than any TV show I’ve ever seen.

By the time BCS ended I even preferred it to BB, and the week to week release definitely helped that, I enjoyed each episode more, I could theorise, and think about it and process things. But I argue the week to week release only works with “good” shows, the good writing and acting has you thinking more and waiting for the next episode.

An new example of this is the last of us, my friend hasn’t played the games but started watching when episode 3 aired, she hates week to week releases because she hates the wait but she is loving the show and we can have conversations about it and she theorises what will happen next and how much she’s connecting to these characters, in a binge model that’s all gone, the latest episode ended on a massive cliffhanger for those who haven’t played the game and the binge model allows for “Next Episode ” to be pressed in a heartbeat, not giving you time to sit on things.

For comedy’s and lesser shows the binge model works because you can sit down and get through the episodes quickly and is more fun

Doubtful, the Left Behind DLC will already be covered in the game, and showrunner Craig Mazin said they won’t cover anything past the games in the show, never mind stories in the universe

As far as the submissions go, the second half of the season counts from episodes 8-13, she was in 8,9,12 and 13, so 4 of the 6 episodes

Breaking Bad - Season 4 - Salud, Crawl Space, End Times, Face Off

Breaking Bad - Season 5 - To’hajiilee, Ozymandias, Granite State, Felina

Better Call Saul (kind of) - Season 4 - Coushatta, Wiedersehen, Winner

Better Call Saul - Season 5 - Bagman, Bad Choice Road, Something Unforgivable

Better Call Saul - Season 6 - Plan and Execution, Point and Shoot, Fun and Games

Better Call Saul - Season 6 - Breaking Bad, Waterworks, Saul Gone