Better Call Saul continued an ongoing joke surrounding Breaking Bad's infamous scene where Walter White (Bryan Cranston) throws an unsliced pizza onto the roof of his house. The iconic pizza toss by Bryan Cranston was delivered in one take and inspired many copycats to make a nuisance of themselves at the real-life location of the White's home. Although the scene has gone down in infamy as a great visual gag, the way that Vince Gilligan and his team followed it up throughout both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul is a testament to the attention to detail within their shared fictional universe.

Asked why Walter White's pizza was unsliced, Vince Gilligan explained in a Reddit AMA that the reasons were purely down to logistics. If Walter's pizza was sliced, then the visual gag wouldn't have worked, because the slices would have ended up all over his driveway. Knowing how pedantic some viewers can be, Gilligan decided to make sense of this production decision within Breaking Bad's fictional universe. In a later episode, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) and Badger (Matt Jones) discussed why their pizzas were unsliced, with the latter explaining that by not slicing their pies, Venezia Pizzas "pass the savings onto you". It's a joke that would recur years later in Breaking Bad's spinoff show, Better Call Saul.

Better Call Saul Season 4 Referenced Breaking Bad's Pizza Plot Hole

Jimmy McGill is interviewed by Mr Neff and his colleague in Better Call Saul season 4

In Better Call Saul season 4, episode 3, "Something Beautiful", Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) plots to steal a valuable figurine from Mr. Neff (Andrew Friedman). Suspended from the legal profession, Jimmy spent much of season 4 trying to make money with a variety of legitimate and criminal enterprises. After successfully interviewing for a sales agent position at Neff's photocopier business, Jimmy threw the job back in the employer's face, deciding that the $8000 figurine would be a quicker and easier way to make some money. Enlisting the aid of Ira (Franc Ross), Jimmy planned to replace the figurine with a cheap knock-off and then sell the original at a profit.

However, their plan hit a snag when Ira discovered that Mr. Neff was sleeping in the office after a falling out with his wife. As Ira desperately messaged Jimmy for assistance with the extraction, Neff ordered himself pizza, specifying that he wanted it sliced. As the owner of a photocopier business, Neff could clearly afford to pay the extra money for a sliced cheese pizza. Breaking Bad's pizza chain of choice is later confirmed when a Venezia's Pizza box arrives at Neff's office.

Breaking Bad's Pizza Plot Hole Solution Made Its Fictional Universe Stronger

Walter White with a pizza in the Breaking Bad episode Caballo Sin Nombre

The attention to detail in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul is exemplary and established a strong and consistent fictional universe. Venezia's Pizza and its sliced/unsliced pricing structure is just one example of the rich continuity of the Breaking Bad universe. While it's a stupid joke to explain a production decision to online nitpickers, the commitment to continuing the explanation in both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul demonstrates how meticulously structured Vince Gilligan's fictional world is.

Better Call Saul was full of Breaking Bad Easter eggs like Venezia's Pizza, and they all made the world of Walter White and Saul Goodman much richer as a result. This attention to the smallest detail is emblematic of how rigorous Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould were in crafting larger elements like character motivations and their overall journeys. It's for that reason that the image of Walter White tossing a pizza onto a roof is proof that Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul are two of the greatest TV dramas of all time.