10 Brilliantly Simple Opening Credits In Awesome TV Shows

10. Better Call Saul

Breaking Bad may be one of the best TV sagas ever, but its opening titles were a little underwhelming, if not altogether cheesy - it consisted of the periodic table (exciting!) and some wafts of smoke more reminiscent of marijuana than meth.

Its spinoff Better Call Saul, however, uses much more subtle, experimental titles that vary from episode to episode. They feature scene-setting close-ups - with a graininess reminiscent of B-roll from Saul's amateurish commercials - set to a grimy blues guitar lick that ends abruptly. It’s disorientating at first but suits the show's offbeat, understated approach, and the unprofessional editing of each segment matches the homemade, rough-around-the-edges charms of Jimmy himself.

As a subtle Easter egg, the subsequent season's opening titles utilise the same footage, but with degraded image quality, suggesting the passage of time, and introducing a quiet sense of foreboding as the show hurtles towards tragedy.