Vince Gilligan’s Breaking Bad, starring Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul, is widely thought to be considered one of the best television shows of all time. The enduring crime drama has earned sixteen Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards, amongst quite a few other honors. Overall, the five-season series boasts a stellar 9.5/10 rating on IMDb. On the episode level, Season 5 Episode 14, titled “Ozymandias,” has long stood because the show’s highest-rated installment. It maintained an ideal 10/10 rating for 13 years, until now. In actual fact, until just days ago, it was the one television episode to carry an ideal IMDb rating.
Connection to A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms?
In a heartbreaking update for Breaking Bad fans, the episode’s IMDb rating has slipped by 0.1 point and now stands at a still-stellar 9.9/10. Following the unexpected dip, some netizens on social media have speculated a couple of possible connection to the Game of Thrones prequel, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, which has been receiving widespread acclaim.
When Episode 5 of the brand new Westeros series premiered, it garnered immense praise and briefly held an ideal 10/10 rating on IMDb. Nonetheless, its rating later dropped to 9.9, then 9.8, and currently sits at 9.7/10 on IMDb. In line with circulating fan theories, some Breaking Bad loyalists allegedly review-bombed A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, contributing to its drop from 10 to 9.7. In response, some fans imagine Game of Thrones supporters can have targeted Ozymandias, resulting in its first drop in 13 years from an ideal 10 to 9.9.
Movie fandoms are wild 😂Breaking Bad’s “Ozymandias” held an ideal IMDb 10/10 for years. Recently, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Episode 5 also hit 10/10, then fans on either side began review-bombing to guard their favorite.
Now each rankings have dropped. That is crazy😂💀 pic.twitter.com/N3KdYEHdKs— Victor Alimezia (@bingeNcringe0) February 21, 2026
That said, there is no such thing as a verified evidence linking the rating changes of Breaking Bad’s Ozymandias and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Episode 5. Still, the shift can have understandably unsettled followers of each shows. It stays to be seen whether the episodes will regain their perfect scores and if IMDb will intervene if any unusual voting patterns are detected.
What’s Breaking Bad All About?
The crime drama follows Walter White (Bryan Cranston), an underachieving highschool chemistry teacher who’s diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. To secure his family’s financial future, he teams up with a former student, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), to fabricate and sell crystal meth. Eventually, he becomes a ruthless criminal, with devastating consequences.
Breaking Bad Seasons 1-5 Trailer
What’s A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms All About?
Based on George R.R. Martin’s Tales of Dunk and Egg, the fantasy drama follows the perilous journey of an unlikely duo – the wandering hedge knight Ser Duncan the Tall (Peter Claffey) and his sharp young squire, Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell). Set nearly 100 years before the events of Game of Thrones, the series explores a Westeros that continues to be under Targaryen rule.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms – Official Trailer
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