After a rather subdued run of episodes, we finally get to see both Saul Goodman and Jimmy McGill at the height of their powers. It’s a bittersweet, muted series finale that still serves as pretty much a perfect finale - quietly devastating with nicely judged...
Better Call Saul’s ‘Waterworks’
I had intended to review every episode of this final block of Better Call Saul episodes. I enjoyed the Gene flashforward 'Nippy' which caught up with Jimmy/Saul/Gene in Omaha still playing the long con and dreaming up elaborate schemes to con deplorable rich men out...
Breaking Bad: The art of telling one epic story from beginning to end.
A pair of trousers fly through the air, landing on a dusty road which an RV speeds through with panicked abandon. So begins a series that was pitched by its creator as ‘Mr Chips becomes Scarface'. Television series can naturally morph and change as they...
Better Call Saul’s “Fun and Games’ reaches the full Saul Goodman
It's hard to pinpoint the exact moment I started to worry about Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn). The relationship between Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) and Kim is, in my view, one of the most interesting partnerships on television. Incredibly, nauseated, connected by their mutual...
Better Call Saul delivers one of TV’s most exhilarating and exhausting episodes in ‘Point and Shoot’.
One of the things I admire most about the Breaking Bad universe is how everything feels so methodically planned. In truth, when the Breaking Bad team sat down for their final season they placed a machine gun in the trunk of Walt's station wagon. It was a decision that...
Better Call Saul’s Plan and Execution is an tense and moving watch.
If you've seen the mid-season finale of Better Call Saul then you're probably still sat aghast. I spent its closing moments with my hand clasped over my mouth as if I'd just witnessed something horrific. Thinking about it now, with a few days to let the episode sink...
‘Better Call Saul’ return date announced
AMC has set the premiere date for the sixth and final season of Emmy-nominated drama series Better Call Saul. The final chapter will premiere with two back-to-back-episodes starting at 9 p.m. Monday, April 18, on AMC and their streaming platform AMC+. We expect the...