With the world now being a few days removed from the Better Call Saul premiere, and me wanting to do an article on something other than a movie, I decided on a review of the two debut episodes and an analysis on where this show might be going. What were we expecting? It would have been wise to anticipate little, given that the series is “the first spin off of what could be considered the golden centerpiece of premium cable shows.” Bob Odenkirk, the series’ star, called it “an origin story, a superhero story. Saul has a new name and a costume—the hair, the suit.” His character, Saul Goodman, Walter White’s endearingly sleazy lawyer on “Breaking Bad,” was born James McGill, and that’s who this prequel would give us: Jimmy, on his way to becoming Saul.
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