Most of us guessed earlier in the season that when Jimmy got his law license back, he’d start practicing as Saul…
One more episode to go in this season, and the pieces are being moved into place for some explosive developments. The…
I pulled out my notes to start writing this review, saw the name of the episode, and started grinning like a giddy…
Even on a show known for its cold opens, this is one for the ages. The screen split vertically down the middle, DePalma…
After last week’s “Quite A Ride,” a high point for the season and for the series, a letdown was inevitable. Tonight’s…
What strikes you first is the color. The cold opens so far this season have been black-and-white (the flashforward in “S…
The writers on Breaking Bad, it’s said, used to maneuver their characters into an impossible position — stuck in the…
In case you didn’t realize it two weeks ago, the theme for Jimmy’s arc this season was set by the last scene of…
One of my favorite things about the way Bob Odenkirk plays Jimmy McGill (and the way the writers write the character,…
Like many fans, I paper over the slow stretches in TV’s scheduling cycle with binges. The adults in my house have kids…
Charles “Chuck” L. McGill, Jr., Esq. is dead. There’s no use in eulogizing him here, not when Better Call Saul devotes…
In the centerpiece of tonight’s finale, Chuck McGill rips out paneling, punches holes in kitchen tile, and leaves piles…
Comedy psychiatrists get a lot of laughs by constantly distancing themselves from their own relationships through…
Uncle Bryn, on the BBC comedy Gavin & Stacey, once described a colorful acquaintance with the memorable sentence: “He…
Jimmy McGill has worn a number of different guises over the course of two and half seasons of Better Call Saul—from…
Last week’s episode was such a climactic moment for the series, so intense and elegantly delivered, that a return to Bet…
Fiat justitia, ruat caelum. Let justice be done, though the heavens fall. Normally this phrase is cited in a positive…
Let’s pause for a moment to remember how lucky we are to have Giancarlo Esposito on our television screens. What a…
If characters on TV were good at walking away from investments of time and energy—from jobs, marriages, quixotic…
Last week I began my review by talking about the pleasure of watching Mike Ehrmantraut at work. This week shows us…
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