4/20/20 9:25PM
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What’s most striking about this season finale, the last cliffhanger Better Call Saul will ever give us, is what’s…
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4/13/20 9:25PM
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Last week I held out hope that Mike got through to Jimmy—that his speech about doing what he had to do to keep his…
4/06/20 9:15PM
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I know it’s on brand for me, but I can’t help myself. “Bagman” is biblical, through and through. The desert, where…
3/30/20 9:10PM
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From the very first frames of this episode, I was head over heels. There are more right angles than an episode of…
3/23/20 9:15PM
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This episode needs to come with a special content warning: BELOVED CHARACTER’S PLANS WRECKED BY SELFISH IDIOT…
3/16/20 9:10PM
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Something momentous happens in this episode. It’s a turning point in the series. And it happens entirely in Rhea…
3/09/20 9:10PM
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First things first: Hank and Steve aren’t totally off the mark with their musings on the etymology of culvert. The…
3/02/20 9:20PM
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A key tension on Better Call Saul stems from the characters’ positions as insiders or outsiders. Chuck was the…
2/24/20 9:05PM
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Jimmy McGill is now Saul Goodman—not just in the name of his legal practice, but every minute of every day. And he’s…
2/23/20 10:25PM
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We’re back in Albuquerque, folks, with a defined end point for the first time. And it’s good to be back. These first…
10/08/18 9:25PM
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Most of us guessed earlier in the season that when Jimmy got his law license back, he’d start practicing as Saul…
10/01/18 9:20PM
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One more episode to go in this season, and the pieces are being moved into place for some explosive developments.…
9/24/18 9:15PM
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I pulled out my notes to start writing this review, saw the name of the episode, and started grinning like a giddy…
9/17/18 9:00PM
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Even on a show known for its cold opens, this is one for the ages. The screen split vertically down the middle,…
9/10/18 9:00PM
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After last week’s “Quite A Ride,” a high point for the season and for the series, a letdown was inevitable.…
9/03/18 9:15PM
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What strikes you first is the color. The cold opens so far this season have been black-and-white (the flashforward…
8/27/18 9:00PM
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The writers on Breaking Bad, it’s said, used to maneuver their characters into an impossible position — stuck in the…
8/20/18 9:00PM
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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…
8/13/18 9:00PM
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One of my favorite things about the way Bob Odenkirk plays Jimmy McGill (and the way the writers write the…
8/06/18 9:05PM
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Like many fans, I paper over the slow stretches in TV’s scheduling cycle with binges. The adults in my house have…