"Breaking Bad" fans rejoice. "Better Call Saul" finally has graced our primetime AMC network station to deliver a sure to be masterpiece from the minds of Peter Gould and Vince Gilligan.
It’s been about a year and half since "Breaking Bad" finished its historic run on the network and became one of the highest rated television series of all time. I still remember watching the finale as a freshman and subsequently crying my eyes out over the hole in my heart that "Breaking Bad: had left. This show however is going to repair that heart.
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Set in 2002, six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White, "Better Call" Saul tells the story of rowdy attorney James McGill and how he eventually became the Saul Goodman that brought many a laugh to an audience that Walter White simply could not.
Critics who have already seen the episode are already calling the series better than "Breaking Bad." Which begs the question, how can you improve upon a near perfect series? I’m more than anxious to see what the producers and writers have made for us this time. Although the creators have said that you need not have seen "Breaking Bad" in order to understand the series, but those who have seen the original show will enjoy Better Call Saul even more.
In addition the Bob Odenkirk, who plays the lead, Jonathan Banks reprises his Emmy nominated role of Michael Ehrmantraut. This means that we get to see what Mike was up to before he became involved in the drug business, which is something that honestly fascinated me. Banks always delivered a knockout performance as Mike and I’m sure its going to be riveting to see his character clash against Odenkirk’s, a little clip of which is available in the preview I’ve linked below.
Saul always added the finest comedic element in a show that was overall very dark and morbid. He made us smirk and laugh at each of his famous one liners and his conversations with the DEA or else Jesse made be bust.
The idea for this show started in a very similar way to "Breaking Bad," as a joke. While producing the "Breaking Bad," the writers began playing with the idea of Saul’s life before becoming the slippery attorney that aids Walter White and Jesse Pinkman. The writers humorously imagined Saul sitting in an office that greatly resembled the bat cave with another drawer full of cellphones and walls lined with cash. Not to mention the phone numbers of Supreme Court justices and hit men on speed dial. The question that the writers grappled with was: how do you dramatize the life of a man who seemed so happy in his own skin? They ultimately decided that the Saul Goodman that everyone saw on camera was a rouse and that there was a very real darkness inside him that was yet to be told. It was this kernel of insight that eventually became "Better Call Saul."
Watch the trailer here and make sure to check it out if you haven't yet!
