Michael Starr at the New York
Post offers his take on Better Call Saul, the clever, amusing and quirky crime
drama that is a prequel to Breaking Bad.
Back in early 2015, I joined
the chorus of TV fans lamenting the premiere of “Better Call Saul,” a prequel
series starring Bob Odenkirk reprising his combed over, shyster-lawyer
character from “Breaking Bad,” which ended its scorching run just 17 months before.
Sure, Odenkirk’s Saul Goodman
was a charming, slippery chameleon, providing whatever comic relief managed to
slow-drip into the pitch black world of “Breaking Bad.” He was fun to watch,
but he was a lateral character who couldn’t carry an entire series. Why not
just let “Breaking Bad” rest in peace and move on? Enough already.
I was wrong, and as “Better
Call Saul” barrels toward its Season 3 finale Monday night it’s become one of
my go-to series. It’s no “Breaking Bad,” but it has carved out its own unique
universe (in familiar Albuquerque, no less) and has succeeded in making Saul
Goodman (or Jimmy McGill, as he’s known here) a multi-layered person surrounded
by equally interesting and colorful characters.
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