Good spin-offs are exceptionally rare. Great spin-offs are basically non-existent. Yet, AMC’s tremendously heartbreaking Better Call Saul is not merely the exception to the rule: it’s proof that lightning can strike twice in peak television, and that the brilliant minds…
TV Review: Better Call Saul 3×07 “Expenses”
In this week’s episode of Better Call Saul, “Expenses,” Jimmy isn’t in a pretty situation after his fall from lawyer-dom, picking up trash from the side of the road and being docked three hours and 30 minutes during his four hour…
TV Review: Better Call Saul 3×06 “Off Brand”
After last week’s jaw-dropping Chuck revelation, this week’s Better Call Saul episode “Off Brand” starts off with Hector sipping tea and watching his goonie Nacho beat up some guy who has done him wrong in a restaurant. On another note,…
TV Review: Better Call Saul 3×04 “Sabrosito”
This week’s episode of Better Call Saul “Sabrosito” covered a lot of ground from Hector and Gus’ backstory to Mike’s moral dilemma to Jimmy and Chuck’s legal woes coming to a head. Starting with Hector and Gus, who dominated the…
TV Review: Better Call Saul 3×03 “Sunk Costs”
This week’s episode “Sunk Cost” is a fallout from last week’s explosive ending with Jimmy, Chuck and Kim all making their moves and choosing sides on the chess board that is Albuquerque. We start off with Gus, who doesn’t want…
TV Review: Better Call Saul 3×02 “Witness”
This week’s episode “Witness” starts with cloaking us in blue in Chuck’s home. It seems like he’s hired some sort of overnight protection whose playing solitaire. The poor guy has to sit in Chuck’s oil-lantern-lit house in the dark all…
TV Review: Better Call Saul Season 3 Premiere “Mabel”
So, did Saul just die in within the first five minutes the season 3 premiere of Better Call Saul ? The episode titled “Mabel” derives from the book The Adventure of Mabel, a fond memory Jimmy has, or well, forgot…