It’s been interesting seeing how Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould utilize the cold opens on Better Call Saul in a different fashion than they did on Breaking Bad. Whereas, the cold opens on Breaking Bad were mostly served as flash…
TV Review: Better Call Saul (1×07) – “Bingo”
After our little sojourn into the dark world of Mike Ehrmantraut last week, Better Call Saul realigns us back into the trials and tribulations of jaunty elder law lawyer Jimmy McGill. This week’s episode “Bingo” serves as a contrast to…
TV Review: Better Call Saul (1×06) – “Five-O”
How’s this for a change of pace? Last week, Better Call Saul shifted the perspective from Jimmy McGill to Mike Ehrmantraut for its closing minutes as it concisely put into focus the lonely and closed off existence that Mike has built…
TV Review: Better Call Saul (1×05) – “Alpine Shepherd Boy”
There’s a point in “Alpine Shepherd Boy” where Jimmy McGill goes to see a new client after his billboard hero story and I wondered whether or not Better Call Saul was about to head down into a procedural route blended…
TV Review: Agent Carter (1×08) – “Valediction”
Look, I love Captain America, and I love Captain America: The First Avenger; it’s one of the few Marvel movies that I actually like more each time I watch it. One of the reasons why it was such a success…
TV Review: Better Call Saul (1×04) – “Hero”
Last week, Better Call Saul showed us an earlier point in the McGill brothers’ lives when Jimmy was in jail and Chuck comes to see him, which set up a cyclical arc for Jimmy to reform himself after many questionable life…
TV Review: Agent Carter (1×07) – “Snafu”
Remember when just last week I said that Agent Carter had its “shit’s going down” episode? Well, the ball just keeps on rolling in the latest installment: “Snafu.” With Peggy captured and the S.S.R. too busy prying her for information…
