There are television episodes with scenes so powerful that they can sometimes overshadow the rest of an episode. What do you mean stuff happened before the Red Wedding? Oftentimes these are scenes that a show has been subtly building towards…
TV Review: Better Call Saul (1×08) – “RICO”
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: 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: Better Call Saul (1×03) – “Nacho”
A sense of foreboding hangs over the most recent episode of Better Call Saul, “Nacho,” which it establishes right at the start. Although knowing the eventual futures of characters in prequels often dissipates suspense, in the right hands it can…