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Better Call Saul is a spin-off of Breaking Bad, which was also created by Gilligan. Saul Goodman is living under the assumed name Gene in Omaha, Nebraska and managing a Cinnabon. That night he watches a tape of television ads made when he worked as an attorney. Then, unexpected inspiration leads him to an unconventional pursuit of potential clients. The series will track Jimmy';s transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts 'criminal' in criminal lawyer.
29 May 1958, USA
12 August 1950, Laramie, Wyoming, USA
6 January 1955, Los Angeles, California, USA
20 July 1967, New York City, New York, USA
10 February 1960, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
24 October 1955, Los Angeles, California, USA
29 October 1977, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
February 03, 2015
Thankfully, Odenkirk remains worth watching. It's a hoot to see his character slip into "showtime" mode, spout random lines from movies and try to tap-dance his way out of trouble.
February 04, 2015
Saul picks up plot speed rapidly at the end of the first hour. The beginning, however, is so deliberate it's almost hypnotic. It's shot out of time, and what we see falls right into the pocket for Breaking Bad fans.
January 30, 2015
The first episode is a sort of shaggy character sketch, meandering along to an abrupt, and welcome, Breaking Bad-style cliffhanger.
February 04, 2015
Better Call Saul is not only a great show in the context of the program that birthed it into existence, but would be a great show with or without Walter White.
January 29, 2015
Gilligan has set up another dark, subversive journey and not a fan-servicing callback fest.
January 21, 2015
Like its predecessor in its earliest days, Saul is moving very slowly and methodically, revealing itself only a bit at a time but there's promise in these early movements.
January 26, 2015
Most shows only wish they could reach the level of aesthetic mastery Better Call Saul demonstrates out of the gate, but my counterintuitive hope for the new AMC drama is that it gets messier, less controlled and less perfectionist in its tendencies.
February 04, 2015
Better Call Saul not only stands right alongside Breaking Bad as a stunningly entertaining TV series, it stands on its own.
November 09, 2015
Better Call Saul is a sharply-written and instantly-engaging prequel that delivers on the fascinating concept of telling us the backstory of the eccentric and morally-questionable Saul Goodman.

