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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.