Season 1

"You're like a troll under a bridge. I WANT STICKERS! STICKERS! STICKERS!". Good old Saul Goodman.

After the brilliant ending to one of the best shows on the plant Breaking Bad the creators had a long talk of a spin-off to one of the characters from that show and that's Saul Goodman the best lawyer you could dream for. With many new shows that are coming out that got a lot of people talking well Better Call Saul was the show that I was waiting for and more excited for and after seeing all the episodes I wasn't disappointed with the show, actually it's really good.

Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman was pure brilliant and always such a joy to watch his character reaching to be the best but everything always seems to back fire on him and it get's more hard as everything seems like a challenge that he can't beat, and Bob Odenkirk cough all the stress, the hard work and the good sense of humor that we all know is Saul. Good work Bob.

Jonathan Banks as Mike stole the whole show for me as I think Jonathan Banks did one of the best performance of the year with the heartbreaking episode Five-O, well to be honest I think I named off the things I wanted to say about his performance so check out my review Five-O to know more.

The writing is the highlight of this show as Better Call Saul hasn't got exploding cars or over the top kills that wouldn't happen in real life when you think deep about it. Some people may think this show is boring with people talking and I really don't get what people are saying that, I don't go into a show expecting gun shootouts or people making cheesy one liners, no I want great writing, a good story and a show that can suck me in with all of that and this TV show dose.

If I have to find one problem with the first season is one of the episodes known as Alpine Shepherd Boy and let me get this out there this isn't a terrible episode, it was okay but I think it kind of pointless episode, just watch and you may agree or not but to me it felt fill, but besides that the rest of the episodes are amazing and truly outstanding.

Overall Better Call Saul season 1 is a solid season with great writing and acting and I can't wait for season 2.

Season 1 of this show reminded me just how much I love Breaking Bad. The same visual style, direction, and cinematography is carried over to this show. It also strikes a very similar tone to Breaking Bad. I loved every second of that tone and it works so well with the characters in this show. Now, it doesn't reach the heights of Breaking Bad but this was a very strong first season. Jimmy is just such a great character and the arc he goes on in this season is the biggest standout for me. Getting so much more of Mike in this show is also so welcomed. The rest of the supporting characters are also quite great, many with their own complexities and layers. The entire cast is also just fantastic, literally everyone is great in this. Bob Odenkirk is able to carry the show, with players like Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn, and Michael McKean able to help elevate things even further. This is also just a ton of fun in that we get so many characters from Breaking Bad popping up in different small roles so it was just such a treat to see them all these years earlier. The overarching story to this season is also executed pretty well. It feels somewhat disjointed and uneven throughout, but by the final two episodes the reveals and twists with the ensuing fallout is very engaging.

8.6 // Great