Better Call Saul season 2 is here, and Slippin' Jimmy is back to his old ways.
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This Better Call Saul review contains spoilers.
Better Call Saul Season 2, Episode 1
Spinoff shows are tricky business.
Often studios mistakenly believe that association can manufacture quality.
Telling good stories can be the secondary focus in making these things if good intentions are missing.
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The fact that this scene directly continues Breaking Bads story makes you anticipateBreaking Bad-style action.
It uses the bells, whistles, and leftover aura fromBreaking Badtastefully and to its advantage.
The seriousness underneath never gets smothered by the comedy though.
He remains lost, adrift, just like his status with Kim.
These scenes adeptly refurbish the themes of identity and ego fromBreaking Badin a more relatable way.
At this time, the stakes are smaller and more recognizable, andBetter Call Saulis better for it.
I would have liked to see the freewheeling Jimmy for a little while longer.
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Rating:
4 out of 5
