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Thursday, February 25, 2016

Better not watch Saul - he's run out of gas

Season 1 of Better Call Saul was an interesting jaunt with a few really good scenes - Mike helping the nebbish pharmacy worker in a drug-for-cash exchange, Saul's (Jimmy McGill, in this series) ill-conceived scam to entrap motorists into a drive-by collision, his pathetic little office in back room of a nail salon, his frustrating attempts to manage a potentially huge class-action case - all good, as he might say, though in truth I was never convinced that this was really the back story of the Saul who became the injudicious lawyer who helps Walt throughout Breaking Bad - this seemed like just another character played by same actor (Bob Odenkirk). Saw the first episode of Season 2 and will watch no more - it was plain evidence that the creators of this series have no idea where it's going nor do they care. We see Jimmy and his appealing lawyer/girlfriend scam a guy (himself a scammer) out of an expensive meal (Jimmy pretends to be a naif seeking stock advice from a man who's clearly trolling for suckers - and gets what he deserves) - but there's nothing especially clever, funny, or significant about that. The episode reprises the drug-sale scene of the previous season but in doing so makes it worse, not better. In short, the idea has run its course and the show has run out of gas, and I think fans of Breaking Bad, and of Odenkirk for that matter, should just let it alone so as not to ruin the recollections.

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