BETTER CALL SAUL, 4.7 – ‘Something Stupid’
[usr 3.5] Splitting up. Famed for its excellent cold opens, Better Call Saul offered up the best one in a long time with the...
BETTER CALL SAUL, 4.6 – ‘Piñata’
[usr 4.0] For your consideration. We’ve been getting more flashbacks than usual this season, although I’m not sure all of them are particularly revelatory....
BETTER CALL SAUL, 4.5 – ‘Quite a Ride’
[usr 4.0] Shredded future. We’re accustomed to the season-opening glimpses of Jimmy McGill’s (Bob Odenkirk) future, working under an alias at a Cinnabon, but...
BETTER CALL SAUL, 4.4 – ‘Talk’
[usr 3.5] My concerns about the imbalance of Better Call Saul was compounded by “Talk”, because Jimmy’s (Bob Odenkirk) storyline is by far the...
BETTER CALL SAUL, 4.3 – ‘Something Beautiful’
[usr 4.0] There’s widening a disparity at the heart of Better Call Saul, as the storylines focusing on its star, Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk),...
BETTER CALL SAUL, 4.2 – ‘Breathe’
[usr 4.0] We’re still not quite at the turning point where Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) becomes Saul, but every episode edges us closer. Although Jimmy’s...
BETTER CALL SAUL, 4.1 – ‘Smoke’
[usr 3.5] It’s been 14 months since the third season ended with “Lantern“, so you’d be forgiven for having a hazy memory about how...
BETTER CALL SAUL, 3.10 – ‘Lantern’
[usr 4.0] A lot happened in the third season finale of Better Call Saul, although many of the big events didn’t get complete pay-off...
BETTER CALL SAUL, 3.9 – ‘Fall’
[usr 4.0] For a penultimate episode, “Fall” didn’t feel like one. The big storyline was something harking back to the Sandpiper case from Better...
BETTER CALL SAUL, 3.8 — ‘Slip’
[usr 4.0] This was a deceptively clever episode, helping connect some dots between the present-day Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) and his Slippin’ Jimmy days...
BETTER CALL SAUL, 3.7 – ‘Expenses’
[usr 3.5] This was a mid-season transitionary episode, where there were no huge moments, just plenty of finessing as the story takes stock, adjusts,...
BETTER CALL SAUL, 3.6 – ‘Off Brand’
[usr 4.0] A chastened Chuck (Michael McKean), defeated in court by his brother Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk), is consoled over a glass of vintage wine...