From the very first episode of “Better Call Saul,” viewers were primed to notice points of connection between the prequel and its parent series. If Bob Odenkirk’s Jimmy McGill so much as winked a certain way, “Breaking Bad” fans were eager to analyze it. Is this the moment? Is he becoming Saul Goodman in front […]
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Better Call Saul Season 5 Finale Recap: Did Kim Just Break Bad? — Grade It!
RELATED STORIES Better Call Saul wrapped up its penultimate season with a new scam in the making… and one key character in very deep trouble. Jimmy and Kim are still reeling from their close encounter with Lalo last week; they watch him drive off, and Jimmy runs to the phone where Mike was listening. (“I […]
Better Call Saul EP Previews Hank’s Return, Promises It’s Not Just a Cameo
RELATED STORIES Great news, Breaking Bad fans: Hank Schrader is ready to report for duty on Better Call Saul. Fans have been waiting for five seasons to see the swaggering DEA agent pop up on Saul, and they’ll get their wish this Monday (AMC, 9/8c), as Dean Norris reprises his beloved Breaking Bad role, along […]
Better Call Saul Season 5 Premiere Recap: Do You Believe in Magic?
RELATED STORIES Jimmy McGill has conjured up a whole new persona as Better Call Saul kicks off its penultimate season — but did he make the old Jimmy disappear? Sunday’s Season 5 premiere begins, as usual, by checking in with “Gene” at that Cinnabon in Omaha. Still recovering from his panic attack, a rattled Gene […]
TCA Awards: Fleabag Dominates With 3 Trophies; Better Call Saul, Russian Doll, Michelle Williams Also Snag Major Wins
RELATED STORIES Phoebe Waller-Bridge‘s global takeover continued in earnest late Saturday, with the Brit auteur’s tragicomic Amazon series Fleabag dominating the 2019 Television Critics Association Awards with three trophies, including best comedy series, best comedic performer (for Waller-Bridge) and the coveted Program of the Year. Waller-Bridge, who in addition to being Fleabag‘s titular star also […]
Body snatcher: Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez stops Rocky Fielding to capture WBA super-middleweight title
Mexican pound-for-pound star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez dropped defending champion Rocky Fielding four times in three rounds as he stopped the Brit to become a three-weight world champion at Madison Square Garden. Alvarez, 28, had already captured world titles at light-middleweight and middleweight. And he added the WBA regular super-middleweight title to his extensive belt collection […]
Better Call Saul Recap: I'm Bat Man
Jimmy slid further into Saul Goodman territory this week on Better Call Saul, and reached a serious fork in the road in his relationship with Kim. First, we get a flashback to Jimmy’s days in the HHM mailroom, pushing around a cart and collecting ballots for the office Oscar pool. Kim’s manning a cart, too, […]
Better Call Saul Recap: Street Life
A tracksuit-clad Jimmy got his groove back (for a while, anyway) this week on Better Call Saul — but first, let’s check in on him at a different time, and with a different name… Yep, the opening scene puts us, for the first time, firmly in Breaking Bad‘s timeline, as Jimmy — er, Saul — […]
Better Call Saul: Did Kim Write Chuck's Letter? Bob Odenkirk Has an Answer
The verdict is in on a persistent Better Call Saul fan theory: Did Kim actually write that emotional letter from Jimmy’s dead brother Chuck that she handed to Jimmy a couple weeks back? “Yeah, that’s crazy. I don’t believe that for a second,” star Bob Odenkirk told TVLine when we posed the theory to him. […]
Better Call Saul Recap: Mike Check
Better Call Saul covered a lot of ground this week, but the highlight was getting to spend some quality time with everyone’s favorite grumpy fixer: Mike Ehrmantraut. The episode opens with a flashback of Mike’s late son Matty as a kid watching his dad pour concrete in the family driveway, and that’s tied to the […]