Yesss, a prequel to Breaking Bad! I preferred a sequel, but beggars can't be choosers. It stars our maverick lawyer, who began life as Jimmy Mcgill (Bob Odenkirk), better known as Saul Goodman. The series concluded Season 3, after airing on Wednesdays.
Despite high anticipation, the show was a real sleeper for me for the first 2 seasons. Don't get me wrong, Cocreator Vince Gilligan still works his magic, after creating Breaking Bad, but shares it with Peter Gould. The script is engaging as usual with deep moral conflicts. Some of the big brass of Breaking Bad keep returning like security Mike (Banks), lately Gus Fring (Esposito), and the whole Mexican Cartel from Tuko (Raymond Cruz) to Don Salamanca (Mark Margolis). The problem is that Jimmy is just not that interesting before his "Saul" phase. They tried creating spicy subplots to supplement, as in Breaking Bad, but too much time is given to the life of Jimmy's brother, Chuck (McKean). He rubs in the torture, being terribly oppressive toward Jimmy. Mike's indoctrination into the drug world is too sluggish. We don't care about the intricacies of a hustling lawyer. We watched because we took the bait expecting more normal people to fulfill dark fantasies!
The creators caught on, but Season 3 might come too late. I stayed because of my loyalty. The whole cartel network is in motion by Season 3, with Fring confronting Don Salamanca for the U.S. drug market. Everything climaxes, even the Mcgill brothers' fued. Also, Jimmy seems about to be ready to hatch into "Saul Goodman." I brought this a long way to the Winning 35 yd Line. By that point, I'm always eager to see the next season.
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