Breaking Bad was one of the best shows of all time and to ask a show to be as good as BB is a very high bar to clear. BCS doesn't clear that bar, but it is still a pretty good show. Also, just like we watched Walt evolve into Heisenberg in BB, we are watching Jimmy evolve into Saul in BCS. The shows have similar arcs - good guys who are drawn to the dark through circumstance, and along the way, they alienate everyone close to them.
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Freezeezy (52)
3 years ago
True.
Walt’s original story was already genius, a depressed schoolteacher with a lot of heart becomes a drug manufacturer for good reason.
Then they added, “oh by the way, his junkie partner becomes one of the most important people in his life…”
BRILLIANT
Compare that to BCS, a shady lawyer rekindles his relationship with another lawyer. They do mildly interesting cases.
That should work as a sleeping pill.
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LetoAtreides (560)
3 years ago
"watching Jimmy evolve into Saul in BCS."
That didn't happen thought. Better Call Saul got bogged down into more and more drama with Chuck, the Cartel, Nacho and Mike. It tried to be Breaking Bad instead of its own thing. We are now at the final season and Saul is nowhere in sight. There was never a gradual transformation, just glimpses of Saul Goodman in each season.
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KCurmudgeon (264)
3 years ago
I mean I kind of think that, perhaps because of still at some level trying to live up to Chuck's standards and expectations, Saul still has one foot in both "worlds" which is why he's kind of tentative and "meek." I suspect something will happen this season that causes him to say: "screw it; I'm going full-on hoodlum!" which is when the full-blown Saul Goodman character will emerge.
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