The prosecutor wheels a television to the front of the court and shows the video of Jimmy's clients. It slows down the pacing, when Jimmy enters the court and delivers his closing arguments.
The camera work is cinematic with wide shots and careful angles. Saul Goodman started out as Jimmy McGill. This scene has no bearing on the rest of season 1. Not only that, that concept just happened. I hope the show isn't working towards that Cinnabon scene because it would involve a lot of Breaking Bad overlap which is redundant and unnecessary. This scene may be be a bridge from Breaking Bad to Better Call Saul. The last season of Breaking Bad opened with Walter White and then flashing back, the rest of the season working its way to the first scene. Goodman commercials from his former life. Saul goes home from Cinnabon to a modestly furnished house and watches a tape of Saul The season, and series, opens with a black and white scene showing Saul working at Cinnabon. It errs a bit on the side of too cute, too There are crane shots, multiple set ups, and lots of detail This season served to introduce us to McGill's new law career and provide his history prior. Odenkirk is fun to watch, but even at the end of the season I'm waiting for him to become the savvy, corrupt, strip-mall located, Cadillac driving lawyer we first saw. Jimmy's story lacks focus and thus, my attention wanes at times. His focused story contrasts with Jimmy bouncing around, trying to make a quick dollar. It's a smart move to include Mike, he's a great supporting character, but wouldn't be able to carry a show.
This series is lighter in tone overall, and while Mike's scenes are often hilarious, Banks is playing it completely straight. The series looks like it will be as much about Mike's rise to power as Jimmy's. The best parts of this season are when the episode focuses on Mike Ehrmantraut, an enforcer for Gus Fring in Breaking Bad. While we get a few cameos from Breaking Bad characters, it's expected. You don't need to be familiar with Breaking Bad at all to jump into this show. We've seen the sociopath story, and this feels like it could be a corollary, with Slippin' Jimmy wanting to do the right thing, but slipping into crime. Granted, Jimmy McGill doesn't have a clean record, but he is reformed and he isn't a sociopath like Walter White. It's not as shocking as a high school teacher that starts selling drugs, but it lifts the concept from Breaking Bad of showing a law-abiding citizen turn to illegal means. This is the origin story of Saul Goodman, Walt er Whit e and Jesse Pinkman's corrupt lawyer from Breaking Bad. The only good spin-off I recall, and ev en then it was an acquired taste was Frasier. AMC wanted to cash-in on Breaking Bad, and this was the way to continue the money train. This spin-off seemed like a terrible idea. He wants to do the right thing, b ut at the same time, becoming a lawyer hasn't been the dream he imagined. Jimmy McGill is a former grifter who is now a lawyer.
Starring: Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn, Michael McKeanīob Odenkirk is Jimmy McGill, the future Saul Goodman.