Better Call Saul deserves perseverance.
It matures like a fine wine.
The more you watch, the better it gets.
Yes the pace is slow, and it’s not instant gratification TV, but returns your investment in spades.
Just my 2p. But I don’t agree. It’s a good show, watching is a episode a week is like pulling teeth though.
I don’t think it “deserves” perseverance, it’s gets it because it’s at worst inoffensive to watch and viewers are invested enough in the characters because they’ve watched and enjoyed breaking bad. There are some moments of brilliance, but they’re rare little moments when the writers allow the story to happen and viewers occasionally are teased by the odd glimpse of Saul, be it in the actions of Jimmy, or in one of the B&W flash-forwards. Netflix is certainly no above teasing the idea that Walter and Jessie might appear ‘at some point’ when they need to build a bit of drama, although as they weren’t able to get Bryan Cranston to turn up for the terrible and mostly forgotten Breaking Bad Movie, I have my doubts.
If “it matures like a fine wine” it’s only because as the series progress the story actually starts to pick up the pace, even if infuriately they hint that something important might happen, only to pull it back at the last moment.
I don’t know how it will end, we know what happens to Mike and Saul, but Kim’s future is a mystery, I think the problem will be that the writers seem to like 2 things, defying expectation, but at the same time doing things that BB fans think are cool.
If anyone hasn’t seen it yet, I’ve got 2 bits of Advice, if you haven’t seen Breaking Bad, watch that first, I don’t think Better Call Saul stands alone, too much of it is built around Breaking Bad, the ‘cool’ references will pass you buy. If you have, it’s a decent view, and they’re supposedly going to film the last series soon, it might be out this year, maybe next, but at least you won’t have to wait 6 years (and counting) to watch it.
