Better Call Saul

Storyline

Created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould as a prequel to their seminal series Breaking Bad, AMC's Better Call Saul accomplished the near-impossible: matching and, in the eyes of many critics, surpassing the dramatic depth and moral complexity of its predecessor across six peerless seasons. Bob Odenkirk delivers an immortal, heartbreaking performance as Jimmy McGill, an earnest, scrappy ex-con artist trying desperately to walk the straight and narrow as an elder law attorney while seeking the elusive approval of his brilliant, condescending older brother Chuck McGill (Michael McKean). Beside him is Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn in one of television history's greatest performances), a formidable lawyer whose profound love for Jimmy gradually draws her into his addictive, morally hazardous cons. Parallel to Jimmy's gradual descent into the flamboyant, soulless cartel lawyer Saul Goodman, Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) and Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) wage a cold, lethal war against the psychotic Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton). Driven by breathtaking cinematography, patient character-first storytelling, and an exquisite black-and-white post-Breaking Bad finale, Better Call Saul stands as a triumph of American television drama.