‘Better Call Saul’ gets closer to ‘Breaking Bad’ in Season 4 – but for better or for worse?

This review contains spoilers for the Season 4 premiere of Better Call Saul. 

It was inevitable that Better Call Saul would creep closer and closer to Breaking Bad territoryBetter Call Saul is a prequel, after all, and that’s what prequels do.

What wasn’t a given, and what’s made Better Call Saul such a rewarding experience, is that at its best, it doesn’t just tell us what happens before Breaking Bad. Instead, it reframes its parent series in a tragic new light. 

To be sure, it’s still possible to enjoy Better Call Saul without having seen Breaking Bad. In fact, some of Saul‘s strongest elements have the least to do with its predecessor – like Kim Wexler, who continues to be the beating heart of Better Call Saul but was never even mentioned in Breaking Bad.  Read more…

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