Better Call Saul (2015)
Putting the "criminal" in "criminal lawyer."
Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and, often, against Jimmy, is “fixer” Mike Ehrmantraut. The series tracks Jimmy’s transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts “criminal” in “criminal lawyer".
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 8 February 2015 |
| Status | Ended, last episode 15 August 2022 |
| Genre | Crime, Drama |
| Created by | Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould |
| Starring | Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks and Rhea Seehorn |
| Seasons | 6 seasons, 63 episodes |
| Episode length | about 48 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 50 hours |
| Rated | TV-MA |
| Scores | TMDB users 8.7/10 |
Where to watch Better Call Saul
Better Call Saul is streaming on Netflix ($17.99 a month) in the US. At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 2 months of Netflix, or $35.98 at list price.
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What kind of watch this is
Better Call Saul is a 6-season crime drama that takes the one thing Breaking Bad did not need and gives it a soul. It tracks Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer who wants to be good, while the world insists he be slick. He works alongside Mike Ehrmantraut, a fixer who sees the rot before the paint dries. The series runs 50 hours, a duration that feels less like a commitment and more like a long, slow exhale. It is not a prequel in the sense of a trailer. It is a portrait of a man trying to be respectable in a town that only respects the ruthless. You will not watch it for the twist. You will watch it because the fall is so carefully constructed that you want to see exactly where the ground is.
How it did with audiences
Better Call Saul never reported a box office, so the numbers live on streaming metrics and user scores instead. On TMDB, it holds an 8.7 rating. Critics often discuss the finale’s weight, but the audience score does the quiet work. That is a high bar for a show that spent five seasons getting there.
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Sources
- Better Call Saul on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q14925221 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “Better Call Saul” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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