Best Episode: "Mijo"
Worst Episode: "Marco"
Favorite Characters: Jimmy McGill, Mike Ehrmantraut, Kim Wexler, Tuco Salamanca, Chuck McGilll (for most of the season anyway)
Least Favorite Characters: Betsy Kettleman, Craig Kettleman, Howard Hamlin (for most of the season anyway)
Overall Grade: 7.0 out of 10. It's hard to grade "Better Call Saul" right now. Why? Because most of us (Breaking Bad fans that is....) know where the story goes, and we all love what happens when we get there. Therefore, most of us are going to put up with whatever the writers and everyone involved with the show put forward, because we want to see what happens. That moment when we first see characters like Walter White, Jesse Pinkman, Gus Fring, etc. That's the reason most people are watching this show and that's the reason most people put up with prequels to begin with. However, let's take all that out right now and just focus on "Better Call Saul" as it's own TV show and not a part of something bigger.
On it's own, "Better Call Saul" is a good TV show that is on the cusp of being great. Much like "Breaking Bad", the camera visuals, writing, and acting are all outstanding. "Breaking Bad" was constantly taking home awards and it wouldn't surprise me to see "Better Call Saul" end up the same way. The people involved with the show know what they are doing and they know what needs to happen in order for the show to be successful. My main problem with the show is the flow of the story. Sometimes it feels like the story is dragging and that's one of the main problems with prequels. You can't get too ahead of yourself and you also have to be careful not to contradict anything that happens in the future.
Another problem is, I never felt like anything big happened. When the season ended, it almost felt like someone could just sit down and tell me everything that happened in season one in 10 minutes and I would be all caught up. That's not good. Shows like "Game of Thrones" have so much happening in every episode that you can't afford to miss one or you'll be stuck on an island by yourself. That wasn't the case with "Better Call Saul" and hopefully that's something that changes in the future as we move closer to Saul Goodman coming out.
Either way, regardless of how I feel about season one, I'm 100% on board with the show. It's a good show and I'm still extremely interested to see if guys like Walter White and Gus Fring end up appearing in some cameos and that alone is enough to get me to keep watching. Something tells me that's the reason most of you will continue watching as well.....
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