This is one of the best shows on television and it's gotta be considered top ten for the decade, but get out of here if your take is that this thing has surpassed Breaking Bad. That show was frought with absolute tension thanks to masterful writing, acting, cinematography, and editing. Just an overall masterclass example of tense and ultimately heartbreaking storytelling. This show might be even better at building tension with shots and editing, it might be just as wonderfully acted, and it might be just as well-written, but the biggest shortcoming with it is that we ultimately know the fates of virtually every character in the series. (And virtually all of them, on every side of this burgeoning drug war, get done in by the same angry chemistry teacher. Come on!)
I'm not suggesting that Better Call Saul isn't, you know, excellent. But I think too many people are too quick to diminish or forget just how good Breaking Bad was when they suggest this show is better than that one ever was. No accounting for taste and all, sure, and it's a hell of a ride seeing Mike and Gus and Nacho operating at their peaks. But what's left to do in this "world before Walter White?" I love this show, don't get me wrong, and it seems to find its way into my top five or ten shows every year. But Breaking Bad was never not my number one overall show in any given year. It's one of the greatest shows of all time! Gah. I'll stop now.
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