The new “Breaking Bad” prequel series “Better Call Saul” premieres Feb. 8, but a number of publications are already beginning to post their reviews.
Documenting the long, strange career that lead Saul Goodman, criminal lawyer, from Jimmy McGill to Albuquerque to a mall food court Cinnabon, the first few episodes of “Better Call Saul” are already being heralded, Esquire going so far as to call it “better than ‘Breaking Bad.’” Expect our review closer to the “Better Call Saul” premiere date. And while there are plot elements to spoil in the first two episodes of “Better Call Saul,” this is a show about the tiny details. With that in mind, here’s a minor spoiler for the “Better Call Saul” premiere: a depraved sex act more twisted than the many gruesome crimes witnessed on “Breaking Bad.”
"Better Call Saul" Extended Trailer
“Better Call Saul” is about small-time lawyer Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) trying to make it in a difficult economy and making larger and larger compromises until he owns cheesy framed U.S. Constitutions and needs a drawer full of cellphones. The first two episodes of “Better Call Saul” feature Jimmy working his way through a dizzying array of small-time cases. But the opening case is a real doozy.
Saul Goodman née Jimmy McGill gives an impassioned speech to the courtyard in defense of teenage puppy love. His defendants? A group of young teenagers. In that characteristic Saul Goodman way, McGill goes about painting a picture of youthful indiscretion:
“Do you remember 19? Let me tell you. The juices are flowing, the red corpuscles are corpuscling. The grass is green, and it’s soft, and summer’s going to last forever.”
So what did these teenagers do to wind up in court and require the assistance of criminal lawyer Saul Goodman?
They broke into a morgue, decapitated a body, and copulated with the head.
Sure, “Breaking Bad” had bodies getting melted with acid, kids getting shot, people choking to death on their own vomit, and wheelchair bombs.
“Better Call Saul” has skull-fucking.
“Better Call Saul” premieres Sunday Feb. 8 at 10 pm on AMC, with “Better Call Saul” episode 2 the following night. I hope you’re ready.
