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Catching up with 'Better Call Saul' like a con artist would

There's no law against a couple of shortcuts when you're catching up on a beloved TV show. And even if you were, Better Call Saul's Jimmy McGill would tell you to take them anyway.
You know who would support you in your efforts to catch up however you can? This guy, Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) — the former Jimmy McGill — of <em>Better Call Saul</em>.

(Caution: this piece contains Better Call Saul spoilers.)

I absolutely loved Breaking Bad. If you think about consistency, quality, freshness, direction, acting, everything — I could easily argue for it as my personal best show ever. I wrote about it quite a bit, but when it ended, I was relieved, as I said close to the end of its run. It had been a brutal story to watch. So when Better Call Saul premiered about a year and a half later as the prequel spin-off tale of Walt's corrupt lawyer — played so brilliantly by Bob Odenkirk — I didn't stay with it. I didn't feel the need to be in that world again, regardless of my admiration for the personnel.

Fast forward to the show's current tear

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