Better Call Saul Review: Jimmy Becomes Saul Goodman in a Fantastically Devastating Season 5

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Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) said it himself in the Better Call Saul Season 5 premiere during a rant about his new clientele: Criminals gonna criminal! It's built in to his business model; Albuquerque's scummiest can't help themselves from being scummy because it's in their DNA.

Warning: This story contains spoilers about Better Call Saul‘s season 5 premiere, titled “Magic Man.” After a 16-month hiatus, Better Call Saul returned to the air with a colorful splash on Sunday night, allowing viewers to reacquaint with Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) — and get to know the new version …

“Better Call Saul” fans were left stunned after late “Breaking Bad” star Robert Forster made a surprise appearance in final scenes before his death.

The frequent brilliance of AMC's Better Call Saul was that it began with a simple question and has, over five seasons, thoughtfully reframed it. Audiences signed on for the Breaking Bad prequel thinking the series' question-of-purpose was "Who is Saul Goodman?" and expecting an origin story for the mothership's generally amusing criminal attorney.

It's finally here, folks. For several seasons of Better Call Saul, we've entered wondering if this was the season Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) would finally make his transformation into Saul Goodman, the criminal lawyer we know from Breaking Bad. And as Season 5 begins, it's fair to say that it's all good, man. Saul has officially arrived.

It's finally here, folks. For several seasons of Better Call Saul, we've entered wondering if this was the season Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) would finally make his transformation into Saul Goodman, the criminal lawyer we know from Breaking Bad. And as Season 5 begins, it's fair to say that it's all good, man. Saul has officially arrived.

Better Call Saul is TV's best Rube Goldberg machine. The AMC drama has spent four-going-on-five seasons building an elaborate system of cause and effect, trapping people in such an intricate chain of consequences that, in some cases, they were living totally different lives when the first domino fell.

Better Call Saul is TV's best Rube Goldberg machine. The AMC drama has spent four-going-on-five seasons building an elaborate system of cause and effect, trapping people in such an intricate chain of consequences that, in some cases, they were living totally different lives when the first domino fell.

1. Better Call SaulSeason 5 debut Bob Odenkirk returns as lawyer Jimmy McGill in the fifth season of the cult favourite Breaking Bad spinoff. “It’s the best season we’ve ever done,” said Odenkirk to Deadline. “It’s going to blow your mind…”When: Sunday on AMC

1. Better Call SaulSeason 5 debut Bob Odenkirk returns as lawyer Jimmy McGill in the fifth season of the cult favourite Breaking Bad spinoff. “It’s the best season we’ve ever done,” said Odenkirk to Deadline. “It’s going to blow your mind…”When: Sunday on AMC

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AMC's Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul is moving closer to its endgame as the second-to-last season premieres in just under two weeks. So if you're hoping to catch up on the latest season — or watch all of the first four seasons — before the drama returns for Season 5, you're in luck.

As if Better Call Saul didn’t already fill the Breaking Bad-sized hole in fans’ hearts, creator Vince Gilligan is going the extra mile with the last two seasons of the spinoff.

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He's back!