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BETTER CALL SAUL
August 13, 2018  | By David Bianculli

AMC, 9:00 p.m. ET

 

The title of tonight’s episode is “Breathe,” and it indeed gives breathing room to all its primary characters – the ones who have survived to date, that is. Bob Odenkirk’s Jimmy, who was mostly silent and somber until the closing moments of last week’s season premiere, comes out of his shell and hits the road in search of a new job, employing his gift of gab to gain new employment.  It’s a job that’s outside the law, or at least not a job for a lawyer – and Jimmy, at this point in his pre-Saul life, is thinking outside the law with increasing frequency. So are Giancarlo Esposito’s Gus Fring and Jonathan Banks’ Mike Ehrmantraut, by the way, and Mike is being tempted closer to the dark side by both Gus and Jimmy. Meanwhile, what of Rhea Seehorn’s Kim? She seems reluctant to resume her life as she knew it before her car accident – but neither she nor the viewers know what path she’ll take next. We do know, though, that she never surfaces in the world of Breaking Bad, which may speak volumes about her chances of surviving Better Call Saul. One of my absolute favorite TV shows right now continues, brilliantly and at its own engrossing, deliberate pace.


 
 
 
 
 
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