Better Call Saul News: Advance Preview Suggests Breaking Bad Prequel Might Be Better Than Breaking Bad

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Well, file this under interesting.

A writer from Esquire was lucky enough to receive an advance copy of Better Call Saul ahead of its February 8 and 9 two-night premiere, and suggests that the highly anticipated prequel to Breaking Bad might be better than its predecessor (color us skeptical).

I’ll just say it: The first few episodes that I saw are better than Breaking Bad. They are smarter. They are sharper. I have never seen a prequel handled so cleverly. What we know from the previous series about Saul Goodman, or James McGill as he is known in Better Call Saul, provides a kind of counterintuitive suspense mechanism. In the very first shot, in silent black and white, we see the ruins of Saul Goodman after the action of Breaking Bad, just as he said he would be. He’s working at a Cinnabon in a mall, terrified of anyone slightly threatening who walks into the store. The question for the plot is: How did he become this way? How did he fail so catastrophically?

To read the entire interview, visit Esquire.com