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Please forgive me.)Īs the camera zooms in on Gene we can see the reflection of the TV in his glasses-the only pop of color in the entire teaser. Any doubt I had that Odenkirk could pull off heavy drama went out the window right quick. The way Bob Odenkirk performs Gene’s reaction was incredibly nuanced- miles away from the darkly comic relief that Saul provided in Breaking Bad. And this is when I knew that Better Call Saul was going to be something special. Gene looks like he’s holding back tears, but there’s this one moment while he’s watching himself where he almost smiles. The camera stays on Gene the whole time but we know exactly what he’s watching: a reel of Saul’s late night TV commercials. When he pops the tape in and returns to his seat we hear his voice for the first time, but it’s not Gene speaking it’s coming from the television. But Gene is looking for something in particular: a VHS tape. He opens it up and we see that it’s a memory box-some old photos, a Panamanian passport, a Band-aid box with who knows what inside. Nothing is striking his fancy, though, and he starts acting shady: looking out the window, closing the blinds, digging a shoebox out from a hidden compartment in the back of his closet. He fixes himself a sloppy Rusty Nail and sits in his recliner to watch TV. The next scene in the teaser (still black and white, still no dialogue) brings us to Gene’s condo. Gene is shaken up, but there’s a hint of disappointment in the way he reacts to the situation-almost like he would welcome being recognized. But the man keeps walking and Gene realizes that the man wasn’t looking at him. He thinks the jig is up, that this guy has recognized him as Saul Goodman, and as the strange man walks toward him Gene is terrified.
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The stranger appears to be looking straight at him, sizing him up, and we see Gene start to panic. Gene is going through the motions at work, looking relatively miserable but keeping it professional, when he notices a man in the corner. His nametag says “Gene” and his hair is a lot thinner, but behind the glasses and the walrus mustache it is unmistakably Saul Goodman. The camera pans up and we see the Cinnabon manager. A song plays-“address unknown, not even a trace of you…”-and soon we see a familiar face.
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There’s a montage of activity at a Cinnabon in Omaha, Nebraska (and a collective freakout by the Breaking Bad nerds who remember Saul’s prediction in “Granite State”). “Uno” starts with a cold open, entirely in black and white. But with Gilligan and Gould at the helm, I should have known to expect the unexpected because that is exactly what I got.
#BETTER CALL SAUL SEASON 1 RECAP SERIES#
Is it a comedy? Is it a drama? Is it an hour a week of Bob Odenkirk doing in-character sketches as Saul? (I would totally watch that, by the way.) I tuned in to the series premiere having no idea what to expect. Of course, I wasn’t sure exactly what the show was going to be. Historically, spin-offs of popular shows haven’t been the greatest (remember Joey?) but since I trust Vince Gilligan implicitly, I told myself all would be well. If you’re anything like me (aka a huge Breaking Bad nerd) you were cautiously optimistic about the idea of a Saul Goodman spin-off show. To celebrate, I’m going to be recapping season one, starting at the beginning.Įpisode 1×01: “Uno” (written by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould directed by Vince Gilligan) But the moment is nigh: Better Call Saul is returning to AMC on February 15. Fandom helped get me through the worst of the withdrawal symptoms but I had a fever and the only prescription was season two. It’s been ten months since the season one finale of Better Call Saul aired and I’ve felt dead inside every Monday night since. The Better Call Saul countdown is on: 10 days left until the season 2 premiere!