As Better Call Saul comes to its dramatic conclusion, we ask: why did it succeed when so many other spin-offs have failed? And is the reason Bob Odenkirk?
Breaking Bad was a nail-bitingly tense series about the moral decay of a high school teacher turned meth chemist. Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) was just his comic relief lawyer, a bit character mostly around to break the ice (not literally) with his sleazy, high energy antics and naked cowardice.
Anthony Morris is a freelance film and television writer. He’s been a regular contributor to The Big Issue, Empire Magazine, Junkee, Broadsheet, The Wheeler Centre and Forte Magazine, where he’s currently the film editor. Other publications he’s contributed to include Vice, The Vine, Kill Your Darlings (where he was their online film columnist), The Lifted Brow, Urban Walkabout and Spook Magazine. He’s the co-author of hit romantic comedy novel The Hot Guy, and he’s also written some short stories he’d rather you didn’t mention. You can follow him on Twitter @morrbeat and read some of his reviews on the blog It’s Better in the Dark.
