Breaking Bad is a show that needs no introduction when it comes to American television series. The show has been so popular that has given birth to so many fan clubs and even conspiracy theories asking and concluding what will happen in the coming episodes. But what we don’t realize is that the show has also given rise to a prequel that is known as Better Call Saul. The show has been a great prequel spin-off to Breaking Bad as it fits along with its timeline.
Giving much credit to the popularity of Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul has been able to perform really well in the television industry with a great viewership. The show is an American crime drama with major aspects of legalities, hence making it a legal drama as well. The show has elements of comedy, intense drama, and a strict plot line. The show has been made in such a way that it is not just a prequel to Breaking Bad but at the same time can also be seen as a sequel to the show with the latter seasons acting as one.
The show aired on February 8 2015 and has been renewed for a total of six seasons with the last season released in July 2022. The finale for season 6 premiered in August 2022. All the seasons of Better Call Saul contain a total of 10 episodes making it a perfect watch and quite binge-worthy. The comedy of the show takes inspiration from the elements of Black-Comedy and many might even see the show as a tragedy show.
Better Call Saul is created by Vince Gilligan who is also the creator of Breaking Bad. He is also assisted by Peter Gould who is also the creator of the show. The show, Better Call Saul is distributed and aired on the AMC network who owns the ownership to the show. Better Call Saul stars Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian and Micheal Mando in the lead roles.
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A brief synopsis of the show
The show follows the story of a scam artist James McGill, who has been a part of some of the most notorious crimes that ever took place. He is inspired by his elder brother Chuck to leave all the activities that are illegal and start living a more respectable life. He takes that inspiration and decides to live a more better and respectable life as a lawyer.
James takes the alias name of Saul Goodman, which almost seems like a joke to his own desires to become actually a good man. He takes on a personality of a flamboyant and quite smart lawyer as he tries to help people who have been taken advantage of. He starts to work in the elder law and even tries to bring lies of the HHM firm which is trying to make a full out of some elderly people.
In the process of becoming a good man, he finds the sensor in various struggles as his first keeps on reconciling with him again and again. He even develops a fight with his own brother Chuck who keeps on belittling him and at the same time sabotages his work and career. Soon his career takes some more interesting turn as he starts to drift narcotics and comes in a line with the events of the parent show Breaking Bad.
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In what episode does Howard Die?
Howard is one of the loved characters of the Breaking Bad spin-off, which was flayed by Fabian. He is introduced as the arch-nemesis of Saul at the beginning of the season. He is the manager at the Hamlin and Hamlin McGill firm, with whom Saul had developed a generalized hate. It is bought later to the audience’s notice, that it was Chuck McGill, the brother of Saul from whom he originally took orders and he was working for him.
The role had been one of the best-played roles in the show, with his first appearance in the episode Uno in 2015. He was part of the show for a great seven years before taking leave in season 6 in the episode “Point and Shoot”. He is shot and murdered by Lalo, who without remorse shoots a bullet through his head. This episode has been considered on then of the best-directed episodes with the intensity of the story increasing and it was highly appreciated as well.
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