Season 2 of the American crime drama TV series “Better Call Saul” on AMC is officially over after it aired its season finale on April 18.
Before the Season 2 premiere in February, reports were aplenty that the second season of “Better Call Saul” shall be the time when Saul Goodman will finally evolve from Jimmy McGill, played by Bob Odenkirk.
But the 10 episodes of the second season of the critically-acclaimed series did not turn Jimmy into Saul just yet. While there were signs and inclinations that Jimmy is already headed in that direction and there was no turning back for him, the showrunners do not want to have an anti-climactic season that is too early in the series.
Seasons 3 and 4 of “Better Call Saul” would have lost steam had Jimmy already transformed into Saul Goodman. It is likely to happen either in the third or the fourth season before the TV series wraps up after Season 5, just like its predecessor, “Breaking Bad” which is considered by some as the best TV series of all time.
After 20 episodes in two seasons, “Better Call Saul” is still in its early stages and it is not quite perfect just yet. However what it has offered so far is a show that can stand head and shoulders next to its predecessor.
While the spinoff still lacks the operatic and epic scope of “Breaking Bad,” “Better Call Saul” is nonetheless a deeper, richer, and more intelligent TV series that revolves in the same universe as its predecessor. It has explored a different, more complex approach to human morality, details the Den of Geek.
Similar but different
While there are similarities between “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul” considering that they both came from the same creative team and minds, they are also very different shows and each excels in their own rights, even as they manage to enrich each other.
It would be very difficult to say which of the two TV series are better since “Better Call Saul” is still at its early stages, but it is obvious that it has come out of the big shadows of “Breaking Bad” and exceeded all expectations, even its own.
It is one of the reasons why “Better Call Saul” has attracted so many viewers in the course of its early years.
If any, one edge “Better Call Saul” has over its predecessor is its different approach to morality. Unlike “Breaking Bad” which drew viewers in by making them understand exactly why Walter White would become a meth cook right in the first episode and eventually turned out to be a bad guy, it’s not as clear-cut yet with Jimmy McGill in “Better Call Saul.”
There is still a process that he has to undergo first before Saul Goodman finally comes out of Jimmy McGill.
But it is obvious that “Better Call Saul” lived up to its hype and did not disappoint the fans of “Breaking Bad,” making them all realized that the spinoff is also worth watching for them to understand how the storylines in “Breaking Bad” turned out to be that way.
Excellent viewership ratings
Not only is “Better Call Saul” a critically-acclaimed TV series, it is also high in viewers and its ratings is a clear indication of that.
During its Season 2 finale that aired on April 18, the show was able to pull 4.4 million viewers including 2.3 million from the highly-coveted 18-49 years old demographics, according to Nielsen.
Although it is a respectable figure, it is actually down by 700,000 from the 5.1 million total viewers that the show got during its Season 1 finale, notes Deadline.