Better Call Saul Season 6 Episodes 1 And 2 Review
After a long hiatus during which Bob Odenkirk nearly lost his life, Saul Goodman is back and this time around his partner in crime Kim Wexler looks bound to take a long walk on the dark side as the show’s final season moves towards solving the mystery of what happens to her prior to Jimmy’s full transformation into the character made famous by Breaking Bad.
In that sense, Better Call Saul wastes no time with a double-header premiere that picks up right where season five left off, though if anyone’s memory is a little iffy, they can always go watch the season 5 recap released by AMC last week. The good news is that Better Call Saul continues to be as visually impressive and nerve-racking as its older cousin while setting up a tense confrontation climate down in Albuquerque and the northern part of Mexico.
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The first episode, “Wine and Roses”, was directed by Michael Morris who happens to be behind some of the best Better Call Saul episodes to date, and on this occasion, his opening shot is a rather colorful one as the camera takes viewers on a small tour to the future where Saul’s extravagant possessions are being seized. Perhaps his intent is to illustrate how big of a gap exists between current Jimmy and future Saul, with the latter persona needing to be more flashy as Kim later suggests.
In any case, the show has to deal with the aftermath of Gus’ failed assassination attempt on Lalo Salamanca, or at least Nacho Varga has to because after the previously mentioned glimpse at the future his journey is taking the spotlight. Whatever plans all parties had after taking out Lalo get tossed out the window, because Nacho is suddenly the Cartel’s most
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