I was not a watcher of Breaking Bad so viewed this first ep of Better Call Saul as an independent entity.
Was it a drama? If so I found it wanting. Somehow it never landed. Saul is a jerk. No more No less.
Was it a satire? Perhaps of the noir variety? There I find potential.
Apparently I have to say more to be able to post this. So I will add what I didn't want to say: That the lead actor seems to me to miss, somehow, being credible or funny or scary or admirable or being properly cast for this role. The actor--or is it the character-- is not someone I want to root for. There are no good people in this show--but that is true too to a large extent of the characters in Ray Donovan. But those characters have humanity. They have vulnerability. Not so Saul's characters. Not so those two idiot sleazy brothers who stage fake accidents. Not funny. Not anything. Just jerks.
Was it a drama? If so I found it wanting. Somehow it never landed. Saul is a jerk. No more No less.
Was it a satire? Perhaps of the noir variety? There I find potential.
Apparently I have to say more to be able to post this. So I will add what I didn't want to say: That the lead actor seems to me to miss, somehow, being credible or funny or scary or admirable or being properly cast for this role. The actor--or is it the character-- is not someone I want to root for. There are no good people in this show--but that is true too to a large extent of the characters in Ray Donovan. But those characters have humanity. They have vulnerability. Not so Saul's characters. Not so those two idiot sleazy brothers who stage fake accidents. Not funny. Not anything. Just jerks.