‘Better Call Saul’ Season 3 Critical Roundup: The ‘Breaking Bad’ Spinoff Continues to Acquit Itself Well

“For all of Gilligan and Gould’s control, there’s also a sense that they haven’t entirely allowed themselves to figure out their characters, as there are mysteries existing between the various partnerships that appear to be bottomless, like actual relationships, and that seem to mock the formal mastery on display, paralleling the self-mastery the characters think they possess.”

“The larger point is that, with all this character growth continuing, the already superb ‘Better Call Saul’ is in a position to take its biggest creative leap yet. It’s not a surprise that we will eventually get to Jimmy McGill becoming Saul Goodman, but it’s certainly surprising just how heartbreaking that transformation has become.”

“Based on the first two episodes, ‘Saul’ is making a case that it could be even better than ‘Breaking Bad’ (and do brush up on your Bible stories).”

“This isn’t a story taking place in a parallel timeline to ‘Breaking Bad,’ but one traveling down the same terrible track. And, like Saul Goodman’s most important client once said, nothing stops this train. All we can do is travel along it with these superb actors and the gifted writers, directors, and editors who keep the train moving, trusting that we’ll be wildly entertained even as it takes us someplace we keep hoping it won’t.”