Saul Goodman v. Jimmy McGill, Alan Sepinwall
Saul Goodman v. Jimmy McGill, Alan Sepinwall
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Saul Goodman v. Jimmy McGill
The Complete Critical Companion to Better Call Saul

Author: Alan Sepinwall

Narrator: Brian P. Craig

Unabridged: 13 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/04/2025

Synopsis

Timed to the tenth anniversary of the first season of Better Call Saul, this ultimate companion book serves as a guide to the series' greatness and place in pop-culture history as fans kick off celebratory rewatches and new fans discover the series for the first time.

Saul Goodman v. Jimmy McGill: The Better Call Saul Critical Companion collects chief TV critic at Rolling Stone Alan Sepinwall's critical essays on every episode of the Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated series. Sepinwall covered Better Call Saul from start to finish, and conducted exhaustive interviews with creator Vince Gilligan and stars Bob Odenkirk and Rhea Seahorn, reproduced here alongside new interviews with series cocreator Peter Gould.

Across six critically acclaimed seasons, Better Call Saul surprised audiences and subverted Breaking Bad fans' expectations for what a prequel/sequel series could be. Bob Odenkirk reprised his role as the morally compromised defensive attorney and revealed the tragic and inevitable downfall of Jimmy McGill, a small-time con artist with big dreams and even bigger schemes. Audiences were introduced to now iconic characters, including Rhea Seahorn's Kim and Michael McKean's Chuck, as well as villains like Tony Dalton's Lalo, who rivaled Breaking Bad's most sinister creations.

About Alan Sepinwall

Alan Sepinwall is the chief television critic for Rolling Stone and the author of Breaking Bad 101. His thoughts on television have appeared in the New York Times, Time, and Variety. He lives in New Jersey.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Amanda on January 26, 2025

More like 4.5 stars. I’ve always enjoyed Alan Sepinwall’s TV reviews and read them regularly. “Better Call Saul” is one of my favorite shows and it was great to have all of Alan’s reviews in one handy place. But the thing that makes this book even better is all the tidbits in the footnotes and in in......more

Goodreads review by Gil on March 07, 2025

[more like 3.5 stars] Very much like its predecessor. The recaps are about as good, but it’s not quite as brimming with behind-the-scenes insights. There are a good handful though, and the final interview with Peter Gould is just about worth the price of admission.......more

Goodreads review by Brenden on April 14, 2025

Alan Sepinwall is probably the foremost critic of the Golden Age of Television, so I think it is fitting that he has written a book about the show that, in my view, marks the end of TVs Golden Age. Historian will debate exactly when the Golden Age began and ended, but I think that two reasonable benc......more

Goodreads review by Samuel on April 17, 2025

As I'm pretty sure I have already established in my recent review of the 'Better Call Saul and Philosophy' book I read, Better Call Saul is one of my favourite pieces of media ever created. Bursting not only with creativity, but plentiful emotional intelligence. I never got to see the show week to we......more

Goodreads review by Phil on January 27, 2025

I enjoyed reading all of the episode reviews in one place. The supplemental interviews represented nice additions. I found the physical book tough to read, especially the footnote fonts. I suspect that the publisher hard-capped the page count. I don't blame the author for this.......more

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