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Rolling Stone
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"[6th Season, Final Chapter]: As Saul once told Francesca, it’s been quite a ride. We may not see its like again for quite some time. Enjoy the feeling while it lingers." |
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United States |
Variety
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"[6th Season, Final Chapter]: 'Better Call Saul’s' brilliant, emotional finale is 'Breaking Bad' in reverse" |
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United States |
Vulture
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"[6th Season, Final Chapter]: an ending for Jimmy that’s hopeful and authentic without feeling rosy or unearned" |
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United States |
CNN
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"[6th Season, Final Chapter]: 'Saul' obviously couldn't provide the same fireworks that distinguished the 'Breaking Bad' finale, but it did prove satisfying in a way the felt true to the show." |
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United States |
Vanity Fair
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"[6th Season, Final Chapter]: it didn’t have the relentless, clock-like precision of the 'Breaking Bad' finale (...) What it did have, and I really appreciate this even if I have a quibble or two, is heart" |
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SlashFilm
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"[6th Season, Final Chapter]: This was an absolutely perfect finale. From top to bottom. I am awed (not that I had any doubts)." |
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United Kingdom |
Telegraph
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"[6th Season, Chapter 8 Review]: A seismic episode of the acclaimed Breaking Bad spinoff took a big leap towards Walter White and Jesse Pinkman (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" |
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United States |
Entertainment Weekly
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"[6th Season, Chapter 8 Review]: Vince Gilligan directs a shocking episode that richly reconsiders a key setting from 'Breaking Bad.'" |
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United States |
IndieWire
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"[6th Season, Chapter 8 Review]: Not only is “Point and Shoot” an impeccable ballet of conflicting aims and means, it sets an effective expectation for the remaining five episodes to come" |
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United Kingdom |
The Guardian
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"[6th Season, Chapter 8 Review]: : The final batch of episodes kicks off with a virtuoso Vince Gilligan-directed instalment, that’s all beguilingly complicated visual techniques and gun-toting, tense plotlines (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)" |
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United States |
Entertainment Weekly
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"[6th Season Review]: A marvelous opening that suggests these final 13 episodes will reveal the answers to questions you didn't know you had." |
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United States |
IndieWire
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"[6th Season Review]: The final season of the impeccable AMC show maintains an impossibly high bar for finely crafted TV, with Bob Odenkirk and Rhea Seehorn leading the way." |
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United States |
SlashFilm
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"[6th Season Review]: The fact that the show continues to be so well crafted only heightens the power. Every frame of 'Saul' remains a masterclass in composition." |
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United States |
Variety
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"[6th Season Review]: [It] moves toward its endgame, losing sight of its best assets (...) The more mixed result is that this series feels more bound up than ever in trying to draw out connections to 'Breaking Bad'" |
NEU
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United States |
Paste Magazine
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"[6th Season Review]: 'Better Call Saul' remains one of TV's best in tense, exhilarating final season" |
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United States |
Den of Geek
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"[5th Season Review]: Another superb season (...) As usual, 'Saul' operates with confidence and impeccable craft (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" |
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United States |
Collider
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"[5th Season Review]: This is a show with a lot to say about the world we live in, in ways that are richer and more hard-hitting than its big brother series ['Breaking Bad'] (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)" |
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Variety
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"[5th Season Review]: In an episode-by-episode sense as new installments unfold, the show seems at times to have perhaps more vision than plan: A sense of itself, but a manner of getting there too halting by half" |
NEU
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United States |
SlashFilm
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[5th Season Review]: What a wonder this show is (...) With next season already established to be the last, 'Better Call Saul' is catching up to 'Breaking Bad' faster than ever before." |
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United States |
Paste Magazine
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"[5th Season Review]: The sure and steady hand of creators Peter Gould and Vince Gilligan knows what is right and what is wrong—and it is never afraid to reveal what can happen when that line gets crossed." |
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United States |
TV Guide
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"[5th Season Review]: It's an exquisitely sad story that also serves as a reminder that even Kim, the heart of the series, is a little unknowable (…) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)" |
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Entertainment Weekly
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"[4th Season Review]: What strikes me is that there are a lot of tiny delights" |
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United States |
IndieWire
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"[4th Season Review]: This isn’t a 'Breaking Bad' prequel — it’s an evolution into something greater" |
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United States |
AV Club
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"[4th Season Review]: 'Better Call Saul' hits new heights by finding the chemistry in grief (...) [It] kicks into gear with (...) confidence and precision" |
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United States |
The Hollywood Reporter
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"[4th Season Review]: As great as ever" |
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United States |
IGN
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"[4th Season Review]: [The first episode] contains all the beautifully brave hallmarks of the 'Breaking Bad'-verse (...) It's a heavy, reflective chapter" |
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United States |
The Hollywood Reporter
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"[3rd Season Review]: An already superb AMC drama gets even better as the surprisingly sad evolution of Jimmy McGill into Saul Goodman continues." |
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United States |
IndieWire
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"[3rd Season Review]: It's honestly weird how 'Better Call Saul', a show based on the premise of a halfway decent lawyer becoming a completely corrupt crook, is one of the most ethically engaged shows on television." |
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United States |
Slant
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"[3rd Season Review]: 'Better Call Saul' grows more ironic and tragic with each subsequent episode." |
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United States |
Newsday
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"[3rd Season Review]: Based on the first two episodes, 'Saul' is making a case that it could be even better than 'Breaking Bad'." |
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United States |
Variety
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"[2nd Season Review]: 'Better Call Saul' continues to display many of the same qualities as 'Breaking Bad', including its disarming quirkiness and embrace of stillness and quiet, as well as its unpredictability and occasional bouts of menace." |
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United States |
The Hollywood Reporter
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"[2nd Season Review]: It’s as funny and sweet and prickly as what viewers got in Season 1, with continued standout performances by Odenkirk and Banks." |
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United States |
Time
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"[2nd Season Review]: It’s the best-case scenario for a spin-off: a show that occupies a familiar world but opens up entirely new themes." |
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United States |
IndieWire
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"[2nd Season Review]: 'Saul' is a show that really rewards the viewer's attention to detail--because however much you might pick up on, there's probably at least three levels of meaning you're missing." |
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United Kingdom |
The Guardian
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"[2nd Season Review]: it's not 'Breaking Bad' – but it might be even better. It’s got murder, mystery, Mike Ehrmantraut – and the most profound depiction of brothers ever seen on TV. Not bad for a show where nothing ever happens." |
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The Washington Post
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"[It] is right in line with the tone and style of the original (...) And like its predecessor, 'Better Call Saul' raises more questions (...) than it will readily answer." |
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United States |
Time
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"I was skeptical of the idea (...) yet after three episodes, I have to say it’s… pretty good" |
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United States |
Entertainment Weekly
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"Like Saul himself, its identity is a work in progress. The energetic visual storytelling engages, but the deliberate pacing left me restless." |
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United States |
The Hollywood Reporter
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"The first hour moves slower than people might be expecting, but builds to and ends on a wonderful cliff-hanger that is partly but not fully solved in the second episode." |
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United States |
The New York Times
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"'Better Call Saul' is better than good: It’s delightful--in a brutal, darkly comic way, of course." |
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Chicago Sun-Times
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"We already know where he ends up, but it sure is fun watching him get dirty along the way. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)" |
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United States |
Variety
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"Essentially, 'Saul' is an extended origin story, possessing 'Bad’s' flavor and black comedy but at least initially lacking its emotional core. While that dictates a mixed verdict, the creative auspices nevertheless bode well." |
NEU
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