Ethan and Talia discuss episode 10, the finale of Season 3 of Better Call Saul, ‘Lantern’. Including: we wonder if Jimmy will see Chuck’s death as an accident or suicide; what is the appropriate response to Atticus Finch; and is there anything more noble in fiction than degrading yourself during chair yoga. You can find an introduction to the podca…

Ethan and Talia discuss episode 9 of Season 3 of Better Call Saul, ‘Fall’. Including: who is the poor intern at Lydia’s company who has to offer Mike an expresso? does the ability to remember people’s names make you a nice person? and we ponder our elderly future doing chair yoga. You can find an introduction to the podcast here. New episodes are p…

Ethan and Talia discuss episode 8 of Season 3 of Better Call Saul, ‘Slip’. Including: a cool but completely unnecessary pill drop; Kim and Howard bark out dog commands to each other; and how exit interviews tend to be a bit literal when leaving a career in drug dealing. You can find an introduction to the podcast here. New episodes are published ev…

Ethan and Talia discuss episode 7 of Season 3 of Better Call Saul, ‘Expenses’. Including: is littering worse off flyover freeways than ground-level ones?; how drugs-nerd Daniel Wormald doesn’t seem to understand the rules of communication for the genre in which he’s found himself; and medical professional that she is, Talia cannot help but launch i…

Ethan and Talia discuss episode 6 of Season 3 of Better Call Saul, ‘Off Brand’. Including: relief that the goldfish from the previous episode seems to have survived; Talia expresses regret that her dad doesn’t have quite the playground-building skills of Mike, the perfect father-in-law; and how we just can’t get enough of those Breaking Bad callbac…

Ethan and Talia discuss episode 5 of Season 3 of Better Call Saul, ‘Chicanery’. Including: a lengthy tangential discussion about hierarchal employment practices in the legal world, that may or may not be one of the themes of the series; and Talia makes a really poor joke about Disney films. You can find an introduction to the podcast here. New epis…

Ethan and Talia discuss episode 4 of Season 3 of Better Call Saul, ‘Sabrosito’. Including: how Gus is the best fast food boss ever; we enjoy Hector’s assault on the American Dream that is Los Pollos Hermanos; and Ethan comes up with a theory that the best fictional criminals are also the politest. You can find an introduction to the podcast here. N…

Ethan and Talia discuss episode 3 of Season 3 of Better Call Saul, ‘Sunk Costs’. Including: the joy of origin stories and the risks of Darth Vader-ing them; Chuck’s increasingly inexcusable square behaviour; and Talia destroys Ethan’s fantasy that huge quantities of cocaine are manufactured for medical purposes. You can find an introduction to the …

Ethan and Talia discuss episode 2 of Season 3 of Better Call Saul, ‘Witness’. Including: delighting in the long, slow introduction of Breaking Bad’s Gus; wondering what the hell a Crackerbarrel is; and a contrasting of Better Call Saul with Game of Thrones that kind of works if you swap breasts for old people. You can find an introduction to the po…

Ethan and Talia discuss the first episode of Season 3 of Better Call Saul, ‘Mabel’. Including: the horrific homogenity of shopping centres around the globe; our great delight in montages even when we’re not sure what is going on; and Talia hopes her brother isn’t listening when discussing the problems of having an incredibly charming sibling. You c…

On April 11 (or thereabouts) we (Ethan Crane & Talia Ripley) will begin a new podcast, Better Overhaul Saul, on season 3 of Netflix’ Better Call Saul. (Yes, our Breaking Bad obsession means we are fixated on only watching series created by Vince Gilligan.) In this short introductory podcast, we discuss why these series have captivated us so and, if…