Getting bored with this show.

I wouldn't say i'm bored, but I am looking forward to seeing Jimmy McGill turn into Saul Goodman. That is the reason I originally started watching this show. Saul was one of my favorite characters on Breaking Bad. I wanted to see more of Saul. Jimmy isn't Saul yet. I recently rewatched some Breaking Bad episodes, and Saul was pretty different from the Jimmy i've been watching here. I don't mind the backstory, but it is taking a bit long to get to where it's going.

I've just finished hte first season. Love it so far...your thread troubles me in that....you mean he isn't Saul yet? O__O

Breaking Bad and Saul are in some ways apples and oranges... BB is more of a crime/action drama while Saul is more of a character study. If they kept doing episodes like the Kettleman's, it becomes more like typical episodic television which would still probably be very enjoyable but would also become repetitive. I think the same debate came up about the X-Files... some enjoyed the freak of the week episodes, some liked delving into the deeper central mythology. They are limited what they can do because it's a prequel and because they've also resolved to service fans by integrating Mike and Gus into the storyline. Considering all these constraints, I think they've done a brilliant job coming up with an entertaining show.

Who knows, maybe once they connect the dots leading up to the emergence of Saul... they'll do a Star Wars and start with the story from Cinnabon Saul. Then they can go in a lot more different directions.

Actually after seeing Breaking Bad, the formula is alive and well in Better Call Saul, so it's easy to predict things as a result of that tried & true formula. That said, it's still an excellent formula and one that keeps the -average- viewer guessing, and fortunately the average viewer is the vast majority of those who watch the show.

But then you have to ask, how many people would have known that Mike was scoping out Los Pollos Hermanos and that Gus was about to be re-introduced if they had not seen a single preview for Better Call Saul Season 3 that has been all over Facebook and other social media across the Internet for the last 5-10 months?

How many "make sure you order the curly fries" commercials were seen by fans in the months before the season aired... Imagine getting to watch Season 3 without knowing what was coming...

I don't know why they even bother to call it "Better Call Saul" when they clearly want to do a show about "Slippin' Jimmy and Chuck Schumer." It's boring as fuck, and I'm tired of Vince Gilligan and his "humble southern gentleman" routine.

LMAO I agree about Mike his part is so drawn out and long but I'm still Loving the show but they need to ditch the whole mike angle or quicken it up

I'm loving the show. Yes, some episodes are sometimes entirely a slow burn with not much action, but even when it's slow, I'm getting enjoyment out of it. The cinematography/editing/music combination of Better Call Saul is always interesting to me, and I daresay want to call it a great-looking neo-noir. Very interesting use of architecture, lines in the road, side and rear view mirrors, car headlights, and even a steaming coffee pot. Some of the shots are like something out of The Third Man and an Orson Welles film - strikingly abstract imagery that helps increase the sense of paranoia and a world tilting askew. Seems to fit Mike's current view, where his family is in danger and he's possibly being hunted (and doing some hunting himself).

We did get bits of classic Saul already with his Slippin Jimmy scenes. For this show to last for more than 3 seasons, it can't be non-stop breathless Slippin Jimmy/Saul scams and close calls. The action is even more intense when we properly build up to it. That is why the sniper scene at the end of Season 2 with Mike was so powerful. I think it's easily one of the show's highlights. He didn't just get in some car and drive out there. We had multiple episodes of building up to that unforgettable moment - the gathering of clues, the conversations with Nacho, and the elaborate setting up of his attack. The payoffs are richer thanks to the slower buildup episodes.

To me, this is already better than Breaking Bad.
Better Call Saul is a fantastic character study drama show, top notch quality.