Better Call Saul is going to be a landmark of television

SPOILER ALERT: You can keep Game of Thrones, I have found my landmark show of 2015. Episode three was aired last night and it was the best episode yet.

Better Call Saul the hero of TV in 2015

*WARNING: THERE’S PLENTY OF SPOILERS HERE*

Better Call Saul the hero of television in 2015.

It’s awesome. I’m hooked. You can keep Game of Thrones.

If you are behind the Eight ball, Better Call Saul is the Breaking Bad spin-off telling the tale of lawyer Jimmy McGill aka Saul Goodman.

Jimmy is a struggling public defendant looking after his mentally ill brother.

He offered his services to Craig Kettleman, a businessman under suspicion of embezzlement, but was denied.

A scam was devised to trick the businessman to hire him and it went horribly wrong.

As a result, Saul found himself in a sticky situation with a gangster called Nacho.

He talked his way out of the trouble, but in doing so, tipped off the gangster about the businessman’s new-found wealth.

Nacho suggests he and Saul extort him.

We continue to learn how Jimmy McGill becomes Saul Goodman.

Enter episode three.

We are taken back to a time before Jimmy becomes a lawyer.

In fact, he is begging his older brother for help as he sits in jail clothes and handcuffs.

Not much is alluded to in terms of the arrest other than the fact Jimmy had been locked up after performing a “Chicago Sunroof.”

I googled that after the show and if you have a sense of humour, I suggest you do too.

There are a number of explanations, although 99.9 per cent are NSFW.

Knowing the Kettlemans are facing impending doom, Jimmy anxiously talks to his friend Kim Wexler.

Actress Rhea Seehorn stars as Kim Wexler.

She also happens to be the lawyer representing the family.

He lets slip they are in trouble and when he realises the error of his ways, he quickly ends the conversation.

Rife with guilt he storms around his house collecting a bizarre arrangement of items including a paper towel roll, rubber band and tissue paper.

He drives out to bush and pulls up next to a public telephone.

The items from the house now come into play and we see the Jimmy has placed the tissue around the end of the roll with a rubber band.

He calls the Kettleman family and it becomes clear he intends to use the device to hide his voice, but to no avail.

Instead of hiding his identity the device distorts his voice to a level the Kettlemans can’t even understand.

Later in the episode this technique would be referred to as the “sex robot” voice.

Pushed for time, he ditches the device and tells them they are in trouble before quickly fleeing the scene.

The following day Kim calls Jimmy and advises him the family are missing.

She pokes him for information feeling suspicious after their previous encounter.

Jimmy races to meet with Kim, but on his way, he has another run in with Breaking Bad character Mike Ehrmantraut.

Better Call Saul actor Jonathan Banks stars as Mike Ehrmantraut.

Mike is working as the parking attendant at the courthouse and is the cause of much grief for Jimmy.

After the meeting, Jimmy fears Nacho has already made his move.

But, when Nacho is picked up and arrested, Jimmy is called to represent him and quickly learns he had nothing to do with the kidnapping.

Jimmy then suspects the Kettlemans actually kidnapped themselves and escaped with the money they stole.

No one believes him and suggestions are made he is just buying time for his troubled client.

Returning to the courts, he has another run in with Mike.

Although, this time it escalates from verbal warfare to physical abuse and fans get a glimpse of the bad side of Mike they came to love in Breaking Bad.

Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman in Better Call Saul.

Despite getting his ass kicked, Saul is arrested for assault and the police ask Mike to press charges so they can leverage Jimmy to flip on Nacho.

After hearing Jimmny retell his theory about the Kettleman family, Mike drops the charges.

Following the arrest Jimmy asked Mike why he didn’t take things further.

Turns out he believed the story and even gave Jimmy some tips on where the Kettlemans might be hiding.

The information is solid and Jimmy finds them camping out deep in the wilderness.

He unzips the tent and pokes his head in saying, “here’s Johnny”.

Realising he scared the children with his entrance, Jimmy apologises, but advises the family they will need to come with him.

A game of tug of war ensues and the Kettlemans stolen loot ends up spilling all over the ground.

The episode ends and I am, once again, left waiting to find out what happens next.

While only three episodes in, it is safe to say Better Call Saul is proving to be quite the entertaining mix of comedy, grittiness and compelling cinematography.

I can already tell this show is going to be positioned alongside The Sopranos, The Wire and OZ.

Oh and Breaking Bad, of course.

If you haven’t gotten on this yet, make sure you do.

Better Call Saul is airing on Stan.
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Bob Odenkirk in a scene from the final season of Breaking Bad.