There’s a point in “Alpine Shepherd Boy” where Jimmy McGill goes to see a new client after his billboard hero story and I wondered whether or not Better Call Saul was about to head down into a procedural route blended…
TV Review: Better Call Saul (1×04) – “Hero”
Last week, Better Call Saul showed us an earlier point in the McGill brothers’ lives when Jimmy was in jail and Chuck comes to see him, which set up a cyclical arc for Jimmy to reform himself after many questionable life…
TV Review: Better Call Saul (1×03) – “Nacho”
A sense of foreboding hangs over the most recent episode of Better Call Saul, “Nacho,” which it establishes right at the start. Although knowing the eventual futures of characters in prequels often dissipates suspense, in the right hands it can…
TV Review: Better Call Saul (1×02) – “Mijo”
Well it didn’t take too long for two-bit lawyer Jimmy McGill to get himself into a sticky spot. Not only that, but he happened to land in the clutches of everyone’s favorite psycho Mexican drug lord, Tuco Salamanca. It turns…
TV Review: Better Call Saul Series Premiere
Following up a television work as critically acclaimed and (later on) popular as Breaking Bad with a spin-off must have been a tricky proposition. Cynical skepticism can run high; why would creator Vince Gilligan go back to the old well,…
This Month In Books: February 2015
I have been simulataneously awaiting and dreading February 2015 for months now (specifically since July 29, 2014) because the last and final Bloodlines novel is finally going to be released! Richelle Mead’s Vampire Academy/Bloodlines novels have been what I’ve been…
Read of the Week: Me Since You by Laura Wiess
Laura Wiess captures the visceral emotion of a girl’s journey from innocence to devastating loss and, ultimately, to a strange and unexpected kind of understanding—in this beautiful and painfully honest new novel. Are there any answers when someone you love…