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Better call Saul

Better Call Saul hit me harder than Breaking Bad. Not because it’s louder or more shocking, but because it’s quieter. The characters feel more textured, more human, and I kept changing who I was rooting for as the story unfolded. That discomfort felt intentional, like the show was daring me to keep up.

The transition from Jimmy to Saul doesn’t come from a single breaking point. It grows out of moral flexibility shaped by desperation. Jimmy keeps discovering that the world doesn’t reward people like him when they try to play fair. Saul isn’t a sudden betrayal of who he was. He’s what happens when survival matters more than dignity, and the mask eventually becomes the face.

The relationship between Jimmy and Kim is the core wound of the series. They grow together, enable each other, and slowly split apart without ever fully letting go. Watching that collapse feels more tragic than any explosion or gunfight because it happens quietly, through small choices neither of them knows how to stop making.

The soundtrack understands this restraint. “Perfect Day” plays during moments that are anything but perfect, and the contrast makes the scene sting more. The song doesn’t soften what’s happening on screen. It exposes it.

Better Call Saul doesn’t ask you to cheer. It asks you to sit with the consequences.
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