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Originally Posted by Gonzo
I personally thought that season 1 felt a lot like BB but this season has steered away from that into its own type of personality. The camera angles and everything like that are similar. Especially lighting. The storytelling is very different to me. Not better and not worse. Just different. I tend to forget all about BB when watching now. When Jimmy becomes Saul, it'll be more like BB I'm sure.
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I think that's the part I'm amazed by. On some level, yes, BB is in the background because of the characters, but I very much enjoy this as its own separate entity. It doesn't feel like some Joanie Loves Chachie spin-off. At the same time, I totally like these tiny appearances by previous characters, in part because they are brief and don't force a bunch of extra exposition on them. They remain periphery characters who we see within the scope of the show's main characters.
To me, that's where the writing is so tight. Not a lot of primary scenes of the crossover characters in an attempt to illuminate all their back story instead of keeping focused on the main characters and the supporting cast of Better Call Saul.
We're almost through 2 seasons into a show named for a character who hasn't had 1 second of screentime, because Jimmy isn't Saul - not yet.