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The sleazy lawyer Saul Goodman was meant to appear in only a handful of episodes of AMC's

Breaking Bad.

Instead Saul, played by Bob Onenkirk, became an integral part of the series and eventually

earned his own acclaimed Spinoff prequel, Better Call Saul.

After six seasons, Better Call Saul has now come to an end, a slew of memorable new characters

plus an old favorite from the Breaking Bad universe have come and gone.

And in this tense and meticulously-paced origin story, we've witnessed the complete transformation

of Jimmy McGill, the small-time crook, into Saul Goodman, the overconfident fraudster.

I'm Glenn Weldon.

And I'm Aisha Harris.

And today we're talking about Better Call Saul on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR.

Joining us today is NPR's TV critic, Eric DeGins.

Welcome back, Eric.

That's right, Better Call Eric, right?

Yes, indeed.

I don't want to admit how long I've been waiting to say that.

Well, the time has come.

So most of Better Call Saul takes place several years leading up to the events of Breaking

Bad.

The show operates on multiple wavelengths.

On the one hand, it's a legal drama.

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