Better Call Saul...whatcha think?

Yup. There are easter eggs thrown in eg (not spoilery), Jesse's hello kitty flip phone that non watchers of BB wont get the hysteria over, and blink and you miss them characters like Ken Wins - remember that arrogant tool whose BMW Walt blew up? He returns for an episode, and my fave psycho from the show also returns - TIGHT TIGHT TIGHT, but other than that this show is it's own entity. Fantastic arc between Jimmy and Mike. Those two are so good together on screen.

Give the pilot a shot and see what you think. You wont recognise Saul when you first see him. Great cinematography, excellent movie choices, and some really interesting characters. So excited for season 3.

Dev, as dt said it's absolutely nothing like BB. People who hated it constantly complained 'nothing is happening' simply because they dont like character driven shows. Nothing wrong with not liking that but they missed the whole point. As outlined above they expected BB 2.0. Others were disappointed it wasnt a straight out court room drama with constant Saul one liners and shady clients every episode. I think that would have got old pretty fast. I dont like spinoffs but checked out the pilot just to see what gilligan and gould wanted to do with it, fully expecting to bin in but I was immediately hooked.

I think Dev would like it as well. Jimmy is such an interesting character and I am really amazed how the writers have played this out, especially giving it such a different mood and Pace to BB.

You know who Jimmy reminds me of? Jesse in a way. I mean--they're both essentially good at heart people who ended up in a business they really should have avoided becoming a part of and, essentially, both lose everything. I hope those two meet in the present.

One character I'd like to see back is Huell just so I dont think of him stuck in that hotel room without any food for eternity.

Yeh utterly tragic, to be honest. So often with both characters I'd sit back saying No No No dont do it.

LOL. I love those two.

Especially Jesse while waiting for the vacuum cleaner guy. "Just get in the van, Jesse...just get in the van"...

urgh. Right from the get go they were making terrible decisions.

If I had one wish for a character returning it would be Gale. I would love to see him back again and teeing up with Gustavo.

When was the mug shot, deat? I dont recall.

I want to see him stopping into the sex and sin district in Bangkok returning home from Everest, and singing his karaoke. And maybe getting some one night lovin.

It's seen in the background in a few episodes. Most notably, it's in episode 10 of Season 5 when Hank just learned about Walt's drug trade and was going through all the old Gus files. Gale even has a beard in the mug shot.