I'll be honest, I at first didn't give this show a chance because I thought it was just another cheap knock-off or something, but I'm glad I eventually gave it a shot. I started it about three months ago and just found myself binging it all the way through because so much was happening. I enjoyed it so much because even though it was a spin-off, it still brought a lot to the impressive table of Breaking Bad. I'm glad this series existed because of all of that, and it only got progressively better as it went on, exponentially so, and this finale was the accumulation of that increase. Whereas Breaking Bad ended with a brutal shootout and the main character dying, this one is a very nice contrast, having no violence throughout the entire thing and still ending with a character being punished, but also not dying. It stays faithful to itself first and foremost, ending with an appropriate courtroom scene that fits the series perfectly. But I'm also quite jealous of the writing in it, the flashbacks they add in don't use any previously filmed footage from Breaking Bad and instead have extra dialogue and situations that build up the lore of the series as a whole and the stakes for the finale, showing how different Jimmy really is from the very people he works for and how he could've been a very different person, circumstances permitting. They put in so much character development for Jimmy, showing how unexpectedly detached he's gotten from the Saul Goodman persona, to the point where he's actually willing to sacrifice everything for someone he used to love, and even sacrifice his own freedom. Jimmy isn't just a completely evil person who kept going into a pit of depravity like Walter did, he's a tragic character who's made plenty of bad decisions, but never had the gusto to go down the same impossible path so many others did in this series, he could never kill and never stay bad. I absolutely love the acting and character development in this episode, managing to do so much in so little time (that is, within a single episode), there's plenty of great bittersweet elements, and it's just the perfect way to end the entire franchise because there's pretty much no loose ends left. Everything finally comes full circle, and it continued to impress me independently from Breaking Bad all the way through. More of this, please, although I hope they don't continue this franchise just because this ending was absolutely perfect, easily one of the best series finales of all time, just like the last series, and it made the whole show worth watching.
Review of Saul Gone
