Month: September 2018

By Debra Birnbaum

Spoiler alert: Do not read until you’ve watched episode 406 of “Better Call Saul,” titled “Pinata.”
As a prequel to “Breaking Bad,” AMC’s hit series “Better Call Saul” relishes in playing with time, jumping forward and back in the characters’ lives.
So while Chuck (Michael McKean) died in the season finale, it was inevitable that…

by Michael Starr

Warning: This story contains spoilers from episode “Pinata” of “Better Call Saul.”
Howard Hamlin (Patrick Fabian) finally told off Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) with an f-bomb in Monday night’s episode of “Better Call Saul” — as Howard continued to spiral into an abyss of self-loathing.
“From the very first episode, when Jimmy burst into Howard’s…

 
Patrick Fabian, who plays Howard Hamlin on AMC’s Better Call Saul, discusses how Howard’s grief spirals out of control, his anger towards Jimmy, and his last gift to Chuck.
Q: Reflecting on the end of last season, where do you think Howard’s head was at coming into this season — before Chuck‘s death?
A: Howard and Chuck have…