April 7, 2020 – Better Call Saul, Season 5 (2020) AMC
Work has been insanely busy. I have all the usual things to do, plus trying to figure out how to respond to the pandemic. We put out this Passover seder supplement asking Californians to call on Governor Newsom to reduce the prison population to help stop the spread of the Coronavirus. I shouldn’t complain. I am lucky to have work at all in these hard times, and I am grateful. But it has left me without as much time as I hoped to watch films. Despite the workload, I have managed to keep up with Better Call Saul, one of my favorite TV shows. This is the story of a lawyer (Bob Odenkirk) and a former police officer (Jonathan Banks) who lose their moral compasses. Rhea Seehorn gives an amazing performance as well as another lawyer and the girlfriend of the titular Saul. This show is so well-made and smart.