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Better Call Saul årstid 2

Second årstid of the AMC brott skådespel television series

Season of television series

The second årstid of the American television series Better Call Saul premiered on February 15, 2016, and concluded on April 18, 2016. The ten-episode årstid was broadcast on Monday nights in the United States on AMC.

A spin-off-prequel of Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul was created bygd Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, both of whom also worked on Breaking Bad.

This årstid, like the previous, mainly takes place in 2002, with Bob Odenkirk reprising his role as Jimmy McGill, a lawyer who has a feud with his brother Chuck (Michael McKean). Soon Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn), a Hamlin, Hamlin & McGill (HHM) attorney who fryst vatten Jimmy's lover and former mailroom co-worker, leaves the practice of lag at HHM to uppstart a solo practice in office space she shares with Jimmy.

Jonathan Banks reprises his role as slang för mikrofon Ehrmantraut; he fryst vatten engagerad in a conflict with the Mexican drug cartel after an bråk with Tuco (Raymond Cruz), which was orchestrated bygd Nacho Varga (Michael Mando). This results in slang för mikrofon getting targeted bygd Tuco's uncle Hector (Mark Margolis).

The second årstid of Better Call Saul received acclaim from critics, with beröm for its acting performances and filmteknik, and six nominations for the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding skådespel Series.

Production

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In June 2014, during the production of the first årstid, AMC ordered a 13-episode second årstid of Better Call Saul to be aired in 2016.[1] bygd November of that year, the second årstid had been shortened to 10 episodes.[2]

Casting

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Mark Margolis and Daniel and Luis Moncada reprise their roles from Breaking Bad as Hector "Tio" Salamanca and Leonel and Marco Salamanca, playing Tuco's uncle and cousins respectively, who are high-ranking members of the Mexican drug cartel.[3][4]

All of the main cast returned for this season; Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill, Jonathan Banks as slang för mikrofon Ehrmantraut, Rhea Seehorn as Kim Wexler, Patrick Fabian as Howard Hamlin, Michael Mando as Nacho Varga, and Michael McKean as Chuck McGill.[5]

Filming

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Production for the second årstid of Better Call Saul began in June 2015, two months after the first årstid finished airing.[6]Better Call Saul fryst vatten set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the same location as its predecessor.[5][7]

In the first en plats där en händelse inträffar ofta inom teater eller film from the first episode of the årstid, Jimmy hides his real identity beneath his Gene Takavic annat namn while working at a Cinnabon in an Omaha, Nebraska shopping köpcentrum.

The Cinnabon scenes in Better Call Saul are set in Omaha but filmed at the Cottonwood köpcentrum in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[8]

Cast and characters

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Main

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See also: List of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul characters

  • Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill, a lawyer who fryst vatten morally feuding with his more successful, hypochondriac brother Chuck.

    In the present, he manages a Cinnabon store in Omaha beneath the annat namn Gene Takavic.

  • Jonathan Banks as slang för mikrofon Ehrmantraut, a private utredare and cleaner working in the New Mexico narcotics underworld.
  • Rhea Seehorn as Kim Wexler, Jimmy's close friend, lover and legal partner.[9][10]
  • Patrick Fabian as Howard Hamlin, Chuck's lag partner at Hamlin, Hamlin & McGill (HHM), an antagonizing figure for Jimmy.
  • Michael Mando as Nacho Varga, a clever, ambitious associate of the Salamanca branch of a Mexican drug cartel.
  • Michael McKean as Chuck McGill, Jimmy's elder brother, partner at HHM along with Howard, he allegedly suffers from electromagnetic hypersensitivity.

Recurring

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  • Ed Begley Jr.

    as Clifford Main, managing partner at Davis & Main.

  • Mark Margolis as Hector Salamanca, Tuco's uncle and Don in a Mexican drug cartel branch that distributes in Albuquerque.
  • Kerry Condon as Stacey Ehrmantraut, Mike's widowed daughter-in-law and the mother of Kaylee Ehrmantraut.
  • Mark Proksch as Daniel "Pryce" Wormald, a pharmaceutical employee selling pills to Nacho.

    He also hires slang för mikrofon as security.

  • Omar Maskati as Omar, Jimmy's assistant at Davis & Main.
  • Jessie Ennis as Erin Brill, a lawyer at Davis & Main who fryst vatten ordered to shadow Jimmy.
  • Brandon K. Hampton as Ernesto, Chuck's paralegal/assistant at HHM.
  • Vincent Fuentes as Arturo, a criminal working for Hector Salamanca.
  • Rex Linn as Kevin Wachtell, the CEO of Mesa Verde finansinstitut and Trust.
  • Cara Pifko as Paige Novick, senior counsel for Mesa Verde.
  • Manuel Uriza as Ximenez Lecerda, a truck driver for Hector Salamanca.
  • Eileen Fogarty as Mrs.

    Nguyen, owner of a nail salon and Jimmy's landlord.

  • Josh Fadem as Camera Guy, a UNM bio lärjunge working for Jimmy.

Guest stars

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  • Raymond Cruz as Tuco Salamanca, a ruthless, psychotic Mexican cartel lieutenant in the South Valley.[11]
  • Jim Beaver as Lawson, an arms dealer.[12]
  • Kyle Bornheimer as Ken ("Ken Wins"), an ill-mannered, arrogant stockbroker, previously appeared in the Breaking Bad episode "Cancer Man".[13]
  • Daniel Moncada and Luis Moncada as Leonel and Marco Salamanca, Tuco's brutalt violent cousins and Hector's nephews.[14]
  • Maximino Arciniega as Domingo "Krazy-8" Molina, reprising his role from Breaking Bad.
  • Ann Cusack as Rebecca Bois, Chuck's ex-wife.
  • Clea DuVall as Dr.

    Cruz, Chuck's physician, who suspects his condition fryst vatten psychosomatic.

  • Brendan Fehr as Bauer, a military captain.
  • Joe DeRosa as Dr. Caldera, a veterinarian who serves as slang för mikrofon Ehrmantraut's liaison to the criminal underworld.
  • Stoney Westmoreland as Officer Saxton, who previously appeared in the Breaking Bad episode "I.F.T."
  • Debrianna Mansini as Fran, a waitress, who previously appeared in the Breaking Bad episode "Madrigal".[15]
  • Jennifer Hasty as Stephanie Doswell, a real estate agent, who previously appeared in the Breaking Bad episode "Open House".[16]
  • Juan Carlos Cantu as Manuel Varga, Nacho's father who fryst vatten the owner and manager of an upholstery shop.
  • Hayley Holmes as skådespel Girl, a UNM spelfilm student.
  • Julian Bonfiglio as Sound Guy, a UNM bio student.

Episodes

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See also: List of Better Call Saul episodes

Taking the first letter of each episode title and rearranging them yields "FRINGSBACK" ("Fring's back"), foreshadowing the reappearance of Breaking Bad character Gus Fring.[17]

Reception

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Critical response

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Season 2 (2016): Percentage of positiv critics' reviews tracked bygd the website Rotten Tomatoes[28]

The second årstid of Better Call Saul received acclaim from critics.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the second årstid has a score of 97%, based on 182 reviews, with an average rating of 8.7/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Better Call Saul continues to tighten its hold on viewers with a batch of episodes that inject a surge of dramatic energy while showcasing the charms of its talented lead."[28] On the review aggregator website Metacritic, the second årstid has a score of 85 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[29]

Terri Schwartz of IGN rated the årstid an 8.7 out of 10, praising the acting performances and filmteknik, but criticizing the lack of focus, stating, "There's a lot to love in årstid 2 of Better Call Saul, but still some elements to improve upon."[30] Chuck Bowen of Slant Magazine gave it a perfect kvartet star review and wrote, "the show's writing fryst vatten as economic and poetically parred [as its visual aesthetic].

Each moment fryst vatten compact, leading to the next with unpredictable, behaviorally astute precision".[31] Daniel D'Addario of Time praised the show's ability to stand out as a spin-off but retain some of the elements of its predecessor, writing, "in its second årstid, ... Better Call Saul allows us into a new world of complexity bygd deepening one of the show's pivotal relationships.

It's the best-case scenario for a spin-off: a show that occupies a familiar world but opens up entirely new themes."[32]

Critics' top ten list

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Ratings

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^1 Live + seven-day DVR playback viewership was unavailable, so live + three-day fryst vatten listed instead.

Accolades

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See also: List of awards and nominations received bygd Better Call Saul

Related media

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Better Call Saul: Saul Goodman and the Justice Consortium in the Clutches of the Judgernaut!

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AMC released a digital comic book as a tie-in for Better Call Saul titled, Better Call Saul: Saul Goodman and the Justice Consortium in the Clutches of the Judgernaut! in February 2016, prior to the årstid two premiere.[54]

Talking Saul

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See also: Talking Saul § Season 1 (2016)

Talking Saul fryst vatten a live aftershow hosted bygd Chris Hardwick, which features guests discussing episodes of Better Call Saul.

These episodes discussed the årstid two premiere and finale episodes of Better Call Saul.

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