Better Call Saul (2015)

Details

Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and, often, against Jimmy, is “fixer” Mike Ehrmantraut. The series tracks Jimmy’s transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts “criminal” in “criminal lawyer".

Starring

Bob OdenkirkJonathan BanksRhea SeehornTony DaltonGiancarlo Esposito

Genre

CrimeDrama

Release Date

Feb 08, 2015

Parents Guide

• Sex Mild

  During the opening court case a video is shown of three teenage boys in a morgue holding up a severed head. Two of the boys dare eachother to "stick your wang in the throat hole" "I will if you will loser" we then hear disgruntled noises and brief moaning. It's later mentioned "they had sex with a head" although it's never shown viewers still may find this disturbing.

  Jimmy and Kim make out and Jimmy lifts her to the bed, the scene ends there. Very brief and non explicit, with no nudity.

  Saul's bare buttocks is seen 4 times the first 2 are very brief and easy to miss the other two are in more recent episodes and are lingered on a lot longer. Not in a sexual way.

  Much less sexual content than Breaking Bad. Nearly all the episodes in the show have zero sex or nudity whatsoever.

  A painting of two nude woman above a bath in Saul Goodmans house. Breast nudity only although it's a painting.

  Kim is shown having sex with a man. We hear moaning with heavy bed strings and see lots of movement. Very brief with no nudity.

  No nudity in the show, with only one sex scene that's very brief and non explicit.

  Season 5 episode 7 Jimmy and Kim have s*x.

  S1 E2: Jimmy is on a date with a woman wearing a low-cut dress. The camera pans on her breasts and lips repeatedly. Not overtly sexual as it shows his distraction with another event, but prolonged.

  The show features Some Sexual Content, but it is never strong or graphic.

• Violence Moderate

  The first three seasons contain infrequent violence, mostly just people getting punched, shot with little blood, and one scene of a man's arm getting shot with some blood splatter against a wall. Season 4, 5 and 6 ramp up the violence where shootouts result in more blood spray, most notably someone getting shot in the stomach with blood splattering all over the camera, someone getting shot in the neck with some blood splatter.

  Season 3 is easily the weakest in terms of violence. One man has an attack and collapses after being poisoned by pills, a man is beaten off screen and a finger is pierced briefly by a needle.

  Bloody violence in Season 4, 5 and 6. Especially season 6 having the most frequent violence of the whole series.

  A character shoots himself in the head with blood splatter.

  A man that is crucial to the plot dies out of nowhere.

  Season 6 had more shootings as the story starts not becoming about court cases anymore.

  An innocent character is shot.

  A shootout in the desert shows a man getting shot through in the arm, another in the head and another through the back of the chest all with blood splatter. Even before the shoot out we see a man with a bullet hole through his neck and hear the delayed sniper shot.

  In the mid season finale (episode 7 season 6) a major character gets shot with his blood splatting onto the wall. Some blood is shown on his body.

  A character is killed off in a shootout in season 6. Some blood is shown in his mouth.

• Profanity Moderate

  23 uses of "f**k"

  3 uses of "f**k" in Season 1, 4 uses in Season 2, 4 in Season 3, 3 uses in Season 4, 3 uses in Season 5 and between 5-8 uses in Season 6.

  Some uses of "d**n", "ass", "a**hole", "s**t" etc. Occasional uses of "b**ch", "pr*ck", "d**k". "f**k" is usually uttered 3 or 4 times per season.

  Some strong language used sparingly.

  "Chingar" the Spanish word for "f**k" is used specifically in one scene 3 times subtitled with "f**k" however the word is used many other times unsubtitled.

  There was a piece here on the term Chingar being a swear (this is false it's a casual term but it's considered vulgar)

  The show features infrequent Strong Language.

• Drugs Moderate

  As the show goes on the drug dealing plot becomes more apparent, so drug use and dealing is more common in Seasons 4 and 5 but not throughout.

  Occasional meth and cocaine use.

  Season 5 is considerably a lot more severe than the first 4 seasons.

  One scene of men doing bong hits.

  Several characters are drug dealers/pushers, multiple packages and packets implied to be methamphetamine and cocaine are seen occasionally throughout the series.

  A side character occasionally sells stollen pills in the first 2 seasons.

  Mike's plot line in Season 4 is to help with the construction on the meth lab Gus allows Walt and Jesse to use in Breaking Bad.

  Some drug use but it's very infrequent. Some of it is strong but most of it is brief.

  Hard drugs are referenced frequently throughout season 6 but never shown apart from fake bags of cocaine to frame someone. People are shown high in one scene and a montage of drunk men drinking.

  A montage scene shows two men snorting meth and committing crimes.

• Frightening Scenes Moderate

  Much less mature themes and violence than in Breaking Bad and El Camino. Compared to Breaking Bad this show is extremely tame.

  A character commits suicide by setting his house on fire. We only see the fire through windows, nothing is seen

  Werner's death in S4E10 is very emotional and heartbreaking.

  Werner's death is sad because he is a beloved character.

  The lengths Gene goes through to survive in the final few episodes may upset viewers.

  Howard's death may also be sad for viewers.

  The show has some high stakes and graphic content but it is nowhere near as frequent and severe as it is in Breaking Bad.

  More comedy and less grit than in Breaking Bad, but still quite violent in later seasons.

  The show gets more and more depressing as it goes on.

  Jimmy is seen getting into elder law in the latter half of season 1. He starts to slowly use them - this can be very upsetting for people who value the elderly.

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