Better Call Bob

Bob Odenkirk on the new season of hit spin-off Better Call saul.

- Richard Mcclure

It’s never easy being a spin-off from an already successful TV series. For every Frasier (see panel, right), there are dozens of failures. Who now remembers Friends spin-off Joey or the various shows spawned by the classic US comedy M*A*S*H?

However, no one can question the quality of Better Call Saul. The Breaking Bad spin-off is a big hit in its own right, as it follows struggling court lawyer Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) in the years before he morphed into sleazy ambulance-chasing attorney Saul Goodman, who helps Walter White launder his meth money.