--- description: A new teaser for the "Breaking Bad" spinoff "Better Call Saul." title: The New Teaser for "Better Call Saul" Reminds Us That Cheaper is Better image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The New Teaser for _Better Call Saul_ Reminds Us That Cheaper Is Better  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Dec 12, 2014 4:18 PM CUT  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Dec 12, 2014 4:18 PM CUT Expectations for _Better Call Saul_, the _Breaking Bad_ spinoff that explores the back-story of sleazy lawyer Saul Goodman, are so high that AMC [renewed the show](http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/better-call-saul-renewed-for-second-season-delayed-until-2015-20140620 "undefined") for a second season before the first one even began. In the months of anticipation leading up to the series premiere, we’ve seen a [behind-the-scenes love-fest](http://time.com/3598450/better-call-saul-premiere/ "undefined") among the crew (most of whom worked together on _Breaking Bad_), a [country theme song](http://time.com/3474615/better-call-saul-breaking-bad-song/ "undefined") fit for an outlaw, and a [clip](http://time.com/3611245/new-better-call-saul-trailer-clip-breaking-bad-amc/ "undefined") in which forged documents are suspiciously shredded. The show takes place six years before Goodman meets _Breaking Bad_ antihero Walter White, during a time when Goodman went by the name Jimmy McGill. The cast, which features Bob Odenkirk as McGill, includes _Breaking Bad_ alumnus Jonathan Banks, whose Mike Ehrmantraut was one of the most emotionally well-rounded hit men television has ever seen. This brief teaser conveys a message Goodman himself would certainly endorse: the damaged goods on the bargain rack are preferable to their full-priced counterparts, intact as they may be. _Better Call Saul_’s two-part debut will air on AMC on Feb. 8 and 9. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3631644/teaser-better-call-saul/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3631644/teaser-better-call-saul/"},"headline":"The New Teaser for Better Call Saul Reminds Us That Cheaper Is Better","datePublished":"2014-12-12T16:18:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:49:02.328Z","description":"The cheapest lawyers, perhaps, are the scrappiest?","url":"https://time.com/3631644/teaser-better-call-saul/","keywords":["Television","breaking bad","Bob Odenkirk","Better Call Saul"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3631644/teaser-better-call-saul/","name":"The New Teaser for Better Call Saul Reminds Us That Cheaper Is Better"}}]}] ```