'Better Call Saul' season 4 premiere review: 'Smoke' lights the spark for Jimmy's transformation into Saul Goodman
The much-awaited premiere of season 4 of 'Better Call Saul' is finally here. Season 3 had left us on a cliffhanger, with it being unclear whether Chuck (Michael McKean) had succumbed to the house fire he 'inadvertently' started by knocking over a gas lantern. We last saw Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) conniving to get Chuck's insurance premiums raised, battling a sense of guilt at the deed he had committed, and Kim (Rhea Seehorn) contemplating her future after her near-fatal accident due to sleep deprivation.
But maybe the most significant event, at least in terms of how it affects further seasons and possibly even events in 'Breaking Bad,' involved Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) and Nacho (Michael Mando). Scared Hector (Mark Margolis) would involve his father in the drug trade, Nacho took to switching the former's heart medication. As season 3 closed out, we saw Gus frantically dialing emergency services for aid as Hector writhed on the ground. The deal collapsed and it was hinted that the Los Pollos Hermanos supremo suspects Nacho in the quintessential Vince Gilligan way — an unsuspecting, subtle dart of the eyes.
