Best of the Blogs: Karl Puschmann: Is this the best show of 2015?

Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman in Better Call Saul.

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With exclusive screening rights to Better Call Saul, one of 2015's hottest new shows, Lightbox have scored a hell of a scoop. But will it be enough to fend off the looming threat of Netflix? Karl Puschmann investigates.

From deep within the dark of Netflix's looming shadow, rival online streaming service Lightbox recently manned up and drew a pretty bloody attractive line in the sand. Or dark. Whatevs.

Let's not get bogged down in details here. The location of said line is of little import. What is of importance is that there is now a line. It's right there. Beside that wall. Wall? WTF? What wall?

Well, that would be the wall that Netflix - without doing anything other than saying, "See you in March New Zealand!" - has backed all the alternative online streaming crews up against.

Because have no doubt, Lightbox is backed so far up against Netflix's wall that you can almost see its flabby ass bursting through the other side.

So, as the song says, what do you do when your back's against the wall? Better call Saul.

Good advice, as anyone who has watched Breaking Bad will attest. The Saul in question is Saul Goodman. And you'd be calling him because you've just been caught out doing something shady and dubious and he's a shady and dubious lawyer who is anxious to help you with all your shadily dubious lawyering needs.

Played by comedic actor Bob Odenkirk, Saul became Breaking Bad's breakout character. A highly skilled yet hugely unethical lawyer, Saul added a touch of humourous light to the increasingly dark surrounds of the show.

The sketchy lawyer proved so popular he is now getting his own spin-off series, which, without having even screened anywhere yet, has achieved the almost unheard of task of already having its second season confirmed.

You want a telling endorsement of a show's quality? That right there is a damned good one. ...

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- nzherald.co.nz