I hear you. The larger issue is that if the show doesn't get over itself as a character sketch it's going to be stifling or relatively slight. The Kettleman's and the government position and money could have been (could still be) the jumping off point to some larger socio-political plot. Jimmy's development or lack…

Another may be valid but not necessarily sound argument. Sometimes you can lose and still win. Sometimes you can win for awhile, a long time, then lose for awhile, or lose a lot suddenly. Then win in the end. Or not. All that would befit this series too. But you are suggesting that the show creators simply intend to…

Teti's argument may be more or less valid but it's not necessarily sound. "The problem of a prequel is that we know where it ends up." No, we don't. The prequel could end long before Jimmy McGill becomes Saul Goodman and the ending of the prequel might give us no conclusive insight into how Jimmy at some point in the…