# Better Call Saul

15 Hacker News commenters recommended Better Call Saul and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a near-perfect masterpiece with magnificent writing and a pleasurable, hard-to-stop-watching pace. The most common caveat is a slow, boring start.

## Why people recommend it

- Masterpiece, nearly perfect quality (3 comments): "Better Call Saul was a masterpiece." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47919567)) "something that is nearly perfect" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47919673)) "It surely is a masterpiece." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47919702))
- Strong writing and dialogue (2 comments): "What great frickin' writing." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50299919)) "The writing is magnificent." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47920142))
- Pleasurable, hard to stop watching (2 comments): "definitely found Better Call Saul to be a more pleasurable watch" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47057501)) "I couldn’t put down Better Call Saul." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47919693))

## What people warn about

- Slow start and slow stretches (2 comments): "tv series - Better Call Saul! - require you to go through so much of initial boredom" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46763391)) "Terrible? Nah it was good. Really slow in places tho." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47919352))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Halt and Catch Fire](https://hackerapproved.com/p/halt-and-catch-fire.md): 166 recommend
- [Babylon 5](https://hackerapproved.com/p/babylon-5.md): 86 recommend
- [Silicon Valley (TV series)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/silicon-valley.md): 52 recommend
- [Andor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/andor.md): 52 recommend
- [The Wire](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wire.md): 39 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Better Call Saul", https://hackerapproved.com/p/better-call-saul/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).