Does anybody else think Cohen is a real life Saul Goodman?

[Tiggeroshii]

Graduated from a no name law school, started his career working for criminals, spent most of his time doing the dirty work to cover up tracks of these criminals and now finds himself in the middle of a high stakes crime saga where he betrays his old clients and...

Maybe? No?

[underpants]

1. Tom Hagen

Robert Duvall in "The Godfather". Cohen, like Hagen, is an outsider who grew up in the Russian Mafia in America. Brighton Beach. He is the direct connection between Trump and Russian money.

[RockRaven]

8. Hagen was really sharp. Cohen is an idiot.

His legal work is pathetically sloppy. His tactic AND strategy are laughably bad. His reading of the political moment is tragically poor.

[HipChick]

2. Saul Goodman is a fictional character and appears much smarter...

Saul fell into it...

Cohen grew up in that neighborhood..

[bdtrppr6]

3. at least you want to like "Saul"

or Jimmy.

first i heard of Cohen, i hated him. real life assholes aren't as sympathetic.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

4. Is Saul Goodman...Better Call Saul on Netflix?

[lapfog_1]

5. yup... It's all Good man,

where Jimmy gets the name.

[Tiggeroshii]

7. spoiler alert??

:O



I've honestly only gotten through the first 2 seasons

[lapfog_1]

10. not much of one... the stuff that leads up to that decision

is far more interesting.

Not to mention sorta obvious when the show starts and you find out his name isn't Saul Goodman (which it is in Breaking Bad) and in the title "Better Call Saul".

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

13. I gotcha. I have it in my "to watch' cheque.

Good background.

[Tiggeroshii]

15. Truth

[ooky]

12. The new season is now playing on AMC.

[shanny]

6. Much less competent IMO

[Hamlette]

9. except Cohen is so insecure

he tries to portray "big man on campus" but he can't pull it off. He's just a bumbling apology. I feel sorry for him but I don't like him.

[Initech]

11. No, Saul Goodman at least has character. Cohen is more a real life Lionel Hutz.

[Tiggeroshii]

16. Or how bout that lawyer from Arrested Development that Henry Winkler plays?

[Marcuse]

14. Initially I thought you meant Saul of Tarsus.

Cohen himself identified with Ray Donovan who committed multiple felonies every week.

[Yavin4]

17. Saul Goodman was great at his craft

Cohen, not so much.