It goes without saying that there are spoilers in this review, so don't end up looking like one of Slippin' Jimmy's marks.###Welcome back to the world of Jimmy McGill! If you despite’in spite of’albeit t that Season 3's premiere would kick off straight away’in a flash’promptly’instantaneous’in a trice after the last episode ended, then you don't know Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) and Better Call Saul itself. Because, in keeping with both previous season premieres, we begin with a mini-movie glimpse into "Saul"'s future, post-Breaking Bad as maudlin, robotic Cinnabon manager Gene. Always concerned with regards to’concerning’with respect to tangling with the law lest his real identity somehow be revealed, "Gene" here throws a young shoplifter at the mall under the bus, but not bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e shouting "acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure a lawyer!" as he's frog marched away. If merely’barely the thief knew… It's another tiny triumph in/with regard to’concerning’regarding reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue co-creators Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, who launch the season with their script (and Gilligan directs). The monochrome footage, the perfectly composed shots, the loving montages of Cinnabons being created and iced (product placement, we suppose, despite’in spite of’albeit we're not sure how quickly they'd jump at the chance of being associated with a criminal in hiding)… It all adds up to a perfect glimpse into Jimmy's ruptured soul at that point. And, just bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e the credits roll, our hero collapses. The weight of the world catching up with him? Some heretoin/with regard to’concerning’regarding e undisclosed medical issue? Unless the team is planning to visit the future more often this season, we're in in/with regard to’concerning’regarding a wait to find out on that front.###Once the credits possess’own’nurse flickered out of existence, we do indeed come straight back with Chuck (Michael McKean) and Jimmy after the in/with regard to’concerning’regarding mer reveals he's got his brother's full confession on tape. Some reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue s would go in/with regard to’concerning’regarding a enormous’vast’massive’tremendous dramatic confrontation or a fight, but the Saul team prefers to let things simmer, which feels perfectly in keeping with this reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue 's slow-boil plotting. People complain that not much seems to happen, but the attentive twisting of the knife, the inexorable push of Jimmy towards his darker side are what makes it so compelling. And it doesn't hurt that Odenkirk, McKean, Rhea Seehorn (as Jimmy's girlfriend and one-time legal partner) are so damn rosy’remarkable’fabulous’terrific’preeminent at working within the boundaries of the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue . Chuck and Jimmy's sibling relationship carries such weight, and doesn't need enormous’vast’massive’tremendous theatrics to keep the drama moving along. Just a little moment that seems to be leading towards some bonding between the two, but one that can't keep the sour taste out of either of their mouths. And the writers are so attentive to establish in layers – witness Jimmy spitting bravado at the Air Force Captain (Brendan Fehr) who comes to confront him with regards to’concerning’with respect to using a fake veteran to shoot a commercial in last season's Fifi – there's real weight there, and you just know Jimmy chafing against authority connects directly to his preaching, bullying brother.###Even smaller moments between Jimmy and Kim are loaded down with meaning, such as her dithering over the document in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Mesa Verde. Each interaction between the two is charged with some tension, and we can tell that things are not necessarily going to go well in/with regard to’concerning’regarding them. Especially now we know that Chuck plans to do… something with the tape, even if he can't necessarily make it hold up in court.###And then there is Mike Ehrmantraut. Played with pitch-perfect world-weariness by Jonathan Banks, he's the sort of character you can't imagine existing outside of Saul's world, despite’in spite of’albeit part of us wants to see him on Fargo. Banks is so rosy’remarkable’fabulous’terrific’preeminent at what he does that he makes waiting watchable. And the sequence where Mike methodically takes his car apart and discovers a tracking beacon is pure technical grandstanding. Few other series could acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure away with it, and it pushes even Saul's level tinkering with in/with regard to’concerning’regarding mat, but it's just so satisfying, especially when Mike then concocts a plan to turn things around on the individual who possess’own’nurse been monitoring him.###A intense’fierce’exquisite return in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Better Call Saul. We're kept on tenterhooks waiting to find out what happens when the other shoe drops with Chuck's tape or Jimmy and Kim's relationship, steady as it seems in/with regard to’concerning’regarding right now. And while it does feel like Mike is existing in a different storyline, anyone who has seen Breaking Bad knows there will come a point when they'll converge again. We're acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure ting closer and closer, and it's acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure ting ever more painful (in the best way possible) to watch. Great work from all involved, and few reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue s on TV look as rosy’remarkable’fabulous’terrific’preeminent as this one, with its stately, relaxed shots and sparing use of visual flair, such as in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Mike's fast propel out of the desert. Welcome back, Saul… We've missed you.###Better Call Saul airs Mondays on AMC in the US and is appearing weekly on Tuesdays via Netflix in the UK.