See You Next Time, ‘Better Call Saul’

Among the many winners of this week’s Emmy Awards—which gave Elton John the “E” in his EGOT and racked up accolades for Succession and The Bear—one show earned a more dubious distinction. Better Call Saul, Vince Gilligan’s Breaking Bad spinoff starring Bob Odenkirk, wrapped its six-season run with a combined total of 53 nominations and zero wins. That’s a new record for most Emmy losses by any single TV show. For those of us who have admired Better Call Saul from the get-go, this was no mere snub but a grave error of judgment—or, in the words of the show’s own Chuck McGill, “a sick joke!”