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BetterCallSaul.com offers extras for ‘Breaking Bad’ fans

Adrian Mccoy Tribune News Service

Who could resist a homepage with the headline “Welcome Lawbreakers!” It’s BetterCallSaul.com, the gateway to the online world of antihero attorney Saul and the hilarious cybercomplement to the AMC TV series “Better Call Saul.”

The “Breaking Bad” prequel follows the misadventures of Saul, aka Jimmy McGill, the late Walter White’s criminal attorney – with emphasis on the criminal part.

The site is structured like a business website, with cheesy TV commercials, testimonials and the kind of garish graphics one would expect from an operation like Saul’s.

Calling the “not-toll-free” phone number listed on the site directs the caller to a recorded voicemail message from Saul himself: “Drug felonies, press 1. DUI, press 2.”

AMC’s own site has plenty of ways for viewers to fill time between weekly episodes, too. One of the best is “Letters from Saul,” which are written in his voice by the series script writers and reveal more hilarious layers to this character. In one, he dodges a rent increase from his landlord with a not-so-subtle threat to turn her in as an animal hoarder.

Video extras include episode excerpts, behind-the-scenes features, trailers and previews.

Interactive features include Story Sync, which lets viewers interact with the show during the premiere broadcast of the latest episode, and the Alias Generator, where people who want to “disappear” can create a new ID. The latter has to be accessed through one’s Facebook account.