Uno (Better Call Saul)

"**Uno**"
"Uno"
Better Call Saul episode
	Jimmy McGill argues with parking attendant Mike Ehrmantraut. The actors who play them, Bob Odenkirk and Jonathan Banks, reprise their roles from Breaking Bad.
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 1
Directed by	Vince Gilligan
Written by	Vince Gilligan; Peter Gould;
Featured music	"Address Unknown" by The Ink Spots
Cinematography by	Arthur Albert
Editing by	Skip Macdonald
Original air date	February 8, 2015
Running time	53 minutes
Guest appearances
	Julie Ann Emery as Betsy Kettleman; Jeremy Shamos as Craig Kettleman; Míriam Colón as Abuelita Salamanca; Eileen Fogarty as Mrs. Nguyen; Steven Levine as Lars Lindholm; Daniel Spenser Levine as Cal Lindholm; Raymond Cruz as Tuco Salamanca;
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"Uno" is the series premiere of the television series Better Call Saul, the spinoff series of Breaking Bad. The episode was written by series creators Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, and directed by Gilligan. In the United States, the episode aired on February 8, 2015 and lasted 50 minutes and 55 seconds, on AMC. Outside of the United States, the episode premiered on streaming service Netflix in several countries.

The series mainly takes place in 2002, approximately six years prior to the title character Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) meeting Walter White (Bryan Cranston). In "Uno", Jimmy McGill (Saul), is a struggling lawyer living in and working out of a makeshift office at the back of a nail salon. Jonathan Banks reprises his role as Mike Ehrmantraut, a retired cop working as a parking lot security guard, as does Raymond Cruz as Tuco Salamanca, a high-ranking Mexican drug dealer. The episode received generally positive reviews from critics, and at the time, it became the most-watched series premiere for a scripted series in U.S. cable history, with 6.9 million viewers.^[1]

^ Kondolojy, Amanda (February 9, 2015). "The Walking Dead Returns to 15.6 Million Viewers + Better Call Saul is Biggest Series Premiere in Cable History". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on February 10, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2015.

[cablerecord-1] Kondolojy, Amanda (February 9, 2015). "The Walking Dead Returns to 15.6 Million Viewers + Better Call Saul is Biggest Series Premiere in Cable History". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on February 10, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2015.

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