Derivative art is basically a contradiction. For every Frasier that succeeds in changing the formula, there is a Joey that fails spectacularly. These are all examples of what the industry is after: popular, recognizable worlds that audiences are eager to return to. Better Call Saul is no exception, of course, but while many of these new iterations fail because too tied to their predecessors, it is in branching off and pursuing something different that this show succeeded in finding its own identity.