West Side Story

If you know me at all you know that Better Call Saul is my favorite TV Crime Series. I can’t tell you how many times I watched the whole series from beginning to end. Watching it right now. But that said, the show is not without its faults.

Come on writers. I’m taking about Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, and Gordon Smith. Your names are attached to this and you should be ashamed of yourselves on this one. Your series is extremely successful and you folks are “making bank” – as Marco would say. So how about doing some fucking research and getting it right..

Let’s take a look at this scene from Season 1, Episode 6. Two detectives from Philadelphia are grilling Mike – and Jimmy’s providing legal support.

Did you just hear the detective from Philly say “About nine months ago he responded to a shots-fired call in some West Side rat trap?”

I heard him say “West Side Rat Trap.”

Now … there’s a West Side in Chicago … and there’s a West Side in New York. They even made a movie about the West Side in New York. It’s called West Side Story. But there ain’t no fucking West Side in Philly.

There’s West Philly and Southwest Philly. But like I said, there ain’t no fuckin West Side in Philly – so there ain’t no fuckin West Side rat trap. That’s pure laziness on your part and it erodes your credibility.

I’m America’s Best Crime Writer – Barry Bowe – & I approve this message.

My first book – Born to Be Wild – was published in 1992 and is still selling on Amazon & Kindle. it’s a true story about certain members of the Warlocks motorcycle gang.

The story took 21 years to play out with many twists & turns. It’s an amalgam of Sons of Anarchy and Breaking Bad – but these outlaw bikers make the Sons look like Cub Scouts.