Bullet All American 28417 Posts user info edit post |
^agreed. and jimmy's performance at the copier shop was incredible. this show is so good. 8/15/2018 9:25:33 AM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148446 Posts user info edit post |
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colangus All American 749 Posts user info edit post |
SPOILERS.....
Don't get me wrong, I love this show. But last night was pretty bad. Do I really supposed to believe Kim suddenly wants to become a court-appointed attorney and forget about MV? And Jimmy goes and sells burner phones in the middle of the night and not expect trouble??? 9/4/2018 12:40:13 PM |
dtownral Suspended 26632 Posts user info edit post |
did i miss something? why did he care so much about selling those phones? 9/4/2018 12:56:28 PM |
NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35376 Posts user info edit post |
i think it's supposed to show us that Jimmy just can't be satisfied without a hustle. he is not content to just hang out in a phone store for a year. 9/4/2018 8:00:05 PM |
Bullet All American 28417 Posts user info edit post |
I thought hte episode was great.
Yes, Kim's getting bored with the bank and is reexamining her life after she almost dies... and Jimmy can't stand to sit around and wait for cell phone customers in the day and sit around and watch Dr. Zhivago at night. 9/5/2018 4:40:26 PM |
NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35376 Posts user info edit post |
shows us how miserable he must be working at the Cinnabon and why he needs to go home and watch his tapes to relive his glory days. 9/5/2018 8:44:18 PM |
Turnip All American 5426 Posts user info edit post |
I thought the cell phone hustle was an amazing (and awesomely shot) way to show Jimmy's continued slip into the flashy underworld of Saul.
The three main characters are all leaving behind the steady comforts of the bright and sunny overworld. Jimmy selling phones overnight, Kim challenging herself by defending alleged criminals, and Mike helping the Fring operation literally go underground.
Notice too in the opening scene that Saul is looking around above him, above the ceiling, for the money he saved from his past life, with the "Better Call Saul" office appropriately below. 9/6/2018 4:16:49 AM |
Bullet All American 28417 Posts user info edit post |
This show is done so well. Last week's intro was incredible. 9/26/2018 9:54:31 AM |
NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35376 Posts user info edit post |
Awesome episode this week 10/3/2018 4:58:17 PM |
NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35376 Posts user info edit post |
season finale was killer 10/9/2018 9:32:16 PM |
rwoody Save TWW 37696 Posts user info edit post |
Agree. Top notch performances by the main 3. Zeigler was pretty great too. 10/9/2018 9:34:12 PM |
BIGcementpon Status Name 11318 Posts user info edit post |
Just watched the finale. I hate having to wait for another season... 10/14/2018 3:56:29 PM |
StTexan Suggestions??? 7157 Posts user info edit post |
Season 5 premiere in about 20 minutes 2/23/2020 9:44:38 PM |
StTexan Suggestions??? 7157 Posts user info edit post |
*crickets*
2nd episode in a few minutes
Liked seeing Robert Forster one last time in the first episode. 2/24/2020 8:59:23 PM |
Bullet All American 28417 Posts user info edit post |
I really enjoyed the first episode... although it's weird seeing older guys trying to play their younger selves. Mike's looking rough. 2/25/2020 9:09:08 AM |
Bullet All American 28417 Posts user info edit post |
Hank & Gomey return!
This show is brilliant. 3/4/2020 10:34:46 AM |
Wraith All American 27257 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Liked seeing Robert Forster one last time in the first episode." |
May not be the last time. I'm really enjoying the short clips of Saul in modern times living his life paranoid as hell.3/4/2020 5:24:52 PM |
StTexan Suggestions??? 7157 Posts user info edit post |
^maybe not, and I could see them wanting to use him later, but I thought I saw a clip where Gould said they happened to shoot the scene while he was doing El Camino, the impression the interview gave was that it was a one off.
There is like 0(probably literally but I’d have to rewatch) mention of Kim in Breaking Bad. Do you think she dies before series ends? Or just that she goes on with life far far away from Jimmy? I hope the last season is like half time before Breaking Bad, and like half time after Breaking Bad, and if she is still alive she is somehow involved. Although I am dubious of how they age her if she is present in time after Breaking Bad.
[Edited on March 8, 2020 at 3:07 PM. Reason : the] 3/8/2020 3:04:54 PM |
BanjoMan All American 9609 Posts user info edit post |
https://uproxx.com/tv/better-call-saul-easter-eggs-details-the-guy-for-this/ 3/8/2020 11:38:09 PM |
StTexan Suggestions??? 7157 Posts user info edit post |
SPOILERS
kim should go with first option
[Edited on March 23, 2020 at 10:12 PM. Reason : Ambien]
[Edited on March 23, 2020 at 10:13 PM. Reason : Poops] 3/23/2020 10:11:34 PM |
TKE-Teg All American 43410 Posts user info edit post |
this is boring 3/24/2020 1:00:36 PM |
BanjoMan All American 9609 Posts user info edit post |
I can't wrapped my head around Kim's current scenario and the fact that she still has her job. How can your live-in bf be the opposing counsel? 3/25/2020 12:58:35 AM |
FroshKiller All American 51911 Posts user info edit post |
You couldn't wrap your head around a gnat's balls on a cold day, so that isn't saying much. 3/25/2020 9:23:38 AM |
BanjoMan All American 9609 Posts user info edit post |
well id certainly like to wrap my head around your balls, shorty. 3/25/2020 7:06:53 PM |
StTexan Suggestions??? 7157 Posts user info edit post |
Didn’t much care for tonights episode 3/30/2020 10:38:06 PM |
BanjoMan All American 9609 Posts user info edit post |
I love all episodes with Lalo. I want to be like him 3/31/2020 1:37:33 AM |
Wraith All American 27257 Posts user info edit post |
Still love this show but every time Mike does something badass like take out a whole cartel crew with a sniper rifle and a revolver, it just makes it seem more and more outlandish that we know he dies at the hands of Walter White of all people. 4/9/2020 11:06:47 AM |
BanjoMan All American 9609 Posts user info edit post |
Did anybody else get some "is it safe?" vibes from Lalo telling saul again and again to "tell me the story"....? That was chilling as fuck. Lalo is prolly my most favorite side villain since Darlene in Ozark. 4/14/2020 5:03:11 PM |
Wraith All American 27257 Posts user info edit post |
Yeah the guy playing Lalo is good. He does such a good job of making it obvious that he could literally skin someone alive and get away with it if he wanted to. That one scene was tense. I can't imagine what would have happened with the rest of the cartel if Mike actually killed him. 4/15/2020 11:54:25 AM |
BanjoMan All American 9609 Posts user info edit post |
Knowing that Kim and Lalo are not around nor really even mentioned in BB also adds a ton tension to these scenes.
I mean, I know that Lalo is mentioned once by Saul in BB, but what about Kim? I don't recall any references to her at all. 4/15/2020 4:58:07 PM |
BanjoMan All American 9609 Posts user info edit post |
Lalo is the type of guy that does his job because he believes that it's his purpose in life. Sure, there are a lot of people that are great at what they do, like Jimmy and Nacho, but Lalo views it as his reason for existence. So, he's not the type that's going to needlessly lash out at people like Tuco.
I'm wondering about what he saw in Kim that made him just walk out. I honestly think that he took it as good advice and gave her the professional courtesy of leaving without causing any damage.
[Edited on April 16, 2020 at 12:51 AM. Reason : a] 4/16/2020 12:47:34 AM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148446 Posts user info edit post |
just finished getting caught up with all of this season, man such a great show 4/18/2020 12:51:16 AM |
StTexan Suggestions??? 7157 Posts user info edit post |
I can’t imagine Kim getting killed off. I hope she shows up in the flash forward part of the season premiere 4/18/2020 1:50:08 AM |
BanjoMan All American 9609 Posts user info edit post |
season premiere is always a flashback, but...
I don't think that they'll kill her off. If anything, Lalo seemed very impressed by her work in the living room. I think that they'll use her for a while, and then she'll get too deep and disappear. Viewers, for whatever reason, are really quick to forget that she's always had a touch of the dark side. So, her working for the cartel seems plausible. 4/18/2020 1:54:40 AM |
StTexan Suggestions??? 7157 Posts user info edit post |
Premiere is always a flash forward to current times... 4/18/2020 2:12:35 AM |
BanjoMan All American 9609 Posts user info edit post |
shit I thought that you were talking about the finale since that is on Mon. 4/18/2020 11:43:58 AM |
BanjoMan All American 9609 Posts user info edit post |
Does anybody out there in the justice field know what would realistically happen if a lawyer showed up to pay bail in 7 million dollars cash? 4/18/2020 1:47:47 PM |
Wraith All American 27257 Posts user info edit post |
^Probably a matter of the DEA or FBI or one of the other federal agencies knowing that it is cartel money but not having any evidence to do anything with it and Jimmy is slippery enough as a lawyer that they can't really go after him either. 4/20/2020 10:20:37 AM |
BanjoMan All American 9609 Posts user info edit post |
I am assuming that they would keep a hard eye on him though, and they would more than likely run his ID to find out who he really is. 4/20/2020 10:46:43 AM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148446 Posts user info edit post |
4/20/2020 6:12:11 PM |
BanjoMan All American 9609 Posts user info edit post |
And Marty from Ozark! 4/20/2020 6:27:12 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148446 Posts user info edit post |
4/20/2020 8:05:58 PM |
StTexan Suggestions??? 7157 Posts user info edit post |
Spoilers
Kim seeming more evil than Jimmy last half hour. And who didn’t expect Lalo to survive. 4/20/2020 11:18:05 PM |
BanjoMan All American 9609 Posts user info edit post |
Kim's always just needed a nudge though. Now, she is fully committed. Her money grab scheme to ruin Howard totally justifies her decision to quit her high cotton job with Mesa Verde. She prolly already knows of a good way to bring Howard down. She's just got to have some dirt on him after working with him for so long, even if it's #MeToo type dirt.
I expected them to leave a cliff hanger, but wow! Even though it wasn't too surprising that Lalo escaped, his methods and reasons were very compelling from a character's point of view. We are all aware of the muscle that the Salamanca's provide for the cartel, so how could they betray their loyal Samurai? It makes you wanna root for him; a guy that killed a teller agent just to chase a lead. FANTASTIC WRITING!
Haven't seen a villain this compelling since... idk? The last time that I rooted for a villain this hard was prolly Point Break.
[Edited on April 21, 2020 at 12:07 AM. Reason : My Dvr apparently deleted the first 20 min] 4/20/2020 11:48:08 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148446 Posts user info edit post |
Lalo didn't seem very pleased to discover the last body 4/21/2020 12:56:25 AM |
TKE-Teg All American 43410 Posts user info edit post |
One of my biggest problems with this show is that Saul is the most boring/annoying character (to me). Almost everything that captivates me has nothing to do with the main character's progression. 4/23/2020 10:38:51 AM |
BanjoMan All American 9609 Posts user info edit post |
IDK, they definitely show him pulling some rookie mistakes as a "criminal" lawyer in this season which adds to his character, IMO. They are basically showing us in a practical way how he transformed from a hustler into the Saul Goodman, friend of the cartel and meth labs. I personally love the fact that there are other compelling characters in the show besides jimmy, Gus and Mike. Guys like Hamlin and the suits at Mesa Verde are interesting because they are often betrayed in a negative light, but are also the most generous characters in the series by far.
The show also depicts the conversation of who is bad, and who is good, in a very compelling narrative. They tend to focus on showing one's worth based on their decisions and actions, not their intentions. Sure, Howard does pull some shady shit as a lawyer, but that is all well within his job and he's not violating any laws in the process. Kim, on the other hand, let's her altruism push her over the line on several occasions. Jimmy gets outright dragged over that moral compass line by his brother, even though in his soul he just wanted to help out the elderly.
So, should we judge the suits because they are primarily interested in making money? Isn't that what happens when they perform their duties to the best of their abilities? Is it somehow acceptable to commit a crime because it's for the greater good?
[Edited on April 23, 2020 at 1:51 PM. Reason : a] 4/23/2020 1:46:42 PM |
Wraith All American 27257 Posts user info edit post |
^There elaboration on Mike as a character really shows that. In BB, we only really knew him as a stone cold badass. He has really been fleshed out now as a caring grandfather who takes care of what little family he has left, has a troubled past (and clearly has trouble dealing with the loss of his son), and has no problem telling Gus to STFO. One thing that stood out to me was that even though he acts tough to Jimmy, he was ready to kill a drug lord with a lot of power to save him.
Can someone remind me -- when we first met Mike in BB, he was originally introduced as an enforcer for Gus, right? 4/23/2020 3:01:28 PM |
Wraith All American 27257 Posts user info edit post |
*Their 4/23/2020 4:17:09 PM |