Better Call Saul TV Series

[Scarpozzi]

I waited out Breaking Bad until my wife started watching it. I seriously wanted the whole series to run its course before watching anything....and I succeeded. My wife finally picked it up and we watched most of it together the past few months.

I didn't care for the advertisements for Better Call Saul that have been on AMC the past few seasons because they just show Saul and Mike standing there. Since I hadn't seen BB at that point, I didn't know who they were or what it was about. I get it now though. It's a cool idea for a spinoff, but I haven't watched any of the BCS show. I expect it to be a 4-5 season show.... It jsut

I agree.
I watch this show mainly for Rhea and Mike. He looks really old this year though.

I say "Dont mess with Mike" every episode.

Spoiler

He is now tracking them with their own device!

Yeah....Mike's tough. The mug on the guy is rough enough...

I'm just getting tired of these series where they keep trying to surprise you and keep you hooked. It's what I call "Lost-Syndrome"...the story is written week to week and each episode seems to follow the same format of surprise/shock/plot twist. It always makes me feel like I'm being strung-along so I lose interest quickly. I never cared about Lost or Walking Dead for these very reasons.

I still prefer the sitcoms and series' that are written where each episode can stand on its own without having to know what happened last week. I don't want to be manipulated as a viewer unless it's by a skilled actor. Breaking Bad was ok writing, but I really was there for Bryan Cranston. The side characters didn't always stand up to his caliber of acting.

 

[Bird222]

Fuck Chuck

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Now this was a sick episode, so much BB goodness, loved seeing every person from BB show up, even box cutter boy.

 

[thebestMAX]

Jimmy finally telling Chuck off was the best part of the show, could have gone farther but it was all good.
Good episode all around.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Finally we're back to where the show could be. Hopefully all the "Jimmy doesn't fit in" filler bullshit is over and we can get some things happening. The cat and mouse game between Mike and Gus has been wonderful over the first two episodes of the season and the phone on the gas cap in the middle of the road was brilliant. It's been like a throwback to season 4 of BB where Walt was trying to whack Gus and Gus was usually a step ahead.

And God, I want to see Jimmy finally go full Saul on Chuck's ass and find a way to ruin him.

 

[OutHouse]

excellent episode. Jimmy was totally made when he walked through the door.

ive been to that Twisters restaurant a couple of times while driving through ABQ.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Howard wont be doing any PI work anytime soon eh? Getting over the wall was hilarious.

 

[annkesecurity]

This scene is so brilliant !!! excited!!!

 

[purbeast0]

Mike's story line is really starting to get interesting. I am looking forward to the Chuck vs. Jimmy battle too.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Every character so far that has shown up from BB has been like getting a little gift wrapped present of goodness. Even guys that were bad in BB, its just great seeing them again.

 

[thebestMAX]

Hector next week!!!!!! (at least he was in the coming attractions trailer)

Wheel chair in the Doctors office at the Free Clinic.

Very good episode last night. Jimmys lawyer friend and booking was hilarious.

Dont mess with Mike.

 

[NuclearNed]

More reasons to really hate Chuck.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

The question is, will Jimmy, SAUL is way out of his legal issue, thus putting him closer to becoming Saul? I say hell yes.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

The question is, will Jimmy, SAUL is way out of his legal issue, thus putting him closer to becoming Saul? I say hell yes.

Of course, that's a given. As he remains a lawyer through BB he clearly doesn't confess to or get convicted of a felony. The only question is how. Hopefully he fights fire with fire and gets some really good dirt on Chuck forcing him to back down and surrender his own law license. That would be poetic.

And each week it becomes more apparent that this show should have been named "Better Call Mike". The scenes with him and his dealings with the drug cartel are 1000% more interesting than Saul. If that had been the main storyline with Jimmy morphing into Saul as the 'B' plot things would be a hell of a lot more fun.

 

[Charmonium]

Oddly enough, I wasn't bored by Jimmy's story this time. I guess it's because he got arrested and put in real jeopardy. But the scenes with his brother weren't half bad either.

I think it's a little odd that Gus is hiring Mike to screw with the competition. But I'm willing to admit that maybe Gus sees his potential. Being a drug lord doesn't guarantee you the best employees.

 

[Carson Dyle]

Man, some of these actors haven't aged well since the end of Breaking Bad. They should be younger looking in this pre-BB time frame, but Mike looks like he's dead and already decomposing. And ol' Gus looks about 10 years older than he did in Breaking Bad.

 

[purbeast0]

Man, some of these actors haven't aged well since the end of Breaking Bad. They should be younger looking in this pre-BB time frame, but Mike looks like he's dead and already decomposing. And ol' Gus looks about 10 years older than he did in Breaking Bad.

They do look older for sure, but I mean Mike is 70 in real life so I'm not sure why you expect him to look "young" or anything. The dude that plays Gus is nearly 60 too and it's been what, like 6 years since we last saw him in BB?

 

[Carson Dyle]

They do look older for sure, but I mean Mike is 70 in real life so I'm not sure why you expect him to look "young" or anything. The dude that plays Gus is nearly 60 too and it's been what, like 6 years since we last saw him in BB?

No, I don't expect them to look younger. Just saying they look a lot older.

 

[Ichinisan]

No, I don't expect them to look younger. Just saying they look a lot older.

Time to start using digital special effects to reverse-aging. Jimmy/Bob needs it too.

 

[purbeast0]

Last night's episode was really good. Damn those episodes go by so fast though.

This may be a stupid question since I think it was pretty obvious, but Jimmy and Kim basically played Chuck at the end and recorded him secretly right?

 

[NuclearNed]

Last night's episode was really good. Damn those episodes go by so fast though.

This may be a stupid question since I think it was pretty obvious, but Jimmy and Kim basically played Chuck at the end and recorded him secretly right?

That was my best guess. It seems like that would prove that Chuck had intentionally set up Jimmy. Not sure what that would do to help Jimmy in his Bar hearing, but he & Kim seem to think its a good thing.

 

[thebestMAX]

Laughed so hard at that sequence by the pool.

Do Eladio: Hector!
Hector: WassssssUp?
Ok, not what he said but how it struck me.

I can almost understand their Spanish. On shows made in Mexico, S America, not so much.

Great episode. Cant wait to see Chuck get his.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Last night's episode was really good. Damn those episodes go by so fast though.

This may be a stupid question since I think it was pretty obvious, but Jimmy and Kim basically played Chuck at the end and recorded him secretly right?

Like a fiddle.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

That was my best guess. It seems like that would prove that Chuck had intentionally set up Jimmy. Not sure what that would do to help Jimmy in his Bar hearing, but he & Kim seem to think its a good thing.

Yeah, I'm not quite grasping the significance of that either. They clearly wanted Chuck to confess to goading Jimmy into things. And the line with the guys warning Kim about how easy it is to get evidence introduced into a Bar ethics hearing was definitely the most important line delivered in the scene. I just don't see how Chuck admitting that he played Jimmy helps Jimmy. He still committed the crime on his own and Chuck being a dick doesn't excuse that. So Jimmy/Kim are going to introduce some shaky evidence into the proceedings, that's the Chekov's Gun moment of that scene. Do they have anything truly damaging to use against Chuck?

And again, it's Mike, Gus and the cartel guys that steal the episode. The stuff with Jimmy, Kim and Chuck was good, but the cartel story was great. Hector is proud of his new ice cream front, it gets raided immediately, he goes running after Gus which of course Gus knew he would do. Can't wait to see what Gus does to Hector to put him in that wheelchair. You just know he's the one responsible. DING!

 

[Charmonium]

Spoiler

Chuck trying to frame Jimmy would have to be some sort of ethics violation. It's essentially entrapment - although that doesn't really matter in this context. You could even argue that it was a conspiracy since Chuck's actions were specifically designed to result in a crime being committed.

So this might be a case of mutually assured destruction. If Chuck pursues the ethics complaint against Jimmy, Jimmy can introduce evidence that he was goaded, deliberately, into doing what he did.

That doesn't feel like where they're going though. I think it has to be something much more abstruse. Some link or connection that either we haven't seen yet or is so remote that no one is seeing it.