1. The first episode was crazy slow. Not interesting at all. Stick with it tho, it gets better in the second & moreso in the third episodes.
2. They don't write enough witty lines for Saul, they need to pump that stuff out every minute or two to keep the pacing & interest & entertainment up. Stuff like him pushing Mike's gate button & calling him grandpa, or like saying I got you from life to 6 months, I'm a great lawyer, was hilarious, but they need more of that, way more of that!
3. My two biggest gripes are the music & the pacing. Music is too strong. Based on the commercial, they really like the country singer guy. The music is too much the focus of a lot of scenes, too loud & too strong, takes me away from the story line. Then they switch to silence a lot. They're trying to be a little bit of Breaking Bad in terms of situational seriousness at times, but I want to watch it because Saul is an interesting character & I think they need to focus on his fast-talking, ridiculous character primarily. The pacing is also slow, although it's starting to ramp up.
4. Minor gripe on the color grading: too dark, takes away from it. Like in the beginning in B&W, I was straining to see. Also in Tuco's grandma's house, like in her room when she was watching TV.
5. I love Mike. Tuco is great. Glad to see them get some of the good characters in the show. I forgot how bananas Tuco is!
6. It feels like it's starting to really heating up, story-wise. By the end of tonight's 3-hour run, I decided I was into it. They're starting to weave a deep story web with Saul. Since they signed on for a second season, I'm hoping it keeps this up. I'm hoping they didn't lose too many viewers from the first fairly lame episode. My wife didn't really want to keep watching after the first one either (she caught it last week), but she's into it now too & is a big BB fan.
7. lol, Cinnabon.
8. Yes, I'm agent Steel of the FBI, haha.
9. lol @ stealing the cucumber water at night