Better Call Saul TV Series

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thebestMAX

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I think Rhea Seehorn is my new TV crush. Man, she's hot!

Great episode too. Mike is brilliant. I love this show.

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.
He is now tracking them with their own device!
 

NuclearNed

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May 18, 2001
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I freakin hate Chuck. He's the very definition of "scumbag lawyer", with heavy emphasis on "scumbag". You know how I know BCS is awesome? Because every time I watch one, I can't wait to watch the next one.
 

Ichinisan

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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.
He is now tracking them with their own device!
I think he bought an identical one and got them to pick it up.
 

Ichinisan

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Oct 9, 2002
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I freakin hate Chuck. He's the very definition of "scumbag lawyer", with heavy emphasis on "scumbag". You know how I know BCS is awesome? Because every time I watch one, I can't wait to watch the next one.

I need a refresher.

Other than working against Jimmy, was there something else scummy that Chuck did? I think it had something to do with taking Mesa Verde from Kim. Maybe that's just being competitive.

So maybe Chuck at least thinks he has a good reason to hate Jimmy. I vaguely recall that Chuck incorrectly believes Jimmy frequently stole from the family store, which caused it to fail and somehow led to their father's poor health / death. I think the failure was actually caused by their father's unchecked gullibility / generosity.
 

WaTaGuMp

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May 10, 2001
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I need a refresher.

Other than working against Jimmy, was there something else scummy that Chuck did? I think it had something to do with taking Mesa Verde from Kim. Maybe that's just being competitive.

So maybe Chuck at least thinks he has a good reason to hate Jimmy. I vaguely recall that Chuck incorrectly believes Jimmy frequently stole from the family store, which caused it to fail and somehow led to their father's poor health / death. I think the failure was actually caused by their father's unchecked gullibility / generosity.

When their mom died, the last thing she said was calling out for Jimmy. Chuck told Jimmy she never woke up, that's pretty messed up.
 

SirStev0

Lifer
Nov 13, 2003
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I'm having a bit of trouble with it too. I really like B.O. as an actor and comedian. He kills it when he guests on things. Always steals whatever scene he is in.
Here though... I just don't really care. I keep waiting for it to get fun and interesting.
I mean.. the Slippin' Jimmy stuff was great. The first couple episodes where he was scamming some as a lawyer were great.
The post-BB scenes (Cinnabun) are fantastic.
I would watch a show about any of those.. but this story line of wanting to impress the girl. and his brother. and his brother being a dickhole (played by Michael Mc who is wasting his talent for playing really funny dickholes by playing a completely serious dickhole). The other law firm. All of it is just... boring.

Where the fuck is Saul?? I keep waiting for him to show up. When we all heard there was going to be a Saul Goodman prequel we all wanted Saul F'n Goodman attorney at law. Hell I'd have loved a episodic reverse version of Law and Order where every week Saul gets some jackhole off and/or pleads him out. Would have been great. They keep hinting he is going to show up (the stuff with him stealing the logo and emphasizing his last name .. I thought .. finally here comes Saul).

I love dark comedies. BB did it better than anybody (except maybe Louis CK).. but at times I think this show is giving us all dark and no comedy (and way to much boring office drama).

Much like how BB promised a failure of a man diagnosed with cancer who speeds up the spiral downward by living on the edge and constantly fucking up along the way.. I guess this is trying to show how someone goes from being a lowlife, to building himself up, to failing miserably, to becoming a very successful lowlife. Unfortunately right now all we are watching is him failing miserably.

But BB jumped right into it. This is like if we had to watch two seasons of Walt being a miserable chemistry teacher.. Just get to the fun stuff.
 

CZroe

Lifer
Jun 24, 2001
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I want to say that Chuck has some weird-lookin' thumbs.

When their mom died, the last thing she said was calling out for Jimmy. Chuck told Jimmy she never woke up, that's pretty messed up.
Yeah, but he already thought Jimmy was somewhat responsible for all their problems at that point and that their mother simply didn't know what he knew about Jimmy. I think he implied that it would have devastated her so Chuck never told her about the horrible things he thought Jimmy was responsible for.

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Much like how BB promised a failure of a man diagnosed with cancer who speeds up the spiral downward by living on the edge and constantly fucking up along the way.. I guess this is trying to show how someone goes from being a lowlife, to building himself up, to failing miserably, to becoming a very successful lowlife. Unfortunately right now all we are watching is him failing miserably.

But BB jumped right into it. This is like if we had to watch two seasons of Walt being a miserable chemistry teacher.. Just get to the fun stuff.
There's been lots of fun stuff.
You aren't having fun?
 

purbeast0

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Sep 13, 2001
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Just caught up from last nights episode. Show is awesome as ever. I really like how the season started and the whole Mike plotline is awesome so far.
 

WaTaGuMp

Lifer
May 10, 2001
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Plenty of people even said BB was slow. I want Saul to become Saul also, but I am still enjoying what we are getting so far.
 

Skel

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Apr 11, 2001
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I'm having a bit of trouble with it too. I really like B.O. as an actor and comedian. He kills it when he guests on things. Always steals whatever scene he is in.
Here though... I just don't really care. I keep waiting for it to get fun and interesting.
I mean.. the Slippin' Jimmy stuff was great. The first couple episodes where he was scamming some as a lawyer were great.
The post-BB scenes (Cinnabun) are fantastic.
I would watch a show about any of those.. but this story line of wanting to impress the girl. and his brother. and his brother being a dickhole (played by Michael Mc who is wasting his talent for playing really funny dickholes by playing a completely serious dickhole). The other law firm. All of it is just... boring.

Where the fuck is Saul?? I keep waiting for him to show up. When we all heard there was going to be a Saul Goodman prequel we all wanted Saul F'n Goodman attorney at law. Hell I'd have loved a episodic reverse version of Law and Order where every week Saul gets some jackhole off and/or pleads him out. Would have been great. They keep hinting he is going to show up (the stuff with him stealing the logo and emphasizing his last name .. I thought .. finally here comes Saul).

I love dark comedies. BB did it better than anybody (except maybe Louis CK).. but at times I think this show is giving us all dark and no comedy (and way to much boring office drama).

Much like how BB promised a failure of a man diagnosed with cancer who speeds up the spiral downward by living on the edge and constantly fucking up along the way.. I guess this is trying to show how someone goes from being a lowlife, to building himself up, to failing miserably, to becoming a very successful lowlife. Unfortunately right now all we are watching is him failing miserably.

But BB jumped right into it. This is like if we had to watch two seasons of Walt being a miserable chemistry teacher.. Just get to the fun stuff.

I agree with you. I haven't brought myself to watch this season, the last two weren't that great. I've been checking into this thread hoping people would talk about how much better it is now, but so far mostly I've seen it's fan say it's still awesome and people like me (that have watched it) complaining it's still chugging along slowly. It's a pity as I still think it could be great. Sadly if it wasn't for Mike, I would have completely lost interest in season 1. The grind of his lawyer stuff and his brother are really boring. It's like they wanted us to feel the drag of a crappy job.. which if fine for a moment, not seasons..
 

CZroe

Lifer
Jun 24, 2001
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I agree with you. I haven't brought myself to watch this season, the last two weren't that great. I've been checking into this thread hoping people would talk about how much better it is now, but so far mostly I've seen it's fan say it's still awesome and people like me (that have watched it) complaining it's still chugging along slowly. It's a pity as I still think it could be great. Sadly if it wasn't for Mike, I would have completely lost interest in season 1. The grind of his lawyer stuff and his brother are really boring. It's like they wanted us to feel the drag of a crappy job.. which if fine for a moment, not seasons..
Uhh, no one is expecting you to have watched this season yet when the only episode isn't even a day old yet.

How you've lasted this long impresses the heck out of me! ;)
 

Carson Dyle

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The post-BB scenes (Cinnabun) are fantastic.
I would watch a show about any of those..

What the hell would you be watching? A balding guy with a 70's pornstache, laying low while managing an Omaha Cinnabon, bored out of his freaking mind and hating life?
 

Skel

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Apr 11, 2001
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Uhh, no one is expecting you to have watched this season yet when the only episode isn't even a day old yet.

How you've lasted this long impresses the heck out of me! ;)

I have stamina that amazes even me :D
 

SirStev0

Lifer
Nov 13, 2003
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What the hell would you be watching? A balding guy with a 70's pornstache, laying low while managing an Omaha Cinnabon, bored out of his freaking mind and hating life?
There is so much melancholy packed in those scenes..

And I'd take a 1 min clip of that over 6 mins of MM shivering under a solar blanket followed by another 10 mins of MM and BO having another boring fight.
Or another scene where the old crush tries to tell him hes a good person.
He's not. People are not inherently good. At least not the interesting people.

The misery is palpable. The fact that they try to incorporate constant reminders of how he is completely imprisoned in mediocrity and slowly ticking away his life. I'd love to watch with spliced with scenes of him in his Saul glory days and flash backs to Slippin' Jimmy.. Like he is putting together a memoir.. and each episode the memories of the glory days torture him more until he can't take it anymore and he "slips" back into old habits getting more and more risky with each little micro scam until ... ending. Something sudden, and the memoirs are lost. And everything about him is flushed away totally forgotten.
That's how you make it super dark yet also incorporate the badass and the fun and the funny.
#suchislife #emo #wealldie
:)P)
 

CZroe

Lifer
Jun 24, 2001
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There is so much melancholy packed in those scenes...
they try to incorporate constant reminders of how he is completely imprisoned in mediocrity and slowly ticking away his life.
Not "melancholy." It's supposed to be showing his abject terror in daily situations where normal people would be fine.

In the series premier he was clearly terrified of some random stranger because he incorrectly thought someone had recognized him.

In the season 2 premier he spent the night in the trash room between dumpsters to avoid using an exit that would summon the police, again, because he was afraid of being recognized. He clearly sees the way out, but it just isn't an option for him.

In the latest one we watch as he gets dragged into the shoplifting incident that he wanted no part of (again, the police might recognize him). The encounter and his risky outburst triggers him to have a panic attack and faint.

Sorry, but you have completely misinterpreted those scenes. It's not "melancholy," it's daily terror. It isn't about him being "imprisoned in mediocrity" either. He doesn't want a return to his glory days and isn't worried that his life is "ticking away." He's worried that his cover isn't good enough and that his past could catch up to him at any moment. He wants his life to tick away in mediocrity and is scared to death that his former notoriety will ruin that.
 
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JulesMaximus

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There is so much melancholy packed in those scenes..

And I'd take a 1 min clip of that over 6 mins of MM shivering under a solar blanket followed by another 10 mins of MM and BO having another boring fight.
Or another scene where the old crush tries to tell him hes a good person.
He's not. People are not inherently good. At least not the interesting people.

The misery is palpable. The fact that they try to incorporate constant reminders of how he is completely imprisoned in mediocrity and slowly ticking away his life. I'd love to watch with spliced with scenes of him in his Saul glory days and flash backs to Slippin' Jimmy.. Like he is putting together a memoir.. and each episode the memories of the glory days torture him more until he can't take it anymore and he "slips" back into old habits getting more and more risky with each little micro scam until ... ending. Something sudden, and the memoirs are lost. And everything about him is flushed away totally forgotten.
That's how you make it super dark yet also incorporate the badass and the fun and the funny.
#suchislife #emo #wealldie
:)P)

I disagree. I love the complexity of the characters. I love that Kim obsesses over punctuation for hours and that Jimmy and Chuck have this fucked up relationship. Then there's Mike who is so methodical that he spends an entire day tearing his car apart looking for a tracking device he knows must be there.
 

WaTaGuMp

Lifer
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