Better Call Saul

wesfau2 · « **Reply #80 on:** April 10, 2017, 01:23:25 PM »

Quote from: Kaos on April 10, 2017, 01:21:43 PM

Fuck Bob Odenkirk.

I vote with my dollars. Won't watch his show.

Ok, Spartacus, the rest of us will keep enjoying his work.

Kaos · « **Reply #81 on:** April 10, 2017, 01:31:38 PM »

Quote from: wesfau2 on April 10, 2017, 01:23:25 PM

Ok, Spartacus, the rest of us will keep enjoying his work.

Maybe. Maybe not.

There are prices to be paid for bullshit rhetoric. People are discovering that fact.

wesfau2 · « **Reply #82 on:** April 25, 2017, 09:25:13 AM »

So...maybe Kaos is right and you guys aren't watching.

But you're missing out if that's the case. The first three episodes have set us up for a pretty precipitous fall from respectable, if hustling, lawyer to slimy, crime-facilitator.

Victor and Gus are in the picture and are menacing (each in his own way) as ever.

I'm guessing that Hamlin gets Chuck to agree to drop the charges in exchange for the complete dissociation of Jimmy from all things HHM...and might even include the stipulation that he not use the family name anymore. Thus, Saul.

Kaos · « **Reply #83 on:** April 27, 2017, 11:33:49 PM »

Quote from: wesfau2 on April 25, 2017, 09:25:13 AM

So...maybe Kaos is right and you guys aren't watching.

But you're missing out if that's the case. The first three episodes have set us up for a pretty precipitous fall from respectable, if hustling, lawyer to slimy, crime-facilitator.

Victor and Gus are in the picture and are menacing (each in his own way) as ever.

I'm guessing that Hamlin gets Chuck to agree to drop the charges in exchange for the complete dissociation of Jimmy from all things HHM...and might even include the stipulation that he not use the family name anymore. Thus, Saul.

Series low last week.

Tromped by Basketball Wives and TI and Tiny.

Ouch.

I don't miss it.

War Eagle!!! · « **Reply #84 on:** April 28, 2017, 09:26:20 AM »

Quote from: wesfau2 on April 25, 2017, 09:25:13 AM

So...maybe Kaos is right and you guys aren't watching.

But you're missing out if that's the case. The first three episodes have set us up for a pretty precipitous fall from respectable, if hustling, lawyer to slimy, crime-facilitator.

Victor and Gus are in the picture and are menacing (each in his own way) as ever.

I'm guessing that Hamlin gets Chuck to agree to drop the charges in exchange for the complete dissociation of Jimmy from all things HHM...and might even include the stipulation that he not use the family name anymore. Thus, Saul.

I still watch. And enjoy. If I let politics ruin all entertainment for me, it would be a shallow field.

That is a good guess on why he changes the name. I think Jimmy is going to have to fight though and will be able to weasel his way out in some way.

Jumbo · « **Reply #85 on:** May 03, 2017, 01:39:35 AM »

Better Call Saul is now must see tv. The pace and attention to detail this season has been outstanding.

wesfau2 · « **Reply #86 on:** May 03, 2017, 09:36:33 AM »

Quote from: War Eagle!!! on April 28, 2017, 09:26:20 AM

I still watch. And enjoy. If I let politics ruin all entertainment for me, it would be a shallow field.

That is a good guess on why he changes the name. I think Jimmy is going to have to fight though and will be able to weasel his way out in some way.

I thought it would be a package deal with the pre-prosecution diversion plan, but looks like Jimmy and Kim have some shenanigans up their sleeves vis a vis the bar complaint.

Pics of Chuck's house and acknowledgment of a duplicate tape will add up to something...maybe laying bare Chuck's "disability" as a sham? Not sure the mechanics of the argument, but it won't end well for Chuck...and the blowback might also catch Jimmy.

Oh...the BB tie-ins...Eladio mocking Hector's tiny little stack of cash and the subsequent showdown with Gus. If a bullet is too humane for him, then maybe pushing Hector over the top and forcing the debilitating stroke on him is not. Then visiting him in the nursing home periodically to mock him...for the rest of his life...is cold-fucking-blooded.

wesfau2 · « **Reply #87 on:** May 08, 2017, 08:26:51 AM »

Quote from: wesfau2 on May 03, 2017, 09:36:33 AM

Oh...the BB tie-ins...Eladio mocking Hector's tiny little stack of cash and the subsequent showdown with Gus. If a bullet is too humane for him, then maybe pushing Hector over the top and forcing the debilitating stroke on him is not. Then visiting him in the nursing home periodically to mock him...for the rest of his life...is cold-fucking-blooded.

I've been thinking about this a bit. In BB, Walt was the character seen to be felled by his own hubris while Gus is the calculating, logical strategist who makes all the right moves.

But...BB was just a single slice of the overall story. Taken over the longer timeline, Gus is just as petty and proud as Walt in wanting to torture Salamanca rather than letting Mike kill him with a single bullet. That pettiness...that hubris in thinking that Gus could manipulate everyone to conform to his plan/wishes...gets his ass unnecessarily killed by Hector.

wesfau2 · « **Reply #88 on:** May 09, 2017, 01:00:58 PM »

Brilliant way to bring Huell back!

Eat a dick, Chuck.

War Eagle!!! · « **Reply #89 on:** May 09, 2017, 01:03:53 PM »

Quote from: wesfau2 on May 09, 2017, 01:00:58 PM

Brilliant way to bring Huell back!

Eat a dick, Chuck.

Agreed. Loved seeing him in the episode.

So they played Chuck like a fiddle. The only reason to make a big deal out of the tape was to make sure that Chuck got on the stand. Then let Jimmy do his thing. Got 'em...

AUChizad · « **Reply #90 on:** May 11, 2017, 04:29:18 PM »

Quote from: wesfau2 on May 09, 2017, 01:00:58 PM

Brilliant way to bring Huell back!

Bill Burr's on deck.

wesfau2 · « **Reply #91 on:** May 11, 2017, 04:40:50 PM »

Quote from: AUChizad on May 11, 2017, 04:29:18 PM

Bill Burr's on deck.

Lord willing and the creek don't rise.

Was talking to my neighbor about Kim's absence in BB and wondering how/when she and Jimmy call it quits. She suggested a little light googling of "ice station zebra associates."

Goddamn, Vince is good.

Token · « **Reply #92 on:** May 15, 2017, 10:53:04 PM »

Damn. "It's all good, man". I would have never fucking guessed it. Also loved seeing the lab being purchased along with other meaningless scenes that connect the shows.

Incredible writing skills. You'd think the guy had this show in mind before he ever wrote breaking bad.

My guess is Saul Goodman is a way to bypass the year probation.

AUChizad · « **Reply #93 on:** May 16, 2017, 10:12:06 AM »

Quote from: Token on May 15, 2017, 10:53:04 PM

Damn. "It's all good, man". I would have never fucking guessed it.

wesfau2 · « **Reply #94 on:** May 26, 2017, 09:19:25 AM »

So, the Ice Station Zebra Associates stuff makes it pretty obvious that Kim is still involved when Skyler and Walt are looking to launder their ill-gotten dough. She's looking pretty close to cracking right now. Is it just the pantsing of Chuck in the hearing? She seems, otherwise, to have the world by the balls pretty much: thriving solo practice with a cornerstone client.

Token · « **Reply #95 on:** May 26, 2017, 04:15:50 PM »

For Jimmy to have such a fun loving upbeat personality he's a vengeful motherfucker to cross. He would have certainly fucked up that guy in the bar and he buried Chuck.

wesfau2 · « **Reply #96 on:** May 27, 2017, 08:47:03 AM »

Quote from: Token on May 26, 2017, 04:15:50 PM

For Jimmy to have such a fun loving upbeat personality he's a vengeful motherfucker to cross. He would have certainly fucked up that guy in the bar and he buried Chuck.

Chuck had it coming.

Token · « **Reply #97 on:** June 21, 2017, 09:45:47 AM »

Really really good season.

wesfau2 · « **Reply #98 on:** June 21, 2017, 07:31:23 PM »

Fucking Chuck.

Token · « **Reply #99 on:** June 24, 2017, 11:25:10 AM »

I hate that Nacho wasn't a character in Breaking Bad. Tells me he probably doesn't make it out of this series alive and I like the guy.