Better Call Saul, the TV series
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The Ice Station Zebra thing certainly gives the theory more credibility. But unless something huge happens it seems out of character for her.
Remember she hated the first time Jimmy referred to himself as Saul Goodman. And even though she ran scams with him, remember she kept the check as a trophy, she didn’t cash it. Even if she’s okay with breaking the rules, how could this Kim ever endorse getting involved with violent drug dealers?
Although this week she seemed to be disgusted with the Mesa Verde guy’s self congratulatory attitude about his expansion.
There is the other question, if Kim was there during Breaking Bad, how could she have not been dragged into the drama? There’s a lot to explain.
Remember she hated the first time Jimmy referred to himself as Saul Goodman. And even though she ran scams with him, remember she kept the check as a trophy, she didn’t cash it. Even if she’s okay with breaking the rules, how could this Kim ever endorse getting involved with violent drug dealers?
Although this week she seemed to be disgusted with the Mesa Verde guy’s self congratulatory attitude about his expansion.
There is the other question, if Kim was there during Breaking Bad, how could she have not been dragged into the drama? There’s a lot to explain.
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I thought she was just overwhelmed by all the legal work she can't possibly do on her own. She crashed a car with her current workload. This type of expansion would be tough for an entire legal department.
That’s possible but it seemed to me it was more than just fear of overwork. She started to see him as another Howard.
Another option is that Kim started in as a partner but then realized she couldn’t go down that path once he got involved with serious crime.
Another option is that Kim started in as a partner but then realized she couldn’t go down that path once he got involved with serious crime.
Good to see Tamara Tunie's character return. Hopefully we'll get to see more of her despite Mike's minor blow-up during the meeting. Regardless of whether he was right (and a small part of me wonders if he's wrong), what he did was unkosher especially in a group setting like that.
Mike got a bit more focus in this episode in contrast a lighter appearance for Jimmy (prepping for a future career as a bored sales clerk pretending to be a shift supervisor), to balance out the last few episodes. Seeing Mike meet up with Gus again has me excited. Looks like things are going to start heating up soon.
That's not to say that the big shootout with the Cousins was a walk in the park. Even though they have a destiny in a parking lot with Hank, it's still fairly thrilling to watch them as a two-man army as seen from Nacho's perspective. The poor bugger didn't want this to happen but then felt obligated to jump in and "help" even though it was probably not necessary with the new arrivals. And now he has ripped up open his stitchings as a thanks.
I'm not sure what to make of Kim's loitering in the courtroom, especially after Judge Neelix tried and failed to shoo her away with a Verdict parable.
Mike got a bit more focus in this episode in contrast a lighter appearance for Jimmy (prepping for a future career as a bored sales clerk pretending to be a shift supervisor), to balance out the last few episodes. Seeing Mike meet up with Gus again has me excited. Looks like things are going to start heating up soon.
That's not to say that the big shootout with the Cousins was a walk in the park. Even though they have a destiny in a parking lot with Hank, it's still fairly thrilling to watch them as a two-man army as seen from Nacho's perspective. The poor bugger didn't want this to happen but then felt obligated to jump in and "help" even though it was probably not necessary with the new arrivals. And now he has ripped up open his stitchings as a thanks.
I'm not sure what to make of Kim's loitering in the courtroom, especially after Judge Neelix tried and failed to shoo her away with a Verdict parable.
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Just saw last week's episode, was on vacation all week.
I got the impression that Mike was correct that the man was lying. But that doesn't mean he was right to publicly call him out. Regardless of whether he had a wife who died, he's got severe emotional problems and needs compassion. It's not his job to call him out, it's his therapist's and to do it in a sensitive way.
I loved Jimmy's progression in the episode. First he turns down the job, then Kim puts him in a position where he needs to take it to both make her happy and avoid counseling. And what does he do? A variation of what he did in Davis & Main, an unapproved marketing ploy, except this time designed to sell burner phones to the criminal demographic.
Of course we know that Fring forgives Mike for not telling him about Nacho. Probably would have killed him if he didn't admit it to his face.
I liked the judge's speech to Kim about The Verdict. I think he miscalculated her motives though. She doesn't want some Hollywood landmark case, I think she just wants to find something to make her feel something.
I got the impression that Mike was correct that the man was lying. But that doesn't mean he was right to publicly call him out. Regardless of whether he had a wife who died, he's got severe emotional problems and needs compassion. It's not his job to call him out, it's his therapist's and to do it in a sensitive way.
I loved Jimmy's progression in the episode. First he turns down the job, then Kim puts him in a position where he needs to take it to both make her happy and avoid counseling. And what does he do? A variation of what he did in Davis & Main, an unapproved marketing ploy, except this time designed to sell burner phones to the criminal demographic.
Of course we know that Fring forgives Mike for not telling him about Nacho. Probably would have killed him if he didn't admit it to his face.
I liked the judge's speech to Kim about The Verdict. I think he miscalculated her motives though. She doesn't want some Hollywood landmark case, I think she just wants to find something to make her feel something.
Ah, I wondered where you disappeared to. Still, it's weird there's so little discussion recently.
Yeah, took me awhile to figure what was going on with Kim in that episode but now it makes sense, especially in light of tonight's episode.
Speaking of this episode...wow. I definitely didn't expect to see a flashforward during the Breaking Bad timeline! Naturally, my first reaction was "Come on! What's in the box!" I imagine it'll be revealed by the end of the season but, man, what a teaser.
The rest of the episode was fascinating, particularly Mike's job for Gus, complete with all of the cloak and dagger. I loved the contrasting takes from the two different surveyors, one who was quick and flashy and full of unrealistic confidence, the other slow and meticulous and far more practical. Naturally, Mike saw right through the first one like he was nothing.
Kim is really taking this working for the common man angle, even at the risk of severely alienating Paige and the rest of Mesa Verde. I trust Kim's sincerity when she said she wouldn't blow them off again but I highly suspect that it'll happen sooner than anyone would expect and Kim will have to make crucial decision.
Howard has certainly seen better days, hasn't he? I figured he would become guilt stricken over Chuck's suicide but I didn't think it would hit him that hard. Seeing a shrink twice a week and he still has insomnia and looks like a disaster. Hell, he didn't fix his tie before going to court.
Jimmy has slipped right back into the role of Slippin' Jimmy like a day hasn't passed. It's a shame he was mugged at the end by a trio of teenage punks right after toughing it out with a motorcycle club that could've easily torn him to shit if he stepped the wrong way. I don't think Jimmy cares about the money since it was never about the money, but rather the act of the game. Standing toe to toe with a motorcycle club only to taken down by some punks must've seriously wounded his pride. He came off way tpo strong during his monthly PBD check-in about returning to the law and winning so many cases that he's just another bad hit against his pride away from becoming Saul Goodman.
Jimmy has the skillset to be a real, normal lawyer. He could have succeeded at Davis & Main. It's just not who he is.
Kim is the only thing now keeping him from being a full on criminal. If he did not care about pleasing Kim he'd be full on Slippin Jimmy.
Will be very interesting to see what direction Kim goes. She seems very disillusioned to Mesa Verde and emotionally invested in the randoms who committed minor crimes. Makes me wonder if Kim ends up an ACLU lawyer.
Kim is the only thing now keeping him from being a full on criminal. If he did not care about pleasing Kim he'd be full on Slippin Jimmy.
Will be very interesting to see what direction Kim goes. She seems very disillusioned to Mesa Verde and emotionally invested in the randoms who committed minor crimes. Makes me wonder if Kim ends up an ACLU lawyer.
We saw the contents of the box in a Gene flash forward in season 1. It is video tapes and other odds and ends. Odenkirk confirmed this in a interview.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/better-call-saul-star-bob-021558123.html
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/better-call-saul-star-bob-021558123.html
Seeing that last night really hit me, because I was thinking that was his "one too far." He'd made a good haul, he was in the car and about to leave when the bikers came in, and instead of just leaving he decided to test his skill against the bikers, which paid off, but then he gets rolled by those snotty little punks, and I was like "He was in the car, all he had to do was drive."
But you're right, it's about the action for him, not the payoff, so he couldn't just quit while he was ahead, could he?
This backstory of the construction of Gus’s underground meth factory reminds me of the Greenbrier, and the secret bunker there that would have been the home of a post-doomsday US Congress:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greenbrier
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greenbrier
Loved the scene where Kim has to cut down Wexler McGill, and Jimmy’s reaction, to suffer and pout privately for a minute then support her.
This ensures the return of Slippin Jimmy — the monkey only a few months from getting his machine gun.
Will be interesting to see how working at a big firm so she can have time for spiritually fulfilling pro bono cases goes.
This ensures the return of Slippin Jimmy — the monkey only a few months from getting his machine gun.
Will be interesting to see how working at a big firm so she can have time for spiritually fulfilling pro bono cases goes.
I feel that Kim's big decision to deliberately step away from a potential Wexler & McGill partnership is a defining moment for Jimmy to move towards Saul Goodman. Another avenue for goodness has been closed off for Jimmy and he's now all the more assured to down darker paths.
I loved Gus' speech to Hector about keeping his enemy as a pet, not just because of the soft but dangerous cadence in Giancarlo Esposito's delivery, but also because we have the foreknowledge that Gus' decision to not finish off Hector there and then will ultimately cost Gus' life.
I loved Gus' speech to Hector about keeping his enemy as a pet, not just because of the soft but dangerous cadence in Giancarlo Esposito's delivery, but also because we have the foreknowledge that Gus' decision to not finish off Hector there and then will ultimately cost Gus' life.
That was even better than I could have ever hoped for. Who's the stupidest guy now, assholes?My favorite scene was when Jimmy and Co. put the Fear of God into the punks that mugged him last episode. I feel much better now.
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Technically what cost him his life wasn’t that he had to torture Hector so much as he was so emotionally tilted by it, he ignored that voice in his head that something was wrong in the parking lot.