Better Call Saul ***Spoilers***

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

I like the Howard mannerisms I remember when he climbed over Chucks garden and was fixing his suit and shoes.
You are right about Howard though there is a streak to him at times.

When Kim paid Howard back her loan for law school, Howard seemed upset that he would not have something over her any more.

Yeah! hahaha, I got mileage out of that when telling someone there's no excuse for your tie not being straight..

I'm not so sure about Howard though, I always thought he was a nice guy, keen to be SEEN to do the right thing, and also carried out Chuck's orders even though he was painting himself in a bad light. I seem to recall (or imagine) that Howard would have given Jimmy a real job , only for nasty ol' Chuck. Which is why I've always had a soft spot for Jimmy. He really wanted to be accepted into 'normal' successful life.

We're now (apparently) seeing the transformation from Jimmy to Saul. I know he's been given enough reason, with Chuck saying those terrible things to him at the end of the last series and all the other stuff, but..... I would have thought the change would have involved a lot more soul-searching. And, he wants to do the right thing by Kim, so he's definitely not doing that at the moment. It all seems a bit too quick. I think maybe there's something else going on here. Though , to be brutally honest with myself, that's probably just wishful thinking on my part.

As for Gene's seeming predicament at the hospital, I remarked to someone that surely the small fortune he paid for the new identity would sort of suggest a foolproof new identity. The taxi journey was well done, the ABQ thing hanging off the mirror. Perhaps the taxi driver was a previous client, as I'd think Gene wouldn't really trigger a memory just from the ads. I wonder could the DEA be after Saul?

Enjoyed Mike's journey around the warehouse. On numerous occasions I have entered buildings with a toolbox, a smile and "how's it going, I know the way" and no questions asked. Of course, it only worked a few times, and only in fairly insignificant places. And it was in the seventies, so you really only got a shakedown going into nightclubs! (and of course the girlfriend's handbag would be checked for firebombs).

Enjoyed the restart, and will re-watch it over the weekend to properly scrutinise it.

Collie D wrote: »

In BB, Mike tells Jesse that Gus likes him because of his loyalty to Walt. Even though Gus may have it in for a certain person, he still expects and respects loyalty to that person from his associates. On the flip side a show of disloyalty like Nacho's would show Gus he is not to be trusted to have around.

Also people will suspect Gus to be involved if something happens to Hector. Hence not wanting Mike to shoot him. Tuco and the cousins are fairly blunt instruments that could come after him if they thought he orchestrated it.

Deleted User wrote: »

There's so much going in in the show, that I feel you need the week between each episode to digest it and really enjoy it.

Exactly!

This is my major gripe with the current fashion for releasing an entire season of a show at once: within 24 hours 90%+ of all discussion (real-world or online) will be about the finale.
The previous 10 or 12 hours or whatever of story lines, and character and plot development, might as well have never happened.
At least in the real world you can tell others where you are in the series and thus mostly avoid spoilers, but you certainly daren't go near any online discussion until you've completed the whole thing, by which time interest and discussion has mostly petered out.

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Whilst I appreciate all the arguments about waiting and letting the previous episode sink in, I'd prefer more than one a week - maybe 2 would be ideal, like 1 on a Tuesday and another on say Friday?

As someone much more used to boxset/binge watching than 1 per week, the time between each episode is a little annoying.

I am the opposite myself. Normally I would only watch two episodes in a row max.
I suppose I am old school feels more like a regular event can disscuss it and look forward to it.
Like in the days before On Demand and any sort of internet.

Uncle Jack!!

I love the oblique breaking bad reference that Gus said about Hector "I decide when he dies no one else!"

The hospital scene with the twins was gas, as was Gus's handling of Lydia.
The printer's thing seem like Jimmy wanting to run a long game con (with mike to get the toy things from the printer shop) like his 'Slippin' Jimmy' days, because he gets a kick out if it.

noodler wrote: »

So..

Did the guy "swabbing??" Don at the start tip Gus off that he had been poisoned? Even if so, how'd gus finger Nacho?

Also, I was confused at Jimmy turning down the job offer, I wondered was it a genuine attempt until he'd seen the figurine, but he went back in to them to plead for the job having already found out about it? I wondered was it just his way of staying out of the house for Kim to work, I. E. No real interest in a real job.

The guy at the start is the same doctor Jesse brings Gus and Mike to in Mexico towards the end of Season 4. He's Gus' doctor. I think Gus had already figured out Nacho was responsible and how (Victor watched Nacho throw away the pills at the end of the last episode). The doctor was just checking on Hector's condition for himself, because Gus trusts him.