Better Call Saul Spoilers

rob316 · 22-03-2016 12:42PM

I really like this show but its a seriously slow burner, Breaking Bad got hit with the same criticism but this is chuck full of pointless scenes and there just doesn't seem to be anything happening. Still enjoying it but I'm just sort of waiting for it to kick off.

scamalert · 22-03-2016 01:07PM

atm yes its seems no brainer since there's stories developing and left out,also feels a bit more like stand alone show in terms where you could watch it on its own even if BB wasn't created,but lack of action i think thats where writers are still deciding which way show will be directed,many now would like Kim,but shes on/off type of character,chuck is major distraction whenever he shows up.

Thus seems creators are banking more on BB reputation while deciding right path for BTC series if they were to follow.

Since if it was fast paced whole series could off easily be done in first season and second one being last.But given that they played with after BB intros,and whole new characters having their own stories slows everything down.

Penn · 22-03-2016 01:11PM

rob316 wrote: »

I really like this show but its a seriously slow burner, Breaking Bad got hit with the same criticism but this is chuck full of pointless scenes and there just doesn't seem to be anything happening. Still enjoying it but I'm just sort of waiting for it to kick off.

In Season 3 of Breaking Bad, Gale recites a poem. A pointless scene.
Then Walt is reading a book of those poems, given to him by Gale. A pointless scene.
Then Walt is shown leaving the book in his bathroom. A pointless scene.
The Hank finds it, and blows the whole show wide open.

I'm just saying, sometimes what seems like a pointless scene can be the first steps to a massive payoff, maybe not even in this season, but further down the line.

BCS will never be as action-packed as BB, because we know too much about the future of most of the characters involved and where they're ultimately headed, and they're just very different characters. But I enjoy a slow burn provided the payoff is worth it, and we'll only know that further down the line.

Hank Scorpio · 22-03-2016 08:33PM

Thought it was great myself.. Best show on TV at the mo imo

Rarely do I never get the urge to fast forward during TV shows if I'm bored. The dialogue acting and lore are superb.

gormdubhgorm · 22-03-2016 08:38PM

I find the Mike scenes more interesting it always has an edge to it. Saul's scenes are normally full of humour unless it involves Chuck bringing him down. It may be BCS heresy? But Kim's character bores me now!

Snake Plisken · 22-03-2016 09:09PM

Ha ha another great episode and great to see the SalamancaTwins back, I do love how we get these breaking bad cameos turning up, hell the more the merrier, might even see Hank, Skinny Pete and Badger hopefully!

gormdubhgorm · 22-03-2016 09:45PM

Snake Plisken wrote: »

Ha ha another great episode and great to see the SalamancaTwins back, I do love how we get these breaking bad cameos turning up, hell the more the merrier, might even see Hank, Skinny Pete and Badger hopefully!

Hank with hair, maybe buying a home brew kit?:D

scamalert · 22-03-2016 10:07PM

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

I find the Mike scenes more interesting it always has an edge to it. Saul's scenes are normally full of humour unless it involves Chuck bringing him down. It may be BCS heresy? But Kim's character bores me now!

if it wasn't for Sauls character guess there wouldn't be BTC,since main thing that drove attention to him was being funny in even worst scenarios-being nearly burried alive,asking for 1$ to become attorney,suggesting sending Hank to Belize and so on. :pac:

Dirty Dingus McGee · 22-03-2016 11:14PM

Great to see the 2 twins.

It's building nicely now and I can really see things kicking off at the start of the third season.

Links234 · 22-03-2016 11:14PM

Snake Plisken wrote: »

Ha ha another great episode and great to see the SalamancaTwins back, I do love how we get these breaking bad cameos turning up, hell the more the merrier, might even see Hank, Skinny Pete and Badger hopefully!

It'd be interesting to see a few more characters, I'd like to see David Ury back as Spooge before he's all meth'd out, but the show shouldn't be throwing in cameos of BB characters just for the sake of it. The Salamancas are there because they've got a great role in the show, there's a lot of good story around them, but I can't imagine Skinny Pete or Badger or even Spooge really adding much.

-=al=- · 23-03-2016 05:12AM

Good episode... things getting all warmed up nicely. So much stuff to take in from the camera angles to the colour of the folders. I'm sure there's all sorts of stuff I'm missing that will make a bit of sense later on.

+ I'd like to see Hank with hair, ha!

And nice to see this classic being used.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-MntE0OkHc

Dave Porter does a cracking job with the music and sound on the show.

23-03-2016 09:47AM

Meh, mute twins weren't really the best characters from breaking bad

frozenfrozen · 23-03-2016 10:46AM

I'm a confirmed fanboy at this stage. Not a single thing I'd change, love every single second of the show

draiochtanois · 23-03-2016 11:37AM

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Hippo · 23-03-2016 12:12PM

^^^^ This.

It's fantastic stuff. Really, comparisons with BB are pointless, they are completely different animals, each superb in their way.

dogsears · 23-03-2016 12:21PM

Third season has been approved but not clear beyond this.

Unearthly · 23-03-2016 12:30PM

My biggest complaint is that Mike is more interesting than Saul

Snake Plisken · 23-03-2016 12:31PM

Links234 wrote: »

It'd be interesting to see a few more characters, I'd like to see David Ury back as Spooge before he's all meth'd out, but the show shouldn't be throwing in cameos of BB characters just for the sake of it. The Salamancas are there because they've got a great role in the show, there's a lot of good story around them, but I can't imagine Skinny Pete or Badger or even Spooge really adding much.

No I could see Skinny Pete Badger and even Jessie turn up, wasn't it Jessie who introduced Walt to Saul! So Jessie and the boys obviously had used Saul previously so I'd say there is a reasonably good chance we wil see them turn up in season Jimmy goes full Saul!

draiochtanois · 23-03-2016 12:33PM

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Links234 · 23-03-2016 12:43PM

Snake Plisken wrote: »

No I could see Skinny Pete Badger and even Jessie turn up, wasn't it Jessie who introduced Walt to Saul! So Jessie and the boys obviously had used Saul previously so I'd say there is a reasonably good chance we wil see them turn up in season Jimmy goes full Saul!

Jesse would be a kid at the time, so I don't expect them to show up.

Unearthly · 23-03-2016 12:45PM

Yes I can only see Jessie showing up if they explore post breaking bad timeline

Fred Swanson · 23-03-2016 01:36PM

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cowboyBuilder · 23-03-2016 02:17PM

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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Yes, it was his method of getting payment from clients.

Great episode again, Good to see the twins back !!!

ElNino · 23-03-2016 02:51PM

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Her cute cup not fitting in his new car... I wonder if that mean something :pac:

I love the way that problem got resolved 4 episodes later

. You really have to admire the quality of script writing in this show.

jcsoulinger · 23-03-2016 03:11PM

Snake Plisken wrote: »

No I could see Skinny Pete Badger and even Jessie turn up, wasn't it Jessie who introduced Walt to Saul! So Jessie and the boys obviously had used Saul previously so I'd say there is a reasonably good chance we wil see them turn up in season Jimmy goes full Saul!

I'm fairly certain that Jessie sees Saul in his dodgy ad on TV and then tells Walt he is the lawyer that you need.

Really sick of Kim at this stage, does no one else find it stupid that she berates Jimmy for not taking his job seriously but then calls him in the middle of the day to flake out and go drinking and scamming, seems like lazy writing.

frozenfrozen · 23-03-2016 04:04PM

jcsoulinger wrote: »

Really sick of Kim at this stage, does no one else find it stupid that she berates Jimmy for not taking his job seriously but then calls him in the middle of the day to flake out and go drinking and scamming, seems like lazy writing.

it's not lazy writing it's depth to her character

MrVestek · 23-03-2016 04:37PM

ElNino wrote: »

I love the way that problem got resolved 4 episodes later . You really have to admire the quality of script writing in this show.

I think that was to signify how he feels like he really doesn't belong in that way of life.

jcsoulinger · 23-03-2016 05:50PM

frozenfrozen wrote: »

it's not lazy writing it's depth to her character

Depth or confusion? Also it meant yet another scene where Victor and (I can't remember her annoying fake name) con some rich guy into paying for their drinks, once is nauseating enough to see that s***e.

squonk · 23-03-2016 05:55PM

Personally I could never get enough of Kim

. Ok, aside from Rhea Seahorn being a stunner, Kim is kind of funny in that you really have to respect how hard working and determined she is. I think she's the anti Jimmy in that Saul will break out and do something dodgy without thinking about it and the kind of monotony that Kim can put up with drive him nuts. Kim will follow whatever cours she sets herself on stubbornly and dilligently til she gets there in the end. She is prone to the occasional breakout which was what the scam thing was for her, a bit of fun and a chance to break the monotony. Even the job offer seems to be a hard thing for her to accept as she's so stuck into the HHM midset and keen to prove herself. I like Kim and want to see lots more of her however I think her character involvement may be limited going forward with the way things are going.

LaVail · 23-03-2016 07:33PM

Saw this on reddit... How we like others to see us in the work envoirment

Also supposed sneak peek at next weeks episode

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