The Official "Better Call Saul" Season 1 Thread
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This new writer is golden and they need to keep him or her.I'm far from an action junkie like those cats who critique WDs eps, but these first couple of eps are not seeing BB's firsts. I was enthralled from the jump. Blasted through the whole series in a week with no wane of enthusiasm,
the whole time. Here I find myself tuning out the dialogs between Saul and Chuck and that lawyer chick. And whats up with him trying to copy that other lawyer?
But the writer of this last ep is new. Need to toss him in the bushes.
This episode was easily on par with the last one in my mind.
The Chuck scene a are some of the best ones and Micheal McKeans giving a great performance.
Maybe you should stop trying to compare this show to Breaking Bad because if it's showed anything in these five episodes it's that the show isn't trying to he that and clearly has it's own tone that either you adjust to or the shows just not for you.
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Dr. Narcisse
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I'm thinking this is a show I have to binge watch 
"Watch out...that's my will writing hand."
God he is such a scum bag.
God he is such a scum bag.
callin the cops over a newspaper 
funny money
sex toilet
need a will, call mcgill
mike... i know i wasnt the only one at the edge of my seat in the last 5 mins of this ep
i can't wait
funny money
sex toilet
need a will, call mcgill
mike... i know i wasnt the only one at the edge of my seat in the last 5 mins of this ep
i can't wait
Dog, YOU brought up BB, not me. I mention two soso episodes after three great ones and you're barking down my throat. Calm down doggy
I liked the episode. 
It was a little slower paced but we went through this with every "Breaking Bad" season except the final 16.
The same complaints if you watched it in real time as opposed to binge watching it. An episode or two every year would be moving pieces into place for the ensuing fukkery later in the season. To put it into perspective people love season 4 and they had damn near an entire episode about Marie stealing shyt. Nobody remembers that though, they just remember "Crawl Space", Gus and the sniper, the "knocks" speech, the Gus flash back, "Face Off", etc.
Not saying it's not a valid complaint, but this show is structured exactly the same as "BB". They put this episode before the Mike flash back for a reason.
Fred.
It was a little slower paced but we went through this with every "Breaking Bad" season except the final 16.
The same complaints if you watched it in real time as opposed to binge watching it. An episode or two every year would be moving pieces into place for the ensuing fukkery later in the season. To put it into perspective people love season 4 and they had damn near an entire episode about Marie stealing shyt. Nobody remembers that though, they just remember "Crawl Space", Gus and the sniper, the "knocks" speech, the Gus flash back, "Face Off", etc.
Not saying it's not a valid complaint, but this show is structured exactly the same as "BB". They put this episode before the Mike flash back for a reason.
Fred.
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Uncle_Ruckus
We The North
Interesting episode. How long before we get a back story on Kim? Can't wait for the Mike episode next week.
Oh, and for the record that is the same retirement home Hector was in:
Fred.
TheNatureBoy
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The look on Jimmy's face when that crazy dude told him about his plan to secede from the United States was great
Good job by him studying Matlock for his suit.
Next week with more of Mike's backstory looks interesting.
Good job by him studying Matlock for his suit.
Next week with more of Mike's backstory looks interesting.
i understand the desire to have this show focus on characterization rather than action, but plenty of writers are able to provide insight into a character with an exciting plot. If this show was not associated with Breaking Bad I think the network would have required them to squeeze the few developments in the first 4 episodes into 1.
lastly, i am sure the writers want this show to stand alone on its own. i think they could have done a better job establishing this as its own show then later incorporating the breaking bad drama into it. it seems like there are more breaking bad characters on here than not, so a lot of viewers are justified in expecting breaking bad type drama
lastly, i am sure the writers want this show to stand alone on its own. i think they could have done a better job establishing this as its own show then later incorporating the breaking bad drama into it. it seems like there are more breaking bad characters on here than not, so a lot of viewers are justified in expecting breaking bad type drama
If you didn't watch "BB" in real time, and/or in threads like this I can kinda understand....but this show is structured in the exact same way "BB" was, and people had the same complaints about it. Including "why are they focusing on Chuck (Skyler, Walt Jr., Marie) and not Saul and Mike (Walt and Jesse)?"
Hell, here's a review from 2008 of "Grey Matter", the 5th episode of season 1 of "BB". It was "the weakest episode so far" and "loses the momentum the series had built up":
http://danowen.blogspot.com/2008/10/breaking-bad-15-gray-matter.html
In hindsight this seems insane, due to how important that episode eventually became.
Fred.
I didn't really like the episode at all. The first 30 minutes were straight filler. Just bullshyt "clients" that were marginally funny. This was my least favorite episode so far. Next week should be good though, if it's about Mike