Saul is a criminal lawyer - in every sense of the word.
But he’s not yet become the soulless bastard that he is in BB.
I think Kim survives.
While I’ll agree that her death could lead him to the point of not caring anymore, I can’t think of any scenario where he would work for and defend her killers
However, her being alive would be all kinds of motivation for him to do so.
I don’t care if they are or are not manipulating the Emmy cycles
This show deserves every award they hand out regarding the art of storytelling and acting and film making. Every. Damn. One.
Huh?
What does any of that have to do with what I said?
Let me try to say it again.
Since our introduction to her, we’ve been wondering, “Where’s Kim in BB? Why is she not around? What happens to her?”
We all sorta just assumed that she was collateral damage of Jimmy’s conversion to Saul.
I’m saying that she’s the real driving force behind that conversion to who he becomes. While it’s true that Saul was Jimmy’s creation. He had pretty much stayed in shallow end of the pool.
Kim pushed him into the deep end.
And in the big picture, it’s a pretty big push.
There’s only 1 Walter White.
And, this show is still a part of the Walter White/BB universe. That simply is fact no matter how many new characters we meet.
But having said that, if I were to pick a character to be the Walter White of BCS, I’d say that it is Kim, not Jimmy.
Which, to me, magnifies the mystery behind her whereabouts during BB even more.
And I’m really intrigued by it all.
This has been floating around the Youtubes for awhile now but I just now watched it tonight. (probably because of it’s run time)
And I must say that I immediately thought of this thread (and others) in which people have asked for condensed versions of the cartoons and ways to get up to speed on all the new shows. Even tho it’s long, it’s very well done.
And second, it’s amazing how much we see art imitating life in these stories - especially regarding corrupt governments and power.
We often like to think of our art as an escape from our realities but most often than not it is a mirror.
How Liberty Dies: The Politics of Star Wars
I said it was becoming difficult, not that I was all the way there.
But I'll say this, even tho it's technically a prequel, the gap has narrowed so close now to where it pretty much feels like the same show as BB with just a focus on different characters.
edit:
This show is shouting out loud that Walter White isn't the only character to "Break Bad"
Guys, I gotta tell ya, more and more, I’m really starting to have a difficult time ranking BB ahead of this.
The story telling is just off the charts good - as is the always creative camera work and style. Just as it was in BB.
I wonder tho, do we rank BB ahead simply because it did it first?
... of course, BB didn’t have Kim Wexler. She alone ups the ante for BCS and might be skewing my objectivity. 😎
But hot damn I’m gonna miss this show when it ends.
Lalo being alive is the game changer - both sides know that Nacho was there.
Nacho really had no other play other than to secure protection for his dad.
Cartel life is brutal business.
Kim’s line about it will probably carry more weight than we are giving it - HHM is peanuts compared to dealing with the cartel.
”Do you want to be friends with the cartel or do you want to be a rat?”
Has Portman been in a Disney cartoon yet?
She's following in Ming Na's footsteps in going for the Disney tri-fecta:
- Star Wars Heroine
- Marvel Super Hero
- Disney Princess
This.
But then I think they ruined it with the lameness of the shootout. Like others have pointed out, there just seems like there could have been a better way to write that scene
The more I watch him walk, bend, move on that leg the more I’m buying into the notion that he’s hiding a prosthetic.
and if so, the question is why?
Regardless, it’s amazing that he’s out there at all and I love what he said yesterday about not ever giving up.