Better Call Saul: Season 6

[BornOrange 1,441]

18 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

from reddit:

 

I think the guy is being a little facetious. He's making fun of all the critics of the show by making complaints that are obviously all answered in Breaking Bad.

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18 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

from reddit:

 

WTF?  Yeah I really hope we find out why Gene is hiding, what happens to Gus and what the lab is used for.  You could probably make 5 seasons of a show to tell those stories...how will they do it in 3 episodes?!

 

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[Red Five 40,862]

Seemed like obvious snark to me.

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35 minutes ago, BornOrange said:

I think the guy is being a little facetious. He's making fun of all the critics of the show by making complaints that are obviously all answered in Breaking Bad.

how the fuck could anyone read that and not immediately understand that?  good lord.

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9 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Seemed like obvious snark to me.

That's just it.  Anyone........who agrees with it does not see the snark.

[shadow_operative 15,932]

 

cut me some slack, it's very early in the morning for me, lol. 

[Trey3216 15,347]

OP in that Reddit post threw a grenade into a campfire to see how many mouthbreathers he could lure in.  Seems he did well.   

[Nice Guy Eddie 13,515]

That Reddit post is our gold on the sense that no one should fall for it.

Disagree with anyone who thinks the season hasnt been great. Are some episodes not as good as others? Obviously that has to be true.

Edited July 30, 2022 by Nice Guy Eddie

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On 7/26/2022 at 3:01 PM, shadow_operative said:

so how did he find carol burnett? how did he have such a grasp of her routine that he was able to be lying in wait with his extra snow? and why do all of his "extra snow" type capers always go off without a hitch? it does not "make perfect sense". 

This is a show where a guy walked miles through a desert with no water to deliver 7M in cash to the court after being saved from a cartel ambush by an 80 yo with a sniper rifle and you are griping about the implausibility of him finding out where a cabbie lives?

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12 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

This is a show where a guy walked miles through a desert with no water to deliver 7M in cash to the court after being saved from a cartel ambush by an 80 yo with a sniper rifle and you are griping about the implausibility of him finding out where a cabbie lives?

Walt and Jesse steal a train car of methlamine: seems legit

 

Slippin Jimmy gains an old ladys trust: doesnt add up

Edited July 30, 2022 by Pam Cummings

[Tom 2,959]

18 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

from reddit:

 

 

While this is clearly a joke post, it does drive home the ridiculousness of the hot take suggestion that BCS is a better show than BB.  When this show is said and done, it will always have a ton of holes that are only filled by your knowledge of Breaking Bad.  It will always be a companion show where you need to have seen or know the events of BB in order to fully enjoy it.  It'll still just be a prequel that is not a complete show with fully developed story and character arcs if you were to only watch it alone without experiencing BB first.  

Breaking Bad is a standalone show that is one of the best shows of all-time, even if you never touch BCS, El Camino, or anything else Gilligan might make in the future based on this universe.

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What an absurd take. 95% of BCS occurs before BB. Knowledge of BB is hardly a prerequisite. As if flash forwards aren’t a common tool for storytelling where the viewer is missing context. Hell BB used it all of the time!

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On 7/26/2022 at 3:15 PM, Dr. Teeth said:

Dude has a mustache now. 

Should have gone with the perfect disguise...a toothpick.

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16 minutes ago, Lurch said:

What an absurd take. 95% of BCS occurs before BB. Knowledge of BB is hardly a prerequisite. As if flash forwards aren’t a common tool for storytelling where the viewer is missing context. Hell BB used it all of the time!

Correct, and the enjoyment that many get from BCS is wondering precisely how the character-based events from the two shows are woven together.  It's not just a spinoff.

BB was a character-based exploration focusing primarily on Walter White.  BCS is a character-based exploration focusing primarily on Jimmy McGill.  

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21 minutes ago, SizzleChest said:

Correct, and the enjoyment that many get from BCS is wondering precisely how the character-based events from the two shows are woven together.  It's not just a spinoff.

BB was a character-based exploration focusing primarily on Walter White.  BCS is a character-based exploration focusing primarily on Jimmy McGill.  

100’% this.

Also the Venn diagram of people who complain about certain aspects of BB/BCS and people who complained about every episode of The Sopranos that wasn’t about mafia business is a perfect circle.

31 minutes ago, Deej said:

Should have gone with the perfect disguise...a toothpick.

Don’t forget the dungarees.

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Nevermind, I’m a couple months behind and posted something that was done already. 

Edited July 30, 2022 by Vito Andolini

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This was a dumb episode.  The creators of the show are brilliant.

Both are true.

 

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35 minutes ago, PilotsError said:

This was a dumb episode.  The creators of the show are brilliant.

Both are true.

 

I’m curious. What do you think was dumb about it, exactly?

 

[shadow_operative 15,932]

there's got to be a scientific name for this phenomena where people both a)become wildly upset at literally any criticism of their tv show, and then b)immediately dismiss any and all criticisms of the show/act as if the show is infallible. it's the same exact group of posters every single time, completely incredulous that anyone could say anything critical of their show, while altogether refusing to acknowledge even one flaw throughout the entire history of said show, using rock solid arguments like, "well the show is based on an unrealistic premise, therefore anything goes", as hg pointed out. seen it play out time and time again on this board, and it will never not be strange and a bit sad and weird and juvenile. oh well. you can't stop what's coming.

Edited July 30, 2022 by shadow_operative

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6 hours ago, Sawbonz said:

This is a show where a guy walked miles through a desert with no water to deliver 7M in cash to the court after being saved from a cartel ambush by an 80 yo with a sniper rifle and you are griping about the implausibility of him finding out where a cabbie lives?

yeah, uh, i pretty famously griped about the implausibility of that too. same with gus's prescience. whenever something doesn't make sense to me i point it out and ask about it. then, 17 of y'all trip over yourselves to deepthroat the show and basically say that it's impossible for anything in this show to ever be less than perfect. the it's high fives all around. fun thread. 

Edited July 30, 2022 by shadow_operative

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Some people get all defensive about things they have blind spots about.  It's human nature and just an immutable fact- like a Rick Barnes early exit in March.

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41 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

17 of y'all trip over yourselves to deepthroat the show and basically say that it's impossible for anything in this show to ever be less than perfect. the it's high fives all around.

Lol

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2 hours ago, oSuJeff97 said:

I’m curious. What do you think was dumb about it, exactly?

 

as if it's just impossible for you to even imagine that anyone could have any criticism of your favorite show. 

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49 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

there's got to be a scientific name for this phenomena where people both a)become wildly upset at literally any criticism.

 

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4 minutes ago, F250 said:

 

again, y'all keep repeating this and high fiving yourselves, but i'm not the one who's lost his cool in this discussion. that would be your guy trey, and to a lesser extent several more of you. i don't get upset when people say something critical of a tv show that i watch. and THAT is the real irony here. 

Edited July 30, 2022 by shadow_operative

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Thread came back to life for a day and now it's kilt again.  RIP X 2

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31 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

again, y'all keep repeating this and high fiving yourselves, but i'm not the one who's lost his cool in this discussion. that would be your guy trey, and to a lesser extent several more of you. i don't get upset when people say something critical of a tv show that i watch. and THAT is the real irony here. 

[oSuJeff97 3,435]

1 hour ago, shadow_operative said:

as if it's just impossible for you to even imagine that anyone could have any criticism of your favorite show. 

I asked a pretty simple question and wasn’t a dick about it. I’m genuinely curious how someone could like the show and think that episode was “dumb.”

As such, saying “that was dumb” is pretty vapid and pointless criticism. It’s something a 10-year-old would say about something they don’t understand.

Furthermore, BCS is far from my favorite show, and if you vagina gets all sandy about discussion of a show in a show discussion thread, then, well, the door’s right there, man. 

 

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14 hours ago, Trey3216 said:

OP in that Reddit post threw a grenade into a campfire to see how many mouthbreathers he could lure in.  Seems he did well.   

I now understand that a 10 minute scene on wine was appropriate and necessary.

2 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

there's got to be a scientific name for this phenomena where people both a)become wildly upset at literally any criticism of their tv show, and then b)immediately dismiss any and all criticisms of the show/act as if the show is infallible. it's the same exact group of posters every single time, completely incredulous that anyone could say anything critical of their show, while altogether refusing to acknowledge even one flaw throughout the entire history of said show, using rock solid arguments like, "well the show is based on an unrealistic premise, therefore anything goes", as hg pointed out. seen it play out time and time again on this board, and it will never not be strange and a bit sad and weird and juvenile. oh well. you can't stop what's coming.

"fanboys"

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28 minutes ago, oSuJeff97 said:

 

Furthermore, BCS is far from my favorite show, and if you vagina gets all sandy about discussion of a show in a show discussion thread, then, well, the door’s right there, man. 

 

again- if there is one single person here who isn't getting upset by this discussion it's me. tell this to literally anyone else in this discussion but me. 

as for the rest of your post, your question is just as vapid and lazy as the take that has you so flummoxed. the general consensus in this thread is that very few people liked this episode; the sentiment on the internet is the same, including a "worst episode ever?" article which was linked here. and after all of that, you come in here all puzzled, asking, "so uh, what about the episode did you find not to be likable?", as if that hasn't been extensively covered over the last several days. come on man. you know the answers to that question.

Edited July 30, 2022 by shadow_operative

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Pro tip: Put Derka on ignore.

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8 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

again, y'all keep repeating this and high fiving yourselves, but i'm not the one who's lost his cool in this discussion. that would be your guy trey, and to a lesser extent several more of you. i don't get upset when people say something critical of a tv show that i watch. and THAT is the real irony here. 

You didn’t have any cool to lose, and no one here lost theirs.   We got annoyed with your tangential tirade about how things can be quite easily explained if you pay attention. 

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[HornPhD 1,368]

Tweet from this morning. Is the use of “nippy” a head fake?

 

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1 hour ago, HornPhD said:

Tweet from this morning. Is the use of “nippy” a head fake?

 

I always thought “Nippy” was a reference to Saul getting involved with Walt and Jesse since the dessert was freezing when he’s kidnapped (at least behind the scenes it was). Obviously my theory about last week’s episode being BB-era based on the title was wrong. This week’s episode is titled “Breaking Bad” I believe so that combined with the “nippy” reference in the Tweet could be indicative of a Walt and Jesse appearance or another headfake

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1 hour ago, HornPhD said:

Tweet from this morning. Is the use of “nippy” a head fake?

 

Not a headfake, imo.  Jeff and Carol Burnett are both back based on photos of the upcoming episode that have been released.

Out of all the predictions about who Carol Burnett is (besides Jeff's mom), the craziest I've read is that she's WW's mom.  

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14 minutes ago, GTX Horn said:

I always thought “Nippy” was a reference to Saul getting involved with Walt and Jesse since the dessert was freezing when he’s kidnapped

nothing like an ice-cream sandwich at gunpoint.

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Gene didn’t have a ready answer when he was asked about Nippy iirc. Perhaps more evidence that Carol caught on

[Lurch 5,931]

Biggest question for me:

BB ended with an EPIC crescendo. Does BCS have enough gunpowder to match it?

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7 hours ago, GTX Horn said:

I always thought “Nippy” was a reference to Saul getting involved with Walt and Jesse since the dessert was freezing when he’s kidnapped (at least behind the scenes it was). Obviously my theory about last week’s episode being BB-era based on the title was wrong. This week’s episode is titled “Breaking Bad” I believe so that combined with the “nippy” reference in the Tweet could be indicative of a Walt and Jesse appearance or another headfake

Way back when fans floated the idea that The Walking Dead takes place in the Breaking Bad universe.

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Wow. Just wow. Those flashbacks were perfectly done

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[billfromlaketravis 11,515]

Really strong episode. Slipping’ Jimmy just couldn’t stay away from the whores and money. 
 

I feel a bit shortchanged on the Kim conversation, but I did like how they shot it. Also best phone booth destruction scene since Goodfellas. 
 

Other than the feds, who’s looking for Jimmy? Also probably not a great idea to hide in plain sight two states away. 

 

 

[dcbc 14,487]

Solid episode.  The match dissolve from the grave to Gene in bed was perfect.

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LOL at the "Bill Oakley switched sides" line.

[BigOrange1 6,442]

great episode.  gene has broken bad.