Better Call Saul- returns August 6th

[Scraps 13567]

I know it's a few episodes ago, but I am so glad Chuck died.  His shit was becoming tiresome.  

Let's turn it up to 11 now.  

 

[Guest Lobo]

If he's on payroll, he's gonna have to either opt-in or opt-out of health insurance.  assuming he's not just the guy on the fry machine at Pollos (which is a red flag considering his education and teaching experience).   Let's assume he'd be Asst. Manager material (or better) at Pollos or even Madrigal.  So that kinda position is gonna be eligible for health insurance.  Crazy for him to opt-out of health insurance, even during remission.  He'll need as much care as he can still get under his coverage.  But the new plan will wonder how he paid for his old care.  If he opts out, looks even stranger.  I think they kept him off the books because of the insurance question.  And because Walt didn't want them (Gus & Co.) knowing any more about his family than they already did (assuming it was a family plan).  

[Goo Punch 4275]

i think hg hasn't nailed it. this isn't even a show about saul goodman yet, and it feels like we have to be getting cleo to/beyond the halfway point of the series. they need to get us to saul goodman sooner than later.

[henrygandorf 29194]

it's hardly even a show about jimmy right now.

[Goo Punch 4275]

has* nailed it, obviously.

[TornACL 7721]

I'd like to volunteer to be Kim's rebound dude whenever this thing with Jimmy eventually falls apart.

[NorthLoop 14218]

2 hours ago, TornACL said:

I'd like to volunteer to be Kim's rebound dude whenever this thing with Jimmy eventually falls apart.

My bet is she dies so that's gross

[TornACL 7721]

22 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

My bet is she dies so that's gross

I was wondering if Jimmy walking away from the copier sales job was foreshadowing of his relationship with Kim.

[Guest Lobo]

I’m guessing she leaves him out of disgust once he totally breaks Saul.  All the love and admiration we’ve accrued for her will be lost like tears in the rain when she looks upon jimmy in dismay and says, “chuck was right about one thing...jimmy with a law degree is like a gorilla with a bazooka.  You’re not a lawyer anymore, you’re a conman with a law degree.  You’re Slipping James McGill, esquire.   I can’t be with you like this.  I don’t even know who you are anymore.”  

 

And she moves to Alamogordo to hang her shingle and move on with her life.  

Edited August 15, 2018 by Lobo

[NorthLoop 14218]

Or she moves back home to Nebraska (isn't she from there originally?) and runs into him at the Cinnabon. 

[Guest Lobo]

my jokey post aside, that’s an interesting point.  She is from somewhere near Kansas/Nebraska area.  Of all the gin joints for jimmy/Saul/gene to end up in, she could very well haves moved back to that area.  Can’t be that hard to pass the Nebraska bar exam once you’ve conquered the New Mexico gauntlet.  

[NoRagrets 1125]

They've got to be setting up a final episode with an awkward Kim at Cinnabon meeting.

Nacho is my favorite character in the series with Kim a close second.

Gus, Mike, and jimmy look really old.

Kim is so believable as a kind of hot, driven attorney. Excellent casting.

 

[henrygandorf 29194]

it would be totally normal and believable for kim to just move on with her life.  but this is tv, and there would be so many people clamoring for some sort of kim closure shouting from the rooftops, "if she's still alive, then why come we never done saw her in the breaking bads??!!"  so yeah, she'll probably die.

[NorthLoop 14218]

34 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

it would be totally normal and believable for kim to just move on with her life.  

It would also be boring, which is what yall been complaining about in the first place. 

[RPM 26326]

2 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

"if she's still alive, then why come we never done saw her in the breaking bads??!!"  so yeah, she'll probably die.

Good point, but allow me to counter... Let's take NorthLoop's suggestion she moved back home once Saul shows up. She wouldn't have been in NM during the Heisenberg era. There's plenty of wiggle room with her character before after BCS. But I wouldn't put it past Vince to kill her off. Nobody is safe in his world.

[henrygandorf 29194]

8 hours ago, RPM said:

Good point, but allow me to counter... Let's take NorthLoop's suggestion she moved back home once Saul shows up. She wouldn't have been in NM during the Heisenberg era. There's plenty of wiggle room with her character before after BCS. But I wouldn't put it past Vince to kill her off. Nobody is safe in his world.

i agree that the more likely real world scenario is nothing overly complicated.  something like, "she just moved away."  what i'm saying is that because of the fans who lose their shit over tiny cameos and anything else related to bb, i have a bad feeling they're gonna kill her off to avoid those questions.

even on shaggy there were plenty of people during season one saying, "i wonder how kim is going to die because she's not in breaking bad."  i made fun of those people now, and will continue to, all the way until her untimely demise.

[JimmyHoffa 1188]

1 hour ago, henrygandorf said:

i agree that the more likely real world scenario is nothing overly complicated.  something like, "she just moved away."  what i'm saying is that because of the fans who lose their shit over tiny cameos and anything else related to bb, i have a bad feeling they're gonna kill her off to avoid those questions.

even on shaggy there were plenty of people during season one saying, "i wonder how kim is going to die because she's not in breaking bad."  i made fun of those people now, and will continue to, all the way until her untimely demise.

 

This. It's why the show and it's fans are it's own worst enemy sometimes. Of course not everyone needs to die or be written off the show in some spectacular way but however it does happen people will be pissed or call it lame. 

[Hugh G. Rection 156]

She really enjoyed pulling cons with Slippin Jimmy earlier.  What if she is part of Saul's deeds, just not where she has been seen yet?

[notre dame joe 190]

On ‎8‎/‎14‎/‎2018 at 2:19 PM, henrygandorf said:

  seems like a dumb move for a smart ex-cop to make.

Not as dumb as a cop-killer getting a job as a courthouse parking attendant.

[Radiator 0]

This past episode was pretty solid.  The show may move slowly but it is quality.

[HouTex 1887]

Not as dumb as a cop-killer getting a job as a courthouse parking attendant.

Those cops deserved it.

[RPM 26326]

Greetings Prof Boetticher!

[BigDHornfan 6549]

That was fucking awesome!

[BluTechsan 393]

This show delivers on so many levels - I almost don't want it to catch up to the BB timeline.

[Bobby Light 76]

I just love this show.

[Goo Punch 4275]

holy shit, i actually had to memorize the first part of that periodic table song that Gale was singing when i was in elementary school. i still know it to this day. it's one of my stupid human tricks. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

and yeah, again, the rewatchability of these episodes just won't be there. i'm enjoying the show, but i don't really see myself rewatching any of this season to this point. kind of disappointed that we waited so long for this season and it's just kind of moseying a long and we don't seem to be any closer to Jimmy becoming Saul. This episode all took place in, what, over the span of two total days? This isn't going to be a 20+ episode season, so i wish we'd speed things up a bit.

[bernorange 8362]

Episode last night showed the rift developing between Jimmy and Kim.  My guess is that when she learns about Jimmy's theft of the figurine, it will be the final straw and she will leave him which will accelerate his spiral into becoming Saul.  Jimmy is also making new friends in low places.

[Moby Ric 2058]

I'm not so sure that was the real letter from Chuck.

[PilotsError 2309]

It was handwritten, no?  Hard thing to fake.

[HouTex 1887]

7 minutes ago, Moby Ric said:

I'm not so sure that was the real letter from Chuck.

Agreed.  Might explain why Kim was so emotional.  She knew what Chuck really said.

[BluTechsan 393]

Could be but what would be the point of the fake letter? Jimmy didn't know of it's existence so why write it? 

As written, it appeared to have been from years earlier but was still a complete contradiction to how Chuck felt about Jimmy later on and therefore couldn't have been any comfort.

[ernest_t_bass 1196]

GALE!

[oSuJeff97 3435]

Great episode last night.

Man, Reah Seehorn is just knocking out of the freaking park as Kim.  Just give her the Emmy right now.

As for the cartel stuff... awesome as usual. Love every moment "the Cousins" are on screen.  They are so perfect.

[HouTex 1887]

22 minutes ago, BluTechsan said:

Could be but what would be the point of the fake letter? Jimmy didn't know of it's existence so why write it? 

As written, it appeared to have been from years earlier but was still a complete contradiction to how Chuck felt about Jimmy later on and therefore couldn't have been any comfort.

Just guessing here.  Jimmy could hear about the letter from Hamlin so Kim had to deliver it.  But Hamlin did not read it so Kim could write her own because she did not want Jimmy to experience any more heartache.  I don't recall the line that the letter was hand written.  If it was, then it likely was real.

[F250 28788]

So many people showing up on BCS that will die because of Walter White.

[WBT 20635]

Gale showing up sent me to youtube to watch Jesse killing him.  It's still tough to watch, Aaron Paul was so great in that scene.  Half Measures and Full Measure were the peak of the series for me.

[Pokoloco 1281]

16 minutes ago, WBT said:

Gale showing up sent me to youtube to watch Jesse killing him.  It's still tough to watch, Aaron Paul was so great in that scene.  Half Measures and Full Measure were the peak of the series for me.

Just watched that. Amazing scene.

Great episode last night, I was physically uncomfortable the whole time the guy was stuck in the office trying to steal the dumb statue. Love seeing Joe Derosa too.

 

[NWBuck 8571]

Given her scene with all of the models, I'm wondering if the expansion of Mesa Verde is what takes Kim out of the BB universe- if she becomes their full time counsel and goes national with them.

[PilotsError 2309]

I think that scene showed she's horrified at the thought of continuing on as their counsel.

[BluTechsan 393]

11 minutes ago, PilotsError said:

I think that scene showed she's horrified at the thought of continuing on as their counsel.

That was my take as well

[BluTechsan 393]

1 hour ago, F250 said:

So many people showing up on BCS that will die because of Walter White.

😳

[Pokoloco 1281]

31 minutes ago, PilotsError said:

I think that scene showed she's horrified at the thought of continuing on as their counsel.

That could be. Could be, "who's gonna take care of Jimmy when I do this"

[HouTex 1887]

I think that scene showed she's horrified at the thought of continuing on as their counsel.

My thought as well. They will need at least a regional, if not national, firm to handle the legal work and Kim is smart enough to know that. She could do a piece of it and make sure good local counsel is selected in each state, but this is way beyond the capacity of a solo practitioner.

[Baboontyme 2814]

I was a little buzzed up watching after golf league but in regards to the letter, was I the only one wondering if Jimmy was making it up on the fly? And Kim knew.

[UT_OB1 2224]

9 minutes ago, Baboontyme said:

I was a little buzzed up watching after golf league but in regards to the letter, was I the only one wondering if Jimmy was making it up on the fly? And Kim knew.

This is what I was thinking.  He was making up as he went.  She read the letter.  Did we not see at the end of the last season that he wrote that before he did the fire?  I may be making that part up in my head.

[PilotsError 2309]

People.

Charles wrote the letter, clearly at an earlier time.  Jimmy is already slipping into Saul and his killing Charles in his head emotionally.  Kim is full of emotion right now and hearing the kind(ish) words from a recently deceased brother of her bf made her cry.  She then got upset at Jimmy's lack of giving a shit.

Don't complicate this.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

I think y'all are reading way too much into the letter.  Chuck wrote it.  Jimmy wasn't making it up, she was standing right there.  I think it was just a way to demonstrate how Jimmy had separated from the situation emotionally, a key part of him becoming Saul.  Kim knew both of them and is emotionally invested in their lives, and like any normal person, is upset how it all went down.  The fact that Jimmy has put up this wall is part of the reason why Kim and him will never make it.  That is my take at least.

[henrygandorf 29194]

first pete, and now repeat ^^.

for a show called better call saul, i'm very happy with all the stories, except jimmy's.  he's kinda stuck.  the cartel stuff is great, although i thought we lost mando for a second.  that would've sucked.  obviously we know the gale backstory, so i'm not super stoked about going through the specifics of that, unless there are some unexpected/interesting twists or details.

i think i just miss jimmy being an actual practicing attorney, even if he's not saul.  all the elder law + lawsuit stuff was great.  the last season or so we're just not getting as much of jimmy the lawyer.  in bb, saul was a lot of things, but not a petty thief.  i guess i was just hoping jimmy would morph into saul behind a desk in an office.  we shall see.

 

[HouTex 1887]

I'm wondering if the thief got the statues mixed up. The manager flushed the toilet right as the thief was about to make the switch.