Better Call Saul- returns August 6th

[PilotsError 2308]

So in the Breaking Bad opening, he hands his receptionist a card and says tell em Jimmy sent you.  Very few people would know him as Jimmy.  Who do we think he's sending her to as he's getting ready to run?  Kim? Hamlan?

[Guest Lobo]

I would think it's still the ex-fil guy because he has to know what somebody's real name is in order to scrub as much as he can before issuing new ID's.  At some point, for Bar Assoc. purposes, Jimmy does legally change his name to Saul Goodman.  But he's certainly still very well known as James McGill/Jimmy all throughout New Mexico.  Old apartment leases, car titles, paystubs, and lest we forget the guy shot multiple commercials so his name/face combo are a known commodity around ABQ/Sante Fe.  So I would think the ex-fil operator knows him as that.

[JimmyHoffa 1188]

39 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

Jimmy is smart.  He is going to build a loyal client base during his probation and hit the ground running like a motherfucker.

It's also the only juice he gets in life. He LOVES the game. 

[PilotsError 2308]

The ex fil guy was a separate phone call.  The instruction he gave to the receptionist was specifically Jimmy, not Saul.  He wasn't sending her to get a new identity.  I think the whole point of the open was for that line.  Has to be someone we already know.  I can't re-watch but I'm 90 percent sure he was sending her to lawyers.  "Talk to my lawyer."

[ernest_t_bass 1196]

4 hours ago, UTCzech III said:

 I kept expecting the bikers to circle back and whip their asses.

This

[Radical Larry 28648]

[Jerry Callo 8705]

Good clip.  His impersonation of Jonathan Banks was spot on.

Edited September 7, 2018 by Jerry Callo

[Landomatic 3813]

That's awesome.  He's a bigger douche in real life than he is on the show.

[KaiserSoze 998]

2 hours ago, Jerry Callo said:

Good clip.  His impersonation of Jonathan Banks was spot on.

That was pretty great- I skipped back and listened to that part a 2nd time.

[PilotsError 2308]

58 minutes ago, Landomatic said:

That's awesome.  He's a bigger douche in real life than he is on the show.

lol what?

[Landomatic 3813]

4 hours ago, PilotsError said:

lol what?

Which part do you need help understanding?

[Radical Larry 28648]

[Lurch 5931]

Here. We. Go.

[Lurch 5931]

There he is

[Guest Lobo]

Great Oscar pick in "Howard's End".  Has to do with some wills & estates issues, appropriate for the phone call Jimmy gets.  Also, it appears as if we are actually seeing the beginning of the end of Howard Hamlin.  

[BigOrange1 6442]

i knew jimmy was gonna get back at those punk asses. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

the gus fring speech was hackneyed and had me rolling my eyes, but the episode closed out very strong with some jimmy justice. was that huell btw? i couldn't tell. also, next week's episode looks promising.

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4 hours ago, Lobo said:

Also, it appears as if we are actually seeing the beginning of the end of Howard Hamlin.  

I think Jimmy did Howard a solid. Sure he hates the guy, but it really hurt him to see HHM swirling down the toilet. He knew which buttons to push to restoke Howard's furnace.

They shoulda taken the deal. HUELL!!! 

[LonghornGoodfella 114]

Ho hum episode but does end well. Yeah that was Huell and his boy helping out. Good to see him get back and scare the little punks. 

Good scene with Jimmy lighting a fire under Howard's ass. 

[PilotsError 2308]

On 9/7/2018 at 3:55 PM, Landomatic said:

Which part do you need help understanding?

There was nothing douchey about that interview, you stupid fuck.

[Lurch 5931]

10 hours ago, Goo Punch said:

the gus fring speech was hackneyed and had me rolling my eyes

https://uproxx.com/tv/better-call-saul-pinata-true-statements/

 

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5. Gus practiced that speech he gave to Hector

I know it. He had to. Have you ever tried giving a speech that long, complete with a story about your youth, just off the top of your head? It’s impossible. You’d be all “Wait. Crap. Did I explain the tree well enough? Let me try again. You really need to understand the tree to get all of this.” Especially with the delivery like that, with the building menace. Gus is cool and calculated and scary but I know he practiced that speech before he delivered it in that hospital room. I like to picture him in the car on the way over there, sitting in the back, looking over his note cards, asking his driver if he should cut the line about smelling like hay. Or like him reading a book titled like “Evil Monologues: How a Simple Story From Your Youth Can Intimidate Your Nemesis.” Something like that.

But I guess that’s not the real takeaway here. And the real takeaway is also not the thing where Gus’s decision to keep Hector alive would eventually lead to his downfall, his own cruelty resulting in half of his face melting off in a nursing home, even if the close-up on the finger that would eventually ding the bell of doom would like us all to believe it. No, the real takeaway here is that Gus was a terrifying child. 

Jesus Christ.

 

[Landomatic 3813]

8 hours ago, PilotsError said:

There was nothing douchey about that interview, you stupid fuck.

Why so mad?  Sorry I offended your doc martins, your colored skinny jeans, your man jewelry and your frosted tips

[Goo Punch 4275]

On 9/7/2018 at 6:39 AM, Radical Larry said:

 

holy shit he does a great jonathan banks.

[henrygandorf 29194]

19 hours ago, Goo Punch said:

the gus fring speech was hackneyed and had me rolling my eyes, but the episode closed out very strong with some jimmy justice. was that huell btw? i couldn't tell. also, next week's episode looks promising.

it wasn't terrible, but yeah, i see what you're saying.  it's a little different because we know how it ends (as that link mentions).

ever since mike's "half-measures" speech, they've been trying to recreate it.  even cranston tried to mimic something similar in sneaky pete, and it was about the worst thing i've ever seen a good actor do.  went on and on and on, with zero intent and less of a point made.  it was the opposite of memorable, as tv scenes go.

i could watch a spin-off the 6-8 months of mike supervising the germans.

the jimmy-kim split has been coming on forever, so i'm glad they finally got there.  the transformation is almost complete.

[Goo Punch 4275]

3 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

it wasn't terrible, but yeah, i see what you're saying.  it's a little different because we know how it ends (as that link mentions).

ever since mike's "half-measures" speech, they've been trying to recreate it.  even cranston tried to mimic something similar in sneaky pete, and it was about the worst thing i've ever seen a good actor do.  went on and on and on, with zero intent and less of a point made.  it was the opposite of memorable, as tv scenes go.

i could watch a spin-off the 6-8 months of mike supervising the germans.

the jimmy-kim split has been coming on forever, so i'm glad they finally got there.  the transformation is almost complete.

absolutely. and our boy kai might want to tread lightly going forward. 

[Francisco 2.0 32395]

3 minutes ago, Goo Punch said:

absolutely. and our boy kai might want to tread lightly going forward. 

He's gonna end up in the concrete of the lab.

[Guest Lobo]

Isn’t ‘K’ on the periodic table of elements?

[Chet Steadman 940]

Nice use of the cable F-bomb during Jimmy’s speech.  

[Radical Larry 28648]

F-bombs have been flying freely in a lot of cable shows lately. Snowfall must have at least 10 per episode. 

[Baboontyme 2814]

Just watched. 

Can't believe people were saying last week's episode was one of the best. I appreciate the slow grind of the show more than many it would seem but last week in particular....nothing at all happened. I mean nothing. 

This week's episode was a lot of fun. Some good Mike. Some good Jimmy. Some good Howard. Some Gus, some Germans. Some planting of the Jimmy/Kimmy spllit. We can see where this thing is heading and what adventures might await us. I liked this week's episode a lot more than last weeks. 

[JimmyHoffa 1188]

Good ep. The pieces are slowly coming together.......

[miguelito 11266]

If they can say the fuck-word, can Kim get naked?

[oSuJeff97 3435]

12 hours ago, Radical Larry said:

F-bombs have been flying freely in a lot of cable shows lately. Snowfall must have at least 10 per episode. 

This issue came up during the "People vs. OJ" series when Sarah Paulson dropped the F-bomb.  Seipenwall addressed it... The interesting thing is that all cable networks could basically do what HBO does -- F-bombs, boobs, etc.; they don't have to obey any FCC "standards" because they aren't governed by the FCC in that way like the traditional over-the-air broadcast networks are.  Essentially they've always just shied away from profanity, nudity, etc., because their advertisers didn't want them to do it.

HBO obviously has no advertiser concerns so they've never worried about it.  I guess what happens now is that a lot of the "prestige" shows can do it because the advertisers don't mind because they know that the audience for those shows is largely older, more affluent, etc.

I wouldn't be surprised if one of these shows goes the nudity route at some point. 

Edited September 12, 2018 by oSuJeff97

[oSuJeff97 3435]

14 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

He's gonna end up in the concrete of the lab.

I'm not sure.

I feel like the Kai thing was a little too "on the nose."  It would be more interesting to set him up as the "trouble maker" but then he ends up being some kind of great problem solver or something.

[ernest_t_bass 1196]

13 minutes ago, oSuJeff97 said:

I wouldn't be surprised if one of these shows goes the nudity route at some point. 

FX's The Americans has plenty of PG-13 nudity, and plenty of 'R' rated simulated sex. 

[bamachine 1231]

5 minutes ago, ernest_t_bass said:

FX's The Americans has plenty of PG-13 nudity, and plenty of 'R' rated simulated sex. 

Mmm, Nina and Elizabeth ass.

Edited September 12, 2018 by bamachine

[lateshow 1304]

48 minutes ago, oSuJeff97 said:

This issue came up during the "People vs. OJ" series when Sarah Paulson dropped the F-bomb.  Seipenwall addressed it... The interesting thing is that all cable networks could basically do what HBO does -- F-bombs, boobs, etc.; they don't have to obey any FCC "standards" because they aren't governed by the FCC in that way like the traditional over-the-air broadcast networks are.  Essentially they've always just shied away from profanity, nudity, etc., because their advertisers didn't want them to do it.

HBO obviously has no advertiser concerns so they've never worried about it.  I guess what happens now is that a lot of the "prestige" shows can do it because the advertisers don't mind because they know that the audience for those shows is largely older, more affluent, etc.

I wouldn't be surprised if one of these shows goes the nudity route at some point. 

Yellowstone on Paramount Network has already broken that barrier. 

[pepper brooks 580]

I felt like the last two episodes have been outstanding.  the pieces are coming together nicely, and it's getting really fun to watch.

[Thiefery 5015]

So.. anyone wonder how those young punks are getting down?

[Chet Steadman 940]

1 hour ago, pepper brooks said:

I felt like the last two episodes have been outstanding.  the pieces are coming together nicely, and it's getting really fun to watch.

Agreed.  The last two have been exceptional.  

Do we know what the writers have in mind for the end date of BCS?  They’re obviously not ones to milk a series (see: B.B.) however I can’t help but get the feeling next season may be its last.  

[TornACL 7721]

15 hours ago, Radical Larry said:

F-bombs have been flying freely in a lot of cable shows lately. Snowfall must have at least 10 per episode. 

It's always fun when they come back from commercial with the "scenes intended for mature audiences" and you know some vulgarities are going to be flying around!

[Guest Lobo]

2 hours ago, Thiefery said:

So.. anyone wonder how those young punks are getting down?

Huell can hang tight in a hotel room in perpetuity, those little fuckers can hang tight in a pinata store for a few days.  Don't start no shit, won't be no shit.  

[Landomatic 3813]

7 hours ago, oSuJeff97 said:

This issue came up during the "People vs. OJ" series when Sarah Paulson dropped the F-bomb.  Seipenwall addressed it... The interesting thing is that all cable networks could basically do what HBO does -- F-bombs, boobs, etc.; they don't have to obey any FCC "standards" because they aren't governed by the FCC in that way like the traditional over-the-air broadcast networks are.  Essentially they've always just shied away from profanity, nudity, etc., because their advertisers didn't want them to do it.

HBO obviously has no advertiser concerns so they've never worried about it.  I guess what happens now is that a lot of the "prestige" shows can do it because the advertisers don't mind because they know that the audience for those shows is largely older, more affluent, etc.

I wouldn't be surprised if one of these shows goes the nudity route at some point. 

I don't remember it from watching it round one, but Breaking Bad had some boobs in the scene where there was a drug bust at that house and Jessie climbed out the neighbors window when I rewatched it on Netflix.  Was it in originally or added later?  Or was it edited out round one when it was on on AMC?

[henrygandorf 29194]

1 hour ago, Landomatic said:

I don't remember it from watching it round one, but Breaking Bad had some boobs in the scene where there was a drug bust at that house and Jessie climbed out the neighbors window when I rewatched it on Netflix.  Was it in originally or added later?  Or was it edited out round one when it was on on AMC?

it definitely wasn't added later, because that's not something that happens.  i would assume it was in the first cut, likely on purpose to get s&p at amc to look past some of the language and violence.

[RPM 26326]

I've noticed a lot of questionable stuff (language/nudity) is shown on original airings, but is blurred/deleted from reruns. I'm sure there's a reason behind it.

[UTCzech III 2907]

I only watched Breaking Bad on Netflix (never got into it originally, binged it last summer), and there was a lot of language/nudity that was probably blurred out or "silenced" when it was on AMC.  I know the scene with Jesse at the strip club in one of the first seasons had a ton of boobage in it, that I am sure was cut out when it was on cable.

[UTCzech III 2907]

Goddam edit clock.  To add to that, my wife and I binged BCS this summer because she had never seen it and I wanted her to watch it.  There were was definitely language in the Netflix version that was censored when it was originally broadcast.

[Catdaddyhorn 3446]

11 hours ago, oSuJeff97 said:

This issue came up during the "People vs. OJ" series when Sarah Paulson dropped the F-bomb.  Seipenwall addressed it... The interesting thing is that all cable networks could basically do what HBO does -- F-bombs, boobs, etc.; they don't have to obey any FCC "standards" because they aren't governed by the FCC in that way like the traditional over-the-air broadcast networks are.  Essentially they've always just shied away from profanity, nudity, etc., because their advertisers didn't want them to do it.

HBO obviously has no advertiser concerns so they've never worried about it.  I guess what happens now is that a lot of the "prestige" shows can do it because the advertisers don't mind because they know that the audience for those shows is largely older, more affluent, etc.

I wouldn't be surprised if one of these shows goes the nudity route at some point. 

Exactly, cable shows have always had the ability to do what they want if they aren't  concerned with pissing off advertisers.  I remember we saw some glorious boobs in the first season of The Americans.  Nip Tuck was the first standard cable show I remember to breach this imaginary line. 

Edited September 13, 2018 by Catdaddyhorn

[Landomatic 3813]

9 hours ago, Catdaddyhorn said:

Nip Tuck was the first standard cable show I remember to breach this imaginary line. 

Not sure I’d really count boobs getting cut open during surgery.  Not judging but that just doesn’t really do it for me.  Christian snorting lines of blow off Kimber’s tight ass on the other hand...

[PilotsError 2308]

I liked the episode where he made the chubby girl wear a paper bag.