Better Call Saul- returns August 6th

[Lurch 5930]

It’s not about disagreeing. Its about unnecessarily dwelling on the fact that there is a disagreement and insulting those who do. You have a different take. Great. State it and move on rather than trying to make the rest of as miserable as you.

 

It’s a fucking TV show.

 

God dammit.

 

I’ve said my piece. Get in your last word if you must and let’s get back to the show.

[Antidean 200]

The German boys need to get laid, you know... R&R. 

 

[TornACL 7698]

48 minutes ago, NoRagrets said:

I thought the episode sans construction was amazing. Love the growing apart montage. It's brilliant tv. And it culminated in jimmy going full DB and embarrassing Kim (I think on purpose) bc he's still bitter that she doesn't want to office with him anymore.

Also Gus' mussel sauce looked amazing.

 

The opening was great. Earlier in this thread people wondered how they'd move the timeline along. Well, they did so gracefully, in about 5 minutes, while also providing us with the setup for the episode. They're certainly growing apart, but it's not like it's a relationship that's going to wither away and die. It definitely seems that it's building up to some catastrophic moment.

Rhea Seehorn is such a great actress. The way she reacts when the prosecutor described her boyfriend as a deadbeat selling drop phones, or whatever, was great. Last time she negotiated she was a rock. This time she was ever so slightly rattled. She's going to be hearing those words in her sleep at night.

[usmc0331horn 953]

I thought it was good but not great. But not every episode needs to be great. Enjoy the ride on this terrific show gents.

[Baboontyme 2812]

I liked it. I liked it a lot. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

57 minutes ago, Lurch said:

It’s not about disagreeing. Its about unnecessarily dwelling on the fact that there is a disagreement and insulting those who do. You have a different take. Great. State it and move on rather than trying to make the rest of as miserable as you.

 

It’s a fucking TV show.

 

God dammit.

 

I’ve said my piece. Get in your last word if you must and let’s get back to the show.

clearly i don't need to try to make you miserable. perhaps take into consideration whether anything i've said in this thread really warranted such a dramatic response. 

 

 

Edited September 19, 2018 by Goo Punch

[Goo Punch 4275]

here's what i don't get- if we were sitting around talking about the show in person, would you be sitting in your chair a few feet from me just fuming because i contend that what we're seeing now doesn't hold up to the best from the bb universe? i can only speak if i loved the show, otherwise you'll just lose it? that's how you'd react if this were a real life flowing conversation? i don't think so.

i was reading the same ehlinger thread a little while ago and someone described his play against usc as "phenomenal". then other people came in and said, "no, i don't think he was phenomenal in that game." now i'm in this thread where people are claiming this was some outstanding piece of television, and i'm not allowed to say, "no, i don't think it was"? That's derka'd? That's what's got you huffing and puffing and crying about the thread being ruined? why can't you respond with why you think this episode was so great? or just silently disagree and move on? 

Edited September 19, 2018 by Goo Punch

[Red Five 40859]

I like Kim’s pajamas.

[UTCzech III 2907]

Not sure how to embed, but similar to the series they did on Gus Fring's tips for being a good employee, now we get Mike's security tips.

https://www.amc.com/shows/better-call-saul-employee-training/season-2/episode-01-employee-accountability

[Noah Fence 480]

18 minutes ago, Red Five said:

I like Kim’s pajamas.

They would look great on my floor.

[TornACL 7698]

32 minutes ago, Goo Punch said:

here's what i don't get- if we were sitting around talking about the show in person, would you be sitting in your chair a few feet from me just fuming because i contend that what we're seeing now doesn't hold up to the best from the bb universe? i can only speak if i loved the show, otherwise you'll just lose it? that's how you'd react if this were a real life flowing conversation? i don't think so.

i was reading the same ehlinger thread a little while ago and someone described his play against usc as "phenomenal". then other people came in and said, "no, i don't think he was phenomenal in that game." now i'm in this thread where people are claiming this was some outstanding piece of television, and i'm not allowed to say, "no, i don't think it was"? That's derka'd? That's what's got you huffing and puffing and crying about the thread being ruined? why can't you respond with why you think this episode was so great? or just silently disagree and move on? 

FUCKING LET IT GO JESUS.

[Goo Punch 4275]

7 minutes ago, TornACL said:

FUCKING LET IT GO JESUS.

no. you're the ones making the huge deal out of it and i don't get it at all. quit acting like a 13 year old girl with the over the top dramatics and explain to me why my absolutely benign responses are causing you to freak out. if you can point out something that i'm not seeing and make some sense of your reaction then you can help prevent these epic meltdowns in the future. losing your shit and acting like a child only doubles down the whatever perceived derka'ing is taking place. explain it to me. 

Edited September 19, 2018 by Goo Punch

[Lurch 5930]

You can’t see it. It’s obvious to the rest of us. We cannot help you.

[Goo Punch 4275]

Just now, Lurch said:

You can’t see it. It’s obvious to the rest of us. We cannot help you.

then put me on ignore and shut the fuck up about it. you and one other guy going spastic over nothing does not constitute "the rest of us get it and you don't."

[Lurch 5930]

You’re right. Good talk.

Back to the show.

[PilotsError 2287]

What do we think her play is with all the office supplies?

[henrygandorf 29191]

i was gonna ask the same question.  i couldn't tell, and wasn't trying to figure it out, because i didn't realize the episode was about to end.

[Thiefery 4995]

I really enjoyed the chubby, but curvy nurse, bending over in front of Sulimonca 

[DDD Dad 14339]

1 hour ago, PilotsError said:

What do we think her play is with all the office supplies?

I have to believe that the ADA's commentary sent Kim over the edge to Jimmy's approach.  I'm going to guess it somehow will be used to take down the undercover cop.

[BigDHornfan 6548]

3 hours ago, Lurch said:

It’s not about disagreeing. Its about unnecessarily dwelling on the fact that there is a disagreement and insulting those who do. You have a different take. Great. State it and move on rather than trying to make the rest of as miserable as you.

 

It’s a fucking TV show.

 

God dammit.

 

I’ve said my piece. Get in your last word if you must and let’s get back to the show.

Did anyone else read this in Jonathan Banks' voice?

[Lurch 5930]

Did anyone else read this in Jonathan Banks' voice?

[Jerry Callo 8703]

54 minutes ago, DDD Dad said:

I have to believe that the ADA's commentary sent Kim over the edge to Jimmy's approach.  I'm going to guess it somehow will be used to take down the undercover cop.

I was thinking it might have something to do with bribery with the mention earlier of bribery and the ADA's paltry pay.  I just don't see Wexler doing something like that.

Like DDD says, it probably involves actually taking the case to trial and making the ADA or cop look like idiots.

[Jerry Callo 8703]

All of the time constructing the meth factory and the Germans' misery with the endless isolation seems to parallel Walter White's drudgery in the same location years later.  Maybe that is what they were going for.

[JimmyHoffa 1188]

1 hour ago, DDD Dad said:

I have to believe that the ADA's commentary sent Kim over the edge to Jimmy's approach.  I'm going to guess it somehow will be used to take down the undercover cop.

Yeah, whatever the reason it's 100% tied to her "better plan"

[NoRagrets 1125]

I wonder if her plan humiliates jimmy somehow and therefore he ends the relationship and changes his name.

[PantsTent 2002]

According to my wife, Kim was just buying office supplies as a stress reliever (which apparently has a precedence in our household). Then she thought of something in the process.  I might be in the wrong thread....

 

 

[ernest_t_bass 1196]

4 hours ago, Jerry Callo said:

All of the time constructing the meth factory and the Germans' misery with the endless isolation seems to parallel Walter White's drudgery in the same location years later.  Maybe that is what they were going for.

This is a good point and pickup.

[Bort 9]

8 hours ago, PilotsError said:

What do we think her play is with all the office supplies?

She's about to activate the race card. Those other guys that Kim mentioned that assaulted cops and got off lightly sounded white. So I think she's going to organise a protest over Huell, a black man, facing a much longer sentence to put pressure on the court to let him off. Hence the coloured markers for making signs. 

[BigOrange1 6441]

thought that was a great episode.  

[Butch Had Not 2971]

1 hour ago, Bort said:

She's about to activate the race card. Those other guys that Kim mentioned that assaulted cops and got off lightly sounded white. So I think she's going to organise a protest over Huell, a black man, facing a much longer sentence to put pressure on the court to let him off. Hence the coloured markers for making signs. 

Damn,  that's pretty good.

[Upgrayedd 5812]

4 hours ago, PantsTent said:

According to my wife, Kim was just buying office supplies as a stress reliever (which apparently has a precedence in our household). Then she thought of something in the process.  I might be in the wrong thread....

 

 

Pics of wife?

[Planet Houston 4930]

I feel like I’m the only one who really enjoys the German bunker building storyline. Probably because it’s the most direct tie to BB right now (other than Gus/Salamanca) and I think it’s well done. 

All that being said, if they have an episode about a fly in the Germans’ “home” warehouse, I’ll have a problem...

[Guest Lobo]

Kai is zee Fly, man.  

[VivaNaranja 466]

8 hours ago, Jerry Callo said:

All of the time constructing the meth factory and the Germans' misery with the endless isolation seems to parallel Walter White's drudgery in the same location years later.  Maybe that is what they were going for.

Deleted. I need to learn to read the whole thread

Edited September 20, 2018 by VivaNaranja

[Butch Had Not 2971]

7 hours ago, tjhooker said:

Finally caught up so I can participate.  This season is missing something.   7 episodes in and it hasn't pulled me in like other seasons.

No crazy chuck. Jimmy doesn't have a clear enemy trying to ruin him. 

But with that said,  I'm on board with this season. 

[Lurch 5930]

There’s currently not an imminent threat that he needs to save himself from. That underlying tension is missing

[DaysOff 7951]

Huell lost like 200 pounds...but it's in the past so he gained like 200 pounds. Or something like that.

[Lurch 5930]

Huell lost like 200 pounds...but it's in the past so he gained like 200 pounds. Or something like that.

Yeah, dramatic weight loss. That’s got to be tough when you’re an actor and that’s part of what you’re known for

[RPM 26322]

1 hour ago, Lurch said:

 

Yeah, dramatic weight loss. That’s got to be tough when you’re an actor and that’s part of what you’re known for

 

It killed Billy Bob.

[TornACL 7698]

2 hours ago, Lurch said:

There’s currently not an imminent threat that he needs to save himself from.

Yes there is. It's himself.

[77horn 216]

For those who didn't like Burl Ives singing Big Rock Candy Mountain, after thinking about it, it was perfect.  BRCM is about Hobos in the 1890s searching for a place that was heaven on earth, and from which the cops would not chase them away.  If they found it they had it made.  As I see it, the Lab is Gus's BRCM.  When he finishes it, and gets Gale working, he will have the best product out there, be free of the cartel, and no one will be able to chase him away.

But the Burl Ives version doesn't include the original last verse, which laments that BRCM doesn't really exist.

Quote

The punk rolled up his big blue eyes
And said to the jocker, "Sandy,
I've hiked and hiked and wandered too,
But I ain't seen any candy.
I've hiked and hiked till my feet are sore
And I'll be damned if I hike any more
To be buggered sore like a hobo's whore
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains.

And we all know what happened to Gus and the Lab when he found Walt had a better product, and brought him in to teach Gale.

[Mileslong 4727]

i loved the Burl Ives song, i thought it was perfect.  whenever they do a music montage using a seemingly unrelated song it's usually genius, especially when it's a pithy little tune being played during a very tense or violent situation...

 

Edited September 23, 2018 by Mileslong

[Nice Guy Eddie 13512]

I was under the impression the excavation workers would only show up to the laundry center once the laundry workers went home for the night and then leave early in the morning.   Attempt to keep the laundry workers in the dark as much as possible as to something going on.

[NorthLoop 14208]

Yeah that bugged me.  Also there's no way in hell that Mike would've ever given any one of those dudes his last name. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

1 hour ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I was under the impression the excavation workers would only show up to the laundry center once the laundry workers went home for the night and then leave early in the morning.   Attempt to keep the laundry workers in the dark as much as possible as to something going on.

the workers there are illegal aliens who are incentivized to not see or hear anything suspicious. there isn't a worker there who even wants to know what's going on. afer all they're going to be cooking meth there during business hours as well. 

Edited September 24, 2018 by Goo Punch

[Guest Lobo]

 I have been torn on that topic since breaking bad    Where those laundry workers scared undocumented’s  where those laundry workers scared undocumenteds  that wouldn’t dare bring up anything they saw for fear of deportation or worse at the hands of gus 

 But Gus being as meticulous as he is ,  why have 50 illegals in plain sight of your distributors, vendors, inspectors, code checkers, and possibly ICE, et al.  If they’re working on top of that kind of asset?   We know from breaking bad the lab was very well hidden   But somebody might break under questioning   Or some building inspector may just noticed the floor sounds different when he walks from one area to another 

[Guest Lobo]

Just now, Lobo said:

 

 

Edited September 24, 2018 by Lobo

[Lurch 5930]

I’d say they’re legal and more fearful of the cartel than cops.

[Goo Punch 4275]

the three ladies who took money from Walt were scooped up by INS the next day.

[Guest Lobo]

Watch the opening scene again with Kim dropping Jimmy off at the bus station.  The same African American gentlemen in the same yellow garment walks past them twice, in the same direction.