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Post by cheesecake on May 4, 2017 14:38:47 GMT
Giancarlo is really gunning for that Emmy they robbed him of five years ago. I really loved how they managed to give us a fantastic Gus/Mike-focused episode while still satisfying my need for further development in the Jimmy v. Chuck story. This season has been consistently incredible so far, I can't wait to see what they'll do with a courtroom episode next week. Spot on. Such a great balance of subplots. Loving this season.
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Post by Billy_Costigan on May 8, 2017 16:19:29 GMT
Wonderful episode last night, and a true testament to the well-rounded nature of the characters and divergent plots that we can spend half an hour entrenched with Mike/Gus's storyline and not even think about the main story surrounding Jimmy/Kim/Chuck, but once they show up, we're immediately invested again. Odenkirk once again is proving why he's giving the best leading performance on TV, and DeepArcher's right that Esposito is coming to collect his overdue Emmy. Okay, so the last few episodes were pretty great. Esposito has really added some energy. While great, it still suffers because we know how things turn out. I'm hoping we get some more post Breaking Bad scenes in the final season so we see a different ending for Jimmy. For example - we know Jimmy still has a law license in Breaking Bad. So this upcoming fight against Chuck loses some of the fun. How many seasons do you think this can/will go?
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Post by stephen on May 8, 2017 17:34:40 GMT
Wonderful episode last night, and a true testament to the well-rounded nature of the characters and divergent plots that we can spend half an hour entrenched with Mike/Gus's storyline and not even think about the main story surrounding Jimmy/Kim/Chuck, but once they show up, we're immediately invested again. Odenkirk once again is proving why he's giving the best leading performance on TV, and DeepArcher's right that Esposito is coming to collect his overdue Emmy. Okay, so the last few episodes were pretty great. Esposito has really added some energy. While great, it still suffers because we know how things turn out. I'm hoping we get some more post Breaking Bad scenes in the final season so we see a different ending for Jimmy. For example - we know Jimmy still has a law license in Breaking Bad. So this upcoming fight against Chuck loses some of the fun. How many seasons do you think this can/will go? I foresee a four-season arc. I honestly think the end of Season 3 will be where Jimmy becomes Saul officially. Season 4, I think, will be when the show catches up to Saul-as-Gene, and we put a final pin in that storyline to tie it all together.
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Post by DeepArcher on May 9, 2017 21:01:44 GMT
Another magnificent episode. That one-shot of Chuck's breakdown at the end of the episode is easily one of the best moments of the series thus far; it's a climax we've been waiting for for two and a half seasons, and it was beautifully acted by McKean. I also can't help but love how Jimmy's first job for Huell closely "foreshadows" what Saul would use him for later on. Odenkirk was a force to be reckoned with during those cross-examination scenes and is continuing the brilliant season he's had so far. Also have to say that the opening scene this week was perfect.
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Post by doddgerhardt on May 11, 2017 2:52:44 GMT
Okay, so the last few episodes were pretty great. Esposito has really added some energy. While great, it still suffers because we know how things turn out. I'm hoping we get some more post Breaking Bad scenes in the final season so we see a different ending for Jimmy. For example - we know Jimmy still has a law license in Breaking Bad. So this upcoming fight against Chuck loses some of the fun. How many seasons do you think this can/will go? I foresee a four-season arc. I honestly think the end of Season 3 will be where Jimmy becomes Saul officially. Season 4, I think, will be when the show catches up to Saul-as-Gene, and we put a final pin in that storyline to tie it all together. You're saying we will get another 4 seasons or do you think the show will wrap up next season? Personally while I love the show I'm hoping for one more season within this timeline and the fifth and final season sets us back within the present. I wanna see this go beyond a prequel.
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Post by stephen on May 11, 2017 2:58:48 GMT
I foresee a four-season arc. I honestly think the end of Season 3 will be where Jimmy becomes Saul officially. Season 4, I think, will be when the show catches up to Saul-as-Gene, and we put a final pin in that storyline to tie it all together. You're saying we will get another 4 seasons or do you think the show will wrap up next season? Personally while I love the show I'm hoping for one more season within this timeline and the fifth and final season sets us back within the present. I wanna see this go beyond a prequel. Four overall. I just feel it's got another year left in the tank, two max. But I also don't think it necessarily needs to drag things out further. We just need to get Jimmy to become Saul, Mike to be in Gus's hierarchy, and Hector Salamanca to be disabled. I think we can see all three by this season's end.
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Post by doddgerhardt on May 12, 2017 1:16:09 GMT
You're saying we will get another 4 seasons or do you think the show will wrap up next season? Personally while I love the show I'm hoping for one more season within this timeline and the fifth and final season sets us back within the present. I wanna see this go beyond a prequel. Four overall. I just feel it's got another year left in the tank, two max. But I also don't think it necessarily needs to drag things out further. We just need to get Jimmy to become Saul, Mike to be in Gus's hierarchy, and Hector Salamanca to be disabled. I think we can see all three by this season's end. I'm totally okay with that. Well that and maybe one more season. I'm hoping whatever happens we get the characters in the places they would be at the beginning of Breaking Bad. Then after that the last season or last half of a season follows him currently. Yes it would be mean no more Mike or quite recently Gus, but I think we've been shown that Jimmy or Saul or Gene is interesting enough on his own.
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Post by AKenjiB on May 12, 2017 7:45:04 GMT
Wonderful episode last night, and a true testament to the well-rounded nature of the characters and divergent plots that we can spend half an hour entrenched with Mike/Gus's storyline and not even think about the main story surrounding Jimmy/Kim/Chuck, but once they show up, we're immediately invested again. Odenkirk once again is proving why he's giving the best leading performance on TV, and DeepArcher's right that Esposito is coming to collect his overdue Emmy. Okay, so the last few episodes were pretty great. Esposito has really added some energy. While great, it still suffers because we know how things turn out. I'm hoping we get some more post Breaking Bad scenes in the final season so we see a different ending for Jimmy. For example - we know Jimmy still has a law license in Breaking Bad. So this upcoming fight against Chuck loses some of the fun. How many seasons do you think this can/will go? I totally see your point but honestly I was so engrossed in the most recent episode that I completely forgot that there's no way Chuck was going to beat Jimmy. Best episode in the series to date and if there's any justice in the world, Michael McKean will finally get an Emmy nomination for his work.
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Post by doddgerhardt on May 12, 2017 16:44:48 GMT
If this doesn't get McKean nominated, nothing will.
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Post by DeepArcher on May 17, 2017 2:24:25 GMT
This latest episode must have had the most Breaking Bad tie-ins of any hour of the show so far. For that, it definitely felt a bit overwhelming at times, and certainly a bit overstuffed (the Gus/Lydia scene especially felt shoehorned-in here, and would have benefited from being worked in at some other time). Otherwise, this episode was another excellent installment to the season. The official introduction of Saul Goodman was done in a very clever way that opens up new possibilities (and, more importantly, storytelling potential) for Jimmy during his suspension. Meanwhile, the series is still focused on finishing up Chuck's arc -- who knows how much longer he'll be kept in the show, as Jimmy has now entirely denounced him -- and is doing so in a really entertaining way that is allowing his character to progress and may lead to some form of a chance at redemption. I also liked how we're finally seeing Nacho have a significant presence this season; it's clear they're building up to something between he and Hector, and I'm looking forward to where that story is headed.
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Post by DeepArcher on May 23, 2017 21:07:22 GMT
Things were slowed down a bit this week, but I still loved it. First of all, the return of baseball card guy is just A+. I loved getting more Kim this week, and this was definitely Rhea Seehorn's strongest work of the season yet; the scene between she and Paige -- where we see how the guilt of what she and Jimmy did to Chuck is weighing on her -- was incredible, as was the scene where she and Jimmy went to the bar, and we fully understand how the fallout of the Chuck situation has affected them differently. Jimmy's antics this week weren't terribly thrilling, but still fun; that little moment between he and the make-up girl was awesome, and almost seemed to reflect a change (but for how long?) in Jimmy's morality. Really dug that finally scene with "Slippin' Jimmy" pulling his next trick; though, at this point, I really don't see why Jimmy just won't put Chuck behind him.
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Post by Pavan on May 24, 2017 19:09:20 GMT
3x5- Loved this episode. The best one this season and one of the best from the entire show. McKean did a terrific job.
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Post by Billy_Costigan on May 26, 2017 16:59:51 GMT
Odenkirk Emmy chances?
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Post by DeepArcher on May 26, 2017 22:11:11 GMT
I think it'll be between he and Spacey. Obviously I'm not sure how Spacey's season five work is, but Odenkirk has been a tour de force in episode after episode in season three. Unless Spacey goes above and beyond, I think Odenkirk has it in the bag. Unless, of course, a surprise win is given to Best Actor on TV Matthew Rhys. But unfortunately that's probably more of a fantasy than anything.
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Post by Pavan on Jun 3, 2017 18:45:22 GMT
3x6- Nice little one after the intense chicanery.
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Post by DeepArcher on Jun 6, 2017 21:06:03 GMT
3x08 -- That Nacho pill-swap scene was aggravatingly tense; honestly, one of the highlights of the series thus far. That was definitely Michael Mando's best work to date, as he naturally let his facial expressions and body language do all the talking. Kim vs. Howard scene was excellent, and I enjoyed some of the nice development with Chuck this week, even though I felt we were left hanging with his storyline (him feeling the repercussions of what Jimmy pulled last episode would have been a nice set-up for the last two episodes). Really the only thing I didn't love here was Jimmy's storyline; I thought they did an excellent job of sustaining his post-"Chicanery" material for two episodes, but at this point it feels like re-treading familiar ground and it wasn't all that interesting to watch. That last moment with Mike and Gus was a nice final touch on the episode, though. Really liked it overall.
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Post by DeepArcher on Jun 13, 2017 16:53:09 GMT
3x09 -- I really loved this episode's theme, both visually and substantially, of the dual morality in just about all of its characters. The nice homage to Robert Mitchum's "Love"/"Hate" scene in The Night of the Hunter cemented that. This episode seemed to use similar visual storytelling techniques that Laughton's film did, such as the scene with Chuck and Howard in the conference room, where each have half a face illuminated and the other half in darkness. We really got to see 'both sides' of each character this week, between those two, Nacho, and of course, Jimmy, whom I could watch manipulate old people for an entire season. While the Sandpiper storyline sort of feels like filler to keep him busy, that part of the story felt like a remaining loose end for me, so I'm glad they went back to address it.
Overall, it was very un-explosive for an episode 9, with our 'big event' coming at the ending. Kim has been headed for that moment for a season and a half now, and it was sort of devastating to watch. Of course, we'll naturally continue to root for her to come out of this on top, but that's probably unlikely. Can't wait to see how this all plays out in the finale.
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Post by stephen on Jun 13, 2017 18:31:34 GMT
Excellent episode (as is par for the course with this show), and if this year passes without a Supporting Actress nomination for Rhea Seehorn, there is no justice.
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Post by DeepArcher on Jun 20, 2017 18:40:09 GMT
3x10 -- Wow.
Easily the most fan service-y finale they've done yet, and that isn't a bad thing in this case. Chuck's breakdown was heartbreaking to watch, despite how often we've rooted against the man. His arc in this episode alone is brilliant in its tragedy, with a lot of great moments that the show has been accumulating towards since the beginning. I particularly loved the final Jimmy and Chuck moment, where Chuck tells him "To be honest, you don't really matter to me", as it's a fitting yet saddening ending to their epic fraternal rivalry. And you have to appreciate the irony of Chuck, a man who lived many of his latter years in the darkness, going out in a conflagration of light.
Aside from Chuck, every other storyline was totally satisfying. We finally got our long-awaited Hector moment, and Mark Margolis killed it in that scene. I can't wait to see what sort of relationship Gus and Nacho might be developing in the future; something tells me Nacho hasn't quite reached his ultimate victory, and perhaps never well. Kim finally putting things to rest was sort of a breath of relief for the audience -- that Blockbuster scene was hilarious. And of course Jimmy pulling the whole "leaving the mic on" scheme was not only funny, but an interesting move of selflessness from the character. It was a nice touch to have that final scene of Jimmy and Kim moving out of the office, and I'm eager to see what the future holds for them.
A great finale all around that caps off what has easily been this show's best season yet. This finale, and especially "Sabrosito" and "Chicanery" will undoubtedly go down as some of the best episodes of the year. Odenkirk killed it week after week, Esposito's return was Emmy-worthy, and it's about damn time that Seehorn and especially McKean finally get some recognition this year. Overall, I think it's safe to say that this show can not only stand on its own, but maybe even match its parent series.
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Post by stephen on Jun 20, 2017 19:03:46 GMT
An excellent, albeit subdued, finale to a phenomenal season. For all the (deserved) love that shows like The Leftovers and The Americans get, Better Call Saul boasts remarkable consistency while having a bit more of a challenge, in managing to carve out its own path without being beholden to its parent series. The series is perhaps the best character study on television now, and not just of ol' Slippin' Jimmy either. I also appreciate that each season has given awards-worthy spotlights to a different supporting player (Banks in Season 1, McKean in Season 2, Seehorn and Mando in Season 3). But Odenkirk is the glue that holds it all together, and his grip is iron couched in velvet. This series has deserved Emmy love since its inception (arguably more than Breaking Bad did at this juncture in its run), and Season 3 sticks the landing unbelievably well. Only complaint: no Mike in the finale.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jun 21, 2017 3:52:42 GMT
^haven't read any of this
I'm finally getting back into the show after leaving it indefinitely over a year ago. Currently binging S2. Fucking great stuff
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Post by DeepArcher on Jun 21, 2017 5:25:16 GMT
^haven't read any of this I'm finally getting back into the show after leaving it indefinitely over a year ago. Currently binging S2. Fucking great stuff It really only gets better and better. And yeah, definitely don't read this thread until you're all caught up. We got super spoiler-y.
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Post by Pavan on Jun 28, 2017 14:08:25 GMT
3x09- A quite episode but i liked it. Poor Kim
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Post by Pavan on Jul 5, 2017 20:52:29 GMT
Excellent finale. What will happen to Chuck Also no Mike? Anyway another solid season. Perhaps this is the only from what i've seen that is as consistent as Breaking Bad. It's not epic or riveting as BB but still it holds very well.
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Post by Billy_Costigan on Jul 10, 2017 15:51:04 GMT
It's not epic or riveting as BB but still it holds very well. Same thoughts here. Odenkirk makes it worth watching for him alone.
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