Didn't see a recap of Better Call Saul

[Obliviax]

I felt it was a great episode. I anticipated that the Pryce issue would cause the start of a bigger relationship between Saul and Mike. Loved Saul's brother taking the air out of the room and Saul regaining his footing after Kim gives him a squeeze on the leg.

Next up? Saul LOVED defending Pryce and is slipping. He is going to be caught between corporate and snake oil lawyer. As such, he's going to invent "Saul" so that Jimmy, big time lawyer, and Saul the sleazy/fun lawyer. So he'll develop two identities; Jimmy and Saul. As some point, Jimmy (of course) will screw up his job and his relationship. He's slippin Jimmy. But, he will be successful, the the point his brother can only dream about.

Great character development.

 

[LionJim]

I didn't discuss this yesterday because it was such a subtle episode, full of character development, as you say. You made the right call on the IT guy. I wonder if Chuck is going to get to Jimmy by taking down Kim. (Kim will be coming up for partner one of these days.)

 

[Obliviax]

I didn't discuss this yesterday because it was such a subtle episode, full of character development, as you say. You made the right call on the IT guy. I wonder if Chuck is going to get to Jimmy by taking down Kim. (Kim will be coming up for partner one of these days.)

Interesting....If I had to make a guess, Chuck is going to make Jimmy's life miserable so that he becomes more and more Saul...his "breaking bad" moment. That will screw up Kim because she's the one that went to bat for him to get the job. She has designs on marriage, clearly, but will not commit to a "slippin jimmy" and so it goes.

 

[LionJim]

It's an unusual show because we know exactly how it ends but have no idea how it's going to get there.

 

[Grant Green]

It's an unusual show because we know exactly how it ends but have no idea how it's going to get there.

I don't think we know how it's going to end.
The writers alluded to it, and I believe that it will end after the Cinnabon days.

 

[LionJim]

I don't think we know how it's going to end.
The writers alluded to it, and I believe that it will end after the Cinnabon days.

Really? Huh.

I can see it now, Kim is in Omaha and gets a hankering for a breakfast pastry.....

 

[Lionguy32]

The scene where Jimmy was meeting with the cops was priceless.

 

[rudedude]

How many here have partaken in the Hoboken Squat Cobbler? And who is Rebecca Bois?

 

[rudedude]

I hope Tuco is back soon!

 

[BGJeff]

As some point, Jimmy (of course) will screw up his job and his relationship. He's slippin Jimmy.

Yep. Jimmy is slippin. Kim sees it from a mile away.
Mike's character is off the charts good.
Loved the drug dealer's circular drive-by exit to kick up dust and say, in their own way, done deal.

 

[simons96]

The scene where Jimmy was meeting with the cops was priceless.

I would pay good $$$ for the outtakes of that scene. Odenkirk at his finest.

 

[Grant Green]

Really? Huh.

I can see it now, Kim is in Omaha and gets a hankering for a breakfast pastry.....

He won't be able to handle the straight and narrow Cinnabon life, just like he is having trouble now. The show can't end with him meeting Walter - too anticlimactic. They are already setting it up with the "SG was here". I could be wrong, but it seems like an obvious way to go.

 

[BBrown]

I felt it was a great episode. I anticipated that the Pryce issue would cause the start of a bigger relationship between Saul and Mike. Loved Saul's brother taking the air out of the room and Saul regaining his footing after Kim gives him a squeeze on the leg.

Next up? Saul LOVED defending Pryce and is slipping. He is going to be caught between corporate and snake oil lawyer. As such, he's going to invent "Saul" so that Jimmy, big time lawyer, and Saul the sleazy/fun lawyer. So he'll develop two identities; Jimmy and Saul. As some point, Jimmy (of course) will screw up his job and his relationship. He's slippin Jimmy. But, he will be successful, the the point his brother can only dream about.

Great character development.

I thought it was an excellent episode. Quirky, funny, odd, engaging...
Chuck is an ahole and I hope a transformer falls on his head.

 

[tboyer]

Michael McKean, who plays Chuck, is doing Emmy-worthy work here. He has made Chuck into a real monster, a bomb that is going to blow up in some way and you know Jimmy is going to take the brunt of it. (BTW for those who don't know, McKean is a gifted comic actor as well -- played David St. Hubbins in Spinal Tap.

 

[Grant Green]

Michael McKean, who plays Chuck, is doing Emmy-worthy work here. He has made Chuck into a real monster, a bomb that is going to blow up in some way and you know Jimmy is going to take the brunt of it. (BTW for those who don't know, McKean is a gifted comic actor as well -- played David St. Hubbins in Spinal Tap.

Makes me wonder, what ever happened to Squiggy?

 

[CDW3333]

I felt it was a great episode. I anticipated that the Pryce issue would cause the start of a bigger relationship between Saul and Mike. Loved Saul's brother taking the air out of the room and Saul regaining his footing after Kim gives him a squeeze on the leg.

Next up? Saul LOVED defending Pryce and is slipping. He is going to be caught between corporate and snake oil lawyer. As such, he's going to invent "Saul" so that Jimmy, big time lawyer, and Saul the sleazy/fun lawyer. So he'll develop two identities; Jimmy and Saul. As some point, Jimmy (of course) will screw up his job and his relationship. He's slippin Jimmy. But, he will be successful, the the point his brother can only dream about.

Great character development.

1. There's no necessary distinction between "corporate lawyer" and "snake oil lawyer" except the volume of snake oil involved.

2. In reality, no law firm would put up with Chuck. Obviously he's an equity partner and maybe he's taking a reduced draw (he must be living on something) but the younger partners wouldn't tolerate a guy who is bringing in zero business and generating zero fees. I just mention this because most of the legal stuff in BCS is pretty accurate.

3. Kim apparently didn't have a problem with Jimmy lying to the cops (a lawyer should never do this, let the client do the lying) but got outraged when he faked a video. That made no sense.

 

[Still in State College]

Makes me wonder, what ever happened to Squiggy?

David Lander has remained fairly active in voice over type work. He has MS and is an ambassador for the disease. One of the really interesting things about him is he has serve as a MLB scout for a number of years.

Maybe the quintessential Lenny and Squiggy number:

 

[tboyer]

2. In reality, no law firm would put up with Chuck. Obviously he's an equity partner and maybe he's taking a reduced draw (he must be living on something) but the younger partners wouldn't tolerate a guy who is bringing in zero business and generating zero fees. I just mention this because most of the legal stuff in BCS is pretty accurate.

Good pt. After 6 months he would go on long-term disability and they would negotiate to resolve his status in a permanent way. No law firm could tolerate a former partner just waltzing into meetings.

But whatever, I still love the character and Michael McKean's character is really important to the show because it is important for us to see Jimmy/Saul in a sympathetic light. Without the Chuck backstory, it would be harder for us to excuse Jimmy's antics -- or especially what Jimmy is going to become.

The central magic of Breaking Bad was that even though Walter very rapidly turned into a monster, there was still part of us who sympathized with the high school chemistry teacher who lost his fortune when he quit the startup company, and then came down with cancer. If we were indifferent to Walter, the show wouldn't have worked.