Better Call Saul thread (Spoilers)

[rass]

Recency bias and whatnot but the last couple of episodes of season 5 have been about as intense as anything BB managed. Lalo is a pretty incredible creation.

[tennbengal]

Recency bias and whatnot but the last couple of episodes of season 5 have been about as intense as anything BB managed. Lalo is a pretty incredible creation.

Just unreal finish to that story for sure. Writers, direction, acting all absolutely elite.

[Shirley]

Lalo was a fantastic character. Breaking Bad and BCS both did a great job with compelling antagonists.

[rass]

Aw man, Howard. He was so good in that scene that I forgot just long enough about it being obvious since at least learning he hired a PI to tail Jimmy that he was going to get caught up in the cartel shit. And that was a cliffhanger? Midseason, but still. Jeez...

[Nonlinear FC]

I don't know if this is going out on a limb, but I found BCS to just flat out be a better show. That's relative, of course, but I just thought there weren't so many eps that kind of tailed off or got lost in exposition or tangents. I think Gilligan learned not to lose the audience with BCS.

/uninformed, unresearched take

[tennbengal]

I don't know if this is going out on a limb, but I found BCS to just flat out be a better show. That's relative, of course, but I just thought there weren't so many eps that kind of tailed off or got lost in exposition or tangents. I think Gilligan learned not to lose the audience with BCS.

/uninformed, unresearched take

Love both but…yeah, BCS might be better

[sancarlos]

Love both, but… no.

[Giff]

I had the same thought and also took into account recency bias. I’m gonna rewatch both in a year or so.

[rass]

Not a single Emmy?

[Shirley]

Love both, but… no.

Agreed. I think it's incredible that they took a prequel with mostly new characters and made another amazing show. But I don't think it was as good as Breaking Bad. I can understand folks that think otherwise though.

[Nonlinear FC]

(I also just remembered that part of my issue with BB has nothing to do with the show... I tended to binge BB a lot more than BCS and I think there were times when I wasn't so much enjoying the show as "getting through" episodes. I should probably watch it again some day but limit to one ep. at a time. I watched BCS in real time, pretty much the whole way through.)

[Johnnie]

Not a single Emmy?

Nope. 0/53. Fucking unreal.

[brian]

Joins The Wire so not bad company.

[bfj]

Joins The Wire so not bad company.

Which, in my opinion, was the best show on TV, maybe ever.

[L-Jam3]

Joins The Wire so not bad company.

Which, in my opinion, was the best show on TV, maybe ever.

If it’s not, it’s certainly in the discussion.

[Giff]

It's about time for my annual attempt to get into The Wire. Maybe I make it past four episodes this time!

[bfj]

We're all rooting for you.
They are moving the chess pieces into play that first season. Worth it for the payoff later in the series.

[Nonlinear FC]

We're all rooting for you.
They are moving the chess pieces into play that first season. Worth it for the payoff later in the series.

This. Let it play out. I had the same issue you are having in terms of getting kinda overwhelmed with the early exposition.

It is very much worth it.