Better Call Saul

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

So that's Season Three drawn to a close and it was, of course, most excellent.

We've still got a way to go between the world of BCS and BB though, I just hope everyone in the cast lives long enough for it to happen, and IMO they need to start tying up some loose ends pretty sharpish and leading us on into the BB world. (I've already decided I'll rewatch all of BB once BSC finishes.)

Whilst it'd be nice to have two more seasons, my personal feeling is they should try and get it all done in Season Four. (Which AMC haven't even renewed it for yet......)

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Chuck dead though!

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

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(I've already decided I'll rewatch all of BB once BSC finishes.

Will be doing the same

Last episode was pretty good

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Shame to see chuck loose it and die after he had secured a payoff in the millions and appeared to be ok.

Have to wonder if Jimmy will get his class action money, I would say not, as surely he would not be doing the cheap arsed lawyer work he was in BB if he had picked up a million dollars?

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

asfish wrote:

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Shame to see chuck loose it and die after he had secured a payoff in the millions and appeared to be ok.

Have to wonder if Jimmy will get his class action money, I would say not, as surely he would not be doing the cheap arsed lawyer work he was in BB if he had picked up a million dollars?

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Well that's the point with Chuck, he'd basically lost everything, as HHM was everything to him. He didn't need more money as he was already fairly wealthy, he wanted back in at the firm but Howard outmanoeuvred him by coming up with the cash, which Chuck knew the firm didn't have so wasn't expecting, but Howard bought him out with his own cash and loans. Chuck's final show of power was to belittle Jimmy, 'You were never that important to me', and with Jimmy gone, Chuck had nothing.

As for Jimmy's Sandpiper settlement, he gave it up because he could see what he'd done to Irene at the home, he thought he'd be able to get the other ladies back on-side after he'd secured Irene going for the settlement, but they wouldn't budge. As such he sacrificed the settlement to save Irene.

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

Hearthly wrote:

asfish wrote:

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Shame to see chuck loose it and die after he had secured a payoff in the millions and appeared to be ok.

Have to wonder if Jimmy will get his class action money, I would say not, as surely he would not be doing the cheap arsed lawyer work he was in BB if he had picked up a million dollars?

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Well that's the point with Chuck, he'd basically lost everything, as HHM was everything to him. He didn't need more money as he was already fairly wealthy, he wanted back in at the firm but Howard outmanoeuvred him by coming up with the cash, which Chuck knew the firm didn't have so wasn't expecting, but Howard bought him out with his own cash and loans. Chuck's final show of power was to belittle Jimmy, 'You were never that important to me', and with Jimmy gone, Chuck had nothing.

As for Jimmy's Sandpiper settlement, he gave it up because he could see what he'd done to Irene at the home, he thought he'd be able to get the other ladies back on-side after he'd secured Irene going for the settlement, but they wouldn't budge. As such he sacrificed the settlement to save Irene.

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I thought that Jimmy was just trying to push the Sandpiper settlement early rather than wait for the money? I figured that he will still get paid out at some point in the future when the case gets settled?

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

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I can imagine that there will be drama linked to what happens to Chuck's money, I wonder whether his will would say Jimmy can get his money if he does [x]. Or maybe HHM interferes and gets the bulk of his money, and maybe offers Jimmy some of it if he agrees to [y].

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Oh yes and Kim's bottom in those pyjamas. That was nice.

I was certainly 'seeing the horn'.

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

LewieP wrote:

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I can imagine that there will be drama linked to what happens to Chuck's money, I wonder whether his will would say Jimmy can get his money if he does [x]. Or maybe HHM interferes and gets the bulk of his money, and maybe offers Jimmy some of it if he agrees to [y].

I was wondering about that....

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I'm not aware that Jimmy and Chuck have any other family so you would think Jimmy would get the money.

But last night before he told Jimmy 'You were never that important to me' he was doing paper work at his desk so I wonder if he was cutting Jimmy out of his will.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

asfish wrote:

LewieP wrote:

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I can imagine that there will be drama linked to what happens to Chuck's money, I wonder whether his will would say Jimmy can get his money if he does [x]. Or maybe HHM interferes and gets the bulk of his money, and maybe offers Jimmy some of it if he agrees to [y].

I was wondering about that....

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I'm not aware that Jimmy and Chuck have any other family so you would think Jimmy would get the money.

But last night before he told Jimmy 'You were never that important to me' he was doing paper work at his desk so I wonder if he was cutting Jimmy out of his will.

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Right. I doubt he would cut him out entirely. It'll be "you have to do something that means I get the last laugh in order to get the money", Jimmy will just refuse because he doesn't need the money, but then circumstances will develop that he needs the money (to help Kim with something), and have to do whatever Chuck wanted in the end. Somehow his relationship with Kim will become fractured and he'll begin his full on descent into Saul Goodman.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

I'm a few eps into series 2. Oh my god this continues to be brilliant. Kim is just awesome as a character. I would definitely hire her.

Cavey · **Posted:** Thu Jun 22, 2017 23:06

MrChris wrote:

I would definitely hire her.

Must admit I wasn't giving much thought to her CV....
Mmmm. Tall blondes

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

And if we're going in that direction, who the hell wants anyone under 30?

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Jun 23, 2017 10:46

Superb season finale.

Aw man, now the wait is on.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

I hope they wrap it up this season, before key cast members start to die.

Also, MORE BETTER CALL SAUL!

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myp · **Posted:** Mon Jul 30, 2018 14:12

They have mentioned they may go past BB's timeline so BCS bookends it. I'm not sure how I feel about that.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Lonewolves wrote:

They have mentioned they may go past BB's timeline so BCS bookends it. I'm not sure how I feel about that.

Well that's literally already happened, albeit only for a total of a few minutes across BCS's run so far.

myp · **Posted:** Mon Jul 30, 2018 19:50

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

They have mentioned they may go past BB's timeline so BCS bookends it. I'm not sure how I feel about that.

Well that's literally already happened, albeit only for a total of a few minutes across BCS's run so far.

I mean actual seasons focused on it after they wrap up the prequel.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Aug 07, 2018 11:33

Better Call Saul - Season 4 is out!

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16558

One a week or all at once?

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Aug 07, 2018 11:46

Muskerhounds are always ready!

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22266

Zardoz wrote:

Muskerhounds are always ready!

(presses upvote button)

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

There's fucking only one fucking episode!

First world problem ahoy.

EDIT - I think it was always one per week though wasn't it. Even so. Fucking.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

It's a cable show, not a made-by-Netflix show. So it airs once per week.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Pretty sure we did this last year.

myp · **Posted:** Tue Aug 07, 2018 21:41

It does naughtily state it's a Netflix Original though.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Lonewolves wrote:

It does naughtily state it's a Netflix Original though.

Netflix deliberately conflate "regional exclusive we bought the streaming rights to" with "thing we paid a production company to make", I assume for marketing reasons. I dunno about naughty but it is confusing.

There's shows that are different though. It buys The Expanse off SyFy, but it drops the whole show in one go after the live broadcast run is finished. I assume it's all tied up in the negotiation process and other streaming companies (The Expanse streams on Amazon in the US, Netflix elsewhere.)

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Pretty sure we did this last year.

Indeed we did, but I forget things.

However I did go back and check earlier in the thread, hence the edit to my post. I've just got used to seasons dropping in their entirety in the interim.

Also, I REALLY WANTED TO WATCH THE NEXT EPISODE.

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Tue Aug 07, 2018 22:04

We have one more series of Breaking Bad to binge, then we are all over this!

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Satsuma wrote:

I enjoyed the new episode of Better Call Saul but I could barely remember what was happening with the chicken man and baldy.

What was happening with the chicken man and baldy? Baldy has a job working for that tart for some reason but why?

And why did the young gangsta want to do that thing to the Salamanker guy again?

I need answers.

A good bet is to either watch the recap, or even better (and this is what I do), have a read of the previous season's summary at Wiki. (Before watching the new season, of course.)

Otherwise it's basically impossible to remember where everyone is up to (IME at least).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad_(season_3)#Episodes

myp · **Posted:** Wed Aug 08, 2018 7:47

Read the part where it says each episode is released weekly next year.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Satsuma wrote:

Thanks, I’ll have a read.

NP, happy to help.

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

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"Hearthly"]

Satsuma wrote:

I enjoyed the new episode of Better Call Saul but I could barely remember what was happening with the chicken man and baldy.

What was happening with the chicken man and baldy? Baldy has a job working for that tart for some reason but why?

And why did the young gangsta want to do that thing to the Salamanker guy again?

Things change with age and kids! I remember when Lost was an active show and there were recaps, my wife an I were mocking the need for them.

Then last night whilst watching this we had to pause 10 mins in and look at Wikipedia to remember what had gone on at the end of S3

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

S04E02 was great I thought, and Kim's 'chat' with Howard was splendid.

I'm not sure I like watching an episode per week though, I'd be much happier if I could binge the entire season over the course of a few evenings.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16558

Just wait a couple of months and you can.

Howard is such a strange cat.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2018 8:49

Pretty weird duck, too.

Kern · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2018 8:50

Great boats.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Aug 16, 2018 12:57

Caught up with ep2 last night.

This show is so good. I don't think I look at my phone at all when this is on.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Watched the final two episodes of Season 4 last night, which weigh in at just shy of two hours between them.

Thought it rounded off the season really well, and we know that they're going to wrap it all up in Season 5 to transition into the Breaking Bad world.

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When Mike shot Werner! I knew it was coming, but it was built up to so well it was still fucking awful to see it happen.

Saul Goodman is now reality, and it looks like Kim will be exiting stage left soon.

And we get to see Chuck again!

Fantastic television.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Oct 10, 2018 11:52

Yeah, by far the best thing on TV for me.

Now the long wait for more.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14356

Call me mad, but I’ve been disappointed with this season. It hasn’t really done much after last season and felt ponderous and self serving. Mike’s end scene was well done but I kept thinking of “that scene” in Barry which was very similar - Barry is talking to his friend in the car - but far more impactful.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Oct 10, 2018 12:03

You're mad.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Oct 10, 2018 12:05

Ian doesn't like it. Means it's good. This never fails.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Zardoz wrote:

You're mad.

Yeah Satsuma that's whack bro.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14356

New season has started and in the tradition of glib BEEX comments “I thought it was good”.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14356

“That’s a man fucking a horse”

Also, good to see Hank back.

Morte · **Posted:** Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:23

Just finished the penultimate episode of the latest series...honestly this is the best show on at the moment and probably has now surpassed Breaking Bad. After last weeks pew, pew, pew this one was much quieter while amping up the tension. Brilliant stuff and outstanding work by all involved.

myp · **Posted:** Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:39

I’m loving the Jimmy/Kim stuff as always. The Mike/Gus arc is just so dull.

Morte · **Posted:** Tue Apr 14, 2020 13:07

What???? Gus and Mike are brilliant.

myp · **Posted:** Tue Apr 14, 2020 13:48

So dull. We know none of them die. We know the laundromat gets built. There’s no tension or danger at all.

I’m so excited to find out what happens to Kim.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Apr 14, 2020 14:24

Morte wrote:

What???? Gus and Mike are brilliant.

+1

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

I just started Season 5 last night as i wanted it all to be available when I started (which I think it nearly is now). There was the usual trying to remember what happened at the end of the last season, and the strange Cinnabon stuff, but very quickly its tendrils had wrapped themselves around me and I was utterly entranced again.

I agree with the above, I think on a rewatch of Breaking Bad, it might be Better Call Saul that comes out on top. Not sure.

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