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Brilliant episode, and yeah there's even a mention of 'best case, I'm managing a cinnebun in Omaha' in breaking bad, while he's waiting to get relocated with walt..
Gene is after Saul disappears thanks to the hoover guy.
Oh and the point of the episode? You can take the Slippin' Jimmy out of Albuquerque, but...
Also, his fondness for loud patterned shirts might be his undoing.
I think the point there is that he will always be Slippin Jimmy, he can’t change.
Yep, didn't need a whole (and agreed wasted) episode to get that point across though as think it was pretty obvious he will never change. Can't like all episodes of a series though...
I just got bored and skipped over that B&W episode. Seen so much of that convoluted scheming bollocks throughout the series, just couldn't be arsed with it. Don't find Bob O particularly watchable to carry a whole episode on his own tbh.
I liked it. Couldn't see past fully leafed trees in the 'snow' though.
I'm also thinking that b&w signifies he's dead.
I liked it too, I do find it hard to fault BCS.
New season of Westworld however, what on earth is going on there.
New season of Westworld however, what on earth is going on there.
I think Jonathon Nolan thought it would be amusing if he just played scenes in a random order to confuse the audience.
Not saying I didn’t like the actual episode, just don’t think it needed to be a whole episode this late in the series
Loved it, one of the best episodes of the series and a welcome change of pace.
Great to see Carol Burnett and Gerry from Parks & Rec.
The heist montage with the lounge music score was amazing.
Might have worked better if we hadn't also just had the time-jump in the main storyline. Place it a bit earlier in the series, it's a nice change of pace, but maybe not just after you've brought us to Saul in his final form at the point it merges with Breaking Bad?
It's like they realised they hadn't done enough to flesh out Cinnabon-era Jimmy before they finish that side of things.
I've just realised, it feels structured like a novel. It's all a massive build-up then you turn a page and it suddenly goes "Chapter 10," flipping back to a thread you were reading about four chapters back.
I hadn't remembered the two guys were threatening to out Saul's identity so interpreted the episode quite differently. Made so much more sense when colleague mentioned that!
Yeah although they had to recast the main guy (there one who did the running about in the store) due to prior commitments.
My gripe with the episode would be the whole standing in a public place yelling your illegal plans into a megaphone thing. Otherwise an excellent way to derail peoples' expectations.
I hadn’t remembered the two guys were threatening to out Saul’s identity so interpreted the episode quite differently. Made so much more sense when colleague mentioned that!
Yeah although they had to recast the main guy (there one who did the running about in the store) due to prior commitments.
Oh! With the actor switch I hadn't realised that that was supposed to be the same guy. I thought the hook was just the (non-greedy) security guard and that didn't make a vast amount of sense.
https://decider.com/2022/07/27/cab-driver-jeff-better-call-saul-recast-don-harvey-pat-healy/
Tbh it took me a little while to remember, the scene where he gets recognised was a couple of seasons ago!
the scene where he gets recognised was a couple of seasons ago!
There was a flashback to it a couple of episodes back. Which if anything, made it more confusing because of the different actor!
Ack, of course. That's the link, Jimmy calls up Hoover man and then changes his mind, "don't worry, I'll deal with it myself." This is the payoff from that.
My gripe with the episode would be the whole standing in a public place yelling your illegal plans into a megaphone thing. Otherwise an excellent way to derail peoples’ expectations.
Yeah the actual heist was a bit contrived and Jimmy playing the long game by befriending Carol Burnett was typical BB/BCS fare, but those are minor quibbles.
I think they should have possibly refilmed the old scene with the new actor and stuck it in an earlier episode or linked it in somehow. Like they did with Back To The Future. I had to pause it to explain what the hell was going on to my OH.
Kevin Sussman!
I hope that was a teeing up episode
I hope that was a teeing up episode
Yeah, I didn't mind last week's episode but I think they could have edited the two episodes down to one. Obviously, the attempt to call Kim did not turn out as Saul hoped. Wish they'd just let us know what the deal there was instead of setting up mysteries.
At least Kim is okay/alive 👍
After last night I'm not really sure what's left to tie up. Just the Gene timeline?
A guess: He discovers the last drugging victim in a poor way, tries to revive him, calls for help, gets discovered and arrested, publicity from that is noticed by Kim (as it's tied into the Heisenberg bust which would have been big news), Kim visits him in prison... The End.
Surely they linked into the Breaking Bad timeline for a reason so I guess Walt and Jesse will be back next week. It wasn't clear what went on with the phone call to Kim, that's obviously what triggered Gene to go full-on Slippin Jimmy again. Also, the cancer guy must have been written in deliberately to link back to Walt.
Surely they linked into the Breaking Bad timeline for a reason so I guess Walt and Jesse will be back next week
I don't know, I can't sense any appetite for any further plot involving the BB characters. I think the scene we got was just a nice gift for the fans, rather than leading anywhere meaningful.
The Gene storyline, and Kim are the only unresolved details now. The monochrome shows us that without Kim, the nice, human qualities of Jimmy are totally wiped out, he is utterly venal and amoral, and going out of his way to go through with robbing a terminal cancer patient without a second thought.
If this isn't a hoax, it looks like Liberty Tax Service is suing AMC over the portrayal in BCS.
https://twitter.com/eriqgardner/status/1554449545299386370
She’s back
Cracking episode.
It's like watching your hero turn into a scumbag when all along you knew he would kill your dog.
+1, great episode.
Kim Wexler knocking acting out of the park on the airport bus. Amazing.
Bloody amazing.
I've not been so focused on a scene than I was on Rhea Seehorn on the bus. Amazing.
Then the kitchen scene.
One episode to turn the viewer against him. Amazing.
Netflix crashed on me twice at exactly the and point, 6 mins to go, Marion plugs in the laptop and it switches to gene driving and singing to the radio...'oh no!!'. And freezes. I'll try again tomorrow. Great episode. Upsetting though. I feel emotionally attached to gene and Kim and although the happy ending was unlikely I hoped for it.... The missing 5 minutes I know what's coming as read something on screen rant... Last episode is going to feel like Train crash o think. Great TV but very very upsetting.
3rd time lucky I got to see the end.
One episode to turn the viewer against him. Amazing.
Bit more than that, but yes, his character arc mirroring Walter White's is now pretty much complete.
Rhea Seehorn. Bloody hell.
We're stacking the last two up to watch back to back ! Soo next week !
Well done Netflix for spoiling the surprise of last night's episode by having Rhea in black and white and a dark wig as the picture for last night's episode!
Great episode - each series has tended to drag along a little until the final couple of episodes. Agree that it's finally showing Jimmy/Saul in a less than flattering light (though we knew that all along but were rooting for him anyway)
What time do the episodes normally get released? I’m on my sick bed today so just waiting for the final episode
It’s brilliant I love it, too slow for her so just telly for me…
08:00 BST in answer to my own question above. Right, here goes
Deleted as don’t think the hidden spolier worked
Superb. I'm bereft that its now over, some of the greatest TV ever and what a high to exit on.
And there is only one thing in colour in the B&W moments.
Oh I missed that. I liked that part way through it made you think “oh he’s not going to do that” (tried to make as vague as possible)