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mets1090 said:
This week's episode was indeed Mike's back story. Outstanding episode. The last few minutes were phenomenal.
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Agreed, was really, really good this week.
 
mets1090 said:
This week's episode was indeed Mike's back story. Outstanding episode. The last few minutes were phenomenal.
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Yep, Breaking Bad level good this week. Loved Mike emoting to his daughter-in-law, the near Saul Goodman level interplay between Jimmy and Mike and cheered hard for Mike in Philly scenes.
 
Dogdeacon said:
Yep, Breaking Bad level good this week. Loved Mike emoting to his daughter-in-law, the near Saul Goodman level interplay between Jimmy and Mike and cheered hard for Mike in Philly scenes.
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With Mike well established as a steady character always in control, Jonathan Banks did an excellent job showing just the right amount of emotion for it to be a "Whoa" type moment. That level of emotion would have been too small for most characters but anything more from Mike wouldn't have made sense. They really nailed it.
 
Everyone - "It was great!"

Dogdeacon - "You can't use Maxipads to treat gunshot wounds. Ruined the episode for me."

Meyers - "I read the book."
 
Fishy said:
Everyone - "It was great!"

Dogdeacon - "You can't use Maxipads to treat gunshot wounds. Ruined the episode for me."

Meyers - "I read the book."
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FOUL! You can't disregard my actual posts and insert my stereotypical behavior. Someone needs to share Mike's maxipad.

Understanding TV is your mind-turn-off-entertain-me time, so you don't read Dr Quincy's autopsy. In this case no foul play was found.
 
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Jonathan Banks has his Emmy reel in this episode. Terrific acting job, showing so much within a very tightly constrained demeanor. Great insight into Mike's psyche, while also nicely moving the evolution of the characters along. Jimmy crosses a line in his "Juan Valdez bump and dump" to help interfere with a police investigation, and Mike gets his first entry into the New Mexico underworld with the Vet sews his wound and offers introductions.
 
Fishy said:
Everyone - "It was great!"

Dogdeacon - "You can't use Maxipads to treat gunshot wounds. Ruined the episode for me."

Meyers - "I read the book."
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There's a book? :eek:

(you don't know me very well at all, haven't read a book in years :cool:)
 
That was a wonderful closing scene with Jimmy and his brother in last night's episode. Can't believe there's only one episode left.
 
Mots010 said:
That was a wonderful closing scene with Jimmy and his brother in last night's episode. Can't believe there's only one episode left.
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That was a powerful scene for sure, Charles McGill comes across as such a good person but turns out he's Judas. I never even watched Breaking Bad and still find this show amazing, don't want the season to end.
 
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Mike was the best part of that episode. So cool about everything, including when he abused the loud mouth, hot head thug.
 
Great episode. Chuck is a huge . While he has a couple defensible points, he's still a huge scumbag for using Hamlin as his puppet.

And realistically, if you bring a multi million dollar case to a law firm, I don't think they give a shit if you went to Bob's Backyard College o' Knowledge.
 
I love this show. Maybe I should actually watch Breaking Bad.
 
superjohn said:
That was a powerful scene for sure, Charles McGill comes across as such a good person but turns out he's Judas. I never even watched Breaking Bad and still find this show amazing, don't want the season to end.
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He's also Lenny.
 
ZooCougar said:
I love this show. Maybe I should actually watch Breaking Bad.
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The styles are very similar for obvious reasons. If you're enjoying this, no doubt you would enjoy Breaking Bad.
 
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Better Call Saul is like a really good burger, universally appealing, almost can't go wrong.
Breaking Bad is a flame cooked blackened filet that's still cold & red in the middle - great if you are up for it.
 
Great show this week. Loved both story lines (Chuck/Jimmy and Mike's). Can't believe first season is coming to an end, seems like it just started.
 
I felt lukewarm about this show, let's say a 6.5 or 7 outta 10, but this past episode was a home run. It felt prime Breaking Bad-ish. I'm all in.
 
superjohn said:
That was a powerful scene for sure, Charles McGill comes across as such a good person but turns out he's Judas. I never even watched Breaking Bad and still find this show amazing, don't want the season to end.
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Interesting interview w/ Thomas Schnauz, a producer and the writer/director of the episode in The Hollywood Reporter:

[When Chuck says] ... "the law is sacred" and "you're a chimp with a machine gun" ... we as viewers, having seen Breaking Bad, know Chuck might be right. Even though what he's done to Jimmy is really, really horrible, we know who Saul Goodman will be. People in the future die and get hurt because of him. ... We don't know — would Jimmy turn into Saul Goodman if not for Chuck's horrible actions? Is it a self-fulfilling prophecy? Or was Slippin' Jimmy always going to be become Saul Goodman?
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Knowing Jimmy is a few years away from millions does his character in BB preceed that pay day?
 
Dove said:
Knowing Jimmy is a few years away from millions does his character in BB preceed that pay day?
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My guess is something happens where HHM ends up cheating Jimmy out of the bulk of what he is due, leading to Saul Goodman and his questionable use of his license to practice law.
 
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FfldCntyFan said:
My guess is something happens where HHM ends up cheating Jimmy out of the bulk of what he is due, leading to Saul Goodman and his questionable use of his license to practice law.
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Chuck appears to be ready to go back to work for HHM (ironing shirts at the end of the episode). It's likely they'll try to find a loophole wherein they steal the case from him.

Cheddie said:
Interesting interview w/ Thomas Schnauz, a producer and the writer/director of the episode in The Hollywood Reporter:

[When Chuck says] ... "the law is sacred" and "you're a chimp with a machine gun" ... we as viewers, having seen Breaking Bad, know Chuck might be right. Even though what he's done to Jimmy is really, really horrible, we know who Saul Goodman will be. People in the future die and get hurt because of him. ... We don't know — would Jimmy turn into Saul Goodman if not for Chuck's horrible actions? Is it a self-fulfilling prophecy? Or was Slippin' Jimmy always going to be become Saul Goodman?
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I've given thought to both sides of this argument and I've come to the conclusion that while we don't know if Jimmy was always going to become a scumbag lawyer, Chuck's actions as a brother are despicable. He knows his brother has a shady past and rather than trying to help him climb out of that ditch, he goes out of his way to hold him down there.

Chuck could have hired him and let him work under him as his right hand man where he has no real authority to make sketchy decisions. This would keep Jimmy out of trouble and also give Chuck a capable associate who is desperate to please him.
 
mets1090 said:
Chuck appears to be ready to go back to work for HHM (ironing shirts at the end of the episode). It's likely they'll try to find a loophole wherein they steal the case from him.
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When Kim used HHM's account (and Chuck's charge code) to research prior rulings Jimmy may have given HHM all they needed as evidence that it was their case. Kim warned Jimmy about Chuck's partnership agreement with HHM and as this is not a pro-bono case, Jimmy may end up getting screwed.
 
Binge watched the first nine episodes yesterday. Great show.

My guess is Chuck goes back to work and Jimmy gets his friend to rewire the HHM building, turning it into a giant Van de Graaff generator.
 
Chuck has a low opinion of Jimmy as both a lawyer and a person. That's all you need to connect the dots to the strip mall office. What's really left as far as backstory is the "Darth Vader moment" when he accepts his destiny to be the king of all shady lawyers before the shenanigans begin. Also, need more Mike.
 
Remember Chuck nearly completely lost his marbles. And it is likely that Chuck's disease is related to Jimmy's slipperiness.
1. What happened that put Chuck over the edge (he was working when Jimmy passed the bar)?
2. If Jimmy is becoming Saul & more slippery that could mean Chuck becomes completely insane.
Given his brother completely screwed him, it's shows some moral code left that Jimmy's tearing down Chuck did not include calling Chuck out on an illness that is purely psychological. I don't think he's ready to be Saul yet.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
My guess is something happens where HHM ends up cheating Jimmy out of the bulk of what he is due, leading to Saul Goodman and his questionable use of his license to practice law.
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I think that was more a case of foreshadowing that Jimmy was about to find out that Chuck was a gutless backstabber. Telling Jimmy to have Kim use his code for the research should have tipped Jimmy off that Chuck had decided to bring the case back to HHM, with or without him. Chuck was so self-righteous, he would never have allowed that to happen unless he had already made his decision.
 
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