I have not seen either Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul. They both sound interesting, good.
Which series do you think I should start with? Or does it not matter too much?
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Which series do you think I should start with? Or does it not matter too much?
First step is to crawl out under that rock. Are you like 12? Never seen either?
Watch Breaking Bad first.
Better Call Saul is a prequel to that show, but you appreciate much more the character development with full knowledge of how bad thing get during Breaking Bad. The writers leave tons of easter eggs you won't get without watching Breaking Bad first also.
I think we're heading for a very anti-climactic ending where Gene gets busted, they discover he's Saul, and he goes to prison. No reunion with Kim, and no plot twist with Carol Burnett. The whole point will be that he's always been Slippin' Jimmy and Chuck was absolutely right.
Kind of feels that way but I think we have at least 1 more surprise coming.
Two episodes left. Going to be interesting to see how much Jimmy continues to spiral. I enjoyed last nights episode. It was fun to see Walt and Jessie again
Breaking Bad is 1 of the most well rounded shows of all time, as mentioned watch it first then Better Call Saul. Don't watch El Camino (Breaking Bad movie spin off) without finishing Breaking Bad, if at all, it's meh.
This would fit, but it would also suck. I’ve lost most or all sympathy for Jimmy/Saul. However, Im a sucker for redemption.
One of the brilliant parts of Breaking Bad was Walter's trajectory from lovable goof caught in a desperate situation to essentially a monster by the end, while somehow managing to retain some of that fondness for who Walter was at the start.
Just an evil, horrible person that you somehow still liked and wanted to survive. Just brilliant writing and Bryan Cranston is a genius.
I remember going back and forth on whether I wanted him to get away with it in the end, up until what he did to Mike. Then I was like **** this guy.
And he's going to be represented by the DA that went on to be a defense attorney. They wouldn't have gone to the trouble of adding that detail on the phone call as well as having the sign of him. He's going to play some part in the final episodes.
So Jimmy gets busted in this episode, gets sent back to Albuquerque, and is represented by that guy. Maybe even Kim comes back to sit as co-chair in the final episode. Final episode is largely his court case.
So a redditor noticed that in the German dubbed version of the episode, the phone call is more audible, and they translated the dialogue enough to figure out Jimmy was indeed talking to
Kim, and it heavily suggests that Kim was telling Jimmy to turn himself in.
Ha, I cranked up the volume and even had closed captioning turned on while re-watching this scene (DVR) to try to discover this important detail...
The writers are great at showing, not telling, the characters’ motivations and growth. Obviously Walt grew toward empire building fueled largely by his jealousy, anger, whatever you want to call it toward Grey Matter.
We have seen growth from Jimmy/Saul/Gene in small and big ways too. In the most recent episode he insists on ripping off the mark who has cancer. Jimmy McGill never would have done that; he would’ve let him go. But Gene is a changed man since interacting with cancer-ridden Walt. Cancer is no excuse in Gene’s eyes.
Manipulated Skyler, manipulated Jessie, lied to Jr over and over, showed little remorse when Todd killed the kid, the list goes on about the development from goofy fun loving dad to certified sociopath.
