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The boat was still in the driveway, when Saul and the female lawyer talked about the sex robot. You can see it in the background, so it wouldn't make much sense for the kettlemans to hide in there.
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Eezee posted:The boat was still in the driveway, when Saul and the female lawyer talked about the sex robot. You can see it in the background, so it wouldn't make much sense for the kettlemans to hide in there. Haha, I kept wondering if there was supposed to be another boat or if the boat disappeared or reappeared inbetween scenes, because I was confused why people kept talking about the missing boat when it was so plainly there in that scene.
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Feb 17, 2015 12:20
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It seemed like such a no-brainer, after Jimmy's big long speech explaining the whole situation and his very incriminating part in it to the ladylawywer right in front of the boat. I'm glad they didn't go that way with it, though. I wonder if it was an intentional fake-out or they originally planned it that way and decided not to, or if it was just "their stupid boat is a big part of how smug and horrible yet astonishingly stupid these assholes are so it comes up a lot" but was never intended as like.. Chekhov's Yacht.
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hailthefish posted:It seemed like such a no-brainer, after Jimmy's big long speech explaining the whole situation and his very incriminating part in it to the ladylawywer right in front of the boat. I think the point of them camping is that Saul did some investigative work (noticing the tent decal) and combined with the big hike he does until night, he's working very hard. There are some things that are off ("Here's Johnny!") but it's not like the first season of BB didn't have some rough moments.
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Feb 17, 2015 12:54
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He was working hard because his life was on the line. You all are making me feel bad because I never even noticed any boat and came into the thread and everyone's like "haha, no boat."
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Feb 17, 2015 13:58
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As if these guys would really pass up the opportunity to have Saul wandering the Albuquerque high desert. In Breaking Bad, they featured the desert easily because Walt had to cook meth, bury money, bury bodies, or meet with criminals in isolated places. Saul will have fewer opportunities unless he's going to be kidnapped a lot.
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Feb 17, 2015 14:13
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The tent will be his new office.
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Feb 17, 2015 14:41
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monster on a stick posted:
Saul loves a good movie quote and has been using them all season
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Feb 17, 2015 15:21
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Next week, Jimmy's going to have a full set of stickers for Mike. That, or the $9. Anyway, I need a link to the podcast that's not iTunes, help? How did the previous goon find those other ones? Man, I wish they were just on AMC's website still. 
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Feb 17, 2015 15:23
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monster on a stick posted:There are some things that are off ("Here's Johnny!") but it's not like the first season of BB didn't have some rough moments. I don't know, I thought it was funny and very much in character. As much trouble as they've caused for him, I sure he wanted to say something to scare the poo poo out of them when he popped in. I think it'd popped into a lot of people's minds, even.
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Next week, Jimmy's going to have a full set of stickers for Mike. That, or the $9. Here you go.
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Feb 17, 2015 15:57
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You are wonderful, thank you.
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Feb 17, 2015 16:00
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fleshweasel posted:1. Mike said "nobody likes to leave home"-- maybe we'll learn something about why he left Philadelphia. I was thinking that too as soon as he said it. And perhaps we'll find out what tragic thing happened to his son (which I think was only written in after Jonathan Banks told Gilligan "that's not Mike's daughter" when he saw the actress who plays Kaylees mom. Lol, JB calling the shots!  ).And yeah, that grimace when the young detective touched him was great. Perhaps he has friends on the ABQ force but those two were pretty patronizing. I would agree with the few people who said the writing is a little flatter than BB, but doesn't mean I don't love it, and it's better than most TV out there. Also, it's just so much more linear compared to BB since we are basically following just Jimmy's arc VS Walt/Jesse/Hank/etc. I like that, and it feels fun to root for one guy who's moral compass still functions. I'll admit I've been tense a few times for Jimmy, even though I know he makes out of even BB alive. That's a sign of some great writing.
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Feb 17, 2015 16:36
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Saul makes 700 dollars a case. I assume most of its already taxed so he's depositing a full 700 dollars probably every week or so, sometimes multiple times a week considering how some cases may stack up next to one another. He drives a beater with no monthly payments, probably lives in a cheap apartment, has no dependents, and already seems to be established in life with a wardrobe, food, and a phone. So how the gently caress does he never have 9 dollars to pay Mike?
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Feb 17, 2015 16:49
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Doltos posted:Saul makes 700 dollars a case. I assume most of its already taxed so he's depositing a full 700 dollars probably every week or so, sometimes multiple times a week considering how some cases may stack up next to one another. He drives a beater with no monthly payments, probably lives in a cheap apartment, has no dependents, and already seems to be established in life with a wardrobe, food, and a phone. He's also supporting Chuck, paying for his groceries. Also, the PD work is probably not very reliable, as there may be days or weeks that he does not have a full finished case, as the $700 is for every part of the case, the arraignment, the trial, and probably also the bail hearing. This does not all happen in one day or one week.
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Doltos posted:Saul makes 700 dollars a case. I assume most of its already taxed so he's depositing a full 700 dollars probably every week or so, sometimes multiple times a week considering how some cases may stack up next to one another. He drives a beater with no monthly payments, probably lives in a cheap apartment, has no dependents, and already seems to be established in life with a wardrobe, food, and a phone. He's supporting his brother, they go over this in the first or second episode where Jimmy says he can't support both of them anymore. edit: beaten
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Interstitial Abs posted:I would agree with the few people who said the writing is a little flatter than BB, but doesn't mean I don't love it, and it's better than most TV out there. Also, it's just so much more linear compared to BB since we are basically following just Jimmy's arc VS Walt/Jesse/Hank/etc. I like that, and it feels fun to root for one guy who's moral compass still functions. I'll admit I've been tense a few times for Jimmy, even though I know he makes out of even BB alive. That's a sign of some great writing. Once Mike exits the toll booth, I think he'll have a bigger part in the show. I also wonder if we'll see Mike have an arc as well - in Philly, he was disgraced because he took out someone abusing his wife - not great but not what I'd call a "dirty cop" either. He's clearly OK with working for drug dealers and the like by BB, so something happened.
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monster on a stick posted:Once Mike exits the toll booth, I think he'll have a bigger part in the show. I also wonder if we'll see Mike have an arc as well - in Philly, he was disgraced because he took out someone abusing his wife - not great but not what I'd call a "dirty cop" either. He's clearly OK with working for drug dealers and the like by BB, so something happened. We don't know if that is the reason.
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Feb 17, 2015 17:22
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monster on a stick posted:in Philly, he was disgraced because he took out someone abusing his wife - not great but not what I'd call a "dirty cop" either. Are you sure about this? He let that guy go and the guy killed his wife. I think that's all we know. edit: beaten again, need to hone my posting knife
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Last Chance posted:Are you sure about this? He let that guy go and the guy killed his wife. I think that's all we know. I could've sworn that when Mike told that story in Breaking Bad he said he went after the guy again later.
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Feb 17, 2015 17:32
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Mike doesn't outright say that he killed the guy, but the context of that conversation implies he could have taken a full measure later, I guess. I don't know, perhaps we'll just have to keep "tuning in" to Better Call Saul each Monday night to find out?
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Wade Wilson posted:I could've sworn that when Mike told that story in Breaking Bad he said he went after the guy again later. quote:He relates that at one point, he had to deal with a domestic dispute issue between a husband and wife. The man would beat his wife continually and Mike would have to take the man away to the precinct jail for the night and then send him back home in the morning, since the woman wouldn't press charges. During one of these instances, Mike became particularly enraged by the man's abuse, so he took him out to the desert, beat him, and held a gun to his head, threatening to kill him if he ever beat his wife again. However, weeks later, the man killed his wife by bludgeoning her with a blender base. It is implied that Mike eventually killed the man and, though he could not be convicted for the murder, he was discharged from the force
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I don't think it was implied that Mike eventually killed the guy and was discharged from the force.
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I don't know, that is from Wikia, after all. Pretty solid stuff.
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 Who the hell wears shoes in a tent? These people are monsters. Also, the girl is laughing.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIG7VvngUK4 He says that he'll never take another half measure again after that, but he doesn't say whether he killed the guy or not during that speech. Maybe he said it somewhere else.
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MrBims posted:[citation needed] The great sandy desert of Lancaster County.
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Doltos posted:Saul makes 700 dollars a case. I assume most of its already taxed so he's depositing a full 700 dollars probably every week or so, sometimes multiple times a week considering how some cases may stack up next to one another. He drives a beater with no monthly payments, probably lives in a cheap apartment, has no dependents, and already seems to be established in life with a wardrobe, food, and a phone. I always took it as the principle of the stickers, rather than not actually having enough to pay him. He worked long enough that day to earn the correct amount of stickers even if he wasn't given them, and this nobody tool booth dude should cut him a break already.
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monster on a stick posted:He's clearly OK with working for drug dealers and the like by BB, so something happened. Wait... poo poo, ya'll may have covered it, and I'm an idiot for not realizing it, this but this opens the door for a Gus cameo. Because it seems that their relationship was firmly established by the time Walt is cooking.
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Feb 17, 2015 18:37
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did anyone else get the feeling that the dad was searching around for a weapon, i thought he was doing that with his hand when it was on the ground to the right of him.
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ghostwritingduck posted:He says that he'll never take another half measure again after that, but he doesn't say whether he killed the guy or not during that speech. Maybe he said it somewhere else. I think it's heavily implied that he didn't, which is why he said "no more half measures". He took a half measure by beating the guy up and threatening him, but he regrets not following through. It was an example for Walt to follow, so Mike not having killed the guy would make the most sense. Not to say he definitely didn't, but it's most likely that he didn't.
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Interstitial Abs posted:Wait... poo poo, ya'll may have covered it, and I'm an idiot for not realizing it, this but this opens the door for a Gus cameo. Because it seems that their relationship was firmly established by the time Walt is cooking.
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God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title
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Feb 17, 2015 19:41
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Saul's phrasing was that he knew a guy (Mike) who knew a guy (???) who knew another guy (Gus). That suggests Mike hadn't met Gus directly yet, unless there was one less degree of separation than Saul thought. We're introduced to Mike as Saul's guy, and later find out he's also Gus's guy, but it's never made explicit how long that's been the case. Could have been going on for a long time, could be a relatively new development.
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Feb 17, 2015 19:49
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I always assumed Saul was bullshitting with the "I know a guy who knows a guy" stuff and just threw that out to keep himself one or two steps removed from that stuff and from being thought of as a major player.
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Supercar Gautier posted:Saul's phrasing was that he knew a guy (Mike) who knew a guy (???) who knew another guy (Gus). That suggests Mike hadn't met Gus directly yet, unless there was one less degree of separation than Saul thought. Yeah, I mean in my mind Mike knew Gus before Walt met any of them. And Right.. It's a little ambiguous the way the dialogue is written, but I could see Mike not disclosing his connection to Gus to Saul untill it was necessary. He also did threaten to break Saul's legs, for Gus. Kind of points to who was really buttering his toast. Also, did Saul and Gus even ever have a scene together in BB? I am not recalling one. Just Saul's crippling fear of Gus.
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Mike was the "head of security" for all of Los Pollos, you don't just hire a dude off the street to be the main enforcer for your growing meth empire. We may see the beginning of that relationship here in BCS but Mike definitely had a few years with Gus under his belt before we meet him in BB. I suspect it's a slight plot hole that he was running around doing poo poo for Saul like cleaning up the Jane OD, that was originally supposed to be Saul himself but Odenkirk was unavailable so they just made up some cleaner guy for that one scene. Then they ended up bring him back towards the end of season 3 and the rest is history. On an unrelated note, some people in the BB threads said there was some benefit for mirroring the podcasts in DropBox because Sony won't let you stream the files or something. If that's still the case I can try and keep up with getting each podcast mirrored as it's released. Here's the first two: BCS 101 Uno Live Discussion Podcast Dropbox Mirror BCS 102 Mijo Live Discussion Podcast Dropbox Mirror
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Mike working for Gus always seemed a little weird because then what the hell is he doing slumming it as a cleaner for Saul?
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Perhaps if there's ever a prequel show to Breaking Bad we'll find out the answers to these questions...
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