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I'm giving the show the benefit of doubt in regards to its new characters. Chuck, Kim and Hamlin aren't terribly compelling just yet but I'm sure they'll develop beyond stereotypes. In the first season of Breaking Bad Hank was the frat-boy comic relief, Jesse was a hapless wigger, Skyler was a joyless bore and Marie... OK Marie never did change or get to do anything cool. Did her kleptomania subplot go anywhere?
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They should have called the episode "Fruit Flavored Gelatin Dessert Food Product".
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Mar 3, 2015 15:59
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Meatwave posted:They should have called the episode "Fruit Flavored Gelatin Dessert Food Product". 'Fruit Flavored Gelatin Dessert Food Product...o'. I had a great aunt that collected Hummels, and when she passed away, her will specified they were to go to family members. Nothing as involved as in the episode, they were all kind of just set out on the dining room table, and it was like 'take your pick'. I ended up with a little alpine mountain boy of my own, carrying a pig in a backpack sort of thing. When I get old, I think I'll draw up an overly complex will to leave my mother's old Hummels to people. This episode has inspired me.
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PassTheRemote posted:True, as much as I like BB, the first season was a slog. Really? You meet Krazy-8 right off the bat, and that entire storyline paid off in the best way possible as Walt turns to Jessie and asks "Did you put the body in a plastic container?" and one of the funniest moments of the series as the results are shown, then you get Tuco for the last two episodes which was amazing. I'd say season 2 and 3 had quite a few "slog through" episodes, and "Fly" is the episode that turned off a ton of people to the show entirely, despite it being the precursor to some of the best episodes of the series. It's pretty telling that for season 2/3 you have no individual wiki articles for the actual episode, but from "Fly" onwards literally every episode has its own page because of the sheer amount of press for each episode.
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Inspector Gesicht posted:Marie never did change or get to do anything cool. Did her kleptomania subplot go anywhere? Well, she tried to steal a baby.
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Inspector Gesicht posted:I'm giving the show the benefit of doubt in regards to its new characters. Chuck, Kim and Hamlin aren't terribly compelling just yet but I'm sure they'll develop beyond stereotypes. In the first season of Breaking Bad Hank was the frat-boy comic relief, Jesse was a hapless wigger, Skyler was a joyless bore and Marie... OK Marie never did change or get to do anything cool. Did her kleptomania subplot go anywhere? Sort of. When she gets caught stealing things from several open houses, Hank calls in a favor from ABQ PD to get her out of it. His PD contact (forget the guy's name) asks for Hank to return the favor by looking at Gale's lab notebook.
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CelticPredator posted:Maybe "Talking Toilet" might've been a better thing to look up.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLSa2f4gxes "There you go, thirsty boy!" "Thank you"
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I didn't fall in love with Breaking Bad until the 9th episode, where Walt and Jesse try to poison Tuco under the watch of his senile uncle. It's such a tense and bizarrely funny episode that's really far-out and yet it had build-up and there were a great deal of consequences afterwards. It's great to see Hank as a competent agent who gets caught off-guard and out of his element. I never hated Skyler as her arguments were sound and if Walt didn't have conflict in his domestic life then there would be a lot less tension in the show. She may be guilty for engaging in white-collar crime but that's leagues below strangling a guy with a bike lock, dissolving his remains, and flushing them down the toilet. edit: wrong thread Inspector Gesicht fucked around with this message at 16:30 on Mar 3, 2015 |
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Mar 3, 2015 16:28
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Breaking Bad spoilers but this is sorta perfect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51hS_iOLu5o
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Brightman posted:Breaking Bad spoilers but this is sorta perfect:
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Yeah I have to say the whole lawfirm war thing is falling pretty flat for me too. The show was great for the first two episodes but the continued focus on these dopes is hurting it. Hopefully chuck blows up his house and dies by the end of the season and we can just move on to when he becomes Saul.
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Pretty sure Chuck will die or be sent to the loony bin at some point and you'll never have to think about him again.
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Brightman posted:Breaking Bad spoilers but this is sorta perfect: This is the best thing. YOU DID GOOOOOOD HANK.
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Brightman posted:Breaking Bad spoilers but this is sorta perfect: I'd like to imagine a past where this is what actually aired. 
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Brightman posted:Breaking Bad spoilers but this is sorta perfect: One of the major reasons I started watching Breaking Bad was to see the real context for this scene (season 5 spoilers): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mVq_4BA5DQ
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I'm trying to give the slower pace of this show a pass on the grounds that unlike Breaking Bad, the immediate stakes of BCS aren't life or death and methamphetamine. That said, I feel like the first two epiodes were the weakest and the third so far is the only one has successfully used tension. But, I guess that's a part of BCS being tonally more of a comedy?
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Kim's actor has been kinda a mediocre so far.
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RustyTrombone posted:Kim's actor has been kinda a mediocre so far. I think the main issue is that she has not been used that much. I think once stuff gets developed like her friendship with Jimmy, I think that it will work out.
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RustyTrombone posted:Kim's actor has been kinda a mediocre so far.
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I'm interested in Chuck, but Kim has had nothing to do so far, she's basically been part of the set.
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Meatwave posted:They should have called the episode "Fruit Flavored Gelatin Dessert Food Product". Fruit Flavored Gelatin Dessert Food Product-O. I have a hard time spotting bad acting, though good acting does jump out at me, so I like Kim just fine! NowonSA fucked around with this message at 22:20 on Mar 3, 2015 |
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You know eventually she'll be put in a position to make a choice between Hamlin/HHM and Jimmy, and will go with Hamlin/HHM.
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I like Kim because she's one of the only characters so far who's not a huge schmoozer. She lies to her boss because he hates Jimmy, but you don't see her trying to win every conversation like Hamlin and Chuck do.
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Podcast just went up for last night's episode! e: Haha, in the first few minutes they're already talking about why the episode wasn't able to be titled "Jello" and that every episode title before this has ended in "o". Rageaholic fucked around with this message at 19:57 on Mar 3, 2015 |
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Last Chance posted:Sort of. When she gets caught stealing things from several open houses, Hank calls in a favor from ABQ PD to get her out of it. His PD contact (forget the guy's name) asks for Hank to return the favor by looking at Gale's lab notebook. And unless mine eyes deceive me that's also who was knockin' on Mike's door... coincidence????
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As someone who writes the occasional will, that scene with the lady in her house made me fill with rage and laugh at the same time.
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Takes No Damage posted:And unless mine eyes deceive me that's also who was knockin' on Mike's door... Your eyes need to learn to tell black people apart. Nigel Gibbs (APD Detective Tim Roberts)  Barry Shabaka Henley (Mysterious Philly Cop) 
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Supercar Gautier posted:Your eyes need to learn to tell black people apart. drat I feel like a racist rear end in a top hat now  I thought the voice even sounded the same...As penance have a fresh podcast mirror: BCS 101 Uno Live Discussion Podcast Dropbox Mirror BCS 102 Mijo Live Discussion Podcast Dropbox Mirror BCS 103 Nacho Live Discussion Podcast Dropbox Mirror BCS 104 Hero Live Discussion Podcast Dropbox Mirror BCS 105 Podcast Dropbox Mirror
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Chuck and Kim are wonderful characters so far. Kim in particular is shockingly likeable.
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Steve2911 posted:Chuck and Kim are wonderful characters so far. Kim in particular is shockingly likeable. Yeah I think her actor is doing an amazing job of making her likable with very few lines. And she's a real person not just a romantic interest or a train wreck.
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Give me all of it, oh yah, you're such a big boy!
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Fill me up Chandler!
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Did the name Chandler exist before Friends? I like to think he named his kid after that Chandler anyway.
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He needs the NDA just so he can keep people from making fun of him.
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The scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83KLxQ1jjdg
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Reverse Centaur posted:Did the name Chandler exist before Friends? I like to think he named his kid after that Chandler anyway. Raymond Chandler.
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