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UZR IS BULLSHIT posted:The thing for me is they're getting pretty close to beating a dead horse with that point though. I'm still enjoying the show a lot but I can't deny these complaints have some validity. Hector's stroke really did come across as pretty anti-climactic for such a big moment. But there's so much about this show that's so good.
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Chris James 2 posted:Seems pretty obvious that when they find out what happened with Chuck, Jimmy's going to be either in denial or outright insensitive, and that's gonna be that That doesn't seem very likely to me. After his last visit with Chuck, guilt seems like a more likely response. I can't see Chuck's suicide being the immediate cause of their split, some more stuff's gotta happen first.
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Jun 20, 2017 15:07
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What if Irene is related to Walt somehow? Maybe she is Skylers mother?
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Jun 20, 2017 15:23
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There's only one person that is justifiably burnt out on this show and it's not any of the viewers.
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Jun 20, 2017 15:25
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People probably wouldn't know Chuck intentionally kicked over that lantern
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Jun 20, 2017 15:26
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Hi I'm here to say that Dave Porter fuckin owns.
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Unless they really tie in well in season 4 I don't see how Mike and Gus fit into the show at all. It kinda feels like how they treated Gandalf and co in the Hobbit prequels -- they go on and on about this mysterious looming evil which eventually leads to a confrontation with Sauron, but we know nothing comes of it in the end since its a prequel series. We know Mike ends up working for Gus (and hes already on his payroll so we are halfway there already) and we know Hector is going to end up in the wheelchair. We also know that the situation will remain deadlocked when we meet up with Gus and Co. again in BB. The only real tension is what will happen to Nacho and his dad and while I like Nacho I'm not connected enough with his character to shed many tears if he buys it. Gus was wasted in this season -- he had that one good scene with his employees midway through and then he shows up once an episode afterwords just to let you know he's around.
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Fast Luck posted:People probably wouldn't know Chuck intentionally kicked over that lantern He's a Chicago style deep dish now
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NO LISTEN TO ME posted:Hi I'm here to say that Dave Porter fuckin owns.
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Cnut the Great posted:The only thing I didn't buy was Kim not being all that upset about what Jimmy did to Irene. Like, apparently they had an off-screen conversation about it and then it's movie night? She's just more chill about everything now that she's on The Good Stuff.
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Wafflecopper posted:Quite the opposite of evil, Howard is actually Jesus Spotted this too. Also, lol at "the answer is always... the UH GOOOODS STUFF!"
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Platystemon posted:Yeah but Jeez Louise, I watched it once and was making dinner and taking something out of the oven when the scene happened. I referred to myself as an idiot in the post I made. Then I get posts like this and the spoon-fed guy. You jabronis are desperate for another Mikes Voice That DICK! fucked around with this message at 16:06 on Jun 20, 2017 |
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Cnut the Great posted:He was mean to Jimmy for the same reason he tore his house apart. He's desperately trying to find the core source of his anxiety so he can tear it out and make it stop buzzing away at his brain, even if that means destroying everything he cares about in the process. He's loving insane, and it's tragic. anime was right posted:people on the verge of suicide are often pushed over the edge when reminded of it as an option. people often commit suicide in waves because of the reminder. This is true, and I read somewhere that newspapers stopped reporting suicides because they noticed after a major suicide report there would always be a increase.
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Cnut the Great posted:I'm still enjoying the show a lot but I can't deny these complaints have some validity. Hector's stroke really did come across as pretty anti-climactic for such a big moment. I actually thought the leadup to the stroke was interesting, in that the Hector/Cartel was essentially a parallel to the Chuck/Hamlin situation. Of course the fact that Hector would suffer from stroke was not going to be a surprise in any way (even if you haven't watched BB). Both Chuck and Hector expect an unreasonable amount of deference due to the fact that they helped build their organizations from the ground up, which they didn't get when they became liabilities because they had pissed off so many people being abrasive assholes.
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FreeKillB posted:I actually thought the leadup to the stroke was interesting, in that the Hector/Cartel was essentially a parallel to the Chuck/Hamlin situation. Of course the fact that Hector would suffer from stroke was not going to be a surprise in any way (even if you haven't watched BB). Both Chuck and Hector expect an unreasonable amount of deference due to the fact that they helped build their organizations from the ground up, which they didn't get when they became liabilities because they had pissed off so many people being abrasive assholes. I also think Hector's a lot like Tuco in that his hotheadedness lead to his downfall. Maybe the surprise is that it went down exactly the way Nacho intended for it to go. And Gus seemed to sense that something was up when Nacho handed the officer the medicine. I'm kind of glad it wasn't an insanely grandiose accident because Chuck was really the headliner here
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RedSpider posted:LOL at the suicide prevention hotline. Why the gently caress would anyone ever think of doing this? (the LOLing I mean)
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echronorian posted:Anyone else feeling a little over it? I didn't like Jimmy going back on his old lady double cross and undoing all the work of this season to show him slide into Sauls shoes, Chuck killing himself felt out of place, Mike did nothing this season (let's be honest he's the loveable heart of this show) and though I like nacho his Storyline with Salamanca took so many episodes to get where you know it'll go. How is Chuck's suicide out of place? His entire life on the show up to this point was him waiting until he could get better and get back to practicing law. He was still interacting with Howard and influencing how the firm was run. When he thought he was starting to get better, he was excited about getting back to practicing law. Over the past few episodes he lost everything. He thought his illness was getting better, but he realized that it really isn't. Even if he did get better, he can't practice law anymore, because his malpractice insurance would be through the roof. Even if he dealt with that, Howard pushed him out of the firm. Because of that, he pushed back at Howard and lost his only friend and really burned any bridges he had at getting back into law. He pushed away his only family. Even with the 9 million dollars, Chuck has nothing left in his life. It is just him and his mental illness forever. No friends, no family, and most importantly, no law. If you can't see how someone in that position would end up killing himself, you're not paying attention. SpiderHyphenMan posted:I don't even think the power meter was actually running. That spinning disc is how the power meter works. As you use electricity, the disc spins. It goes through a crazy gear reduction which raises the number of kilowatt hours you've used. Here's a cool video about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SZDHgrysv8 Cojawfee fucked around with this message at 16:50 on Jun 20, 2017 |
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Kim is definitely going to have trouble with Oxy.
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NO LISTEN TO ME posted:Hi I'm here to say that Dave Porter fuckin owns.  that track during Chuck's breakdown was amazing.
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quote:Nacho's machinations against Hector sort of came out of nowhere and the payoff was delivered to us far too cleanly compared to how these things usually go in this world. Hard disagree there- they make it pretty clear early on Nacho is clever, not thrilled about working for Salamanca, and loves his pa. Between all those things, the risks he takes to save his pa follow logically enough. His plot went off pretty cleanly, but to be fair it was a pretty clever plan. Hector didn't intend to need hospitalization, and as Gus says, none of the cartel dudes are going to want to stick around when the ambulance arrives. Also, the universe is random! One thing that's great about this show is that it really could have gone either way- Nacho nearly kills Hector, or Nacho get's caught and is killed by Hector. So long as things don't always go right, a show's protagonists can have a victory or two every so often. Other points are fine tho.
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Cojawfee posted:That spinning disc is how the power meter works. As you use electricity, the disc spins. It goes through a crazy gear reduction which raises the number of kilowatt hours you've used. Here's a cool video about it.
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echronorian posted:I think this show is going off the rails totally i can't believe they had uncle jack's gang kill howard. what a bunch of lame fanservice bullshit
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So Chuck had an appointment Wednesday to get that electrical meter crap sorted out, and it's already been shown that he's fine with a car ride. Why didn't he take his millions and just go camping somewhere for a few days or gently caress, buy a cabin? At least until Wednesday? gently caress, live out there permanently! I guess for Chuck the only thing keeping his energy allergy in check was the implication that he still had work to do, and right after getting fired, he loses all will to fight it.
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Why didn't Chuck just call a private electrician instead of the electric company? Or a local handyman, like Mike for example.
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I have never before in my life yelled at a fictional character i'm gonna loving headbutt chuck
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yeah i think my only reservations so far is jimmy saving irene, i feel like he took a half step forward towards saul and a full step back in this episode. it was the right thing to do, but he almost feels further from saul than when he started the season.
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graham cracker posted:So Chuck had an appointment Wednesday to get that electrical meter crap sorted out, and it's already been shown that he's fine with a car ride. Why didn't he take his millions and just go camping somewhere for a few days or gently caress, buy a cabin? At least until Wednesday? gently caress, live out there permanently! its a mental illness thing. you're trying desperately to find out what's wrong, and when it's the only thing in your life at the moment, you'll do anything to figure it out.
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Its not actually about the electricity you dinguses it never was holy fffff
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You know for someone with a major electrical condition, Chuck knows very little about how electricity works. You'd think a lawyer as studious as Chuck would take some time to educate himself on these subjects of electrons and such. Boy, I sure hope someone got fired for that blunder.
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I kinda wish they hadn't called the last episode "Lantern" since the fire was so easily telegraphed. But they did a good job of subverting that with the suicide angle - definitely didn't see it coming. I thought for sure that when Chuck was tearing his house apart, he'd hit a gas line, cause a leak, then go to light his lantern later, causing an explosion.
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Cromulent posted:I kinda wish they hadn't called the last episode "Lantern" since the fire was so easily telegraphed. you might even say they hung a lantern on it
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FogHelmut posted:You know for someone with a major electrical condition, Chuck knows very little about how electricity works. You'd think a lawyer as studious as Chuck would take some time to educate himself on these subjects of electrons and such. Boy, I sure hope someone got fired for that blunder. If Chuck's condition was real, he would be able to sense the source of the electricity. This proved beyond a shadow of of a doubt in his mind that his EHS was complete bullshit, and I don't think Chuck is the kind of guy who can admit when he's wrong. He will go to any length to prove to himself and others that what he says is true, such as the incident with the Mesa Verde address I think he had that revelation after he tore up his house that he'd been living a lie for the last 3 years, and couldn't live with it, in that his condition was mental illness, not EHS Spellman fucked around with this message at 17:38 on Jun 20, 2017 |
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anime was right posted:yeah i think my only reservations so far is jimmy saving irene, i feel like he took a half step forward towards saul and a full step back in this episode. it was the right thing to do, but he almost feels further from saul than when he started the season. Edit: Trash Trick posted:him getting good at being the hated scumbag lawyer is central to his character. Lying and exploiting your way to gains is different from being in the spotlight and reveling in it. massive spider posted:Yeah this is Jimmy realising that his do gooder persona is unsustainable. He's the very best at being bad. Saul Goodman is fun because he's an 'honest conman' persona, a guy who's obviously going to rip someone off but doesn't try to hide it. SpiderHyphenMan fucked around with this message at 17:48 on Jun 20, 2017 |
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KoRMaK posted:Spotted this too. Kim gunna become an addict, you heard it here first folks
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Spellman posted:If Chuck's condition was real, he would be able to sense the source of the electricity. This proved beyond a shadow of of a doubt in his mind that his EHS was complete bullshit, and I don't think Chuck is the kind of guy who can admit when he's wrong. He will go to any length to prove to himself and others that what he says is true, such as the incident with the Mesa Verde address there was literally a moment in the conversation with jimmy where jimmy asked, roughly "and you didnt do anything wrong?" and chuck didn't answer. thats pretty much his entire undoing. hell, his mental illness is inventing a problem that isn't there for him to blame. dude destroys everything he touches and then never admits fault.
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drunken officeparty posted:Kim gunna become an addict, you heard it here first folks This leads to Badger which leads to Skinny Pete which leads to Saul defending them in court!
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anime was right posted:there was literally a moment in the conversation with jimmy where jimmy asked, roughly "and you didnt do anything wrong?" and chuck didn't answer. thats pretty much his entire undoing. hell, his mental illness is inventing a problem that isn't there for him to blame. dude destroys everything he touches and then never admits fault. i'm glad he dead
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Here's a debate. Did Jimmy kill Chuck simply by visiting him? Would Chuck have suffered his complete mental collapse if Jimmy had stayed resolved not to make amends?
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Before Chuck started tearing up his house he took an Ambien. Those things will gently caress you up good.
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