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No idea. I'm hoping for a brief scene in a local library where he looks up an obituary after all the scenes with Gus Fring's job
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I really thought there was going to be a spin that the guy's dead wife was actually his dead boyfriend so perhaps it was only partially a lie. This is admittedly influenced by another well known character played by Marc Evan Jackson. Then in an additional major twist we learn that it his dead boyfriend was none other than Captain Raymond Holt and Brooklyn nine-nine shares a universe with BCS/BB, albeit with confusing timelines
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Aug 28, 2018 20:56
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The slow meandering pace was worth it just to help the new ad pop. 'Privacy Sold Here!'
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Aug 28, 2018 21:03
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Doctor Reynolds posted:So do you think that guy is actually lying? Pity parties can be a "thing" but a therapist is there. Someone wanting to visit multiple places isn't exactly uncommon. Cuba and Australia? Sure! I'd love to go. Mike goes on to call Gus' bluff at gunpoint later in the episode. The guy might be grieving something for real, but I don't doubt that he was lying.
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Aug 28, 2018 21:09
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The way that dude piggybacked off of Stacy’s comments gave me the impression he was only going to those things to demonstrate value and Mike decided to stop him before he could engage physically.
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Aug 28, 2018 21:31
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Very interesting episode. The stories were all very subtle, but powerful. Saul went from 'gainful employment' at the start of the episode to 'fulltime trying to attract shady characters' at the end. Kim wanting to be anywhere other than successful. Nacho, ever more desperate to get out, in way over his head. I wonder when Tuco is going to be back? There really isn't much left to the Salamancas at this point, with the cousins going back to Mehico. Mike and Gus working on their power dynamic was interesting, but I would agree not as significant as the other characters and a really odd choice to end the show, it felt like the middle of a conversation, not a cliffhanger.
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Aug 28, 2018 22:38
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SeANMcBAY posted:Agree but it fits with their Breaking Bad portrayal. They’re like loving Terminators in that. The twins were sociopathic and ominously silent in BB, but they weren't Terminators.
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Aug 28, 2018 22:48
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Durzel posted:Except when they were trying to murk Hank, whereupon he crushed one of them with his car and managed to load his gun while the other one was bringing an axe down on him. they were right up until like 20 minutes before they tried to kill hank. we're way before 20 minutes before they tried to kill hank.
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Aug 28, 2018 22:49
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Durzel posted:Except when they were trying to murk Hank, whereupon he crushed one of them with his car and managed to load and fire his gun at the other one while he was bringing an axe down on him (if memory serves) They acted like Terminators even in that scene and the one in the hospital later. They were tied with the plane crash subplot as maybe the silliest aspect of Breaking Bad imo.
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Aug 28, 2018 23:17
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The twins are goofy as hell and I was never really scared by them, even from the start when they hitched a ride in a truck full of illegals. They're crazy good at killing people but they're just so silly with the borderline mute staring contests they have with every single person they see.
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Aug 28, 2018 23:21
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That judge is gonna give Kim public defender work and somehow that's gonna lead to my prediction, that she becomes a prosecutor (or consulting counsel) and by next season or the one after that we're gonna have Kim vs. Jimmy as he defends Nacho or Badger or whatever.
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Aug 28, 2018 23:39
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Agent Escalus posted:2) When Jimmy started bouncing the ball it occurred to me that maybe the store is a front? Most businesses wouldn't keep a constantly-slow store open, staffed, and stocked. Let alone a chain place; they'd shut it down and re-direct the foot traffic. So maybe as time goes on Jimmy starts poking around and noticing non-existent revenues for his location are showing up on the books? And things get rolling from there, he casually offers "legal" advice on money laundering, oh hey my law licence is back next year, need some legal work done from a crook you can trust because you already hired him? Have you not seen small pre-paid wireless stores like that? I've literally never seen a single customer inside of a Cricket store, the show was spot-on there. The only inaccuracy is that it was stocked more like a T-Mobile/Verizon store, which do get traffic because they're major providers.
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Aug 28, 2018 23:47
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I use Cricket and I've never been in a Cricket store.
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Aug 28, 2018 23:51
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I really like the super chummy cat burglar. When Jimmy was looking at his cut I thought he was going to get shorted but nope.
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Pigbuster posted:Have you not seen small pre-paid wireless stores like that? I've literally never seen a single customer inside of a Cricket store, the show was spot-on there. The only inaccuracy is that it was stocked more like a T-Mobile/Verizon store, which do get traffic because they're major providers. I think the show is going where the truth is: in towns with lots of drug addicts and dealers, those stores started making bank right around when this show takes place. We're going to see that store go from dead to booming with Jimmy wheeling and dealing left and right, and I'm guessing he meets some familiar criminals in the process.
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Aug 29, 2018 02:28
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Hey, it's the guy from The Good Place as the fake griever.
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Aug 29, 2018 02:46
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Saul got a job supervising a ghost town. Saul is a film geek. Did anyone else think he was thinking about The Shining while he was throwing that ball? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_fit0ERjRY
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Aug 29, 2018 02:58
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No because he'd be busy thinking of The Great Escape
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Aug 29, 2018 03:03
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Yeah, I assumed Great Escape - Jimmy would definitely think of himself as The Cooler King. He's got a pretty great setup at that store: nobody is ever around, his supervisors leave him completely alone, he's basically free to come and go as he pleases. The only real potential downside is that if he starts going great business, his bosses might start taking an interest in the store instead of just forgetting about it until inventory time.
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Aug 29, 2018 03:19
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I imagine in the labour hell that is the USA Jimmy is upset the store is dead because he's probably mostly commission based and will make sub minimum wage otherwise?
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Aug 29, 2018 03:21
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Jimmy’s annoyed by the job because he’s bored, I sincerely doubt it’s anything more than that. He has consistently shown than he always has to be doing something.
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Aug 29, 2018 03:30
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i felt like the ball bouncing might be a reference to the shining. and kim clearly wants to go back to defending people who need help and not rich blowhards in ten gallon hats. thats all i can really say about that episode
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Aug 29, 2018 03:32
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I don't think it's less than minimum wage? Though maybe it was in 2002 or whatever, but it's definitely not much more than minimum wage, with the bulk of the potential compensation coming from commission sharing, yeah. Which is probably part of it, sure, but I think the main reason is sheer boredom.
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Aug 29, 2018 03:33
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Money’s not an issue. He didn’t really need to get a job; his second paycheck is just to make things that much easier.
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Aug 29, 2018 03:34
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Yeah he only took the job the moment Kim started bringing up therapy. He's just doing it to make kim not worried.
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Aug 29, 2018 03:45
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I'm pretty sure engaging in gainful employment is part of the terms of his suspension from the bar he has to meet to become a lawyer again.
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Aug 29, 2018 03:50
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I'm surprised they haven't got on him about that. I assume they would have put in stipulation that he has to take any job he's offered.
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Aug 29, 2018 04:06
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Jimmy is going to start seeing Dave. Dave's good.
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Aug 29, 2018 04:07
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Dave's not here, man.
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Aug 29, 2018 04:37
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Having worked as a "manager" of a dead rear end Metro store in a run down strip mall, that part was pretty relatable. I didn't really manage anything and only worked with someone else for 30 minutes during shift overlap. Lots of cleaning to pass the time (and because the owner would watch the cameras remotely and call if he thought I had spent too long without doing ~something~). Then during the rare rushes the line would be nearly going out the door, but that was just because I was by myself and had to teach old people how to use their phones while other people waited impatiently. Attracting shady customers would at least make things less dull.
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Aug 29, 2018 04:42
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Riptor posted:No because he'd be busy thinking of The Great Escape  Touche. What other film scenes does Jimmy see himself as living out I wonder?
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Aug 29, 2018 05:09
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I bet he was having echoes of A Few Good Men when he was grilling Chuck on the stand at his bar review hearing.
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Aug 29, 2018 05:24
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This weeks podcast had more behind the scenes production gossip than usual. Mainly going over sound design and shooting the opening with lil Matty.
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Okay, so we're four and a half seasons into this show and I still have no idea what it's supposed to be. It's a split between mundane real-life events with the Lawyer characters, drug-wars scenes we can't possibly care about as we know the fates and endpoints of nearly everyone involved lightly peppered with scenes of Mike talking slowly about how he doesn't want to do something. Like, what is this show's identity? It feels like it wants to be it's own thing with Jimmy, but then we get these long excursions where it feels like Breaking Bad 2, featuring all the characters whose stories have already been resolved and who have already gotten all the development they need to be interesting. Why bring Mike and Gus back when the entire series they've each maybe had one interesting thing to do each? Who was crying out for the return of the Twins, two mute characters who just stand around a look menacing? How are we going to get even a remotely satisfying ending to any of these stories when they're almost all wrapped up in Breaking Bad? I like the scenes involving Saul becoming Jimmy because those scenes actually feel like a show with a personality. So much else in the show I just find a dull and frustrating waste of time. If someone asked me "What's Better Call Saul like?" I wouldn't know what to tell them and this is the fourth season. That judge was pretty cool though
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Cojawfee posted:I'm surprised they haven't got on him about that. I assume they would have put in stipulation that he has to take any job he's offered. Uhhhh... That's not legal.
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Aug 29, 2018 13:17
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Calico Heart posted:If someone asked me "What's Better Call Saul like?" I wouldn't know what to tell them and this is the fourth season. "It's a prequel to Breaking Bad." There, done.
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Aug 29, 2018 14:17
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It’s a show about albuquerques underworld that happens to feature a shady lawyer as one of its ensemble. Pulp Fiction isn’t really “about” anyone in particular either.
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Aug 29, 2018 14:44
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It's a prequel to Breaking Bad with lower stakes and no Walt. It fleshes out Saul and Mike without detracting from their BB appearances. How do you normally describe shows to people?
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Zulily Zoetrope posted:It's a prequel to Breaking Bad with lower stakes and no Walt. It fleshes out Saul and Mike without detracting from their BB appearances. I usually just say if I like it and if I think you would like it and that’s about it.
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Nacho's dad called 911 and just hung up. The police will come by your house to check on you if that happens. I predict this will somehow lead to Hank investigating his business as a drug front.
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