Better Call Saul Season 3 - It's showtime, folks!

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Cromulent: Dec 22, 2002; People are under a lot of stress, Bradley.

By any chance are this season's podcasts any more succinct? What I'm asking is if they still do a 5-minute preamble on how great/talented/gracious/sweet each writer/director/grip is before finally talking about the scene.

# ¿ Apr 26, 2017 21:47

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# ¿ May 19, 2024 18:57

Cromulent: Dec 22, 2002; People are under a lot of stress, Bradley.

I think the killing Badger stuff is overblown. It's not like Saul was salivating at the idea, he was just used to working with cartel members and dealers who solve problems that way. It was more him asking "Why don't you do what you normally do?"

# ¿ May 13, 2017 23:33

Cromulent: Dec 22, 2002; People are under a lot of stress, Bradley.

ALFbrot posted:

Mike goes to the support group, learns that her husband died mysteriously and she has carried that burden for nearly a decade of intense suffering.
Putting a human face to the pain renews and intensifies Mike's animus towards Hector for the murder of the good samaritan (and, to a lesser extent, the driver of the truck)

I interpreted the support group interaction as Mike not wanting to end up disappeared (Nacho's sloppy work causing Gus immediately suspect Mike), leaving Kaylee and her mom with the same unresolved grief the woman at the support group has. I do think the good samaritan aspect is valid too though, it's in Mike's character.

# ¿ May 24, 2017 22:41

Cromulent: Dec 22, 2002; People are under a lot of stress, Bradley.

Wow, the guy who played the oil tycoon was Hank from the original run of Twin Peaks. Didn't even recognize him.

# ¿ Jun 14, 2017 15:11

Cromulent: Dec 22, 2002; People are under a lot of stress, Bradley.

Cnut the Great posted:

I feel like that would be pretty cheap and lame, especially since it's such a common fan prediction. What are the odds she's ever going to run into one of those people again? And why would they ever want to admit to falling for a con designed for greedy idiots? There's a reason Ken didn't walk outside to confront them after finding out he'd been had, when he easily could have.

Plus what proof could they possibly have? "You look like someone that scammed me"?

# ¿ Jun 19, 2017 18:56

Cromulent: Dec 22, 2002; People are under a lot of stress, Bradley.

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.

# ¿ Jun 20, 2017 17:25

Cromulent: Dec 22, 2002; People are under a lot of stress, Bradley.

The Ninth Layer posted:

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?

I feel like it was the HHM stuff that put him over the edge. To me, Chuck has seemed at peace with his relationship with Jimmy for quite a while now, and there was really nothing new brought up in that last interaction. Not saying it didn't contribute to his stress and relapse later that night, but I'm guessing prior to Jimmy arriving, he was stewing in his house with the lights off, reeling from what happened with Howard, and only turned them back on when Jimmy came.

Cromulent fucked around with this message at 18:10 on Jun 20, 2017

# ¿ Jun 20, 2017 18:07

Cromulent: Dec 22, 2002; People are under a lot of stress, Bradley.

I saw an interview with the writer of the finale, and even she was being coy with the "We don't know if Chuck's dead." stuff.

# ¿ Jun 21, 2017 18:22

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# ¿ May 19, 2024 18:57

Cromulent: Dec 22, 2002; People are under a lot of stress, Bradley.

BiggerBoat posted:

Random thoughts:

Chuck cashed the check I believe. I thought that was the whole point of showing off his house when Jimmy came to visit. like he'd bought a bunch of new stuff and remodeled. Or maybe it was just showing how much stuff was plugged in and how cleaned up it was? Jimmy seemed to look at everything like it was brand new though.

He had all that stuff when Howard came to visit too. He got everything hooked up when he started therapy, it wasn't just for appearances (although him using the handmixer when Howard comes back again is definitely playing it up a bit). Jimmy is just shocked at everything being hooked up, not that it's new or remodeled.

Even right before Chuck's final freakout, he has a working lamp next to his bed. He was legitimately trying to get better.

# ¿ Jun 23, 2017 19:11

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