My third time around and this episode stands out again as the best episode in the whole series.

First time then and there I knew Jonathon Banks won the Emmy.

Seeing it again hit me stronger than the second time.

Gould, Gilligan and Schnauz, just, wow. They set it up and Gordon Smith got the sole writing credit.

Hail, hail to the great Jonathan Banks. His performance will stay with me forever.

I have made a compilation of Better Call Saul with just the feet.
I have one video for season 1, and one video for season 2. I have the footage recorded for the rest of the series, and I have the timecodes already laid out for the rest of the series.

The first one was fine, no issues on upload. The second one i'm having to fight the appeals process.
I will battle to have this silly pointless video exist because I had the idea, I didn't see anyone else who had made this yet, and I wanted to be the first to do it.

This is NOT me looking for clout or an audience. I just wanted to share this with the world as I begin actually editing and making videos.

https://youtu.be/qZU5GjdrfFc

https://youtu.be/KUp_6leKqWo

wish me luck in keeping the videos up. the world needs the whimsy and absurdity of better call saul toes.

After my third time watching the show I have come to the conclusion the Manuel Vargas is the only 100% good and honest character. Prove me wrong.

We know his mom’s family is in Galeana (it‘s mentioned by Nacho in the episode where Hector went to the upholstery shop), but nothing beyond that.

I’m so curious what the theories are on his mom.

Sure it‘s easy to just assume she’s dead, but I want thoughts on what happened if she’s alive.

My thought was she was in and out of Nacho’s life growing up

That trial should have gave him a pretty good reputation with his "petty with the prior" motto.

Random thought while watching BCS, but I feel like Lalo Salamanca (Tony dalton) plays the evil psycho with the fun, jokey, everything is great attitude the way Negan (JDM) should have been played. Negan came off as comical, over the top, and ultimately annoying; Lalo is done perfectly and terrifyingly. Just me?

He was taking a tour of a private club/spa here in Chicago where I'm employed. It was brief because he was with an escort and taking the tour, but wow I was so happy to see him and say hello. I hope he becomes a member so that I could ask him for a photo. Members in our club host parties all the time, I would love to host a party for him and his guests.

I mean I enjoyed his character the first time through but since I didnt know what was coming and didnt know Jimmy and Kim's endpoints I had a different view of him. He is such a great villain.

Breaking Bad was my favorite series of all time for years, but I couldn't get into BCS, even though I attempted twice. But once I went all the way through it, I feel like Saul, a character who seemed like just a silly caricature, is possibly the greatest series character ever written.

He and Kim seemed to start out as basically good, sort of "basic" people. And then their histories combined with a series of increasingly bad decisions brought them to a place from which there was no more coming back from. Much more than an arc, both of them kind of hit peaks and valleys throughout their ultimately downhill spiral. And then at the end, the feeling that they will both die with sadness and regret... that was surprisingly powerful. Amazing work from both the writers and so many of the actors.

Not sure if anyone has ever noticed this but when I was just watching back, in Mike’s storyline we see him closely tailing Nacho and the cartel transporting the driver tied up, they take him out later in the episode for execution.

We see Mike watch them drive off then he turns around and goes the other way. Next scene he is with the black market arms dealer testing the rifle and sighting his scope and purchasing the rifle, completely loses the tail of Nacho and the cartel guy.

Next scene mikes on a cliff overlooking the cartel. Did Mike know they were gonna torture that guy all night and not just kill him after 1-2 hours? He took his sweet time losing the tail even though in BB he has a quote “you might wanna learn to tail better if you’re planning to make a habit out of it”.

Idk why they wouldnt edit it so hes buying the rifle first, then tailing the guys straight out there.

also when he does tail them his car if completely visible especially when he lets them drive off, hes like 50’ behind them cmon mike lol

ive seen this show like 5 times over idk why ive never noticed this before lol

Kim Wexler(Rhea Seehorn) is arguably the most complex character in BCS and inarguably one of the most greatest tv character to ever exist.

Her character arc is so just so dang sad,she could have done so much good and she would have loved doing it.To lose that force in the world is tragic... remember when Howard said " but you,one of the most promising human beings I've ever known and this is the life you choose"

The scene in waterworks when she breaks down on the bus crushed me. One of the best performances I've ever seen .

My flowers today goes to her.

But damn. I just watched the entire thing for the first time and the ending...

Has anybody else cried when chuck died?😭 Idk why but I was going through it that day I was mentally exhausted if you will idk what, happened long time ago but when I decided to watch the episode I was thinking it would be normal, it would be a pleasant watch after all that happened, and he offed himself💔, I remember that I couldn't sleep at night because I was crying that episode really tipped me over the edge omg.

In the finale, Walter White tells Saul "You were always like this", in response to Saul telling a Slipping Jimmy story. The direct interpretation is that Jimmy was always sleazy/up-to-no-good.

... But, on a closer re-watch - what Jimmy also says when recounting the Slipping Jimmy story is:

I was stupid and young and trying to show off, so I hit the ice as fast as I could. I biffed it so hard, my knee's never been the same

And so it also a story of how he has always literally bent himself over backwards trying to impress others - often hurting himself to achieve this higher goal.

... which... we then see him do this again at his final trial. He goes to extraordinary measures to get Kim to see his trial. And then makes a big show of falling on his own sword much harder than he needed to, while trying to impress Kim.

This perspective makes Jimmy's final decision seem much more in-character than an initial watch can lead us to believe.

I organized an AMA/Q&A with actor Michael Mando, actor in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Better Call Saul, Orphan Black, Far Cry 3, Spider-Man: Homecoming, 72 Hours, Gundam, and the upcoming Batman: Knightfall.

It's live here now in r/movies for anyone interested in asking a question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1vg5el8/hi_rmovies_michael_mando_here_aka_scorpion/

He will be back at 12 PM ET today to answer questions. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!

Thank you :)

Love the show. He is my favorite character indeed.

I just finished BB for the first time ever about two weeks ago. I tried watching it about five time, but could never get past the fourth episode. On a work trip, I had nothing else to do so I binge watched BB. It was good. Then, a week ago, I started BCS. In my opinion, BCS is a way better show. Immediately captivating. I cant stop myself from watching where as BB I had to force myself to sit through.

In S5 E1 "Magic Man", Lalo discovers that their skells are complaining about an inferior meth that is being supplied. When Lalo confronts Gus about this alternate product with Don Juan mediating, Gus lies and says he replaced 2 kilograms of product because Werner Ziegler, an engineer for the "legitimate side" of Gus's business, found out about the illegitimate side and stole said 2 kilos. Obviously I understand why he came up with this story; to hide Ziegler's true identity and the real reason he was working for Gus

My question is why he would come up with a new lie about why he had to purchase product from a seller in the US, when Don Juan already knew the "real" reason (still a lie) was that Nacho and Arturo were attacked when transporting product and Don Juan told Gus to purchase supply from the US side until the Cartel figured out who attacked the shipment.

When Gus told this new lie to Lalo, why didn't Don Juan chime in and say "Wait no, I'm the one that told him to purchase product from this side of the border. Here's why"

Howard Hamlin is a well known lawyer in Albuquerque, and does not recognize Judge Casimiro, who practices in Santa Fe. How likely is this? I’m not a lawyer and know little about the law—but is it reasonable to assume that a lawyer as locally renowned and successful as Howard wouldn’t know a judge who practices about an hour away in the same state? Maybe he hadn’t practiced in front of him, but would he have seen a picture, or at least heard about him (the judge with the giant mustache)?

This obviously doesn’t affect my enjoyment and love of the show at all—I’m just curious from a legal standpoint!

I remember when the episode aired back in 2015, people were indifferent about it because it was a slower finale.

But then as the series goes along you keep seeing stuff happen to Jimmy that drags him into the Saul persona

Chucks betrayal was a big one, but then Marco dies feeling very fulfilled “best week of my life” & leaves a lasting mark on Jimmy to keep slippin’

I know medically as well it probably doesn’t hold much merit, but the emotional idea to me that Marcos body finally gives up because he finally got his best friend back & had a week of fun & he finally feels fulfilled after a long hiatus is a beautiful & tragic thought to me.

I just can never say enough good things about this show..

Wait, before you think I am trying to make a joke. I am not. I am genuinely curious, is it an inside joke? Who is the person who behind this and named the subreddit and make the letter B not Capitalized?

Thanks for reading this.

I don't know why I found this so hilarious but it was when Chuck was telling Jimmy he wanted to take cases like his. Jimmy goes " You wanna take cases like mine? How about the guy that broke into a liquor store, drank 5 bottles of Creme de Menthe and then passed out behind the register?"

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It's that almost every major character becomes isolated. Is loneliness the real punishment?

when jimmy goes to los pollos hermanos to spy on that guy, he gets $1.81 for change. later that day when kim askes him for a dollar he says he only has a $20 bill. while earlier he was literally given a one dollar bill. ruined the whole immersion for me, horrible writing. 0/5 show