Better Call Saul - Prequel to Breaking Bad
Discussion
Oh and I started this thread so it's mine. To anyone who's name calling over spoilers. Grow up. I agree that if you've clicked on the thread then you've come in here to discuss the show and what has happened in the show. If you haven't watched the latest episode then don't click on the thread until you have. It's pretty simple!
CAPP0 said:
It was a polite request but there's always someone who's Dad is bigger than the next bloke's, eh? The "f
k you" culture is alive and well known on here, so crack on. You fire away and get your jollies ruining it for others, because that's ever so big & clever. And you secretly get off on that, don't you.
What are you going to post about or expect to read in this thread if it doesn't contain discussion of shows which are already available for you to watch?k you" culture is alive and well known on here, so crack on. You fire away and get your jollies ruining it for others, because that's ever so big & clever. And you secretly get off on that, don't you.I thought it was a great opener. It's the first real movement towards the Breaking Bad world and possibly for that reason, despite moving at the same pace as previous seasons, it felt more gripping.
see what you did there... Pothole said:
A badly shaven testicle. I loved his long piece in today's episode!
Me too.I love the "Mike plans & does a thing" segments in the show, I'd probably quite happily watch a whole show of it. Like when he was ostensibly helping Hayley create a sprinkler from a hose only for it to turn out to be a stinger
I loved the fact that his Madrigal tour turned out to be him just deciding to do the job they were paying him for whether he was there or not. I thought he was trying to uncover their operation, but no - he was just picking holes in the security.. Brilliant
Best thing on TV at the moment.
Durzel said:
Pothole said:
A badly shaven testicle. I loved his long piece in today's episode!
Me too.I love the "Mike plans & does a thing" segments in the show, I'd probably quite happily watch a whole show of it. Like when he was ostensibly helping Hayley create a sprinkler from a hose only for it to turn out to be a stinger
I loved the fact that his Madrigal tour turned out to be him just deciding to do the job they were paying him for whether he was there or not. I thought he was trying to uncover their operation, but no - he was just picking holes in the security.. Brilliant
Best thing on TV at the moment.
Sammo123 said:
Oh and I started this thread so it's mine. To anyone who's name calling over spoilers. Grow up. I agree that if you've clicked on the thread then you've come in here to discuss the show and what has happened in the show. If you haven't watched the latest episode then don't click on the thread until you have. It's pretty simple!
Agreed. It's gatekeeping, pure and simple. vxr8mate said:
Anyone know how long after the end of BB the black and white stuff is?
Don't know. Originally I thought 'Gene' was in witness protection, but when he was so scared in the hospital when his social security number wasn't recognised, I now think he's on the run using a stolen or invented identity.
Someone in the formal witness protection programme would have a gold-plated social security number and 'genuine' verifiable identity, so wouldn't be worried about that sort of hiccup like 'Gene' was.
He thought his scam had been found.
Nimby said:
vxr8mate said:
Anyone know how long after the end of BB the black and white stuff is?
They discuss this briefly in the S4E01 podcast. Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould said they didn't even know if it was before or after Walt died.He looks very settled into his routine in the Cinnabon job. I'd guessed it was at least a year or more after the final events of BB.
I get the impression that Gene was 3-4 years post Breaking Bad. I only say that because his life looks relatively settled with a casuality about his job, apartment and general demeanor. He doesn't come across as someone settling into a new environment.
I could be totally wrong but that's what it feels like to me.
I could be totally wrong but that's what it feels like to me.
Rawwr said:
I get the impression that Gene was 3-4 years post Breaking Bad. I only say that because his life looks relatively settled with a casuality about his job, apartment and general demeanor. He doesn't come across as someone settling into a new environment.
I could be totally wrong but that's what it feels like to me.
Agreed.I could be totally wrong but that's what it feels like to me.
Someone somewhere probably thinks there's legs in a Gene story. Does he have the discipline to keep being humdrum and being Gene or will he slip?
For me, let BCS build towards BB and leave it there, it's been great..
SpeckledJim said:
vxr8mate said:
Anyone know how long after the end of BB the black and white stuff is?
Don't know. Originally I thought 'Gene' was in witness protection, but when he was so scared in the hospital when his social security number wasn't recognised, I now think he's on the run using a stolen or invented identity.
Someone in the formal witness protection programme would have a gold-plated social security number and 'genuine' verifiable identity, so wouldn't be worried about that sort of hiccup like 'Gene' was.
He thought his scam had been found.
As for the timeline, we seem to be caching up with "Gene" at least a few years after the events in BB. Gene is visibly older, with thinning hair and he moves about like an older man typically does. Despite time moving on, he takes great pains to avoid contact with the police and keeps a very low profile. When leaving the hospital in the taxi, Jimmy/Saul/Gene notices the Albuquerque Isotopes (Albuquerque's Minor League Baseball team) air freshener hanging from the taxi's rear-view mirror. Fearing the taxi driver may be from Albuquerque and that the driver may possibly recognise Saul from his many TV adverts there, Jimmy/Saul/Gene asks the driver to stop and quickly walks away from the cab, looking over his shoulder the whole time. He is clearly still a man on the run.
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