Better Call Saul

[Lensherr]

With the third season coming up soon (April 10 to be exact), let's discuss our thoughts on the show thus far and our expectations for the upcoming season.

 

[XYZpdq]

I vaguely paid enough attention to it that I could go "oh, yeah, that's right, dear" as my SO went on about it like I did for Breaking Bad. Seemed okay.

 

[A Skeleton]

words fail me to describe how much I love this show

on april 10th I will be whole again

 

[Doc Cassidy]

I enjoyed the first season but I forgot to watch the second. Was it any good?

 

[Internet War Criminal]

Mike carries that show tbh

 

[Woodcutting bot]

Loved the show so far. My only pet peeve is that it's a prequel to breaking bad, so we already know a few characters that are guaranteed to survive the series unharmed.

I enjoyed the first season but I forgot to watch the second. Was it any good?

Better than the first IMO. A lot of Mikes backstory is uncovered, and Jimmy is coming to terms with the fact that he just can't be the good guy.

 

[Karen Riley]

When I first started watching it, I thought Better Call Saul was too slow and boring but at the end of the first series and throughout all of the second series it really grew on me where I think I began to enjoy it even more than most of Breaking Bad.

I think the best thing is that it's overcame most of the fears myself and other people had about a Breaking Bad spinoff. That Saul Goodman was only worthy of being comic relief and in bigger doses wouldn't be engaging enough and that it would rely too much on references to Breaking Bad. All in all I think they've done a great job even if it doesn't grab the attention and hype the show that inspired it did.

 

[AnOminous]

Better than the first IMO. A lot of Mikes backstory is uncovered, and Jimmy is coming to terms with the fact that he just can't be the good guy.

Jonathan Banks is god-tier.

 

[WW 635]

This is still a thing?

 

[DNJACK]

I wasnt aware there was a season 2

 

[Woodcutting bot]

Season 3 is off to a good start.

I want to know what's going to happen to gene more than anything

 

[AnOminous]

Good start but literally nothing happened.

 

[Lensherr]

Loved the show so far. My only pet peeve is that it's a prequel to breaking bad, so we already know a few characters that are guaranteed to survive the series unharmed.

Which is why it's good that we have characters like Chuck, Kim, and Nacho whose fates we're unsure of.

I really liked the Season 3 premiere. I loved seeing Mike being such a smart bastard and the dynamic between Jimmy and Chuck is still great (particularly the scene where Jimmy discovers that old book they read as kids) and makes the show worth watching. But yeah, Vince Gilligan tends to start off slow with his shows but pays of in spectacular fashion, so I trust this'll go somewhere good.

 

[Broseph Stalin]

So, I finally got around to watching the first two episodes of Season 3 that I had sitting on my DVR for the past couple of weeks...

Anyone else think Gene has cancer?

 

[Woodcutting bot]

Anyone else think Gene has cancer?

I didn't suspect cancer, but I think he's about to be rushed off to the emergency room and fucked over once they look up his identity and find some kind of discrepancy

 

[Broseph Stalin]

I didn't suspect cancer, but I think he's about to be rushed off to the emergency room and fucked over once they look up his identity and find some kind of discrepancy

That could happen. Just the whole fainting kind of reminded me of Walt in Season 1 of the original show.

 

[Larry Thorne]

Am I the only one who wants to see Saul Goodman doing zany shit in court not this dragged out family stuff?

 

[Internet War Criminal]

Am I the only one who wants to see Saul Goodman doing zany shit in court not this dragged out family stuff?

Last night was the first step toward that, you could see the synchronicity with him being disbarred and having to adopt the Saul persona, while Mike just got hooked up with a delicious chicken connect

Shit will go down and we'll have Saul by the end of the season. Guessing he chooses the name, or at least says 'It's all good, man" by the Finale

 

[Woodcutting bot]

Am I the only one who wants to see Saul Goodman doing zany shit in court not this dragged out family stuff?

I got the impression that the reason he badly wants to represent himself is because he's about to pull some Saul level tactics to beat Chuck.

 

[AnOminous]

One of the things that's interesting about this show is watching people you know survive, because they end up in Breaking Bad.

This episode does the opposite, though. You know Saul's relationship with Kim doesn't survive, so the moments where she gratuitously supports him, without any thought of compensation for herself, are painfully poignant. Fuck you, Jimmy. How did you fuck this up?

We're going to find out.