Mike86

Ah. I thought that it was two years from when the series premiered which was 2008.

Neil M.

I actually think you're right or at least that was Gilligan's intention. People get his birthdate from the divorce papers which says 1959 but it's also mentioned that his 52nd birthday is on a Tuesday which would have happened in 2010 not 2011. Either way, they screwed up.

Mike's granddaughter was 10 in BB so she should probably be 3-4 years old in BCS.

johnnysd

We saw him collapse, not die.

boss429

We can only hope johnnysd, we can only hope...

uteotw

EXACT same here. There's just something about her character, alongside Jimmy, that really adds to the show.

I really can't believe he ran the ad without approval though. I can't fathom that happening at any (normal, respectable) firm without the person getting fired immediately.

Groucho

That should be the finale of Better Call Saul. A bad guy finally finds Saul in Omaha and just as he's about to shoot him Walter White appears and says "No you're going to have to deal with both of us." FADE TO BLACK.

starseed1981

By the gods!

slop101

Who would be looking for Saul? He's only hiding from the authorities, not from any "bad guy".

Groucho

Oh yeah, I forgot he's not in witness protection, he's in the bad guy equivalent. I'll send my ending back to the writer's room for rewrites.

Coral

No way she's 3-4 years old... she's closer to 7-8 years old.

I just compared the granddaughter in this latest episode and in BB Season 5... and she only looks like 2 years older in BB.

Unless he's got another granddaughter, it's a big continuity error.

bluetoast

It's a continuity error, but who cares. In a time where people weren't expected to watch every episode in order, shows fucked up all the time, dropping characters with no mention whatsoever, contradicting basic background of the main characters.

Now we have this show, a successful spin off which is putting in a lot of minor details connecting to BB and to season one. So I can overlook this age difference.

slop101

Maybe they'll finally resolve Marie's kleptomania in a future episode of BCS where she tries to steal a Cinnabon.

Bandoman

Chuck Cunningham, anyone? Dropping that character totally ruined Happy Days.

Mike86

Agreed. They did fuck up but honestly it isn't something I'll dwell on much because overall she's not that important of a character. I'd agree that she's probably supposed to be between six and eight on Better Call Saul (and six is probably too young but I'm just giving the show the benefit of the doubt) and I'd say on Breaking Bad she might be between ten and twelve.

Was she said to be ten? I guess I don't remember that.

Josh-da-man

That should be the finale of Better Call Saul. Hank finally finds Saul in Omaha and just as he's about to shoot him Walter White appears and says "No you're going to have to deal with both of us." FADE TO BLACK.

Fixed it for you.

aktick

I think Hank was way more dead than Walt, wasn't he?

mhg83

Did anyone else spot the BB reference with the pink pig Mike gave his granddaughter?

windom

This would be a better ending:

Saul working at the Cinnabon sees someone from behind wearing Walt's Heisenberg hat. He turns around to reveal Walt Jr. who now has all of the money that Walt left for him. Walt Jr. has tracked down Saul because he needs help with his burgeoning criminal empire.

aktick

I was actually just thinking earlier today that Walt Jr. needs to be involved.

mhg83

Walt Jr.: People want Cinnabon's in the Morning Saul! We should have a Breakfast Menu!

JTH182

But that means the Hank I was talking to must have been.... HIS GHOST!

CRM114

I don't know. I think Gilligan builds stories on flimsy footings at times. The first was basing Breaking Bad on a public school teacher (of all people) who doesn't have health insurance. They have the best insurance. Now, I just cannot buy the fact that Saul would throw away that job, his company car, and most all his girlfriend just so he could be "Slippin' Jimmy" again.

RoyalTea

HE HAD HEALTH INSURANCE


His former business partners (Gretchen and Elliot) offered him a blank check to pay for an oncologist that wasn't part of his insurance network. Out of pride, he said "no," but he didn't want Skylar and Marie to know that he said "no" so he used his meth money to pay for that treatment, which was never intended to pay for treatment, but to leave a nest egg for his wife and kids after he died.

Did you even watch the first season?

DWilson

You have to look at what the character would do, and not what you think you would do (looking at it from the outside, with all the facts). Both series are about self-destructive guys who are acting out of pride. Looking back, I've done a lot stupid self-destructive things in my life that seemed right or merited at the moment, but in retrospect were foolish.

fumanstan

They way things played out in this episode, seems like it's not just Saul "throwing away" that job too.