Better Call Saul (S5E02) -- "50% Off" -- 2/24/20
02-28-20 | 12:58 PM
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02-29-20 | 09:11 AM
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Re: Better Call Saul (S5E02) -- "50% Off" -- 2/24/20
I also kind of wish that the scenes of Gus threatening Nacho to make Lalo trust him, and the one where Nacho risks everything to save the stash from the cops were in different, maybe consecutive, episodes. They have enough time to stretch things out a bit and it felt so obvious and convenient the way it played out here.
02-29-20 | 09:49 AM
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Re: Better Call Saul (S5E02) -- "50% Off" -- 2/24/20
The current state of play does not involve Mike, who is once again attempting retirement. It does not go well, as Mike’s attempt to finish Kaylee’s treehouse (which is really more of a tree-adjacent clubhouse) leads to him screaming at his adorable granddaughter for the sin of making him feel guilty about Mattie — and, by extension, about Werner. Mike arranges jobs for people he cares deeply about (in Mattie’s case, before the job comes around; in Werner’s, after), and then they get murdered (in Werner’s case, by Mike himself). It’s ugly to watch him vent his own self-loathing on this little girl, but it’s also a mark of how lost Mike is right now. He has moved in and out of the drug game over these four-plus seasons, and it never seems to benefit him in any way but his bank account. And given what we know about his cash down the road, well … it’d be nice if he could just keep adding onto that treehouse instead.
03-02-20 | 08:16 AM
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Re: Better Call Saul (S5E02) -- "50% Off" -- 2/24/20
The junkies go to buy more, Krazy 8 gets pinched and will eventually turn DEA informant then rat out the cook house Hank busts in the pilot.
03-02-20 | 08:19 AM
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Re: Better Call Saul (S5E02) -- "50% Off" -- 2/24/20
Krazy 8 was a DEA informant? Did we know that? I guess it’s been a long time since I watched S1 of BB.
03-02-20 | 08:24 AM
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03-09-20 | 07:16 PM
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Re: Better Call Saul (S5E02) -- "50% Off" -- 2/24/20
Holy god, that last shot was Gilligan’s genius. And first scene in This Guy For This...just amazing tv.
03-09-20 | 08:08 PM
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Re: Better Call Saul (S5E02) -- "50% Off" -- 2/24/20
Gilligan does not run this show or have a day to day involvement with it. It’s Peter Gould’s show.
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