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Better Call Saul (S5E02) -- "50% Off" -- 2/24/20

Old 02-28-20, 12:58 PM
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Re: Better Call Saul (S5E02) -- "50% Off" -- 2/24/20

Originally Posted by ben12
Agreed. And that scene with the two knuckleheads didn't go on long enough. I loved it.
Maybe they'll get a spinoff...
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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.
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Re: Better Call Saul (S5E02) -- "50% Off" -- 2/24/20

Originally Posted by JZ1276
This episode was definitely a let down & I agree that the opening with the 2 goofballs dragged on. It still bugs me how Mikes grand kid is the same age she was in Breaking Bad. Anyway, why did he blow up at her for asking about her father?
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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.
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Re: Better Call Saul (S5E02) -- "50% Off" -- 2/24/20

You guys. Mike was clearly pissed at his granddaughter because she didn’t know who Jacques Cousteau was.
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Re: Better Call Saul (S5E02) -- "50% Off" -- 2/24/20

Originally Posted by Neil M.
The point was that Jimmy's 50% off deal was to gain clients and because of these 2 idiots, he is getting more than he bargained for.
And these events set in motion the first episode of Breaking Bad.

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.
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Re: Better Call Saul (S5E02) -- "50% Off" -- 2/24/20

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And these events set in motion the first episode of Breaking Bad.

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.
Krazy 8 was a DEA informant? Did we know that? I guess it’s been a long time since I watched S1 of BB.
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Re: Better Call Saul (S5E02) -- "50% Off" -- 2/24/20

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Krazy 8 was a DEA informant? Did we know that? I guess it’s been a long time since I watched S1 of BB.
Yes.

Emilio (Krazy-8's cousin) thinks it was Jesse who snitched, but it was Krazy-8.
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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.
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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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