TV: Better Call Saul

[given2trade]

This felt like a side quest

agree. lame, especially with so few episodes left.

[given2trade]

I enjoyed the episode but I'm disappointed in the characterization of Jeff. Back when he harassed Jimmy at the mall he seemed menacing and unpredictable, a real threat to his new identity. In this episode they turned him into a bumbling, naive doofus that Jimmy could easily outsmart. The whole "mutually assured destruction" crinkle also feels very forced, as if law enforcement would give a hoot about some tiny mall heist in comparison to capturing wanted fugitive and meth consiglieri Saul Goodman. And yeah, "Jeff doesn't know that!"-- sure. They made him dumb as a bag of rocks in this episode in order for that to work. I dunno. It all felt flimsy. Hopefully this isn't how the Jeff storyline ends up shaking out.

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[Mecca]

I enjoyed the episode but I'm disappointed in the characterization of Jeff. Back when he harassed Jimmy at the mall he seemed menacing and unpredictable, a real threat to his new identity. In this episode they turned him into a bumbling, naive doofus that Jimmy could easily outsmart. The whole "mutually assured destruction" crinkle also feels very forced, as if law enforcement would give a hoot about some tiny mall heist in comparison to capturing wanted fugitive and meth consiglieri Saul Goodman. And yeah, "Jeff doesn't know that!"-- sure. They made him dumb as a bag of rocks in this episode in order for that to work. I dunno. It all felt flimsy. Hopefully this isn't how the Jeff storyline ends up shaking out.

I didn't feel this way at all. Exact opposite, in fact. He seemed like a bonehead from the first frame.

Please watch again

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[Jorge]

I already knew you weren't a very perceptive viewer but damn

[Mecca]

I’m choosing to believe this schtick

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[Jorge]

Alright alright, but did you watch the episode from last night? At least we can probably agree it feels like a completely different character, and not just from the recast?

Maybe his mom will be the one who is the threat.

[VinylGuy]

i think it might be the recast, Pat Healy is a great actor but his presence is not as menacing or dark as the previous guy. I agree that the character was always written as a stupid kind of guy, hell even his mother says so.

Also im sure Carol Burnett will be more of a danger to Jimmy in some way.

[Jorge]

hell even his mother says so.

Yes... in the new episode

[VinylGuy]

yes, of course

you think they rewrote the character because they got a new guy?

seems a little weird.

[Jorge]

?? No, I'm saying they changed the way the character was written in a disappointing way, not because of the recast

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[Jorge]

Trag did you watch the episode

Answer the question

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[Jorge]

Thank you

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[daft twat]

You don’t get a fucking legend like Carol Burnett for one episode near the end of the run and not use her to seriously impact the story. She will be a part of Jimmy’s demise.

[The Argonaut]

I think Jimmy is leaving Omaha and Gene behind. Forget floating through life barely alive living in constant fear of being found out. Go find Kim and be truly alive, even if it can't last forever. Kim was wrong about the fundamental nature of their relationship in her break-up speech, and Jimmy is going to tell her

[wease]

Did anyone else listen to the Odenkirk/Gould interview from Fresh Air? Really great stuff.

I only caught the last half. I may cue the whole thing up tomorrow on the way to work