Saul was treating Kim just like Chuck was treating him before he passed away. “You never mattered all that much to me.” But you know he’s lying. The brothers have a similar defense mechanism of making you feel as if you don’t matter to them when they are hurting. “Have a nice life Kim.”
I had caught the Chuck not meaning it but I hadn't connected it to this. (I haven't re-watched this season though, probably would have got it on rewatch). Really cool
Howard was meant to come off that way in the beginning. But you realize Chuck had so much influence over him, and Howard never had it out for Jimmy. Howard had his own problems he was working through behind the scene, which you don't ever realize until moments before his death.
@@Cookieboy70 I always pictured Howard as having a Jimmy/Chuck relationship with his father. It's not explored much in the show but being the second H in HHM must have had unique challenges.
Yeah that's nuts. Howard had his faults because he was a real human character, written to include those flaws. He isn't supposed to be perfect. He didn't always make the right decisions. But he was constantly trying to better himself (through the therapy sessions, trying to reach out to Kimmy and Jimmy, to settle matters or to try to make things right, etc). He wasn't perfect but he wasn't evil. He didn't deserve the ending he was handed nor the subsequent false reputation that would forever follow him. Such a tragic, brilliant character. Long live Howard
Did anyone else peep the $737,000 investment that Gene took a picture of in the guy's house? That's the same amount that Walt said he needed, and the foreshadowing of the plane crash at the end of season 2 of Breaking Bad.
In my opinion when they got divorced that's when Jimmy became 100% Saul. Kim was the last thing teathering him down. You can even see chronologically when Kim signs the papers that's when we see Breaking Bad Saul for the first time
6:16 "Yup" was the thing Mesa Verde owner's father would say at that TV commercial... Kim couldn't escape her past even in intimate moments. Very subtle, but sad as hell.
Heisenberg was buried inside Walt all along. But Jimmy was buried under Saul. The former was a self-discovery of evil. The latter was a suppression of goodness.
According to Bob Odenkirk, this is why he finds Jimmy/Saul to be a more redeemable character than Walt, because he thinks Walt would’ve absolutely killed Marion to protect himself, where as Jimmy couldn’t bring himself to do it
I find it very funny how a specific subset of the audience insists on the Walter/Heisenberg divide, meanwhile there's an actual, real Jimmy/Saul divide.
I disagree. I don't think Walt would have murdered an innocent person in cold blood and with his own hands just to stay out of prison. If it were to save the life of a close family member, then maybe, but not to avoid prison. He would have found a different solution to the problem. Walt is capable of some awful things, but I can't see him killing Marion.
@smithfan22 but Jane was on the verge of ruining their entire operation by influencing Jessie within their shared drug use, trying to basically blackmail Walt into giving Jessie what he was owed (so they could get fucked up and do whatever, i.e. she would benefit from the money). She didn't deserve to die that way while Walt watched but she wasn't completely innocent from Walt's perspective. She was a liability who knew far too much about their business and was also simultaneously dragging Jessie down the path of heroin use so to Walt there wasn't a single reason TO save her. (I'm not stating that I agree with his decision to let her die; I'm just stating that's how I have configured that exact scene/situation played out from Walt's point of view since I've been an avid fan since it aired lol)
@@smithfan22 I'll let you figure out the difference between the mental fortitude required to stand by and do nothing while a junkie who's given you every reason to dislike her chokes to death, vs. the mental fortitude required to strangle an innocent elderly woman to death with a telephone cord for several minutes.
Note that when Kim finishes her call with Jimmy and hangs up the phone, that woman pops her head into the office and says, “time to sing! “. Right after that, you can see it on Kim’s face that it is indeed time to sing, and then makes that trip to the lawyer to confess everything
Remember when Kim was so insulted by anyone thinking she wasn't independent and "makes her own decisions." Now she is scared to even make any choice by herself (mayo, cake, confessing, ect). Went from going against the grain making a difference in indigent pro Bono clients lives, to just wasted talent who may never be truly happy/at peace ever again.
"Now I know why this episode is called Waterworks." Not yet, James, but you will soon. Seriously, seeing all the stuff Jimmy and Kim did to Howard, laid out like that to his widow, seems completely and utterly insane when you think about it. Poor Howard.
good lord next episode is something else. I cannot wait to see your reaction and analysis of it. There are some powerful moments and I think the best ending literally possible for this show.
I've said it before as well but it's wild that I found you right before you started Better Call Saul which is my second favorite show of all time and then you immediately start my favorite show of all time right after...Mr. Robot. Amazing time to be a patron here.
7:56 it starts out heartbreaking how in her new life she literally has no agency, makes no decisions, expresses no opinions, as if to make up for what her prior decisions did to Howard. Then this tuna scene cuts off midsentence as if the camera itself can't stand the banality one more second. Hilarious.
16:38 That's a watch winder. A watch winder is a mechanical unit that simulates wrist movement by rotating your watch when not being worn. This keeps the movement powered and the watch ready to go rather than having to reset it after a few days off.
I was hoping someone posted this comment. Cheaper modern day watches have no need for a winder, but with mechanical watches they're essential in making sure they last. Winders basically power the main gear of the watch to create less wear. So yea, to reiterate what you said, if someone has watch on a watch winder it's worth a pretty penny lol
Very well known actors have a bit of a burden when they take on a small part like this. Because it’s really hard for the audience not to be sitting there thinking, “That’s legendary actor,” instead of “That’s the character.” I used to watch Carol every day. Do you understand? EVERY DAY. Reruns of her show came on at my dinner time and I would watch while I ate before doing my homework. She is as ingrained in my head as any famous person. And when I first saw her in this, I went, “Holy everything! That’s Carol Burnett!” That shifted to, “Man, Carol is killing this part!” to “I wonder how Marion is going to play into Jimmy’s downfall…” All in one episode. She is absolutely incredible!
22:22 By far the darkest moment of the series. It sucks you into the idea that Jimmy is completely gone, then Marion says, "I trusted you," and a little bit of Jimmy's humanity returns...
I think it reminded him of his elder law clients. Just that little reminder that there was a time where he was doing good in the world and threw it away for...well, ultimately for nothing.
@@AshBrian96 Great point; I never noticed how they subtly tied that element of the earlier seasons back in. He was probably explicitly reminded of how dirty he did Irene.
I got the feeling that when Carol Burnett said "I trusted you." it brought out something in Jimmy that took him back to when he was actually trying to be a good lawyer working for the elderly. Perhaps the last time he was proud of what he was doing.
thats what Jimmy always wanted from Chuck, and he never gave it to him which pushed Jimmy to do more shady stuff and make other people view him as a "type of lawyer guilty people hire". it was a vicious cycle and i think in this scene Jimmy finally becomes aware of it and that people could trust and like him he just had to continue trying
During an interview with Rhea she described that scene on the bus...they sat on a shuttle bus and just went round and round for hours. It only took two takes. The hand that reaches out to her towards the end of that bawling scene is actually Vince Gilligan's wife. Such a powerful, vulnerable scene. It feels like we are witnessing a moment that nobody else should be seeing but you can't look away. Incredibly acted and incredibly shot. 1💯
I always like to think that the young lawyer putting the tie on her client is Kristy Esposito, "the shoplifter", who Jimmy wanted to get a second glance in the Chuck Scholarship. The final season of Better Call Saul is nothing short of astonishing television. And the best is yet to come. They stick the landing better than any show since Newhart and The Larry Sanders Show, but the second half of the final season is just incredible. So glad Bob Odenkirk survived to make it.
Anyone who thinks Howard deserved what happened to him COMPLETELY missed Howard’s story. Howard was never the one making the decisions that hurt Kim and Jimmy. It was all Chuck. Howard was just Chuck’s patsy. Go back and watch the series knowing this, and all those scenes where Howard is being a jerk, that arrogant, smug expression on his face… it looks a lot more like he’s stifling his real feelings, like he’s doing something that he doesn’t want to do. Howard did not deserve anything that Kim and Jimmy did to him, nor his death.
Wasn't his decision to keep Kim in the basement even after she got Mesa Verde as a client led to her quitting HHM for good? She didn't do anything to be treated like that. I am not saying that Howard deserved to die for this, but I also wouldn't say that "it was all Chuck".
14:45 Bro want to talk about sad? Better Call Saul getting snubbed by the awards year-after-year when it's nothing but packed with stellar performances and actors and stories... I feel snubbed as a fan, I can only imagine how the actors feel. Rhea Seahorn by herself deserves an armful of awards for her work.
What I expected from this show: "haha more hijinks with the funny lawyer guy" What I got: "I can no longer hear the word 'yep' without dying a little inside"
Btw I'm not sure if you noticed (it's not on the RUclips version, but in the full length patreon video), but when Kim was getting out of Saul's office, the guy who walked past her and entering Saul's office (Emilio) was the guy Walter killed in the pilot of BB in the RV and later got chemically dissolved in Jesse's bathtub in episode 2. At this point he was Jesse's cook partner and that's why Jesse was outside of Saul's office when he met Kim.
It's not a watch decoration. Expensive watches are self winding and the battery never dies as long as they keep moving. So to keep them moving you put them in a spinner thing.
The moment Jimmy starts wrapping the phone cord around his hands always makes me scared. Like, I was legit worried he was going to kill her. It's so sad to see how far Jimmy has fallen. From being loved and respected by elders all around to threatening to kill one.
Jimmy taking care of his mom built up Chuck's resentment, but it's probably what drew him to elder care, and then to see it all end by threatening an elderly woman who ends up calling the cops on him is just such great, subtle writing.
Kim and Jesse sharing a smoke is like two supervillains' main henchmen meeting each other for the first time. Just wild. (And ironically, they both end up better off than the evil protagonists of their respective shows.)
I had my first panic attack on a city bus. Full bus, so standing in the aisle. I hyperventilated and toppled. Man, that sucked. On so many levels. About 25 years ago. Things got better.
I think shows like Better Call Saul and Breaking bad would not be as brilliant if it wasn’t for The Soprano’s. Even The Sopranos evolved as it went on. Some of the best shows I’ve ever seen. Props to all the writers and people behind the scenes who sometimes don’t get the appreciation they deserve. These shows focused on building so many characters in such a great way.
15:53 btw the note Jimmy played was an A, and the opening theme of the show is also in the key of A. I just noticed that now lol i don't know how much of a conscience that was
Dawg I can’t begin to tell you how happy I am to make the switch to ur Patreon. First off I had no idea you were this far into better call Saul by JANUARY 2024! Well done! Secondly, love your reactions to the post breaking bad universe and the better call Saul timeline coming together finally all at once. It’s so rewarding to see. I hope his thoroughly enjoyed your first watch of the breaking bad universe!
Saying you wanted to see Kim at least one more time made me smile cuz I knew what was coming...these creators will never let you down. They will give you what you want
To those people who think that Howard deserves what he got .... I'll invite you to just consider the possibility that television shows (especially ones like this) do not exist to facilitate you feeling religiously, violently righteous ... against fictional characters.
And here we have the second instance of Jimmy in the midst of some nefarious scheme, acting completely against his own interests because he had earned the trust of an elderly person and couldn't bring himself to completely betray it. Carol delivered her line with such magnificent undertone.
Watching this episode when it aired gave me legit nightmares! I couldn’t stop stressing out and literally crying in my dreams for the whole week just not knowing how it was all going to end!😭
Yup is the funniest line of the show imo. It's also a nice callback to the mesa verde bank commercial that kevins dad made. So did.jimmy with the help of the uni students. Yup!👍
Akira Kurosawa's classic Ikiru (1952) was a massive influence on Breaking Bad, and there's a couple more references to it here! Would love to see you react to that film someday.
This damn show!
Better Call Saul & Mr. ROBOT & Succession on Patreon! Click here: www.patreon.com/jamesvscinema
Much love!
Yep yep yep yep yep
Saul was treating Kim just like Chuck was treating him before he passed away. “You never mattered all that much to me.” But you know he’s lying. The brothers have a similar defense mechanism of making you feel as if you don’t matter to them when they are hurting. “Have a nice life Kim.”
I honestly thought Chuck meant it, I learned something new today@@davidci
@@kanelicI feel like if he really meant it, he wouldn’t have relapsed so hard
@@kanelic Most media literate Better Call Saul fan
@@kayden2119 Trust me, some people are way worse than me :D
I had caught the Chuck not meaning it but I hadn't connected it to this. (I haven't re-watched this season though, probably would have got it on rewatch). Really cool
Cannot fathom anybody thinking Howard deserved anything he got, nuts hearing that you had read that in comments.
Howard was meant to come off that way in the beginning. But you realize Chuck had so much influence over him, and Howard never had it out for Jimmy. Howard had his own problems he was working through behind the scene, which you don't ever realize until moments before his death.
Deserve's got nothing to do with what happens in BBU. Wrong place, Wrong time.
Howard and Andrea didn’t deserve what they got.
@@Cookieboy70 I always pictured Howard as having a Jimmy/Chuck relationship with his father. It's not explored much in the show but being the second H in HHM must have had unique challenges.
Yeah that's nuts. Howard had his faults because he was a real human character, written to include those flaws. He isn't supposed to be perfect. He didn't always make the right decisions. But he was constantly trying to better himself (through the therapy sessions, trying to reach out to Kimmy and Jimmy, to settle matters or to try to make things right, etc). He wasn't perfect but he wasn't evil. He didn't deserve the ending he was handed nor the subsequent false reputation that would forever follow him. Such a tragic, brilliant character. Long live Howard
Did anyone else peep the $737,000 investment that Gene took a picture of in the guy's house? That's the same amount that Walt said he needed, and the foreshadowing of the plane crash at the end of season 2 of Breaking Bad.
Perfect!
In my opinion when they got divorced that's when Jimmy became 100% Saul. Kim was the last thing teathering him down. You can even see chronologically when Kim signs the papers that's when we see Breaking Bad Saul for the first time
6:16 "Yup" was the thing Mesa Verde owner's father would say at that TV commercial... Kim couldn't escape her past even in intimate moments. Very subtle, but sad as hell.
oh wow, I didn't even get that
vravo bince
Heisenberg was buried inside Walt all along. But Jimmy was buried under Saul. The former was a self-discovery of evil. The latter was a suppression of goodness.
Great comment honestly.
According to Bob Odenkirk, this is why he finds Jimmy/Saul to be a more redeemable character than Walt, because he thinks Walt would’ve absolutely killed Marion to protect himself, where as Jimmy couldn’t bring himself to do it
I find it very funny how a specific subset of the audience insists on the Walter/Heisenberg divide, meanwhile there's an actual, real Jimmy/Saul divide.
I disagree. I don't think Walt would have murdered an innocent person in cold blood and with his own hands just to stay out of prison. If it were to save the life of a close family member, then maybe, but not to avoid prison. He would have found a different solution to the problem. Walt is capable of some awful things, but I can't see him killing Marion.
@@nathancollins1715he watched Jane die
@smithfan22 but Jane was on the verge of ruining their entire operation by influencing Jessie within their shared drug use, trying to basically blackmail Walt into giving Jessie what he was owed (so they could get fucked up and do whatever, i.e. she would benefit from the money). She didn't deserve to die that way while Walt watched but she wasn't completely innocent from Walt's perspective. She was a liability who knew far too much about their business and was also simultaneously dragging Jessie down the path of heroin use so to Walt there wasn't a single reason TO save her. (I'm not stating that I agree with his decision to let her die; I'm just stating that's how I have configured that exact scene/situation played out from Walt's point of view since I've been an avid fan since it aired lol)
@@smithfan22 I'll let you figure out the difference between the mental fortitude required to stand by and do nothing while a junkie who's given you every reason to dislike her chokes to death, vs. the mental fortitude required to strangle an innocent elderly woman to death with a telephone cord for several minutes.
Rhea Seahorn is such an incredibly powerful actor and deserves ALL the praise.
Note that when Kim finishes her call with Jimmy and hangs up the phone, that woman pops her head into the office and says, “time to sing! “. Right after that, you can see it on Kim’s face that it is indeed time to sing, and then makes that trip to the lawyer to confess everything
That’s a good and perceptive catch.
@ I just wanted to point out the absolute subtle genius of the writers. Nothing in their script is ever “nothing”.
the subtle change of at the start of the show Jimmy representing elderly people to protect them, to now threatening one in her very home
Good point. How we treat the elderly says a lot about our character.
Remember when Kim was so insulted by anyone thinking she wasn't independent and "makes her own decisions." Now she is scared to even make any choice by herself (mayo, cake, confessing, ect). Went from going against the grain making a difference in indigent pro Bono clients lives, to just wasted talent who may never be truly happy/at peace ever again.
I think the boyfriend that says “yup” relates into that
"Now I know why this episode is called Waterworks."
Not yet, James, but you will soon.
Seriously, seeing all the stuff Jimmy and Kim did to Howard, laid out like that to his widow, seems completely and utterly insane when you think about it. Poor Howard.
good lord next episode is something else. I cannot wait to see your reaction and analysis of it. There are some powerful moments and I think the best ending literally possible for this show.
I've said it before as well but it's wild that I found you right before you started Better Call Saul which is my second favorite show of all time and then you immediately start my favorite show of all time right after...Mr. Robot. Amazing time to be a patron here.
7:56 it starts out heartbreaking how in her new life she literally has no agency, makes no decisions, expresses no opinions, as if to make up for what her prior decisions did to Howard. Then this tuna scene cuts off midsentence as if the camera itself can't stand the banality one more second. Hilarious.
16:38 That's a watch winder. A watch winder is a mechanical unit that simulates wrist movement by rotating your watch when not being worn. This keeps the movement powered and the watch ready to go rather than having to reset it after a few days off.
I was hoping someone posted this comment. Cheaper modern day watches have no need for a winder, but with mechanical watches they're essential in making sure they last. Winders basically power the main gear of the watch to create less wear. So yea, to reiterate what you said, if someone has watch on a watch winder it's worth a pretty penny lol
So much has been said about how much the main cast killed it this season, but Carol Burnett is soooo good here. What a brilliant casting choice.
I don’t know what it is about comedians but they eat serious roles like this for breakfast. She was fantastic.
I was so happy to see her back on TV!
She is a legend! I was THRILLED to see her in this role. Such a dynamic talent to throw into the mix. 10/10
Very well known actors have a bit of a burden when they take on a small part like this. Because it’s really hard for the audience not to be sitting there thinking, “That’s legendary actor,” instead of “That’s the character.”
I used to watch Carol every day. Do you understand? EVERY DAY. Reruns of her show came on at my dinner time and I would watch while I ate before doing my homework. She is as ingrained in my head as any famous person.
And when I first saw her in this, I went, “Holy everything! That’s Carol Burnett!” That shifted to, “Man, Carol is killing this part!” to “I wonder how Marion is going to play into Jimmy’s downfall…”
All in one episode. She is absolutely incredible!
Rhea is a god damn legend for what she did as Kim. Such a brutal but beautiful wrap up of everything to this point.
22:22 By far the darkest moment of the series. It sucks you into the idea that Jimmy is completely gone, then Marion says, "I trusted you," and a little bit of Jimmy's humanity returns...
I think it reminded him of his elder law clients. Just that little reminder that there was a time where he was doing good in the world and threw it away for...well, ultimately for nothing.
@@AshBrian96 Great point; I never noticed how they subtly tied that element of the earlier seasons back in. He was probably explicitly reminded of how dirty he did Irene.
In fact, his slogan when he practiced elderly law was “Jimmy McGill, a lawyer you can trust”. Pretty similar to what Marion tells him
I got the feeling that when Carol Burnett said "I trusted you." it brought out something in Jimmy that took him back to when he was actually trying to be a good lawyer working for the elderly.
Perhaps the last time he was proud of what he was doing.
thats what Jimmy always wanted from Chuck, and he never gave it to him which pushed Jimmy to do more shady stuff and make other people view him as a "type of lawyer guilty people hire". it was a vicious cycle and i think in this scene Jimmy finally becomes aware of it and that people could trust and like him he just had to continue trying
During an interview with Rhea she described that scene on the bus...they sat on a shuttle bus and just went round and round for hours. It only took two takes. The hand that reaches out to her towards the end of that bawling scene is actually Vince Gilligan's wife. Such a powerful, vulnerable scene. It feels like we are witnessing a moment that nobody else should be seeing but you can't look away. Incredibly acted and incredibly shot. 1💯
Kimberly Wexler for your role in the death of Howard Hamlin I sentence you to a thousand years of "YUP"
I always like to think that the young lawyer putting the tie on her client is Kristy Esposito, "the shoplifter", who Jimmy wanted to get a second glance in the Chuck Scholarship.
The final season of Better Call Saul is nothing short of astonishing television. And the best is yet to come. They stick the landing better than any show since Newhart and The Larry Sanders Show, but the second half of the final season is just incredible. So glad Bob Odenkirk survived to make it.
11:06 Is that lawyer the shoplifter from Chuck's scholarship? I feel like I didn't clock that on my first watch.
It's incredible that they found a natural way to give Jesse and Kim a scene together..
Anyone who thinks Howard deserved what happened to him COMPLETELY missed Howard’s story.
Howard was never the one making the decisions that hurt Kim and Jimmy. It was all Chuck. Howard was just Chuck’s patsy.
Go back and watch the series knowing this, and all those scenes where Howard is being a jerk, that arrogant, smug expression on his face… it looks a lot more like he’s stifling his real feelings, like he’s doing something that he doesn’t want to do.
Howard did not deserve anything that Kim and Jimmy did to him, nor his death.
Wasn't his decision to keep Kim in the basement even after she got Mesa Verde as a client led to her quitting HHM for good? She didn't do anything to be treated like that. I am not saying that Howard deserved to die for this, but I also wouldn't say that "it was all Chuck".
@feo_san Howard took part but once he got a bowling ball on his car, that's about all he deserved
That's right, he was just following orders, can't blame anyone for that.
16:45 That spinning layout is for those watches to recharge. Automatic watches need movement so they can wind up and keep ticking.
How did her actress not win a damn emmy for this performance
How did this show get no Emmys period.
We gotta have vengeance for that honestly
14:45 Bro want to talk about sad? Better Call Saul getting snubbed by the awards year-after-year when it's nothing but packed with stellar performances and actors and stories... I feel snubbed as a fan, I can only imagine how the actors feel.
Rhea Seahorn by herself deserves an armful of awards for her work.
The "yep" part is so fucking hilarious 💀
yep
Yup
What I expected from this show: "haha more hijinks with the funny lawyer guy"
What I got: "I can no longer hear the word 'yep' without dying a little inside"
Btw I'm not sure if you noticed (it's not on the RUclips version, but in the full length patreon video), but when Kim was getting out of Saul's office, the guy who walked past her and entering Saul's office (Emilio) was the guy Walter killed in the pilot of BB in the RV and later got chemically dissolved in Jesse's bathtub in episode 2. At this point he was Jesse's cook partner and that's why Jesse was outside of Saul's office when he met Kim.
Emilio Koyama, the man that made Hank 10 bucks
Looks like the end of the series is going to be a Christmas present.
I've never seen someone justify what happened to Howard. That's just freaking insane.
Still can't believe Stifler's mom won the Emmy over Rhea what an absolute travesty.
It's not a watch decoration.
Expensive watches are self winding and the battery never dies as long as they keep moving.
So to keep them moving you put them in a spinner thing.
Jimmy is like an addict who’s totally relapsed and isn’t being careful about it all. He’s in pain from his conversation with Kim
The moment Jimmy starts wrapping the phone cord around his hands always makes me scared. Like, I was legit worried he was going to kill her. It's so sad to see how far Jimmy has fallen. From being loved and respected by elders all around to threatening to kill one.
The whole thing with how Kim was living convinced me she is the biggest tragedy of the whole series. She was a shell of the person she once was.
"Time to siiiing"
*proceeds to go to the police and confess everything about Howard*
That's spinning watch stand is actually to make sure that very expensive pendulum watches or always wound up.
Rhea Seehorn, everybody. Powerful stuff.
This episode is the epitome of “put on a happy face”
And somehow this show never won a single Emmy.
18:20 the way he panics and crashes the car is up there with squat cobbler as funniest moments in the show lmao
Jimmy taking care of his mom built up Chuck's resentment, but it's probably what drew him to elder care, and then to see it all end by threatening an elderly woman who ends up calling the cops on him is just such great, subtle writing.
She earned to win an Emmy with this performance but of course this series didn't win a single one
"YUP"
Its rough seeing Kim being mediocre knowing how good she is.
Speaking of “if Breaking Bad dropped today, would you watch it?” You should watch Ozark!
You know Jimmy's hit rock bottom when he's willing to harm an old lady
Funny seeing Jimmy go from practicing elder law in the early days to almost strangling an old woman to death at the end
Kim went from a life of excitement and fulfilment to the most dullest and yet extremely safe life she could get.
Kim and Jesse sharing a smoke is like two supervillains' main henchmen meeting each other for the first time. Just wild. (And ironically, they both end up better off than the evil protagonists of their respective shows.)
11:55 *Normally* people are entitled to there opinion (we are making an exception for these people)
Aaron paul was very sick in that scene. He had to work through it with bad headaches and the rainy weather
I had my first panic attack on a city bus. Full bus, so standing in the aisle. I hyperventilated and toppled.
Man, that sucked. On so many levels.
About 25 years ago. Things got better.
Chuck was right all along.
I think shows like Better Call Saul and Breaking bad would not be as brilliant if it wasn’t for The Soprano’s. Even The Sopranos evolved as it went on. Some of the best shows I’ve ever seen. Props to all the writers and people behind the scenes who sometimes don’t get the appreciation they deserve. These shows focused on building so many characters in such a great way.
fun trivia: they made kim act the crying scene twice, the first was picked
It hurt my heart to see Kim living in suburban hell like that.
In the ending of this episode you can clearly see how Gene Takavic has a lot of Walter White in him
15:53 btw the note Jimmy played was an A, and the opening theme of the show is also in the key of A.
I just noticed that now lol
i don't know how much of a conscience that was
Dawg I can’t begin to tell you how happy I am to make the switch to ur Patreon. First off I had no idea you were this far into better call Saul by JANUARY 2024! Well done! Secondly, love your reactions to the post breaking bad universe and the better call Saul timeline coming together finally all at once. It’s so rewarding to see. I hope his thoroughly enjoyed your first watch of the breaking bad universe!
Not only did Howard not deserve to die. He didn't deserve most of the crap Jimmy and Kim did to him.
Rhea Seehorn and Carol Burnett not winning Emmys for this episode are the biggest snubs in Emmy history.
That long shot of Kim settling in and crying on the bus is SO powerful
I love the small window into Kim’s life that we get! It’s both heartwarming and depressing and Rhea Seehorn plays it perfectly
Reah Seahorn is such a good actor. I think this ep had some of my favorite acting moments from her
Saying you wanted to see Kim at least one more time made me smile cuz I knew what was coming...these creators will never let you down. They will give you what you want
In hindsight, working with Jeffie as his goon was probably the first thing he did to try getting himself caught.
16:39 its spinning so you don't have to wind the watch everytime.
You’re not ready for the finale. One of my favorite tv episodes ever. Easily my favorite of this universe.
How she didn't receive every award for this episide and especially the bus scene I will never know.
To those people who think that Howard deserves what he got .... I'll invite you to just consider the possibility that television shows (especially ones like this) do not exist to facilitate you feeling religiously, violently righteous ... against fictional characters.
One more to go. Waiting for it.
Thanks for the great reactions to this series
And here we have the second instance of Jimmy in the midst of some nefarious scheme, acting completely against his own interests because he had earned the trust of an elderly person and couldn't bring himself to completely betray it. Carol delivered her line with such magnificent undertone.
Another fun fact: this show got NO emmys :)))))))
Watching this episode when it aired gave me legit nightmares!
I couldn’t stop stressing out and literally crying in my dreams for the whole week just not knowing how it was all going to end!😭
yup
You saying "wooterworks" is the most I've ever noticed your Philly origins
Love the Rupert Holmes callback @ 6:02 :)
Can you imagine that Rhea Seehorn…and Bob Odenkirk…and the show writ large…got NO Emmy awards.
Because that happened. SOMEHOW.
This is one of the best episodes of the show for me.
Rhea Seehorn's performance in the bus is incredible 👏
Anybody saying Howard got what he deserved has a seriously skewed perspective of the show, or is just straight up mentally ill, or both.
Yup is the funniest line of the show imo. It's also a nice callback to the mesa verde bank commercial that kevins dad made. So did.jimmy with the help of the uni students. Yup!👍
this is literally kims hell on earth
I love how much you love Kim! 😊
Profound episode really hits the heart with a hammer. ❤❤
Yup
I believe Kim got the worst outcome of the series..having heard Yep Yep Yep! Countless times
I think you would enjoy The Shield at some point in your rotation! :) Cheers!
It’s a little hard to see but I’m pretty sure the puzzle that Kim is working on is completely blank, adding to the total blandness of her new life
James: can we see Kim one more time?
BCS: yup! Yup! Yup!
Great film making is great film making no matter when it comes out. BB and BCS are great film making.
It would have hit more. We are starving for a good series now. BB was the tail end of the golden age of TV
Yep yep
Akira Kurosawa's classic Ikiru (1952) was a massive influence on Breaking Bad, and there's a couple more references to it here! Would love to see you react to that film someday.
I like that sweater, dude
Appreciate that, dude