Better Call Saul 6x11 Reaction: Breaking Bad
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- The final season is here!! Hope you enjoy as I react to and review Better Call Saul Season 6 Episode 11 "Breaking Bad"! #BetterCallSaul #BetterCallSaulSeason6
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“Who’s Lalo?” “It’s nobody”
Just like Lalo told Howard :(
😳
Lalo is Jaqen H'ghar confirmed?
crazy how walt and jesse were shown as a comic relief in better call saul, just like saul used to be in breaking bad.
Omg yeah, great catch
people tend to forget that Breaking Bad was pretty heavy on comedy, especially in the first two seasons, and especially in Walt and Jesse scenes.
Spoilers.
The paralel between Saul going after Walt and Gene going after the cancer guy is really really powerful.
Classic Slippin’ Jimmy. Can’t keep his hand from the pandora boxes.
yeah they did the boardwalk empire ending thing
agreed , and those classic slippin jimmy, again it not just that it shows the dawnfall of saul being in the busness with walt to become gen also :)
It’s so brilliant some people are saying the black and white is boring I was like wtf are u talking about
@@joaquinbaume1291 why say this in the comments of a BCS reaction? I haven't seen Boardwalk Empire and I imagine that a lot of other people haven't seen it either and wouldnt want to know any details about it especially the ending
Skinny Pete’s plan worked flawlessly. My dude ran point on that play in El Camino and totally crushed it.
Seeing the banter between Walter, Jesse and Saul really made me realize how much I missed them. Bryan and Aaron did a fantastic job sliding back into their roles.
Bryan was excellent but Aaron definitely had a much deeper voice and he wasn't as energetic as Jesse was in s2
@@manvirshergill1739 Nothing he could do about that, I mean let's be real people it's been more than a decade. I thought he did really good, especially in his scene with Kim.
Jesse: “Who’s Lalo?”
Jimmy: “A psychopath. You will work over his tomb in the future. You will also work as a slave for someone like him as well.
And also kill both his cousin and his uncle 😂
Better Call Saul is a tragedy of a guy who is slowly killing himself, like his brother before him.
I hope Bob and Rhea win Emmys for BCS they both deserve it
My guess is, Gene isn't just building up cash but also plans on eventually USING one of these many identities, and the reason why he's so hellbent on this cancer guy is the convenience of stealing the identity of an eventual dead man
I like that idea.
Speaking about Walt in El Camino. His head looked odd Because at the time Brian Cranston was in a play and could not shave his head so they put a bald cap over his hair and then had to use CGI to shrink the head down a bit so that he wouldn’t look like he had a gigantic brain
I think Gene spoke to Kim on the phone, and whatever they argued about resulted in him drowning her out by going back into the game, not for money. He regretted reaching out, and now he’s going back into his old ways which will likely end in him dying or possibly getting caught. But who knows, I’d love to see Kim again.
I would bet money we are seeing Kim next episode.
I don't mean to spoil or anything but someone went ahead and cleaned up the audio and it actually worked. They got Saul's half of the convo pretty clean. If you're interested is should be on RUclips still.
Nah kim wants jimmy to hand himself in to the cops
@@marcuslee698 Im betting he will end in jail. We gonna end with 3 stories. One about a guy who came back and died, one about a guy who run away, and one about a guy who came back and ended up in jail
i think kim told saul to turn himself in, which piss him off since she has done a lot of bad too
This episode was so worth the wait
This episode thoroughly showed how influential Saul was to Walt and Jesse's success in BB. Without him, they wouldn't have gotten away as much as they did. Saul really is the main backbone of both series.
That’s why he says Walter White couldn’t have done it without me in the finale
Years ago there actually was a breaking bad comic that showed it was Mike who found out where Walt was working. They connected all of it really nicely
It was called "Client Development", it's also posted on Imgur too if you wanna read it
Great reaction as always man.
One thing to note: Mike was 100% on the money with his advice to Saul about Walter. Had Jimmy - sorry Saul - not decided to go against Mike's advice and bring Walt into the fold, Walt would've been killed by the Twins. By the time Walt and Saul cross paths, he's already responsible for Tuco's death. Walt would've died in his own bedroom via an axe and the Twins. The ONLY reason Walt wasn't executed (and likely tortured) at that point was because Saul had requested Mike to bug Walt's house. That's when he saw Walt break into his own home (after Skyler had kicked him out and changed the locks), then he saw the twins roll up, and got Gus to call off the hit.
If Jimmy had taken Mike's advice, Walt would've died as a "small potato". Gale wouldn't have been killed by Jesse (meaning Jesse maintains his innocence and never kills anyone). Hank and Gomez wouldn't have been killed by Jack and the Nazis. Gus wouldn't have been killed by Hector. Mike wouldn't have been killed by Walt. Jesse may not have been through as much pain as it turned out - heck he may have ended up running the lab with Gale and lived happily ever after with Andrea and Brock. Andrea wouldn't have been killed by Todd. Drew Sharpe wouldn't have been killed by Todd. Saul's criminal law empire could've ran for decades. The Laser Tag could've still been in operation!
That single decision to go against Mike's advice, is what tore down EVERYTHING.
The death of Jimmy was when Kim left him.
The death of Saul was when he chased Heisenberg.
The death of Gene is when he......
"Walter White couldn't have done it without me"
@@David-gj9qr exactly! I absolutely LOVE that line from the finale. It's so true. Walter White was nothing without Saul.
Surprised a lot of people don’t notice that Jimmy is using the name ‘Victor.’ He flew too close to the sun, got his throat cut. Watch out, Jimmy :(
Also, Victor is the first name of Dr. Frankenstein...the episode is chock full of Frankenstein references. Saul is the Dr. Frankenstein to Walt's monster?
@@themoviedealers Jimmy was using the name Viktor St. Clair. Viktor with a K, he used as "sibling" to Kim's Giselle St. Clair in their first scam together, when they stuck th the obnoxious stock broker with the tequila bill.
He was definitely talking to Kim on the phone. Time and circumstances make people distant, often hostile. Good feelings don’t stay that way forever. His anger while talking to Kim is likely what caused him to spiral into Slippin Jimmy again
I feel like he got pissed at Kim right as she broke up with him, mostly out of jealousy that mike chose to tell her instead of him
my perspective was that they told him that she didn't work there anymore but wouldn't tell him where she is or what she is doing now meaning he may never be able to track her down
@@blaze5688 I mean, you can literally read the closed captions for the conversation in Germany and see he’s talking to her.
"…you have no idea what I did or didn't do, okay? Why don't YOU turn yourself in, you don't have to be considerate of me, I can only be hanged ONCE. Okay, look, Kim, why are we even talking about this. We're both too smart...“
@@twenty-fourframedavinci8641 yeah I can imagine that conversation not going great after Kim heard about everything that happened
@@twenty-fourframedavinci8641 Other language dubs aren't canon necessarily. There are HEAPS of lines that other countries invented for both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul that directly contradict what is meant to be canon. I'm not saying that it wasn't Kim on the phone for sure, but just because the German version says it's Kim doesn't mean much.
16:56 the actor is actually Kevin Sussmann who played Stewart, the comic-book-shop-owner on "The Big Bang Theory"
3:11 they don't stay in touch, this is the phonecall Saul stets up in 4x5.
This final season has been so damn good!
i think the title braking bad works on two levels. it brings in walt and jesse, but it also shows jimmy breaking bad both as saul and gene
Such a great scene to bring back the boys. But also kinda convinced they also picked it so Bryan Cranston could wear a beanie haha
It's so they didn't have to shave their heads for one scene in an episode.
@@Gordo525 they could have just used CG like in El Camino
@@ThrobbertJomes still looked bad even with the CGI
@@killingmewillnotbringbacky9177 never said it looked good just saying it is possible
@@killingmewillnotbringbacky9177 he looked like when people in sci-fi movies get mind related superpowers and their head grows and ungulates.
"I'm not falling for your schemes anymore, Jimmy."
5 minutes later: "Maybe he lets this one go."
Not seeing how you got to being told Kim was dead. That was a long animated conversation, what reason is there to be in an obvious argument with any one telling you that. Kim, believing Jimmy is dead or disappeared wouldn't be in a warm and fuzzy mood about a highly wanted criminal calling her at work. He thought he'd get sympathy, he probably got told to disappear again. Hence, Gene again becomes what Chuck always said he was...Slippin Jimmy.
I am not fully certain thats why he goes back to being Slippin Jimmy. Before he even knew Kim had asked Francesca about him, he asked her about his hidden money and was informed that it was all gone. So right now I only see him being back as Slippin Jimmy as a way to get to money "to get rid of Gene". But I am very sure we get closure on where Kim is, what she does and what she thinks.
@@RawJah the director said he’s not doing it for money, he has money. remember those diamonds? the call with kim set him back
The flashback of Mike telling Saul that working with amateurs (Walt and Jesse) isn't a good idea, and him brushing it off, is definitely a parallel. Now Gene is working with a total amateur that lives with his nosey mother. Saul's going down this time.
The exit sign while the machine is turning arround , just filmaking at its best
Who's Lalo? Jesse literally danced on his grave.
This episode was a masterpiece
Bill Oakley is the name of a writer/producer on The Simpsons. Another Simpsons writer/producer is Bob Odenkirk's younger brother Bill Odenkirk.
Ok, i knew he soundef familiar!
There's a few videos of people boosting the audio of the phone call about. It seems almost certain it was Kim he was taking to at least.
16:30 - That's non other than "Stewart" - the comic store guy from the Big Bang Theory. Love him!!!
And with Jackie Chan Adventures playing in the background of Better Call Saul, the circle of life is complete!
I’m gonna miss eagerly awaiting Brandon’s reactions to BRBA and BCS episodes, I’m happy to have come all this wayyy 🙌
Bryan Cranston confirmed they shot 3 scenes with Walt and Jesse. The one we just saw with both of them, and then they both shot a scene each, one with just Jesse and one with just Walt. So we are def getting more from them 😁
The crew is just showing off. Some of their transitions and cuts, and camera work is an art!
Guess what? They confirmed that the "Danny" who runs the Laser Tag was the pie sitter baseball cards guy
REALLY?
@@VideosGalacticos Yeah, Tom Schnauz said it on a recent interview
"Pie sitter baseball cards guy" is a crazy name to be known as lmao
Mike wasn’t wrong, Walt brought the whole operation down. Lol.
"You are a time bomb. Tick tick ticking.."
This episode was absolutely incredible, not that it had particularly shocking, high tension moments like a few episodes this season but the pure craft of this episode, the parallels between Saul and Gene, especially the final scene walking up to the school/door for example were unbelievable. The transitions this episode were top-tier, especially the grave-bed one, probably the best in the entire series! The most impressive part though was how they integrated Walt and Jesse in, ever since they were announced I was trying to think of a way they could cleverly Include them in Jimmy's story without it seeming like fan service, not only they did they manage to do that, with important scenes like mentioning Lalo which shows why Saul isn't constantly terrified in Breaking Bad but these scenes completely recontextualise the entiety of that series. The foreshadowing of Saul riding shotgun to the scene with Mike shows how integral he was to Heisenbergs empire. It was right under our noses the entire time, yet nobody saw it coming. Unbelievable writing yet again.
Highly recommend reading some writeups and analysis of this episode, there's some fantastic parallels between Gene and Walt and this incredible reddit post about meta storytelling and how Gene doesn't know that the show is meant to be over. (The decaying video tape intro, 13 episodes instead of the normal 10 where he has a pretty happy ending after ep10 etc) Really fascinating stuff! I thought it was impossible but they might actually pull off an even better ending than Breaking Bad.
My first thought was the mixing bowl was symbolizing the mixing of the two shows
I loved it, that Saul calls Lalo a nobody; just because Lalo introduced himself as nobody to howard
In my going out to bars days I would have fascinating conversations with absolute total strangers about whatever random shit that came to mind at the time.
I met the head of the state Trial Lawyers Association and we ended up talking about the efficacy of state funds and tax breaks aimed at bringing movie and TV productions into the state.
I befriended a guy who was the main on-site PR guy from the American Red Cross who I would see on TV news being interviewed regularly at the sites of hurricane disasters in the mid aughts. A life friend.
I inadvertently changed the course of someone's life because I said "You gotta do what you're good at" one night. Another lifelong friend who now lives in Idaho raising and selling grass-fed beef. He used to be an underwriter for an insurance company and was unhappy about that, and now he raises cows and is much happier.
Yeah, you meet some weirdos and oddballs, but they have their charms too. You can meet some really interesting folks.
The longer this show goes on, the more you realize that Chuck was right. "You're never gonna change. This is what you do, you hurt people over and over. In the end, you're gonna hurt everyone around you."
If Chuck didn't have that shitty attitude, Saul Goodman would have never existed and hundreds would not be dead.
@@themoviedealers lol
@@themoviedealers Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul are all about the domino effect
@@themoviedealers I don't think it's that black and white. Sure, Chuck being supportive could've been a big help. But Jimmy had every opportunity to prove him wrong along the way. It never happened. At some point you have to take responsibility for your own actions.
@@oldcat7 Once Jimmy almost got into HHM, he was doing everything by the books all for Chuck. His motivation this whole time was Chuck. If Chuck would of helped Jimmy, breaking bad would have never happened.
Please watch "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds"! Only one season with ten episodes by now.
The scene at 7:16 reminds me of how Chuck sat in his chair after his "Chicanery Speech" at the courtroom.
For the Exit sign was also a key aspect of scene. And we all know what happened to Chuck a few episodes after...
So it really makes me wonder what kind of roll this "exit" sign gonna play in Gene's life~
This is one of those episodes that has it’s tragedy surrounded by well done comedy and this is why I love this show.
I loved the parallels this episode! Everything is coming full circle with this show. 10/10 Flawless episode. Can’t wait for the last two episodes!
Hope they bring back Saul’s bro in the finale for a flashback
Yes me too!! Maybe something showing more insight into his condition.
I want a Marco flashback and a Chuck flashback
14:32 For some reason I thought that it was Lalo’s ghost at first haha
I love this episode for the way it completely changes the way we see the events in Breaking Bad.
It framed it in a way that makes it seem like Saul was the main character that pushed everything the entire time.
New spin off show follows Bill Oakley as he navigates being defence attorney for the criminal biker gangs and street gangs vying for power after the vacuum left by the events of Breaking Bad.
The abandoned gas station where Francesca picks up the phone is the same one where Hank got the picture of the RV off the ATM camera.
Saul was mostly responsible for saving Walt time and time again. He may not have created the monster of Heisenberg but he sure as shit kept the train going thus ruining everyone's lives. He's the Dr Frankenstein to Heisenberg's monster
My guess is before the end of the series Gene gets caught breaking into the guy's house (or maybe Carol Burnett turns him in), he'll be extradited back to New Mexico where Oakley will be his attorney, and Kim shows up one more time. Not sure how it will totally end though
This is my prediction too. The final episode is a trial in the same courtroom it all began!
I've been predicting for a long time that Suzanne Ericsen its going to come back. I think she will be the main prosecutor against Jimmy and he's going to be jailed. I think that the show it's going to end with him being told his sentence and when they go out to prison, he exchanges a last look with her.
This episode is so full circle for breaking bad timeline Walter and Jesse’s cameo Mike appearing again with the shades referring to the first time we saw him in breaking bad with the shades on.
Was waiting for this one man! Crazy we finally got to see the boys. I was a little shocked Gene just dropped it all for the mark but hey, the flame is lit.
You think you were thrown a curveball, but it's just another fastball. Even though we know Jimmy can't change for the better, we still trick ourselves into believing he will. The jacket was put aside and for the first time, I thought his wrongful ways were over. They fooled me again. It's incredibly sad to see Jimmy's downward spiral.
I think Saul’s going after another person with cancer will ultimately lead to his downfall, again. By the end he had a bit of a Heisenberg vibe when the two were asking how much is enough. Incredible stuff. I can’t believe we’re so close to the end.
Has Brandon been taking longer breaks or is he just not uploading to RUclips as much as he use to?
BCS season 4 episode 5 cold open
"Where are you gonna be November 12th at 3pm?"
"I'll be there but if it doesn't ring at 3 on the dot I'm gone"
Hey dude, best part of the week when your BBS reaction drops. Not sure what we’ll all do in a fortnight…😳
I have a theory that Lalo and Howard's bodies will be found because Mike said his case will be open as long as the body is missing. Then again it's not my show so I have no idea if that'll happen.
Palm Coast Sprinklers = 6×12: Waterworks
I think Marion is going to find something about a certain “Saul Goodman” on that new laptop of hers
19:25 Gene has that type of mustache, and has made tons of terrible life choices.
I think he was actually talking to Kim. If it was just someone else telling him “no you can’t talk to her” he’d have just found another way. It wouldn’t have provoked that level of rage. Hearing she died would’ve brought out grief. If it was anything other than Kim herself telling him she has a new life now and to stay the fuck away from her he’d have calmly kept looking for her and not engaged in the reckless behavior at the end of the episode.
Hank was so annoying watching Breaking Bad the first time, always an obstacle. In retrospect, he's the hero. I think with Better Call Saul, we will rewatch knowing that Chuck was right all along. Jimmy can never change. He'll destroy everyone around him. He's an addict.
Amazing episode! Have you considered doing a BoJack Horseman reaction? Very well written, though it doesn't start too strong
7:17 Wow, good catch! Looking back it has to be intentional…
A friend of a friend watched this on Netflix with German subtitles (I live in Austria) and the phone conversation had *FULL* translation. Apparently, it's very spoilery too.
Just putting this out there.
It was so refreshing to see the og duo again, and imagine Walt and Jessie having to deal with a calculating psychopath like Lalo.
I assume that conversation we didn't hear on the phone that Gene presumably had with Kim, is what caused JSG to get in the game again.
I love your analysis!
I don't think saul is responsible for Walt rise but from his perspective saul may think that
The intro with Francesca is the resolution to the season 4 scene where jimmy tells her to go to that location, and wait for the call “tell em jimmy sent ya”
No shot she died offscreen. She told him not to call her anymore.
Great episode! Jesse was sounding more like Mike but it's all good 😆
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9 years of your life and having a child will definitely do that to you
you the reason I open RUclips app
This has probably been pointed out by many others but Saul and Francesca had actually already planned that phone call in Breaking Bad. In the scene where they destroy all the evidence in Saul’s office shortly before he disappears he tells Francesca to be at the pay phone and wait for his call at 3 pm on November 12th. So they were not in regular contact. It was a one single planned phone call. But it’s crazy to think that they already planned this phone call in breaking bad 9 years ago even though they didn’t show what it was about until now.
Edit: That scene was actually not in Breaking Bad 9 years earlier but rather in Better Call Saul 4 years earlier. Still an impressive setup, though.
As the episode goes on, the color sequences become displaced closer and closer together. Almost like there'll be a convergence at some point.
However with context, I don't think Jimmy has ever been 'Saul' in the show, but rather that's who we see in Breaking Bad. So, I think we were shown these sequences specifically because these are the few moments when 'Saul' showed his Jimmy side. His true self. Just more context to emphasise moments in Breaking Bad.
I have a theory that when we see Kim again (that's *if* we see her), the screen will fade from black & white, to color.
As someone who loves the movie 'Memento' - if you've seen it, you'll know that film deals with time, and represents two different points in time by their difference in shot composition - one being in color, the other being in black & white - when they converge at the same point in time, the sequence fades from black & white, to color.
I can't belive they did the Boardwalk Empire ending thing of cutting between past and pressent, showing the parallels with past choices and stuff.
More than the Walt and Jesse appearances i loved the imagery and editing in this episode, that image of Gene lying in his grave, really powerful
Why do people keep saying that Mike was wrong about Walter? He was right 100%. They didn’t want to work with him because he wasn’t an experienced criminal and would probably cause them problems, which he did. He also killed Mike because he forgot that Lydia already had the list. Very amateurish mistakes.
Lalo to Jimmy: "You're the right guy for this, you're nobody."
Howard and Lalo: "Who are you?" "Me... nobody."
Jesse and Saul: "Who's Lalo?" "He's nobody."
I took that reaction to the phone call as him talking to Kim, actually. It gave off the vibes of an old married couple that’s mutually abusive to one another, like arguing over whether or not their kid is allowed to have Sprite on the weekends.
I think whatever they spoke about is what put Jimmy on the path he chose for this episode. Sitting there at the crossroads, while yes on the nose, was a great way of showing that decision. Before he turned at the crossroad, he spoke to Kim one more time, perhaps for the last time. I took it as the last flicker of Jimmy McGill looking for someone to tell him he shouldn’t do it, to tell him that he’s in the wrong, that he’s in over his head. He probably told her what he was going to do, and she shut him down for it.
She probably told him what Jimmy wanted to hear, but Saul was the only one who heard it. He lashed out, assaulted that poor phone hook, and smashed the window of the booth, the same exact way he used to smash the trash can in the parking garage/elevator lobby at HHM.
Did I mention that this show is the best fucking show on television right now?
Man if Saul never went to that school just imagine.
I've been watching you since your breaking bad reactions! Now we've reached Better Call Saul's breaking bad! Lol
It's such a great symbolic allegory between Walt and the new mark having cancer. Getting involved with both have/will have hugely negative consequences for Jimmy/Saul/Gene.
Making it look like gene is lalo in that grave transition is intentional I think. I talked to friends and all saw the same haha
I hope one day we get flawless technology that can really de-age actors. I’m super satisfied with how this whole Breaking Bad/Saul universe concluded but to think of all the spins-off they could still do like Mikes life back in Philly, The Salamancas, Nacho, etc. but it would just look too silly. Even a lot of the BCS actors from Breaking Bad were noticeably aged by the end of BCS.
I wonder if... You're absolutely right, every time. Just say it how it is, "this will happen..."
I think it needs to be said out loud, as I guess many people feel the same way but don't want to admit it - Aaron Paul's performance as Jesse in this episode was pretty bad. Of course the uncanniness largely stems from his voice being more mature, but also Aaron completely butchered the original Jesse's attitude and mannerism. What is weird, as in El Camino I still felt like I was watching OG Jesse Pinkman in action. Hats off to Bryan Cranston though, he played WW as good as always.
Much easier to make a guy going from 45-55 look the same than one going from 32-42.
It was like Bryan Cranston never even left, incredible.
The 1st guy he rips off is Buzz from home alone.
And the Cancer victim is Stuey from the comic book store in big bang theory.....
The first guy who Gene tricks with with taxi/home invasion scam is the same actor who played Buzz in the original Home Alone movies.
Let's just bow down to Bryan Cranston! look at him, just like the fist day at BB.
"Or are they going to find us in a sandstorm 1000 years from now". Possible reference to Ozymandias?
The last two episodes are directed by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould respectively. It's the freakin heavy artillery. Can barely wait.
They set up the phone call in season 4, episode 5 when color, just after Ozymandias Saul retrieves hidden money in the ceiling as well as busting through the Constitution wallpaper to retrieve his shoebox with diamonds. He double checks to make sure Francesca knows where to be November 12th at 3 PM. What is November 12th, you might ask? Yes, that's the day the Hill Valley clocktower was disabled by lightning in 1955, but November 12th 2010 (the date of the call) is Jimmy's 50th birthday. This episode is called Breaking Bad, and that show started on Walter's 50th birthday.
It's actually Jimmy's 49 th birthday
@@theunknownuser9609 Do you not know how to subtract 1960 from 2010?
@@TigerNightmare Yes but I thought he was 40 when the show begins
@@theunknownuser9609 If you watch episode 507 "JMM," there's an insert of his driver's license that shows his birthday in 1960.
Mike always knew Walter was bad for business
I love the symbolisms of 14:33. That interaction was the death of Saul Goodman and the birth of Gene Takavic, the beginning of the end.
I think Kim told Jimmy to turn himself in during the phone call
We’re seeing both the beginning AND the end of Saul simultaneously. This episode was just beautifully executed and I love that the breaking bad call backs actually provided a lot in terms of the direction of this show and it wasn’t just a gimmicky thing to get people hyped on just seeing Walt and Jesse.