Better Call Saul ***Spoilers***

Thoroughly enjoyed that episode, I think looking back is essential, firstly it provided context and meaning to Genes behaviour, secondly it should not be completely assumed that every viewer knows every scene of BB inside out. Reminders of the events that went on etc around the time he met Walt and Jesse helped me alot. Its a bit much to skip 6 years of his life, only on the basis that we've probably all seen BB. BB was about Sauls life too!

It also demonstrated very nicely his thought process and the depth of his character by the time he walked into the school. Whereas in BB he's just the shady but kinda loveable lawyer who shows up at the classroom. Love that video someone posted above of the transition.

What I liked most about the episode was that despite the Walt/Jesse cameo the most tense and exciting moment of the show was Gene walking into the house at the end.

Only dissapointment was how old Jesse looked, I dont know why the directors/producers did not decide to address that issue. Granted for all the other characters over the span of 6 seasons I am assuming it would be too much work but for a 2/3 minute scene I would have surely thought they would be able to address it through a mix of CGI etc (without it looking fake, especially as it was a night scene) or even just make up. Whats crazy is he even looked younger in his REAL picture with the statues recently.

I enjoyed them showing up on the show but that particular issue did take away from it for me. Walt gets away with it cause hes older anyway.

Side Note: I think its fair to say the Kim story is finished. And I am happy with how they finished it tbh. Its the most realistic and lets not forget this is 6 years on, she has moved on with her life and is probably just worried for his well being.

I would have preferred a better balance between the Gene & Jimmy timelines in the show particularly in this final season. It feels like the show spent so much time with Gus & Lalo that it's now scrambling to tie up the loose ends of the Gene story in the final few episodes. It seems like Gene going back to cancer guy's house will be his undoing but I just don't get why he couldn't let that mark go. Maybe there's some kind of timetable he's working towards which will hopefully explain it.

My reading about it was more about his state of mind, rather than a plan that he is hell bent on seeing through. I think it was the same with Kim when they wanted to take down Howard.

In this episode we see he has lost everything and everyone, its also obvious he wont be going back (the reference in the phone call about the lengths the authorities have taken it to), the very next scene he is clearly deep in a state of despair or anger (staring at the bun mixer, but maybe I didnt pick up on something there?), and then the next scene he goes back to Jeff to start a new plan.

I would conclude that the long running message throughout all the seasons is that his trickster behaviour is his way of avoiding his own loneliness and pain. I would not be surprised if we see another reference to his brother before the season ends.

Thanks. That is the beauty about this thread, always an explanation.

I just watched the episode Fun and Games and I am very disappointed.

Jimmy and Kim break up and then the show takes a leap forward in time to the Saul of Breaking Bad skipping over the break up and how his actual final steps of becoming fully Saul.

I thought was the whole point of this series?

With the detail they have put into the Mike and Fring part of the story I expected the same for Jimmy.

what a shame.

Not quite sure how I feel about the Gene scenes. I find them quite compelling in the main — this week’s episode more so than the previous one. It definitely does feel like a different show, which is kind of the idea I guess, much like the last few episodes of BB with Walt in New Hampshire.

I thought the scene with Mike was very impactful. He gave him a stern warning to leave Heisenberg but, as Chuck said, Saul just can’t help himself.

It was me who mentioned heists in the context that some people complained about slower episodes of BB and then raved about heists and action. Saying it was back on form etc but I always enjoyed the other type of episodes more.

The difference with the heist in the BCS episode is that the heist in BB was used to progress the story along and involved many key characters whereas the mall robbery was all about showing Saul/Gene's true character and personality. The robbery and the scamming and the other characters are not as important in showing what type of person he really is and the ominous path he appears to be going down.

I have really enjoyed it and I also think it's wise to wait till the last 2 episodes air and series conclude to see how it all ties together and what they payoff is as that can change people's perspective on the last 2 episodes.

I thought the Kim phone call was cleverly done. Let’s the viewer imagine also gives Gene the push to regress/return to full Saul - with the handbrake off.

SPOILER

just seen a teaser for the FINAL EPISODE seemed to be shown on Sling in the States seemed to be legit Probably a misdirect as most of the teasers have no bearing on the episode or they are cut differently I don't know which timeline it's in I will leave the link below a lot of discussion about it on the BCS subreddit

Potential

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https://youtu.be/ykfuczzUN3U

Gene and Jeff are like an off brand Walt and Jesse.

Currently avoiding any teaser/spoiler/analysis like the plague.

All I'll say is that I'm a bit disoriented by the ending of that episode. Enjoyed the link to BB, and one thing that resonated with me... in BB when Saul is kidnapped by the guys, I actually laughed during that scene, and thought of Laurel and Hardy. In the rolling meth lab cameo, Saul calls them Laurel and Hardy, well indirectly. Thought they got away with it, despite the passage of time for Aaron Paul and Brian Cranston.

What I can't figure, is WHY is Gene doing this carry-on at all? Doesn't he have a bag of diamonds under the floor boards (if my memory is right, they were in that tin that he and Marco recovered from the old family shop). Plus he had suitcases of money and he's obviously living under the radar, so no blingy lifestyle to fund. He's hiding his new money behind the sink, just like Jesse when he rented the house from Jane.

With two episodes to go, I'd say they're accelerating down the final straight, but that doesn't mean Gene entering that house is going to be his undoing. Maybe we're just meant to think so.

*Someone wondered what happened in the phone box - very Goodfellas looking, when Joe Pesci got whacked. Hope not! I think Gene will be saved by Kim, perhaps by her having reactivated her lawyers permit (bit of a stretch there, wishful thinking). Jimmy/Saul/Gene can't get away with criminality, some sort of justice will have to be seen to be visited on him. Prison? Heart attack? Car crash? Or escape to a penniless existence - probably the least likely.

Jeff's mother is getting too much airtime, wonder is she part of the denouement?

I accidently saw the names - as in the titles for each- for the last two episodes, quite unsettling. It has unconsciously affected something I wrote above* but I'll say no more.

I'll be back on Wednesday week, and we can all have a good cry 🤣

New show in the works 😂😂😂