Archive Better Call Saul Discussion Thread

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Sonofanump

Feb 10, 2015 7:45am

This Tuco guys seems like a pleasant fellow.

TedSheckler

Posts: 3,974

Feb 10, 2015 8:15am

Sonofanump;1704610 wrote:This Tuco guys seems like a pleasant fellow.

Sure is.

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GOONx19

Posts: 7,147

Feb 10, 2015 8:25am

Watched for an hour and a half last night. Love the parts with Mike. I missed the first half of the first episode; can anyone fill me in on WTF his brother is doing with his "grounding" and electricity issues?

Fab4Runner

Posts: 6,196

Feb 10, 2015 8:30am

GOONx19;1704618 wrote:Watched for an hour and a half last night. Love the parts with Mike. I missed the first half of the first episode; can anyone fill me in on WTF his brother is doing with his "grounding" and electricity issues?

They never really said what his actual problem is I don't think. Just that people need to ground themselves before coming into his house. It's also the reason he has taken a sabbatical from work. I am not sure on the timing of the episode, so I don't know if you saw it, but he thinks he is eventually going to get better and return to work.

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Sonofanump

Feb 10, 2015 8:48am

GOONx19;1704618 wrote:Watched for an hour and a half last night. Love the parts with Mike. I missed the first half of the first episode; can anyone fill me in on WTF his brother is doing with his "grounding" and electricity issues?

He was in a band and they turned the amp up past 10.

I'm guessing either cancer or mental.

TedSheckler

Posts: 3,974

Feb 10, 2015 9:43am

Sonofanump;1704624 wrote: I'm guessing either cancer or mental.

I'm guessing just crazy as fuck.

Laley23

Posts: 29,506

Feb 10, 2015 10:10am

Fab4Runner;1704619 wrote:They never really said what his actual problem is I don't think. Just that people need to ground themselves before coming into his house. It's also the reason he has taken a sabbatical from work. I am not sure on the timing of the episode, so I don't know if you saw it, but he thinks he is eventually going to get better and return to work.

I thought I saw something that said 1992 on it.

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cat_lover

Posts: 2,388

Feb 10, 2015 3:21pm

I thought I posted this last night but I must have been grounded. The first two episodes were very well done and entertaining. I think the brother is just plain crazy. When Jimmy(Saul) went to the law firm that the brother worked at he stated he's been gone for over a year he's not coming back. In defense of Tuco the skateboarders did call his grandmother a bizz-atch!

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Sonofanump

Feb 10, 2015 4:23pm

I think a mod should rename this thread.

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Sonofanump

Mar 3, 2015 12:50pm

I guess no interest in the show. I think it is done well and appears to have a good shelf life.

GOONx19

Posts: 7,147

Mar 3, 2015 12:51pm

I really liked last night's episode. Next one will be interesting. Getting into Mike's back story.

Fab4Runner

Posts: 6,196

Mar 3, 2015 1:38pm

I haven't seen last night's ep yet, but I am loving the show so far.

Raw Dawgin' it

Posts: 11,466

Mar 3, 2015 1:45pm

I think the show has been 'meh' so far.

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sportchampps

Posts: 7,361

Mar 3, 2015 2:22pm

I like the show. Is the guy from the booth from breaking bad

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cat_lover

Posts: 2,388

Mar 3, 2015 2:32pm

Solid episodes so far. The scenes with his prospective clients in last night's episodes were good. Like how they are starting to develop Mike's back story. The show is not a Breaking Bad clone and is standing on its own as a quality show.

ernest_t_bass

Posts: 24,984

Mar 3, 2015 2:45pm

sportchampps;1709705 wrote:I like the show. Is the guy from the booth from breaking bad

You serious, clark?

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gut

Posts: 15,058

Mar 3, 2015 3:13pm

It's been slow to get rolling, outside of Tuco.

Last night was pretty good. The $500k of funny money was actually a really nice piece of writing and acting. I also liked how they made the viewer suffer thru Saul's having to wait on that slow, old lady - I just started laughing after she finally gets to the bottom of the stairs, and then we have to wait for her to walk across the room.

I'm not quite sure what this show will really be. I THINK it's going to be a bunch of quirky court cases with plenty of shenanigans and shady dealings, which I've always enjoyed watching. But I'm still waiting on that. What they've been showing us is Saul is actually pretty smart and capable, but that got him nowhere.

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sportchampps

Posts: 7,361

Mar 3, 2015 3:47pm

Yes I didn't watch bb

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cat_lover

Posts: 2,388

Mar 3, 2015 4:12pm

Yes the parking lot attendant Mike was on Breaking Bad.

Scarlet_Buckeye

Posts: 5,264

Mar 3, 2015 4:49pm

GOONx19;1704618 wrote:Watched for an hour and a half last night. Love the parts with Mike. I missed the first half of the first episode; can anyone fill me in on WTF his brother is doing with his "grounding" and electricity issues?

It's called "electromagnetic hypersensitivity". It's a "real" (controversial) condition.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_hypersensitivity
http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a32673/better-call-saul-chuck-electromagnetic-hypersensitivity/

GOONx19

Posts: 7,147

Mar 3, 2015 4:55pm

Scarlet_Buckeye;1709731 wrote:It's called "electromagnetic hypersensitivity". It's a "real" (controversial) condition.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_hypersensitivity
http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a32673/better-call-saul-chuck-electromagnetic-hypersensitivity/

Thanks for explaining this after the show already did, two weeks after I asked lol

sherm03

Posts: 7,349

Mar 3, 2015 5:10pm

Definitely digging this show so far. They have done a really good job with it, and the Breaking Bad easter eggs throughout the episodes are always pretty fun to catch.

oberhaus

Posts: 868

Mar 4, 2015 11:33am

I like the show, don't love it yet like BB. I'm interested to see the development of Mike and Saul's relationship. Knowing how it is tears into the future it should be fun to see it progress.

Scarlet_Buckeye

Posts: 5,264

Mar 4, 2015 9:45pm

GOONx19;1709735 wrote:Thanks for explaining this after the show already did, two weeks after I asked lol

Thought it was pretty obvious from Episode 1. Evidently not.

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Sonofanump

Mar 5, 2015 10:32am

Sonofanump;1704794 wrote:I think a mod should rename this thread.

Thoughts?