Ready for a Badger and Skinny Pete spin-off.
Better Call Saul..
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I’d watch it. I did read an interview with Gillian and he said this was it, no more movies or shows. He said he currently has a show idea he is pitching and that it will be completely different than BB/Saul.
Can't blame him. He's spent a big part of his life on this "show universe"
Still, Saul Goodman manipulating situations and people in prison seems like a match made in heaven.
Still, Saul Goodman manipulating situations and people in prison seems like a match made in heaven.
Agree. In fact, iirc Jimmy tried to pull the plug on it s few times and kim kept pushing it all forward.
That would be an awesome spinoff! I have to think though, they are wrapping up this universe with BCS, especially with his last health episode, but who knows.
I had thought a series of Pinkman’s exploits in Alaska might be cool, but Northern Exposure may have kind of gone there already.
I honestly wonder what Jesse is doing in Alaska. He has some start up money, but that will run out eventually. He is also still wanted and if Saul gets caught, he will still be the only big target left out there.
All of that said, I think the mystery of that is best left to our imaginations. Let's all hope Jesse gets a "happy" ending and a new start and lives a long and healthy life.
Im Surprised they gave Jessie the happy ending but I guess they showed that he went thru the most ****. His girlfriend died. His other girlfriend’s kid was poisoned and she was shot on her porch in the head in front of Jessie. Jessie was a gimp for like 6 months for Todd.
I don’t see Saul getting that treatment of getting another bailout.
I don’t see Saul getting that treatment of getting another bailout.
Saul is going to tell Kim (or Carol Burnett) where he is, and have her turn him in and she'll get the 5,000,000 dollar reward.
Originally he was supposed to get about 1.14 million. Now, if Kim didn't take her share, that would probably bump his share up to 1.5 million +
It should be a lot more than that. If I remember correctly he gets 20% and the number when it went to Davis and Main was around $20 million. I’m sure that number would have went up.
So he got at least 4 million then. Plus there is no telling how much money he made laundering money and just basic attorney's fees.
Great ending. At this point there were no loose ends that would have led to any twists or drama. Just the conclusion of a tragic story. What they did with this show was truly remarkable. The way they recontextualized Breaking Bad in a way was very well done. Probably the best TV universe I've ever seen when you take both shows into account. 11 total seasons of incredible story telling.
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Will be interesting to see what AMC has up their sleeves once the OG Walking Dead is done later this year. They've been relying on the Breaking Bad Universe and Walking Dead gravy trains for well over a decade now. None of the TWD spinoffs have done nearly as well as the original.
After Lalo, the show wandered around and was ponderous.
Need the Huell spin-off for legit action.
Need the Huell spin-off for legit action.
Couldn't disagree more. You can't have high drama and twists until the very end, that's not how story telling works. I think it was the perfect ending. Howard's death and the wrapping up of the Lalo arc was the dramatic crescendo of the series. The last four episodes were the conclusion of a tragic story. Except for the last scene with Marion there were really no loose ends that would have led to twists or crazy drama. I think it was handled very well.
So much to take in, but my initial thoughts are it was gold. Just some running thoughts:
- None of the cameos really felt forced as they do in some other show finales and they were relevant to the story. I absolutely loved one last scene with Chuck. Chuck for once having a moment where he just wants to connect with Jimmy and gets rebuffed. We always end up having the same conversation, don't we? Shew. That line is still hitting me. The throwback to Mike and Saul in the desert as the opener was great as that was definitely my favorite episode of those two characters interacting with each other.
- He got caught waving the weenie outside of Hobby Lobby. What a line, lol.
- Jimmy having some moment of redemption for the one person he could put before himself felt right. He's always gonna have that Slippin' Jimmy bug in him and Kim is always gonna be a scammer at heart (tricking the prison to get in a final smoke with Jimmy) but that you also can change your path and find some goodness.
- GD what a show.
- None of the cameos really felt forced as they do in some other show finales and they were relevant to the story. I absolutely loved one last scene with Chuck. Chuck for once having a moment where he just wants to connect with Jimmy and gets rebuffed. We always end up having the same conversation, don't we? Shew. That line is still hitting me. The throwback to Mike and Saul in the desert as the opener was great as that was definitely my favorite episode of those two characters interacting with each other.
- He got caught waving the weenie outside of Hobby Lobby. What a line, lol.
- Jimmy having some moment of redemption for the one person he could put before himself felt right. He's always gonna have that Slippin' Jimmy bug in him and Kim is always gonna be a scammer at heart (tricking the prison to get in a final smoke with Jimmy) but that you also can change your path and find some goodness.
- GD what a show.
No complaints at all. Redemption through taking responsibility and sacrificing for the betterment of another.
A really cool shot in the courtroom was before Jimmy got up to speak. It showed Kim through a section of the partition that looked exactly like the cross hairs of a rifle scope, but she wasn't IN the crosshairs, they were purposely framed to the left and down, as in missing intentionally. I think we all knew by that point what Saul was going to do, I just thought it a cool way to convey that intention.
A really cool shot in the courtroom was before Jimmy got up to speak. It showed Kim through a section of the partition that looked exactly like the cross hairs of a rifle scope, but she wasn't IN the crosshairs, they were purposely framed to the left and down, as in missing intentionally. I think we all knew by that point what Saul was going to do, I just thought it a cool way to convey that intention.
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I like this headline:
Gene gets caught, Saul cuts a deal … and Jimmy finds a way back into Kim’s good graces.
Gene gets caught, Saul cuts a deal … and Jimmy finds a way back into Kim’s good graces.
She could still be sued - nothing he said really changed that (although it hurt the chances of a suit succeeding, I guess). I think he came clean mainly so he could try to make amends with her. He was finally Jimmy again.
At first, I was disappointed with the ending but after sleeping on it I think it was the perfect way to end it. Saul becoming Jimmy again and growing a conscious to make amends with Kim and to help her situation a bit in the process.
LOL - That was my lingering thought at the end. Is Carol Burnett going to be okay? LOL
I thought it started out great, then in classic BCS fashion, started a slow roll of content. I just have to always get my mind wrapped around this is not BrBa, much more of a drama and ultimately turned into some sappy love story with Jimmy and Kim. He gave up a 7 year deal for 85 years for Kim? I think that storyline is pretty corny. Ultimately, they gave the Kim fans the feel good they wanted, especially with the "may law license didn't expire". I thought it was ok, but underwhelmed at the same time.
Her law license is gone. She just used her bar card to pose as Jimmy’s lawyer.
Seems like he could have done that without putting himself in prison the rest of his life.
Metaphorically speaking, he couldn't. He knows he is where he belongs, getting what he deserves, reaping what he sowed LOL
Yep. I took it as his negotiation of a lighter sentence was to prove to himself he can still con anyone but ultimately, he was ready to accept his fate.
Losing those diamonds in the dumpster HAD to be a nod to Marathon Man (a 70's movie about a former nazi war criminal that had a fortune in diamonds, that he lost in a similar fashion)
I did not like the flip flopping and back and forth timelines. It’s almost like a different director took over. I didn’t like the outcome either. Seems shows want to end everything on a depressing note now. Ozarks was the same way.
I’m battling in my mind if it was depressing or not. Seems that Jimmy got what he wanted with the visit from Kim.
Did not think it was depressing seeing that he should have been killed several times before that. He was a criminal and his ultimate fate outside of dying was going to prison. Do think blowing the 7 year plea deal was rather unrealistic but the point of doing it helped bring the storyline with Kim to a better end than how it could have turned out. Killing her off or sending her to prison would have been a terrible ending to it all.
The negotiation was one last victory for Saul before he decided to become Jimmy again at the sentencing.
Agree. Jmo but he was truly pushing for the best deal he could get until he learned Kim was exposed. Then he finally did something admirable by throwing it all away to protect her.
Imo that's why we got the chuck flashback. To show he did some admirable qualities before he turned into Saul.
If he didn’t come clean then he would’ve got out in 7 years and he wouldn’t have anyone that loved/respected him. This way Kim’s back in his life and she loves/respects him something jimmy has always wanted in life. Shown by the only color of the episode being the lit cigarette and the flame. The flame between them is still burning.