The New York Post ran a story today about Jerry Gergich Jim O'Heir talking about his scenes and Cinnabons: New York Post BCS
Better Call Saul: Season 6 Discussion Thread
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I just now rewatched it, and agree with your take.
My wife loved the Mission Impossible montage. This is the sort of thing I do not catch, these musical cues.
Are you really unprepared if your goal is reconnaissance? Am I being anal retentive here? He had his excuse for being there, brought the cinnabons, planned on basic small talk, and brought his stop watch.
Chuck: “You’ll always be Slippin’ Jimmy.” hits it on the head
Some cool Breaking Bad factoids:
Breaking Bad spawned five seasons consisting of 62 episodes over its five year run, which is fitting, when you stop to look at the periodic table, a theme in the show's opening credits. On the periodic table, element 62 is Samarium, which is an injection used to treat pain in cancer patients and kills cancer cells in the treatment of lung cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer and osteosarcoma.
Breaking Bad episode titles are renowned for being clever, usually sporting a double meaning or subtle pun, which made the title of the finale a particularly strong talking point in the lead-up to its airing. Taking the word as chemical symbols (Fe, Li, Na) you end up with iron, lithium and sodium. Or, given the important of each of those metals in the respective substances, it's blood, meth and tears. How prophetic.
There Are 62 Episodes in Total — A Number That Has A Special Meaning
Breaking Bad spawned five seasons consisting of 62 episodes over its five year run, which is fitting, when you stop to look at the periodic table, a theme in the show's opening credits. On the periodic table, element 62 is Samarium, which is an injection used to treat pain in cancer patients and kills cancer cells in the treatment of lung cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer and osteosarcoma.
The Series Finale Title, Felina, Has Hidden Meaning
Breaking Bad episode titles are renowned for being clever, usually sporting a double meaning or subtle pun, which made the title of the finale a particularly strong talking point in the lead-up to its airing. Taking the word as chemical symbols (Fe, Li, Na) you end up with iron, lithium and sodium. Or, given the important of each of those metals in the respective substances, it's blood, meth and tears. How prophetic.
So…..Saul self destructing post phone booth call to where Kim works? What was the conversation/argument about? Cancer dude is definitely dead and Marion is snooping.
Super clever casting: Alfred Hawthorne, the obnoxious first mark in Gene’s identity theft bar scam, was brilliantly portrayed by Devin Ratray, who played Kevin McAllister’s obnoxious older brother Buzz in Home Alone.
Super clever casting: Alfred Hawthorne, the obnoxious first mark in Gene’s identity theft bar scam, was brilliantly portrayed by Devin Ratray, who played Kevin McAllister’s obnoxious older brother Buzz in Home Alone.
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Lots of glass in that episode. From breaking glass on the phone booth, breaking glass at the cancer guys house, and the glass fermentation flask.
There's also no coincidence that Walter appears in an episode in which another character has cancer. Lots of fragility and desperation. I honestly have no clue where this goes next, but I totally did not expect a direct call to Kim.
There's also no coincidence that Walter appears in an episode in which another character has cancer. Lots of fragility and desperation. I honestly have no clue where this goes next, but I totally did not expect a direct call to Kim.
Kicking a trash can, kicking a phone booth. Kim does that to Jimmy.
We’ll find out what was said in the phone booth. The anger, where could that have come from? Remember that the phone call was made about five years after Kim fled; there must have been previous attempts by Jimmy to contact her. “Kim asked about me?” What a pathetic line. My guess: this was the first time since Hank and Steve disappeared that Kim and Jimmy had spoken, and Kim had only just recently become aware of the total POS Saul had become.
Boy, the execution of the dialogue by Cranston and Paul, wow, unreal. And Saul: “So you’re Igor. That would make you Heisenberg.”
In describing how Walter’s story would go down, Mike told us how Saul’s story will play out. I’ll get the exact quote.
And Emilio, where is he? Word is that Saul will have one scene each with Jesse and with Walter, separately. I’m thinking now that both scenes will take place chronologically after their first meeting in the RV.
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One gets a sense from Saul’s conversation with Mike, that Saul now appears to be the driving force behind Walt and Jesse getting deeper into the meth business. Don’t forget, Saul has had a previous encounter with Tuco, so he has connections. And he knows about Gus too.
I wonder if this portends a scene in color showing Saul talking Gus into going the blue meth route. Saul wouldn’t be able to depend on Mike to convince Gus.
Mike: “If the cancer doesn’t get him, it’ll be the cops or a bullet to the head.”
We never found out why Saul passed out. They did x-rays etc. I wonder if he has a fatal disease that was never revealed and that is how he goes out, by finally getting back with Kim and dying.
Right off the bat, Jeff buys his mom a computer and Gene teaches her how to surf the web on it. I like the burner phones, nice touch.
A little off topic, but what is up with Mike doing PI work considering his status in Gus' organization? Does Gus like everyone having a cover story type job?
A little off topic, but what is up with Mike doing PI work considering his status in Gus' organization? Does Gus like everyone having a cover story type job?
I’ve read an interpretation which says that Gene is pissed in the phone booth because the receptionist, following orders, won’t connect him to Kim. Makes sense to me because he wouldn’t rage at Kim the way he did.
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What struck me was that in breaking bad Walt and Jesse were the main characters and Saul was a supporting character adding to their story. Gilligan has done such a remarkable job with better call Saul and having us all go into a deeper dive with Saul that last night Walt and Jesse were the subordinate characters to Saul and you were totally involved in sauls story as a stand alone to breaking bad. Don’t really think this has ever been done at a deeper level.
The German dub of the episode is revealing. Gene was talking to Kim.
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Better Call Saul: Here's What Was Said in That Phone Booth Call With 'Kim'
What was said in that Better Call Saul season 6 episode 11 phone booth scene? Did Jimmy a.k.a. Gene call Kim and why did he smash the phone?
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Mike seemed nonplused regarding the product. I wonder if this just harkens back to his day as a cop where he had seen it all?
Post Gus’ death, Mike became involved with Walter and Jesse’s meth business along with Saul. It was a “job” for Mike and one that had him making big $$$$ so he could hide it away for his granddaughter, Kaylee.
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Jimmy/ Saul/ Gene/ continues to move forward. The only backwards descent into total darkness was with the phone call to Kim until the end of the episode on Monday. How did he know where she worked?
It was interesting in that the darkness overtook the Almost always Aloof Slipping Jimmy/ confident Saul/ cautious Gene.
These next two episodes are going to be nuts.
Just like in Breaking Bad, they could have ended the series with any of the last 6 episodes and I would have been content without a lot of wonderment. Here, they keep tying up lose ends while exposing other facets of Jimmy’s persona to delve back into.
I thought two episodes ago when Lalo, Howard and Kim either met their fate or took off we had just about all the answers we would ever get. Then last night just opened another chapter into the soul of Slipping Jimmy and his ability to push the envelope into the danger zone.
He is and will forever be his own worst enemy.
It was interesting in that the darkness overtook the Almost always Aloof Slipping Jimmy/ confident Saul/ cautious Gene.
These next two episodes are going to be nuts.
Just like in Breaking Bad, they could have ended the series with any of the last 6 episodes and I would have been content without a lot of wonderment. Here, they keep tying up lose ends while exposing other facets of Jimmy’s persona to delve back into.
I thought two episodes ago when Lalo, Howard and Kim either met their fate or took off we had just about all the answers we would ever get. Then last night just opened another chapter into the soul of Slipping Jimmy and his ability to push the envelope into the danger zone.
He is and will forever be his own worst enemy.
Right, thanks for reminding me of the importance of Kaylee and Mike’s Papa Bear persona.
One thing about a great show And series is it sets you to have the strongest emotion possible to a TV series, the feeling that you just lost a great friend. As we wind down here, I am already wondering what will replace this for me. Is there anything out there with the chops of Better Call Saul or Breaking Bad?
I don't buy it. I can't believe some random Redditor that in Germany there was a bunch of dialog that wasn't present in English.The German dub of the episode is revealing. Gene was talking to Kim.
Better Call Saul: Here's What Was Said in That Phone Booth Call With 'Kim'
What was said in that Better Call Saul season 6 episode 11 phone booth scene? Did Jimmy a.k.a. Gene call Kim and why did he smash the phone?
The song by Marty Robins would paint a picture of a final tragic end to both Jimmy and Kim.
Who was the guy that Saul and Mike were talking about, the guy that did jail time and never gave up his crew?
I came into Breaking Bad late, the fourth season at the earliest, which might be why I’m so involved in BCS.
On the Monopoly board, Water Works is two spaces previous to Go To Jail. (I read it somewhere, not my own discovery.)
You have to wonder if Waterworks is somehow a reference to Palm Coast Sprinklers in Titusville, Florida.
That seems a more likely scenario vs the Monopoly board example, however, these writers on both BB & BCS are devious and it could cover both aspects. I would think that Kim has to be seen to put the final spin on Jimmy/Saul/Gene’s fate. When Kim was around, there was more of Jimmy “there” than not, until Kim started “breaking bad”. Maybe the end will be they both get “cleaned” again and disappear to a new place to live happily ever after. Nah, this ain’t gonna end well for either of them.
I've been wondering if it's the opposite: Kim's dead. Was there any background as to why Kim reached out to the Saul's former administrative assistant or was it out of the blue?
Wondering if Saul's become reckless because of what he found out about Kim.
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