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Originally Posted by Zebedee DuBois
Another issue this episode addressed.
e.) When Gene stalls the cinnabon eating Security man, he tells Saul's actual sense of futility in his life/plight. His dead parents, his dead brother, his meaningless existence - no one would miss or remember him if he died. That is all his real feelings being used to manipulate another man from turning around to look at the monitors. He explained the penance he is currently paying.
This is a really good show.
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Right. Great scene. I listened to The Watch podcast that talked about it and articulated it really well. [paraphrasing] it can be both horribly manipulative as means for insidious ends AND emotionally true.
And the scene at the end with the loud shirt and tie is a throwaway scene in the hands of anybody else, but the nuance and gestures come through beautifully that he feels the calling for Saul, knows he can't and, steps away, despondent. That is a difficult thing to convey without being over the top.
Fantastic show.