Better Call Saul

[rico]

As I am sure many of y'all already know, a spinoff of "Breaking Bad" titled "Better Call Saul" will be airing in 2014. This is going to be a prequel to Breaking Bad and will be based on the character of Saul Goodman from "Breaking Bad."

I, for one, will be watching. I'm sure the majority of all of you other "Breaking Bad" fans will be as well. Might as well get the discussion going sooner rather than later.

So... what are your hopes, expectations and/or concerns with the show? Here are some of mine:

Hopes: I hope to see Saul do his thing in the courtroom. I hope to see strong, unique supporting characters. I hope to see Breaking Bad foreshadowing. I hope he has an intriguing paralegal and/or assistant. I hope to see Breaking Bad characters such as Fring, Mike, etc...whoever. I hope the show kicks ass.

Expectations: I don't expect it to be as good as "Breaking Bad" (because nothing else is, really), but I expect it to be good since Vince Gilligan is writing. I somewhat expect it to have an even balance of comedy and drama...since Saul undeniably provides a substantial amount of comedic relief in "Breaking Bad." I expect to see "courtroom Saul." I expect the "Breaking Bad" references and character cameos to be less than what I hope. If it isn't even a fraction as good as "Breaking Bad," I expect it to be better than 95% of everything else on TV, since there is some shitty shit on TV these days.

Concerns: I'd be a liar if I were to say that I didn't think this show has potential of flopping and certainly failing to meet the presumed high expectations of the audience. Don't get me wrong, I think it will be good... but I think it COULD suck if not executed properly. My main concern is Saul ultimately proving himself to be a "little dab will do ya" type of character, which would lead to a show centered around his character not working out. I am hoping that the character of Saul will not be so over-used and constantly over the top, that he becomes annoying to me, thus ruining his character for me altogether... Not saying I think this will be how it goes down...just saying I think there is a CHANCE of this being the case, which prompts me to believe that a strong supporting cast is VITAL in terms of the amount of success/quality this show will accumulate. All in all, I don't think VG will steer us in an unfortunate direction though...I think they'll pull it off.

Thoughts?

DISCUS!!!!

[notorious]

Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla

To be fair, the drugs continued to spill after the truck had left, so he had a larger epsilon of time to deal with regarding the timing of everything.

Wasted coke.


Come on, Mike.

[notorious]

I enjoyed it when Mike was sighting in the 700. His first shot was 1 1/2 MOA left, so he grabs the correct knob (windage), and clicks it 3 times. Most scopes for long range shooting will have 1/4 MOA adjustments, but this one has 1/2, which is fairly common.

Since Mike is an old-timer, he probably prefers MOA adjustments over Mils. I am a Mil guy myself.

3 clicks and he hits bullseye. Love the eye for detail. Most movies and TV shows completely screw up how a scope works.

[Baby Lee]

Starts slow, but BO saves it. Less lame than it has any expectation . . .

[Baby Lee]

And I'll spoiler next week's preview, but the word ratchet springs to mind.

Spoiler!

[Baby Lee]

What I'm curious about, when Jimmy lays the big apology on Kim. The first one when he first gets back to the office after lockup. Is that genuine Jimmy or slippin' Jimmy talking. Or does it matter, or is there a difference at this point in the narrative.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Starts slow, but BO saves it. Less lame than it has any expectation . . .

. He's literally in the corner of the scene fully awake before he wakes up. I assume that was intentional.

[Demonpenz]

There was a scene where the guy says that the gun he is buying is vietnam era and he asks mike if he wants something newer and mike is like this will do like he knows whats up

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by stumppy

IIRC during an earlier episode when he was talking to his 'gun guy', he made some comment in reference to shooting in a jungle......or something like that.
Anyways, that conversation left me with the impression that Mike had been in Vietnam and was familiar with using a sniper type rifle.

I'm way behind on this series, and I just watched that episode last night. It's definitely implied that he knows his way around a sniper rifle. They're talking about the pros and cons of the one "older" gun and they're talking about the stock warping in humidity and Mike says something about that being a problem in the jungle.

[notorious]

"Bingo"

The trap is set, and Chuck is going to walk right into it in court.

[mr. tegu]

I loved the touch of Mike reading the Handyman magazine in the booth after he fixed the door.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Just a wonderful episode. Hector vs. Fring is going to be fun, even if we already know the outcome.

[eDave]

"It's okay"

CC: "It's okay"

[sedated]

I re-watched last week's while waiting for this week, and noticed something that may be nothing.

When Jimmy is sitting on the curb waiting for the cops to pick him up for breaking into Chuck's house to break the tape, Chuck comes over and has a speech about how Chuck is doing this for Jimmy's benefit instead to punish him. When he says "before you hurt yourself or someone else" (he might have said "someone you care about"), the camera cuts to a close-up of Jimmy's eyes right as he says the part about hurting someone else.

We know Kim isn't in Breaking Bad.

[notorious]

I have a feeling that Jimmy is going to do something to piss Kim off and she leaves him.

She can't die, Saul would be devastated.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Couldn't they drop at least one "patron st. of quality footwear" reference?