haha mike played them so hard.

So, in BB when Mike visits his granddaughter.. is he also keepin that fear instilled into his son's exwife? like.. bitch.. keep dat mouf shut

I don't think so. He's more than willing to let her make that call. He laid all of his cards out on the table.

and remember.....she said "I don't care if he's dirty or clean he's still gone and I love him. I just want the bastards who killed him to pay."
so they paid!
now I'm wondering if she's gonna backpedal on that statement per the scene where she pulls out of her driveway and stares at Mike before driving away.

last night made me realize that this IS a Breaking Bad-esque show for SURE! YES! YES! YES! so flipping glad it's not some stupid comedy crap.

Final scene of the final season has to be Walter White walking into his office for the first time.

I think the driveway thing was about the phone call she asked about in the flashback. The scene where he told her what happened was instigated by the investigation, so it would be in the present.

it's official. The Planet loves them some Ermentrout.

I want a ****in' shirt with Mike on it.

What an episode...wow

Nah. That will be the Final episode...ever.

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That is what he said.

That was by far the best episode yet. So awesome.

25 bucks

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Just superb, superb acting - the kind of acting that sticks with you even when the show is over and you are on to some other activity.

That's really how I gauge enjoyable vs powerful. That was definitely powerful.

Watching it again right now. IT"S THAT GOOD.

I didn't realize this show had started already until I saw it here. I've been watching On Demand and am up to episode 5. Pretty good stuff. Definitely tell it's made by same guys as Breaking Bad. Their use of camera angles, obscure music choices and character building is very good.

I like the casting of Lenny as the brother and the use of Mike (or whatever his name is here) as the sticker Nazi is good. Only weak character for me is Saul's love interest. She's just ok.

Vince Gilligan Urges 'Breaking Bad' Fans to Stop Throwing Pizzas on Walter White's Roof

Vince Gilligan has had it with fans harassing the real-life owners of the home where Walter White (Bryan Cranston) lived in Breaking Bad.

The house, which was used for exterior shots of Breaking Bad, has become a tourist attraction, as have many other Breaking Bad landmarks. For the most part, its owners have been fine with fans stopping by to take photos, but things have deteriorated recently.

"Lately, we're hearing from the owner that folks are wandering on to her property, and are being rude to her when she comes out and basically says 'you're on my property,' " said Gilligan. "They are throwing pizzas on roofs and stuff like that. Let me tell you, there is nothing original or funny or cool about throwing a pizza on this lady's roof. It is just not funny. It's been done before. You are not the first."

Jonathan Banks, who plays tough guy Mike Ehrmantraut, added on the podcast, "If I catch you doing it, I will hunt you down."

In season three's episode "Caballo Sin Nombre," Walter brought over giant pepperoni pizza to his home in an attempt to make amends with Skyler (Anna Gunn). When she rejected his overtures, he threw the pizza on the roof in frustration — with Cranston famously doing the move in one shot. The scene has become a fan favorite, but the reenactments of it have grown old fast for Gilligan and the homeowner.

"We love our fans. I don't love those fans. I don't consider them fans," said Gilligan.

In 2013, homeowner Fran said most of the fans were respectful, and said she was a huge fan of the show.

"Last month we had 404 cars here that I saw," Fran said. "We've met people from all over the world, and it's been amazing."

The low expectations I had for this series has made it even better.

This is fun/interesting - notebook that Ermintrout stole:

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Neato. Thanks dude. I was trying so hard to read it during the show. No luck. Nice attention to detail. This show is only going to get better.

My son wasn't dirty, God damn you get that through your head.

Most powerful moment on TV since Ned died. Possibly since Will died.

I just added "Throwing a Pizza on Walter White's Roof" onto my bucket list.

LOL

lol Would anyone let their house be subjected to a TV series/movie? *not knowing if it will be a hit of course*

Are the kids really better off with Mrs. Kettleman?

She needs a good railing

Think she was the annoying friend in Hitch...still would do

I assume Saul is upset cause that office is now pipe dream?
Sure was as nice guy in that ep

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LMAO
Holy shit.

I really like how they are setting up a long narrative of the journey Jimmy takes as we see him now to when he meets, and what he does, with Walt.

We know the writers can construct a long detailed gripping narrative, and these early episodes are like walking outside Oklahoma Joe's smelling the smoke emanating from it.

Despite her personality, I've really got the hots for her.

It's just baffling to imagine what the hell is going to happen to make Jimmy into Saul. This last episode appears to be the first real step.
I'm also wondering what's going to happen with Tuco's guy and the revenge plot.

Lucky for you, she's an ACTRESS. Unlucky for you, you don't have a chance.

:p

While good Saul is somewhat refreshing, I'm really looking forward to his rise to King Sleazeball

I love this show but have to catch up on two episodes I missed due to travel. It's great that AMC has them online to watch full episodes.

You think that's something?

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Also, I was thinking about this, and think there was a subtle character cue implanted by the writers.

Saul is always parking in the court parking
He's always leaving an empty lot
He always needs more stickers than he has

I think they were consciously trying to establish Jimmy from the very first as a go getter who burns the midnight oil. So long as he's been an attorney, he hasn't been a slouch.

Just can't wait to see what happens with his girl and brother since they were not in bb

I love that he had the bob barker microphone for bingo.

I'm loving the internal struggle to not go back to the "Slippin' Jimmy" days. If $300,000 won't make him do it, what will?

Where is the second picture from?

The 'most wanted' wall they pan down at the beginning of the episode.

Mike sits under it while talking with the Philly cops.

I think it was more than that. Wasnt it like 1.7M?

Im floored he trusted Mike with 1.7M dollars

All caught up. Damn good show.

I believe you're right. It was over 1 mil.

It was $1.6 million, with a $30,000 "retainer" paid to Saul.

Who's will?

i was half asleep.. when did he give mike the money?

Not a spoilery discussion, just your typical convention roundtable, but 90min of the main 3 cast.

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The total was somewhere around there. The "retainer" was $300,000, I thought.

Ok. Thanks

Mike's character kind of jumped from being simply a dirty disillusioned ex-cop to a master b&e artist with great spy skills. Loved it, though.

You don't remember Mike in the Pollos Hermanos delivery trailer?

Or Full Measure Mike?

The Pollos work is in the future. I am on board with Mike being a tough bad-ass in the present. But how does he know how to mark cash with UV spray, and enter an occupied domicile with ninja quietness. When did he develop those skills?

He was dirty. I just figure it's gonna come out he was more than glance away dirty.

It's a stretch, but he's not jacking art from the Louvre. There are a lot of substances that will fluoresce under UV light. All he really needed to do was pick a lock, and we know that he has skills in subterfuge based upon him getting into the cop car with a string (which, I believe, requires a great deal of dramatic license).

The hardest part to believe is that Mr. Kettleman would take the trash out that night and just happen to notice the bills in the back of the RC truck that is on the ground, ten feet away from where he's looking.

Gilligan wrote dozens of episodes of The X-Files, so it's pretty cool to see some of that carry over a bit in Saul. :D

Or that he isn't immediately suspicious of money showing up in his backyard.

Money.

I've had offers of up to $12,000 a day to shoot in my home. The problem is that that money often goes towards the repairs caused by the crew.

An exterior shot is probably half that but you're opening up your home to the kind of nonsense this family is experiencing.

I finally caught up to this show the past few days. I've never seen a TV program with so many expectations from fans and media actually immdiately exceed those lofty expectations.

One of my friends and former roomies is the sound mixer of Saul (and The Good Wife, BabyLee) and I was told the show was good but I didn't expect it to be *this* good.

Vimce Gilligan has now entered that David Chase/Matthew Weiner strata.

That's why they yelled at the kids before lights out.

Great find, interesting take from all 3 views. I have never watched an entire discussion on a television show for more than five minutes. This had me wanting more after 90 minutes.

Yeah....I went into the show expecting to be slightly disappointed. This show is ****ing glorious.

this is what happens when Writers/Producers take pride in their work and expect their actor/actresses to be prepared PRIOR to shooting day.

I assume you watched Breaking Bad?

You let Mikey Charm you. Dude is old school gangster. You don't make it to 70 and then break bad.

God damn this show is great.

I fear for what will happen to Jimmy in the next episode. I don't think using Chuck's printer code was very smart.

By the way I didn't realize McKean would be such a main character, but he is such a great actor that I couldn't imagine the show without him now.

Ugh, this is so wrong I don't know where to start.

Maybe King of Hollywoof Dane McCloud can tell us when to expect Gus Fring to appear.

This shit is so good. I get ****ing immersed in it and forget sometimes that he turns to Saul. I forget Mike became a drug dealer henchmen. I didn't expect it to be even in this universe.

Sauls character in BB was a lot of comic relief. There isn't much comedy in his story here, but his clever little quips are still around. It's very well done. Like when he tells Mrs Kettlemen that even on a good day her and logic are disconnected made me laugh my ass off, but it wasn't just him being a smart ass, he was freaking distract he gave his money away. It was a very nice transition from his BB character to this one.

Just awesome.

you don't know where to start cause you don't know wtf you're talking about

If you watched the roundtable above, they get into that. Jonathan Banks is not an actor who likes improv. He wants things laid out and rehearsed ahead of time. He bitches about working on Hangover II, saying he told the improv heavy cast 'I'm going over here, you guys do whatever it is you're doing. When you're through, tell me my cue and we'll go.'

Odenkirk also noted that there was considerable debate when a line was changed from 'last Wednesday' to 'last Tuesday' in the written script

For positive or negative, these episodes are writer's vision episodes. They have specific marks and lines and camera angles that they seek to tie together into a coherent narrative from a precise POV.

There are other approaches, but the one RobBlake ascribes to BCS is accurate.

It's pretty rare for me to get so immersed into a story that I actually get pissed off that it ends so soon. This show does that almost every week. Yesterday's episode wasn't all that action packed but the story is so good that I just get lost in it.
I'm really curious as to how this lawsuit gets derailed. It's also looking fairly likely that we're going to see Mr. Fring here pretty quick.

Is this only one season as of now? Have multiple seasons been discussed or confirmed yet?

Dick. LMAO

Season two has been confirmed as having 13 episodes instead of this year's 10 in 2016.