calodo2003
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Why is it? Count me as one of those Buddhists that enjoy it.Why is this show popular with Buddhists?
Good point!
Why is it? Count me as one of those Buddhists that enjoy it.Why is this show popular with Buddhists?
Good point!
Absolutely! He could have taken the 7.5yrs as Saul, but essentially be doomed to being Saul for the rest of his life. There, he's doomed to spend the rest of his life in prison, but he's free of that Saul persona.
What does this mean? Having to spend the rest of his life in prison is definitely the worst thing that could happen to him. It would be more logical for anyone in his position to prefer to die, than to live in prison forever. After all, as a lawyer he'd have no delusions about life in prison. You certainly cannot "just be yourself" if you are imprisoned for life!
What does this mean? Having to spend the rest of his life in prison is definitely the worst thing that could happen to him. It would be more logical for anyone in his position to prefer to die, than to live in prison forever. After all, as a lawyer he'd have no delusions about life in prison. You certainly cannot "just be yourself" if you are imprisoned for life!
Also, he is definlety not free of the Saul persona, at all. He will spend the rest of his life, surrounded by people who only knows him and calls him as Saul Goodman.
But he knows that Kim sees him as Jimmy again. That’s all that mattered to him. He spiralled to the point of bordering on violence and murder when she rejected him as Saul, now he knows she sees him again as Jimmy he can be at peace with that.
So Jimmy is the ultimate ****!?I had a bad crush on a woman once, but thank god I was never deluded like that! Who wants to spend his life in prison only to make a woman (who literally fecks someone else!) think of him as a nice moron?
No idea, I just noticed different posters with 'zen' in their name.Why is it? Count me as one of those Buddhists that enjoy it.
To your mind, do you think what Saul does in the hearing will get Kim out of legal trouble with Cheryl?
No, I don’t. I think that Kim is on her own journey, and I think he knows that. He does feel bad about what’s happening with Cheryl. But I don’t think Kim would like it if Jimmy pulled some maneuver that protected her from Cheryl. He doesn’t save her; she saves her. They’re done with saving each other by this time.
So he ruined his life for no reason?For what it's worth, the head writer of the show said this about Kim being sued:
Not a logical reason, no.So he ruined his life for no reason?
Could argue he’s given her the option of diminished responsibility if she wishes to use it. But at the same time he’s left it so she can also take full responsibility if she needs to. The Saul we’ve known has always been scheming and now he’s giving Kim control to do what she wants to.So he ruined his life for no reason?
Not a logical reason, no.
All that mattered for him was Kim's opinion.
I thought it was a brilliant ending to a really good show. I won't go into the "all-time great" debate, as there are too many shows I haven't seen, and too much about cinematography that I don't know, so it would be meaningless, but of all the shows I have seen, the combo BB + BCS has to be among the very best, maybe not in the Six Feet Under/The Wire/The Sopranos tier, but close enough. The world they have created is so compelling, its style is so recognisable, and many of the actors (Cranston, Paul, Seehorn, etc) in it have been so incredible I'm sure it will be talked about and copied for decades to come.
You should have bolded "of all the shows I've seen" too
Havent seen 6fu. Should I?
Yep.Is this worth watching. I watched most of Season 1 and i thought it was slow. Not much happened and i thought Sauls brother who was agoraphobic to be really annoying.
Worth trying again?
Am I the only one who enjoyed the Chuck scenes?
Am I the only one who enjoyed the Chuck scenes?
I think they added to the story alright. Not sure what people's issue with them is.
'Chicanery' was one of the best episodes of the entire series.
It gets slower.Is this worth watching. I watched most of Season 1 and i thought it was slow. Not much happened and i thought Sauls brother who was agoraphobic to be really annoying.
Worth trying again?
Wait what? I thought the pacing was pretty constant. The first 2 seasons were just ultra depressing.It gets slower.
Highly subjective of course, but I find it better in the artistic sense. The overall story arc of Breaking Bad to me is superior though.Just watched the final episodes. That seals it, although I'd strongly been considering it since season 4.
It's a better show than Breaking Bad for me.
Absolutely. BB also had a bunch of filler. The start of season 2 was really fecking boring (where Jesse was being homeless for a couple of episodes) and that fly episode was terrible.Just watched the final episodes. That seals it, although I'd strongly been considering it since season 4.
It's a better show than Breaking Bad for me.
Better Call Saul has a lot more filler than Breaking Bad.Absolutely. BB also had a bunch of filler. The start of season 2 was really fecking boring (where Jesse was being homeless for a couple of episodes) and that fly episode was terrible.
The first season is nicely paced, just has low stakes. It tells a more-or-less complete story about how Jimmy becomes Saul and introduces him to Mike. The show gets a lot slower after that since they decide to not turn him into Saul, everything just slows to a crawl.Wait what? I thought the pacing was pretty constant. The first 2 seasons were just ultra depressing.
I disagree, the show is just slow, but I felt like there was a point to almost everything, even if it wasn't immediately obvious to me. Some scenes didn't tie directly into the story but were beautiful cinematography, which I didn't really mind.Better Call Saul has a lot more filler than Breaking Bad.
The first season is nicely paced, just has low stakes. It tells a more-or-less complete story about how Jimmy becomes Saul and introduces him to Mike. The show gets a lot slower after that since they decide to not turn him into Saul, everything just slows to a crawl.
Better Call Saul had multiple episodes watching guys digging a hole in the ground. The series ended with a few episodes showing us that Saul likes to scheme.I disagree, the show is just slow, but I felt like there was a point to almost everything, even if it wasn't immediately obvious to me. Some scenes didn't tie directly into the story but were beautiful cinematography, which I didn't really mind.
If you need to show WW chasing a fly for an hour to hammer home the point that he's a control freak with OCD or if you need 4 episodes of Jesse walking the street stumbling over garbage cans to make the point he has no purpose in his life, that's really shit writing and wasting the audience's time.
The problem with "filler" is that it's in the eye of the beholder. If you love a show you'll think it has none; if you don't, you will.
Season 1 ends with Jimmy rejecting a job. Season 2 begins with him taking that decision back and holding that job for 7 episodes before he realizes, long after we did, that he doesn't want it. It's filler and a complete waste of time, it is just there so that they can get out of following through on the S1 ending.
Then Jimmy loses the ability to practice law in mid-season 3 and spends a season and a half not being a lawyer. Entire episodes are dedicated to him doing minor cons, selling prepaid cell phones, stealing figurines. Just a total waste of time. A season and a half!
And then there's other stuff. Take Mike's daughter-in-law. She's introduced as an actual character, there's stuff going on there, Mike has a relationship with her, etc. And then over time she appears in less episodes per season and isn't really doing much of anything, and by the end she's a total afterthought. There was no real arc here or anything of the sort, just couldn't figure out what to do this and dropped it.
Obviously everyone is allowed to like whatever they want, but I can't fathom caring about or even understanding shit like Mesa Verde or Sandpiper, boring legal cases that took up an enormous amount of time and amounted to nothing.