anybody catch that it's his BROTHER he's defending? the dude in the house with no lights?

I totally tripped seeing Mike and Tuco. those time jumps with no warning are a bitch.

my next bull mastiff is gonna be named Tuco. TIGHT....TIGHT TIGHT!

When is the last time a spinoff succeeded?


Frazier?

it's been a while!
I really didn't know how they would approach this.....but if they gonna go so far back in time that Mike is manning a frigging parking garage booth then....hmm....that opens up tons of story lines. it doesn't all have to be in the present....or AFTER BB.

could be interesting.

It's an homage to fans of Breaking Bad. If you paid fanatical attention to that show, Gilligan rewarded you with that scene. It bridges the gap between the two existences and shows.

Beyond that, the ability of the cinematography and sound to convey the mundane horror of his daily existence was absolutely excellent. He's a guy whose only stimulation in life comes from A) a fear of imminent death any time he reads an even slightly perturbed face on a stranger or B) reliving his past glory by watching tapes of his old commercials.

What an awful life.

I thought the opening was magnificent.


Not one word was said, just emotion through subtle face expressions.

I enjoyed the premiere.

The whole schemin' and plottin' with the ginger twins was great.

Really enjoying it so far


The Tuco thing, while cute and well done screams 'small universe' though.

Most hilarious bit



Operating an office out of a janitorial closet in the back of an Asian nail salon.


ROFL

Well, he had to learn to be a criminal lawyer somehow. Getting in with the biggest guy in the meth game in ABQ would explain how he built his bonafides.

I completely agree. The fact that Jesse Pinkman knew to "Call Saul" illustrates that Saul had made quite a name for himself in those circles.

I didnt even like BB until later in the 1st season. You really appreciate the character development down the line, even though it seems slow at the time. If you dont want any slow eps, just go watch Criminal Minds where every episode is corny and almost always the same

Can't believe how many are bitching, but call themselves BB fans. I thought the second episode was amazingly fast paced for Vince Gilligan's writing style. I think a great premise has been established; can't wait to see where they take it.

If people don't like the show so far it is because they are a biznatch.

Gilligan is going by the BB playbook.

Create desperation with the main character, show him ****ing up on his first attempt at "Breaking Bad" (and nearly dying), have a scene showing the despair of the main character trying to do things the right way only to have the "Bad" solution being dangled in front of him.

This is going almost exactly like the Walt storyline.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE ****ING AWESOME.

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If only Tuco's gang knew what what going to happen to them in about 10 years. LMAO

Looks like Tuco spilled salsa on his hand.

What happened to No-Doze 10 years later was for speaking up out of turn, if I recall. Can't say he hadn't been warned.

Just wondering...is there some informal CP rule for using the 'Spoiler' thing?

I kinda feel like on a weekly show, if you haven't watched it by the next day it aired, you take a risk coming in here.

I don't come into here or the TWD thread until I catch up.

That's it. Anything AFTER it's aired is fair game.

For something like TWD, most courtesy spoiler anything from the comics.

I also recall Saul trying to sell Jesse that same nail shop his office was in to launder his money.

Watch Breaking Bad episode 8. It was an awesome episode from beginning to end.


Saul's introduction. LMAO

He even tells Walt his real name is "McGill".

:banghead:

Damnit, I missed it.

Both episodes are free watches on AMC's website!

Finally caught the two episodes.

I thought they were really good. Maybe better than the first two of Breaking Bad.

I was sure I'd tire of Saul's schtick where he talks fast and babbles out jokes, but it was really toned down and a lot of other very good acting filled the void. Depending on where the story goes, this could be very very good.

I watched it today as well to see his introduction. Definitely a great episode but I was surprised it was not until near the end of season 2 that he showed up. He became such an integral part of the story that I forgot how long he wasn't involved.

Holy shit that feeling at the end of every episode is exactly the feeling at the end of every BB episode. WHY DOES IT HAVE TO END NOW?!?!

I watched the first two episodes tonight on PSTV. Excellent show IMHO. You can see where he met his team, how he got into the game and how his personality changed.

I think this has a lot of potential.

can't wait to see how mike goes from parking lot booth guy to private dick / stone cold killer

Loved the intro in Ep 1, the flash forward black & white scene. Goes back to when he told Walt he could make him disappear, or something along the lines you don't want to be a Omaha Cinnabon Manager.

He was a stone cold killer from back east (dirty cop) before ending up in the ABQ. So he's already that, he's just hiding out (or something) as a parking booth attendant.

Funny bit, but would Saul really keep forgetting over and over again his parking stickers?

They short him.

The clerk at the courthouse doesnt like him, so she shorts him on the stickers. You can see at the end of ep2 he brings her an offering or something.

Hilarious bit where Saul/McGill calls hima Troll...Under a Bridge...in the tone and delivery that only Saul makes loveable

Un****ingbelievable first two episodes. Amazing beginning to the series.

All the brilliance of BB without waiting for producers to hit their stride.

Exactly how I felt. They have been there and done it. Now they are just presenting it and starting it right.

What day is this on? I went to DVR it for Sunday and it wasn't listed.

Get a new DVR IMO

Next ep is Sunday Feb 16th

My DVR is set to record ep. 3 @ 10pm EST on MONDAY 2/16.

Someone needs to get a new calendar! :p

Great episode tonight. Comedic timing with fascinating story line.

I like it.

I missed the first few minutes (then again when it repeated), was Saul in jail supposed to be events from post Breaking Bad?

I took it as Jimmy was younger and screwed up. And his brother saved him. I think we will find out that his brother Charles got him out of that jam..and as a result Jimmy grew up and became an attorney. I think its alao why he feels he owes his brother and wants to help him so much

This. It was his insane dying brother that he was trying to get to sue the company in the first episode.

What I really liked structurally, was when the poop brown station wagon drove away, at first I was like 'wasn't she picking her kids up from school, then 'I don't think that's the same house.

But the pace in that scene was so frenetic I couldn't be sure I was right.

Man Gilligan is getting lazy in his writing?

Then 'oh shit!' They hit a different poop brown station wagon. Then the reveal of who's house it was.

It's satisfying when a show maintains those inconsistencies until just the time when the implications hit home.

Sorry for mistrusting you Gilligan, after the plane crash season of BB, I should have known you know story structure.

I don't think he's dying. He's becoming more and more unhinged and paranoid and can't stop himself. Sad thing is he knows he standing in the way of his own return to the world.

Speculation, not spoiler. But I think Charles will get better as Jimmy descends into Saul, and there will be a big showdown between them.

I'm really enjoying the show. I know Saul is going to end up being one of those enigmatic characters like WW where you know he's a shitbag but you can't help but root for him. I kinda hope when the show ends, it will show Saul doing something awesome about his Cinnabon situation.

Honestly I can't remember off the top off my head what happened to Saul at the end of BB. Did he go into the program or is he on the run? **** my memory sucks.

The fixer made him a new identity. He manages a Cinnabon in Omaha, NE.

The massive cell phone was a bit of a giveaway :)

Yea I figured that out from the opening of the new show but I was trying to remember why he had to go on the run especially since everybody is pretty much dead by the end of BB

They said Johnny Cochran, famous for his Chewbacca defense, died from those things

It's been wonderful up to this point. The only thing that vexes me is why that girl would (seemingly) have interest in him.

Eerily similar to how Saul has to put his cell phone in the mailbox every time he goes to his brothers

I think it wasn't intended to be about her interest. That was just the random bar potential hookup. To a stranger, he's an objectively attractive dude and a smooth talker. It was about how he was swirling out of control, getting sloppy drunk and freaking out about the broken bread-stick.

I meant the girl from the law firm.

That was a partner [she was in the boardroom I think] who he was pleading with for support in his case for Charlie. They've presumably known each other for a while and she knows the legitimacy of Charlie's legacy.

She's a big name, in the opening credits, Rhea Seahorn who I assume will have an ongoing role.

Really enjoying this show. What is wrong with Saul's brother? Mental illness that makes him physically sick? Intentionally not having power on or electronics...weird

Best guess he probably needs help [or thinks he does] from these folks.

http://www.emfanalysis.com/emf-refugee/

3rd Episode was better than the first two. Really knocking it out from the get go.

I was really thinking that this show was going to be completely different for some reason. Just something they threw together to make it a comedy. I had no hope for it to be anything like BB. I am happily wrong.

I was thinking it had the promise of being the new best show in TV, but I caught up on Justified and it remains as good as ever.

Tough call.

I wish that I could find Justified from the beginning online somewhere. Damn you Netflix, pick it up!

The first season is different from the others, in that it was more case of the week with progress on the meta-story interspersed.

From then on, it's more in the vein of Breaking Bad of a season arc and full meta-story building off the first season's.

I say that for two reasons. The first season feels a little more conventional television. And it probably is best to start from the beginning, but ignore any queasiness you might feel until you've a good belly full of the EXCELLENT second.

If you have Prime you can watch it.

"Slippin' Jimmy"

Amazon Prime has it

Wow. So weird...kinda neat to bring this on the show

Ok, maybe I should go get Amazon prime then. Thanks!

Yeah, I look at it as if Justified costs $30 a season and there are 6 season, youve pajd almost 2 years worth by watching it on prime. Before, netflix and amazon had a lot of the same stuff. But they've kind of went away from that.

Falling skies is on prime also. Dollhouse. So there are some other thIngs you can see.

You really need to get it for subscribe and save and prime shipping. id pay for that wothout the tv.

I too am so so happy that this doesn't seem to be going towards a purely comedic tangent. I am so surprised at the "BB-ish" direction and I'm loving it.

so.....can't help but wonder....is Team Kettleman toast? the kids have now seen the money (if they hadn't before) so they may not even be spared. Nacho trying to get those duckets behind Tuco's back....oh man.....

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The new episode is tonight in case anyone forgot.

I've been waiting for it like a heroin fix.

Im digging the direction this show is going. Also, the Rush fan in me dug the poster plug they did during his flashback while he was in the basement with his scam partner.

Fairly predictable but still entertaining.

Holy Shit!! I forgot I even had some Herbie Mann on vinyl

Reminds me of my Spyro Gyra phase

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so...did Saul pay the guy to fall of the billboard, or was it coincidence?