Huh?Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Profane
It doesn't get much slower burning, but it's keeping me hooked. Knowing where it eventually ends up makes it even more interesting.
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Huh?Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Profane
It doesn't get much slower burning, but it's keeping me hooked. Knowing where it eventually ends up makes it even more interesting.
I'm just sayin' that he doesn't look good. He's 70, playing himself at around age 55 or maybe a little younger. He looks pretty stiff and old. Of course, that's a problem with all of these actors in a prequel, but he may be the first to go, and I can't see how the series continues without him. But maybe he'll survive until Walter White shows up.
Was watching an old Wiseguy rerun the other day and realized that's young Mike running ops!
Great season finale! Considering the slow burn pace, I do wish each season had 15 episodes instead of just 10.
that was a sad ass closing scene for sure - great season, slow but always building in a positive direction
I keep watching...but dammit if I don't feel like a plane on a treadmill....can we take off already???
Finally got around to watching the finale. Damn.
Just watching a few BBs during a marathon, of sorts. Sorry, but, bye bye, Saul. I'd rather rewind BB then waste my time anymore.
I'm finally caught up on BCS. Good series, in some respects as well made as BB, but as some people here have been saying, it's been stuck on a slow burn for three seasons now, and I'm starting to wonder if it's ever going to shift into high gear. BB had its lulls, but, frequently enough, BB was full-on gonzo; hell, BB was gonzo right off the line in its first scene.
Which brings to mind BCS's very first scene, featuring a post-BB Saul working in a mall at a Cinnabon. That scene (and the subsequent Cinnabon flash-forwards) doesn't quite fit with the series, unless the series is going to move to that post-BB timeframe at some point. Which I think it will, sooner than we may expect. It needs to, for things to get interesting, because as of the end of season 3, pretty much everyone is on a straight line path to where they need to be at the start of Breaking Bad.
So then, let's get this prequel exercise over with, and move on to Omaha! Which is where I predict Jimmy/Saul/Gene resumes his relationship with Kim (remember, she's originally from that area). And, soon after they learn of Heisenberg's last stand, they take a chance on moving back to Albuquerque, where Saul turns out not to be a wanted man after all.
Oh, and I say the Cinnabon thing never happens. That's a dream or a vision or whatever, Saul's contemplations and fears while he waits alone in Robert Forster's basement. Notice how all those Cinnabon scenes are in black & white. Also, recall that Saul mentioned being a manager at Cinnabon, to Walt, not as a plan, but as a random scenario to convey the bleakness of his future. It's imaginary, for sure, and for Cinnabon to end up being Saul's reality as well would be a wild coincidence. No, Ed plants Saul wherever he plants him, Saul sits on a cash cushion, and maybe tracks down Kim, before learning about Walt et al on the TV news. Then, back home to take his chances in NM, because it sure would suck to have to get a job at an Omaha Cinnabon.
Hmm when is the next season coming out? Usually I have a short attention span when it comes to watching shows, but i really like the slow pace of this one. Maybe b/c BB has set it up enough for me to be watching it intently?
Looks like in the fall.Quote:
Originally Posted by wordbird
Two episodes into the new season. #1 was kinda weak and left me wondering if I could continue watching. #2 was great, starting with Kim ripping Howard a new one and Gus back into the story in a meaningful way. #plasticbag
Solid start so far. Not quite slitting a throat, but pretty savage nonetheless. Final response to Lydia was pretty funny.
ETA: That letter will be back.
2nd episode gave hope they were going to ramp up, 3rd back making me say WTF.
Not necessarily related to BCS, but: anyone else having problems with the AMC app?
I watched the first two episodes on the firestick. I went to watch the 3rd and the app wouldn't load. So I deleted it and reloaded. After signing in: it still won't load.
Netflix, RedBull Channel, TNT, and other apps work fine.
^ ^ ^ no clue here. I'm DVRing it
I've enjoyed all three episodes of the new season, especially Gus Fring power play setup
Why not just watch in on Netflix then? Unless there are other AMC shows you're watching that aren't on there. BCS is, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by smartyiak
I don't believe the new season is...last time I looked it wasn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by AustinFromSA
Ah. You are correct, sir! Just looked it up on IMDB. Looks like I have some catching up to do!Quote:
Originally Posted by smartyiak
Great camera work in episode three. Good to see the pace picking up. Mike looks way too old to be younger than he was in BB.
Went back to watch The Usual Suspects last week, because somebody I know had never seen it, and Gus, or, a young Giancarlo Esposito is in that movie. Plays a cop.
Caught some old episodes of Wiseguy. Took me a while, but finally realized Vinny's handler was the actual young Mike
Poor Nacho....
Alright this show is crazy good. Not even comparable to Breaking Bad...like innumerably better. I'm starting to think this might be up there for one of the better written shows in recent times. I'm hooked and I normally have a short attention span i.e. I can't remember the last time I watched a show as it came out looking forward to the next episode.
JFC it's like watching paint dry. About over it, pace is maddening.
This week's episode was pretty good, Kim now breaking bad as well.
Humorous little tidbit: http://www.freewill-baptistchurch.com/index.php
You can watch the new season on Netflix with a UK VPN.
The church scheme was fucking hilarious. Genius. Seriously, this is one of the best shows in recent times. Yeah, maybe moving a little slow week by week (up until this season I watched the series multiple shows at a time on Netflix) but fuck this show is great!Quote:
Originally Posted by BobMc
Seems like it is getting pretty close to the end, but sounds like there might be 1 more season and possibly 20 episodes rather than the normal 10.
So, that's it, huh? Hope nobody dies before next season. They're getting old.
Season 4 streaming on Netflix fyi
yeeesssss!
Tonight 10pm
It's been announced that the season beginning now (not the previous season that finally got loaded to Netflix) will be BCS's second to last season. In other words, next year's season, season 6, will be the last.
Before Saul, before Wiseguy...
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Season 6 (first two episodes out of 13, in this final season) airs on April 18.
Season 5 comes to Netflix on April 4.
Went to see Odenkirk a couple nights ago discuss his new book. Interview format. Sorta interesting but the interview was rushed and cut short. I think I’d rather hear David Cross tell comedy horror stories, but got Bob’s book for the price of admission. He talked at length about the heart attack and it was way more serious that it sounded and it sounded pretty serious at the time
Quite an ending for the mid-season finale...
Whatever happens to Kim it can't be good.Quote:
Originally Posted by BobMc
I am going to miss this show when it is gone. It makes me want to re-watch Breaking Bad to see exactly when in Saul's career it takes place.
Regarding Kim, I can't help but think back to the preludes in the first and second episodes of the season when Saul is selling donuts, or whatever.....
Right?Quote:
Originally Posted by BobMc
BB takes place entirely after BCS (except for the Cinnabon scenes). Saul doesn't even have the Caddy yet. Cinnabon scenes are flash-forwards to the post-BB timeline.Quote:
Originally Posted by schindlerpiste
I do not see Kim's future working out well either, but I don't think it's entirely beyond the realm of possibility that Kim and Jimmy were still together in the BB timeline. Whatever happens, Kim made her bed and is no victim.