Better Call Saul

[frelling_tralk]

I absolutely LOVED Better Call Saul! Clearly I should have read up more on what they were planning to do, I don't know why lol, but I always pictured it in my head as being a kind of sitcom of Saul's ducking and diving, and I assumed that it would be a ton of gags that would eventually start to feel overplayed, but it was so much better than that.

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[goldenusagi]

I also really liked it! It was much better than I thought it would be. I mean, I was hoping it would be good, but you can never tell with spinoffs.

I assumed Tuco's grandma didn't stop maybe because she's just a bit senile.

I also really liked the scene in the desert, and how Saul managed to walk away, but just couldn't leave those two guys to be killed. I wonder if he just gets more comfortable with hits later, or whether in this case (even though he's still law abiding at this point) he felt direct responsibility because he got the boys into the mess to begin with.

I also like how, similar to BB, what starts off as a simple premise and easy money rapidly spirals out of control and then you're in the desert with drug dealers.

I read some things that suggested that Chuck's illness is all in his head, that there are people who say electromagnetic waves are bad for them, but that there's been no medical correlation, and it's generally treated as a psychological thing.

I'm assuming being a toll booth operator is just Mike's day job, and that he's already in with Gus at this point. That's one character I'd really like to see, though Gus would have no reason to do business with a small time attorney like Saul.

[frelling_tralk]

Yes same, I was picturing it as being more of a sitcom and thinking that the humour might wear on me after a while, but this was so much better than I was expecting! The dark atmosphere, the direction, the cinematography, it all reminded me of the best of BB, especially once they got out in the desert and Saul was struggling to remain on top of the situation

And heh I guess, I just thought it was kind of weird how she told Tuco that she was driving and she thinks that she must have hit someone as there was a noise, but then didn't even stop to check?? Concerned Tuco was so cute in his apron though looking out for her :P

And at first I was expecting Saul to just scuttle off, so I was impressed that he put himself at so much risk, especially as they were honestly really annoying and dropped Saul in it earlier. In BB he was pretty comfortable with suggesting that Walt and Jesse could get rid of Badger to stop him from talking, so it was surprising for me to see a Saul that would put himself in danger to try and get them out of there in more or less one piece

And hmm I was confused because the actor who play Chuck was talking in an interview like it was a real thing, but maybe he was just being method? Some reviews have also talked about it being an actual condition as well, but Idk on the show it seemed to me like it was a tinfoil hat kind of delusion