SPOILERS AHEAD –
READ AT YOUR OWN RISK IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE FIRST HALF OF SEASON SIX
Anyone else here been watching?
Mon night’s concluding episode to the first part of the season finally had the Todd/Drew Sharp moment that saw it surely go from teetering into falling pell mell into Breaking Bad territory.
While a lot of people have mistaken the show’s painstaking exposition for dullness and given up, those of us who’ve stuck with it are enjoying probably the best scripted, acted and shot TV there is right now. Having long ago surpassed its predecessor, Saul is – for my money (and jolly good money it is, too, as Narry Norman was wont to say) – now nipping at the The Sopranos’ heel for TV’s GOAT
Given the amount of running around Bob O was doing, I wonder if it was during the filming of this episode that he had the heart attack that almost killed him last year? Apparently he owes his life to Rhea Seehorn (Kim) and Patrick Fabian (Howard) who were on the spot to help save him.
Loving it, man. The flickering candle moment in those final scenes of episode 7 was as good as it gets (so far), the high jinks of the scam instantly drained of blood. The two, possibly three questions requiring denouement, are
What happens to Kim?
What happens to Lalo (or rather how does he get offed, since he’s not in BB)?
And, depending on the answer to the first question, how do things turn out for Jimmy and Kim?
Put spoilers in comments next time please, it’s only fair
It clearly flags the likelihood of spoilers in caps at the very top of the thread, D.
It also clearly says that anyone reading on does so at their own risk
Don’t really see what else anyone discussing TV shows can do as there will be some people who will moan that they are only on series 3, etc, etc
It’s very easy to just put in the comments. You go straight into a spoiler pretty much immediately
And it aired last night so hardly much time for anybody to watch it (including me)
Jesus, it’s not my fault you didn’t watch the show (which aired on Mon and not Tues as you erroneously claimed*) before reading a thread that is clearly states there are spoilers.
As for my remark about Todd/Drew Sharp, since it doesn’t say what happened, when, where or to who, how on earth can it be considered a spoiler?
This is the second time you’ve moaned about spoilers in TV threads this week. Maybe if you spent less time criticizing other posters, you might be more up to date with your viewing
* I checked on IMdB
You got yelled at by your dad!
I saw your thread and stopped reading but I got a glimpse of a spoiler. Instead of just slamming me, maybe just ask yourself what was wrong with my suggestion? And why get so angry about it? Says more about you than me I think
And yes I was a day out, Monday was a holiday here so I got confused. Sorry about that. Also as I mentioned elsewhere we had a city wide power outage so kind of tough to watch using candles and flashlights @jaygee
READ AT YOUR OWN RISK IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE FIRST HALF OF SEASON SIX
A very accurate warning indeed. I haven’t seen the first half of season 6, decided to take the risk and read it anyway, which resulted in me crashing the car into a lampost.
Those self-driving cars can be a crashing bore sometimes.
It’s the lampost I feel sorry for
Pls advise how you can see “glimpse of a spoiler” in the below without clicking to enter the thread?
You’re beginning to sound like the old lady who complained about seeing naked men on the beach out of her hotel window.
When the manager looks and tells the old dear can see no such thing, she replies “you can if you stand on the chest of drawers”
Not my problem if you have a power outage.
Nor is my refusal to adhere to your tiresome insistence on telling everyone else here how they should structure their posts
Probably depends on your browser or phone. I could see the whole post, do you think I am lying? Sometimes the formats of posts change, I can’t say why
Suggest we agree to disagree and move on.
In the meantime, I’ll continue to post in a manner that suits me rather than you until such time the board mods change the guidelines and cast me back into the outer darkness from whence I came.
It was a polite request if you look at my original post. Not sure why it has riled you so much. It now looks ok and I appreciate your attempt but putting spoilers in comments will always hide them from the main page. Just a thought for next time
Meant to say this earlier but we should probably dive in here and point out that it was us who added the line break in the OP that moved the actual spoilers out of view on the main page as you are showing it in the screenshots. Prior to that they were visible without diving in.
Although there’s no actual guideline for spoilers, it does make sense to make sure that they are not in the OP and can easily be avoided.
Your ever helpful Mods
Thank you @mod-team-2
But I don’t understand. There are no spoilers in the whole post, to my eyes. The phrase “Drew Sharp moment” could have meant anything suddenly and unexpectedly mood-changing, from glee to “oh fuck, what have we done?”
FWIW, I think that’s BB and Saul’s in-universe USP: buying the audience’s moral complicity and then showing us BOOM – this is what you’ve been rooting for. This person. These people.
My last word on the subject. He said there were spoilers and not to read further, my eye could not help starting to read the first few words od the readily available text beneath. I stopped then.
My polite request was more a general one regarding spoilers, seems the mods agree
“Todd/Drew Sharp moment” I am guessing meant a sadistic violent death so that is certainly a spoiler of sorts..
WRT the complaints about the show’s leisurely pace, that opening to episode 3, where the camera takes forever to pick out a piece of glass on the ground which, up to that point, has no significance, was such a “f**k you, this is how we roll” statement..
The best example was Mike’s painstakingly disassembling the car back in – I think – Series 3. One reviewer remarked on it as being a metaphor for the entire show.
Well, it told you everything you needed to know about Mike without saying a word. Marcel Proust would take a thousand words to describe a woman’s eyelash – if you don’t care for that, best stay away from MP, if you get antsy waiting for the next crashbangwallop maybe BCS isn’t the show for you..?
Careful, SR,
Some posters here may not have read À la recherche du temps perdu
BCS is brilliant, virtually faultless, and I have enjoyed every second of it. But does it surpass BB? Nah, not quite.
Grumpy comment coming (my speciality). I always mildly hate these threads praising long form dramas. Nothing personal Jaygee! I keep thinking, “that sounds brilliant” and then get burned when it turns out to be not up my street.
I’ve been burned by all the greats. I’ve given up in one season or less of all of the following, each one praised to the heavens by people whose opinions I respect: The West Wing, The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, The Wire. I’m sure there have been more, but I can’t remember which ones.
Anyway, the lesson for me is I’m just not into long form dramas and I’m never going to shake my suspicion that these things are just strung out artificially as long as people keep watching them. As I said over on the threads about Derry Girls and Detectorists, give me something short by a single writer played out over 20 episodes or less, every time!
Slow Horses is only 6 episodes, and I thought it was very good. There’ll be a second series later this year based on Mick Herron’s Dead Lions book. Can’t wait.
It’s been a ride. I hope it doesn’t blow it right at the end. Because after 6 seasons of this it needs to tee up Saul into the Breaking Bad universe and conclude the Cinnabun years as gracefully and as satisfyingly as the cartoon Pink Panther, trapped in a falling wooden cabin, simply saving himself by opening the door and stepping out just before impact with the ground.
(Yes, that’s a tad arcane but I saw that episode on telly as a kid and thought ‘that could actually work’. I’m sure it’s on YouTube)
SPOILER FOLLOWS BELOW:
Episode 3, and the demise of Nacho. What a vile world he was in. And he just got himself out of an appalling death by the skin of his teeth to go on his own terms. Tragedy writ large.
We “cut the cord” about three years ago and when we went to streaming the service didn’t carry the channel that broadcasts BCS over here (USA). I used to watch BCS religiously (only on Sundays!! That was a joke) and loved it but I can’t remember how far I got. Guess I’ll just have to start at the beginning.
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Saul Goodman was one of the best characters in Breaking Bad, but I wasn’t sure what to make of him having his own show. If I remember correctly, the first episode or two didn’t really take off. In fact it took much of the first series to find its feet. But once it hit its stride it easily surpasses BB for me. I think the reason is that the leads in BCS are a lot more engaging and likeable. I really enjoyed BB, but Bryan Cranston can be a bit…is dull the right word? Maybe not, but I always felt something was (albeit slightly) lacking.
Bob Odenkirk is just fantastic. For someone who is predominantly a comic actor, there are so many layers to his performance. It’s truly brilliant, underrated work. And as for Rhea Seehorn, she doesn’t even need to speak. Her eyes say it all. Her resignation to her fate, tolerating Jimmy’s latest scheme, but looking like this may be the straw that finally breaks her. She’s there, but not there, but whilst she is there she has no option, but to go along with him, because without her Jimmy is doomed to failure. She loves Jimmy, but has had enough of him. I hope she has a happy ending.
And the spoiler…AND AN OZARK SPOILER!!
I watched the last episode of BCS tonight and, just like at the end of Ozark, only less so, I was stunned with the loss of a character I really liked. Why do these shows do this to me! It didn’t give me the emotional gut punch that the end of the second episode of The Time Traveler’s Wife did the night before though. That was just a beautiful bit of writing (that may have been in the original film, I haven’t seen it, or book even), but that might just be me getting soppy in my old age. You should have seen me at the end of La La Land when I finally got round to watching it last year!
I wondered if he had the heart attack when he was running around with the photos.
So I just watched, power back on and a massive 45 hours after its first ever broadcast.
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Howard gave it straight what pathetic children Jimmy and Kim are, they apparently do these things to get off sexually on it.
And Kim has blood on her hands because she knew Lalo was alive and didn’t tell Jimmy, preferring to continue their schemes related to Howard which wouldn’t have continued if Jimmy knew about Lalo
We know what happens to Jimmy, Mike etc lot of speculation about what happens to the other main characters, we have found out what happens to Nacho and Howard, doesn’t look good for Kim
Scared to read, just f. o.
I don’t blame you retro, I’d avoid reading too if I’d fallen over.
I watched Nobody last night (the film, not the abscence of human life). Very John Wick, but though I hated John Wick, I quite liked it. Perhaps cos Saul used his hands more than just shooting everything and everyone. Or perhaps cos it was nice seeing him do something so unexpected. This was the most fab scene:
There’s a lot that happens in this show that is ridiculous, silly even. Such is the tendency with modern TV and fiction also. It veers so far from believable reality to point to the fact and remind you that it’s all made up but they have to find a way to get the narrative where they want it go – twist and bend it to fit. All Jimmy’s japes are entertaining and ingenious enough but it wouldn’t happen. See also the fear of electricity business. It’s still worth a watch for it’s rare quality in other aspects, especially dialogue, acting and camera work. BB felt more like how people really behave as well as having all the visual impact and invention of BCS. I don’t really think SG was such a great character in BB. Bit of a pain at times. BCS makes him a different person, inevitably rounded out an developed to sustain the show. My interest was really the makers and whether they could do something as good. They delivered partly I guess.