He makes a quip involving an exwife but it could just be a smart ass remark.
Two ex-wives IIRC, or at least the mention of a ‘second ex-wife’ and I’m willing to bet that’s going to play into BCS somehow. I only say that because it was used as an example on the podcast when talking about all the throwaway lines that Saul had on BB that suddenly became canon. Vince even said they don’t have to stick to every.single.one, but they said they’re going to do their best to do it.
And all I’m saying is that he fears them. They’re a gang, and a particularly thuggish one at that, they’d only need to associate him with WW, and he’d be a target. Probably no-one alive in the Nazi gang can piece that together, but Saul’s far from sure about that.
That doesn’t look like just a nylon jacket, that’s a variety of bomber jacket. I’ve never known anyone my age or younger who wore one that I didn’t consider a Neo-Nazi.
Agreed on the first part, but I’m thinking more along the lines of Jimmy doing something (maybe inadvertently) that drives her away from him permanently.
Certainly. It seems to me you don’t introduce a character like Kim, who inexplicably dates considerably beneath her potential, unless she’s going to hurt our hero.
[Jessica Rabbit] He makes me laugh. [/Jessica Rabbit]
Yes indeed …as when he was giving her a pedicure, telling her about the talking toilet – ‘Give it to me, Chandler. I want it all!’ – and doing a little schtick about a piece of corn, making her laugh …had the makin’s of some serious foreplay …alas, interrupted by a phone call.
I’ve not seen* Breaking Bad*, but Saul seemed very worried about a guy who did not at all look like a policeman.
:dubious:
Now we know how evil Chuck is, this leads me to some very dark speculation about the Kim/Jimmy backstory. Suppose back when Kim and Jimmy were a couple and Jimmy now has his law degree, Jimmy’s law business was really taking off. Maybe he even outdid Chuck in something. Chuck starts to ruin Jimmy’s life. Perhaps he tells Kim about Slippin’ Jimmy and other things. Breaks them up, etc.
And with Chuck’s condition, Jimmy has had to put his own needs on hold to help out Chuck.
It would be interesting if we start to see Howard Hamlin in a different light. Some poor guy stuck in the middle of a family feud just trying to hold a law firm together. Maybe Chuck has something on Hamlin other than partner leverage, forcing Hamlin to do his bidding.
I do hope that the Jimmy/Mike storylines interconnect more. But apparently not anytime soon with Jimmy hanging out with his Chicago buddy.
Evil? That’s a bit hyperbolic. It’s clear to me he doesn’t want to destroy Jimmy.
Or: Jimmy doing something (maybe inadvertently) that gets her killed.
Could be, but don’t betrayals hurt more when the betrayer is someone who, in some sense, “owes” you loyalty and/or love? (As with Chuck–as a brother, he owes Jimmy a degree of support and faith that he fails to give.)
Kim being above Jimmy in status makes her someone who does NOT owe him. (Instead, he owes her.) So my guess is that she will be lost to him through being taken away against her will (probably by being killed), rather than being lost to him through becoming his betrayer.
I can’t find the post but someone mentioned they cut a 6 minute bit from what back when Saul was 9 or 10…I will hazard the guess that its 6 minutes that shows Chuck putting the Slippin in Slippin Jimmy. He convinces a young Jimmy to pull some sort of scam.
I remember the scene but I don’t remember what the guy looked like enough to be able to argue it with the people upthread. Either way, that’s one of the few scenes that it would have helped to know the backstory. But you didn’t really miss much, what with all the time jumps and the fact that in the 8 (9?) episodes so far, they’ve spent almost no time exploring that end of things (post Breaking Bad).
The Better Call Saul commercials were that are played ad the intro are made pre Breaking Bad (or during BB), but it’s supposed to be him watching them post Breaking Bad, that’s about it.
So far, IMO, they’ve kept their promise that this show will stand alone and, again IMO, anything in BCS that relates to BB is more of an Easter Egg or something that just fills in some details in BB.
I do assume people that have no working knowledge of BB might wonder why the show started with him in a Cinnabon with a different name…a different name then the other two he’s currently using.
It may end up as an extra on the DVD or we will see it at some time in the future.
Almost all of them will know the basics which is that he had change his identity and that this show takes place years before. Even if they don’t, the show does indeed stand on its own.
BCS has hugely exceeded my expectations and from what we have seen so far could end up being just as good as BB.
On the podcast they said it won’t be part of the DVD extras. As of right now they intend to try to work it into another episode.
Mine too, and it keeps getting better every single week. Breaking Bad was amazing, but this show is getting better faster than BB did. That is, when this show is over, I don’t think we’re going to see threads every few months with people saying they just watched the first season/first 3 episodes/first half season etc and they want to know if it’s going to get better.
As for the show, when I first heard it pitched, I heard that it was going to be about all the wacky clients in Saul’s waiting room and the going’s on in his office. I mean, we may get there, but I really thought it was going to be more of a sitcom. This was a big surprise for me.
I heard the same thing which was the reason for my low expectations. In fact, I had like six episodes sitting on my DVR before I bothered to watch the first one. I am so glad that they went in the direction that they did and that they decided on a slow burn. We might not see Saul for a couple of years and that’s fine by me.
Yep. Gilligan mentioned in one of the podcasts that the original idea was a half hour comedy. Thank god he came to his senses.
I, too, don’t think Chuck is evil. Jimmy has been a screw-up/con artist most of his adult life.
He gets a questionable law degree and now wants to work at Chucks firm. It’s no surprise that Chuck would be uncomfortable, especially with other partners to answer to. I’ve been in a somewhat similar “hiring” position, and had friends with spotty work ethics want a job, and it is a very uncomfortable position. Chuck want’s Jimmy to do well as a lawyer, just not at his firm.
And I agree this show has exceeded my expectations. Well drawn characters, interesting believable plot lines. I’m gonna be jonesin’ for a year till season 2.
I would be very surprised if that happened. Chuck sees Jimmy as “Slippin Jimmy”, so I would think it wouldn’t be a huge surprise to Chuck if Jimmy became a full criminal lawyer. I think Chuck would be upset and maybe cut him off and never speak to him again, but not kill himself.
If Chuck does die, I would guess it’d be much more likely to be by accident from using one of the lanterns and burning inside of his house or something like that. Or murdered by someone associated with a shady client Jimmy gets.
One of the brothers cutting off the other one seems to be the way they’re heading. I could also see the lanterns killing Chuck (fire, CO). Chuck killing himself is just a guess.