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The Hollywood Reporter Interviews “Hero” Writer Jennifer Hutchison
Jimmy has used this billboard scam to get legitimate business. But he’s had a taste of his old ways. Does he actually think he can go back to being legitimate?
That’s what this episode was about — the idea of can I just do this one kind of bad thing, but I’m doing it for good reasons. It’s the whole the ends justify the means idea. What we’ve been trying to do is have Jimmy tempted by his old, dishonest life, while also trying to make an honest life for himself. He really believes he’s just doing this one bad thing, but he’s going to do good. Nobody got hurt, so what’s the harm of pulling this little trick? He doesn’t yet understand the implications of the things he does. As the season goes on, that’s what happens — there are consequences to his actions.
Jimmy has qualities that are genuinely likeable and admirable, and yet we see already that he does not take into account how his actions will affect other people. Not only does he endanger the worker in this scene, but he also places Chuck in jeopardy by taking his newspaper just to avoid having to explain his antics. When faced with the chance to walk away from the Kettlemans with either his integrity or a large pile of cash, he could only choose one. If the rock on which Saul Goodman builds his church is made of quicksand, James McGill is laying that shifty foundation as we speak.
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I just love all the bright colors in this scene. These shades more accurately represent Saul’s aesthetic than the more conservative shades of the ensemble he so painstakingly assembles at the haberdashery, as does the orange shirt he briefly picks up and then puts back on the shelf.
Saul Goodman is still very much a work in progress in the storyline of Better Call Saul.
All the information we have about what he goes through and who he becomes makes it all the more poignant for us to see him make the choices he does in this episode, and yet he has chutzpah and flair that we can’t help admiring.
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Redditorsafetydance posted this amazing likeness of our hero in cake, guaranteed to be 100% edible. I wouldn’t even know where to start.
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As Uproxx has so astutely pointed out, Michael Mando revealed in this Huffington Post interview that the Ignacio referred to in this scene of Episode 2.8 of Breaking Bad, “Better Call Saul,” is none other than that scalawag, Nacho.
I really hope this means we will get to meet Lalo before this season is over, because he sounds like a real sweeheart. I just learned that the Latin meaning of the name Lalo is “to sing a lullabye,” which seems to confirm that theory.
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In addition to the fine cinematography, one of the great joys of watching Better Call Saul thus far has been watching Bob Odenkirk flex his acting muscles.
The only other actor and character from Breaking Bad that I think is capable of carrying his own show would be Giancarlo Esposito as Gus Fring. I would love to see Fring’s backstory in Cuba as a miniseries someday. If not as a miniseries, then for sure as a pulp comic book. Universe, make it happen.
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Onion AV Club Interviews Bob Odenkirk
AVC: When was the topic of a Saul-based spin-off first proposed?
BO: Literally, the first time I did the character, by the crew. Everybody made jokes about the spin-off. The first time I did the first scene in his office, there were jokes about, “Can I get a job on the spin-off?” [Laughs.] The character was just so big. Most big character parts on a show like this feel more supportive and less outsized and take up less oxygen than Saul took up. And so people joked about it right away.
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Better Call Saul: The Vicious Outdoor Campaign
Netflix promotion by Ogilvy Paris featuring 50 “legal” tips from Saul Goodman
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T86 Seconds to the Sofa: In Praise of Better Call Saul’s Slowness
But Saul creators Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould are not satisfied to let this show be a companion piece. They understand that we’re all waiting for Saul Goodman to emerge, and they use that to enrich the story by making us feel the weight of the wait. In this respect, the Hummel collector’s descent down the stairs is a visual microcosm of the series’ preordained arc.
I was just having an internal debate with myself on this subject the other day and I came to much the same conclusion, but Onion A.V.’s John Teti has expressed it so eloquently that this article deserves to be read.
I totally agree that slowness is an important element that distinguishes Better Call SaulfromBreaking Bad, which tended to compress time.
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Some Better Call Saul fanart. Who else loves this show? I love Jimmy and Kim so much and can’t wait for season 5! :’)
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I loved Greta Gerwig’s version of Little Women, I literally saw it twice back to back in the cinema. There are many reasons why it is a great movie (the structural approach that Greta takes and its fluidity, the fusion of Jo and Louisa herself, the realness of each character), and these reasons have been explained endlessly already, but I was really fascinated by Greta saying in many interviews that to her it’s about being a woman and making art and reconciling that with the need for money and independence. And to me that right there is why Little Women is a great movie: it speaks to everyone on a personal level. To her that is the main theme, and I imagine it’s because it’s relevant to her and to her career and what she is going through right now. I see those themes and I understand them, but to me that is not what the movie is mostly about. To me, it is about growing up, and being in that period of your life when the dreams and hopes you had as a child should start becoming realities, and whether they do or they don’t. It’s about reconciling the person you thought you would become and the person you actually became, and intertwining 1861 and 1868 enhances the vividness of the comparison. It’s about relationships changing, and grieving not only for the relationship itself or for the other person, but for the person you once were when you were with them. It’s about self-doubt, and not knowing whether what you feel you need to contribute to the world is actually valuable, and it’s about making your own way in the world but also wanting to be loved. To me, it’s about all of those things, because this is how I feel right now in my own life. To someone else, who is going through other experiences, it might be about something different. And that’s why this is a movie I can’t wait to watch again as I get older.
The Better Call Saul Poster and Paul Blart Poster Look Like They’re From The Same Movie…
Saul:Paul?
Paul:Saul?
Saul: I…I don’t think there’s any way out…I need your help.
Paul: I’m on my way.
Saul: I love you
Paul: I know.
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My poster for Better Call Saul 605, Black and Blue. I watched the boxing scene at least 10 times and it just kept getting better. The storytelling in that scene is *chef’s kiss*
My poster for Better Call Saul episode 601, Wine and Roses.
Here’s my poster for @bettercallsaul 410, Winner! I’m sad that the season is over and there’s no new episode tonight, but what an amazing season it was. I considered a few different concepts for this poster, but the urge to draw the karaoke scene was a strong one. And, in a season full of heavy moments, I wanted to end with something a little lighthearted (even though we now know what it leads to). I want to thank everyone who has commented and liked these episode posters. You all make this project really fun and I hope you will join me again next season. Special thanks to everyone from the show who has taken time to say nice things… can’t tell you how much I appreciate it! And SUPER special shoutout to @heisenbergchronicles for all the support over the last four (!) years!
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Here’s my poster for Better Call Saul 407, Something Stupid. I wanted to tackle the AMAZING montage in this episode as it cast a large shadow over the whole episode (and what an episode it was!). But I didn’t want to reference the split screen too overtly, so here’s my attempt to depict the fading nature of Jimmy and Kim’s relationship. Better Call Saul, why u break my heart?
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You know a show is good when the most cruel, ruthless and senseless action makes you very nauseous and unwell after watching it.
Especially when you have been getting used to those type of elements in other stories and almost got desensitized to those sort of things. I know it be might be something weird (even creepy ) to say but I am glad I felt that way after seeing it because that’s the whole purpose of it, the whole purpose of that scene and how you should feel about it. At least I would hope that’s the case because I felt extremely nauseous and uncomfortable when it happened.
Like I don’t want to freak anybody out by saying this. X) It’s just about the way we are influenced by certain other stories sometimes and I’m glad BCS isn’t like that and has never been that way about that particular topic.
Sometimes certain stories makes you forget how impactful and shocking those types of things actually are to the point you don’t feel anything when it happens. You know it is wrong but you lack that shock and impact moment that really puts things into perspective. Plus makes you really realise what just happened or what’s going on.
Of course BrBa wasn’t shy about doing it in a gruesome way and sometimes with a dark comedy vibe to it but there was always that feeling of impact and shock when it still happened. And in BCS it’s even more apparent with the way they do certain things.
There’s not a lot of, (and I mean it), shows or stories like Better Call Saul; they are very rare. And tonight’s episode is an example of that to me.
I’m glad there’s this break until July 11th so we can really digest everything that’s been given, and done to us xD, in the past few weeks and tonight of course.
Only 6 episodes left, it’s almost the end guys. Let’s get ready because we’re not out of the woods yet.
Why does tonight’s episode feel like “Chicanery” all over again ? Like you know being an episode that was 3 seasons in the making.
Like I genuinely have a feeling “Plan and Execution” feels exactly the same way. Something that was 6 seasons in the making and is going to have a giant lasting effect.
Too many characters and things from previous seasons are connected to it from what I’ve seen. Especially the storyline they are getting into. Characters that are from Season 1 and 2 that I’ve seen are coming back or might be coming back. It’s intriguing, very intriguing.
But it’s also scary, it’s truly scary. I don’t know what they’re going to do and I have no idea how they’re going to do it but I just want the episode right now.
I can’t keep waiting. I just want it now. I want to know what happens.
Tim and Eric’s Bedtime Stories (TV Series) - S1/E2 ’Toes’ (2014)
M. Emmet Walsh as Detective
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