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Reub wrote: A great episode of BCS tonight!  Mike is definitely the star but close behind is Tuco and Jimmy's brother. Mike is a very deep character indeed!

Mike's the best.
Though it was the least important part of the show, it was nice to see the gun dealer again.

I arrived to this party 2 weeks ago!  Wow!!

Netflix and Apple TV only have through episode ten, when his brother betrayed him.

How do I find #11…?

Thanks.

Looks like I need to wait for an AMC marathon to catch up with Jimmy.

I notice that there is no "Walking Dead" thread.  After last night is it time for "walking Dead" in Other Discussions?

Fantastic episode last night for both Saul and Mike.
I wish this show would go on forever.

"DON'T"

I saw somebody post recently how the second season is a masterpiece.  I think EVERY SHOT is a masterpiece!

So who could have left that note for Mike?  Nacho seems like the obvious candidate, except he was in the hut with Hector.  His gun salesman, maybe, but that doesn't seem to fit at all.

There's an article that suggests it's Gus.
Nacho must have been in on it, no matter who "Mr Don't" is.
By the way, the initials of the S2 episodes form an anagram, FRING'S BACK. (Fring is Gustavo's surname).

Xan wrote: So who could have left that note for Mike?  Nacho seems like the obvious candidate, except he was in the hut with Hector.  His gun salesman, maybe, but that doesn't seem to fit at all.

I like how when Jimmy's commercial aired on TV (ending with Jimmy standing proudly in front of an American flag), the ad following it right as they look away from the TV was for a product called the "Weasel" written in big, bold letters on the box.

I also found it interesting how many shots in the season finale involved dim/dark rooms with very bright windows, creating a silhouette effect in a couple of scenes. Not sure what they were going for artistically, but it kind of stood out to me.

Weasel- yeah, that was hilarious!

i think the scene where they crossed the street to film the flag commercial had Beatles album cover Paul is dead elements as well.. neat stuff.


i also liked the slip and fall jimmy painting in his office at  Davis & Main..

l82start wrote: i think the scene where they crossed the street to film the flag commercial had Beatles album cover Paul is dead elements as well.. neat stuff.

Interesting. How so?

dualstow wrote:

l82start wrote: i think the scene where they crossed the street to film the flag commercial had Beatles album cover Paul is dead elements as well.. neat stuff.

Interesting. How so?

Saul is out front in his light colored suit his film student friends are lined up behind him as they cross the street paralleling Abby road.

he is on the way to do his first add as a private practice, i suspect it has "Jimmy  McGill, is dead" this is the beginning of his decent into becoming Saul foreshadowing/connotations

edit to add -- found clip from show (with a snip of Beatles music added - not in original airing )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sLHKWNKY50

ha! That's great!

Was very surprised to learn that the last episode was the season finale. Can't remember another series with only 10 episodes per season.

At least I still have "The Americans". Anybody else watching that?

curlew wrote: Was very surprised to learn that the last episode was the season finale. Can't remember another series with only 10 episodes per season.

At least I still have "The Americans". Anybody else watching that?

Vince Gilligan was on Jeopardy not too long ago as a celebrity contestant, and he said they didn't believe they would be able to keep the quality as high as they wanted it with more episodes in a season.

Xan wrote:

curlew wrote: Was very surprised to learn that the last episode was the season finale. Can't remember another series with only 10 episodes per season.

Vince Gilligan was on Jeopardy not too long ago as a celebrity contestant, and he said they didn't believe they would be able to keep the quality as high as they wanted it with more episodes in a season.

I think that's something I appreciate about British shows- just a few episodes, and no filler.

Even Breaking Bad, without which Saul would not exist, was running the risk of putting in some filler because of the heavy demand from advertisers. I'm glad Vince & Co largely resisted. I still remember the things that did make it in: the Dodge Challenger (or some damn car), Equal sweetener, 5-hour energy...

Also, the pacing of 'Saul' is slower than that of B.B, which I'm fine with. But, it kind felt like it was time to wrap up the season, even though I'll miss it. Those who get into it later and get to binge watch are lucky!

Season 3 began on Monday. looks like we're in for another incredible run.
Golden Age of Television.

It looks like Mike had (and tore apart) a Chevy Caprice wagon, which is almost exactly like the '85 Oldmobile Custom Cruiser we had when I was a kid. So many memories just from watching that scene. I know how that car smelled. The instrument panel was a little different, but everything else other than the front grill (and the badge) seemed to be the same.

So Mike then bought a gas cap for an "'87 Caprice". Which, if I followed everything correctly, was a duplicate one for his own, normal sedan. Does Mike drive an '87 Caprice Sedan normally, and then use (perhaps) an '87 Caprice Wagon for his assassination attempt? Use what you know, I guess...

Ha! Might be the case. I don't own a car and think of his regular car as "the black one."

That's how I thought of his car too, until I tried to figure out which car the "gas cap for the '87 Caprice" was for. Plus my interest in his wagon. That's how I ended up concluding (well, pretty much) that they're both mid-late '80s Caprices.

1988 Chrysler? http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_793491-Chr ... -1988.html

dualstow wrote: Also, the pacing of 'Saul' is slower than that of B.B, which I'm fine with.

Sometimes the pacing is so slow I have to wonder what is the point? I can't think of a specific example right now but it's something I've been noticing lately in a few shows like this, including "The Americans". I mean something like 30 seconds of somebody doing something completely pointless like painting a wall or sitting on a park bench which ends up having no bearing whatsoever on the story line.

dualstow wrote:1988 Chrysler? http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_793491-Chr ... -1988.html

Good call. So the gas cap was for the station wagon, not his daily driver. ...Except, why would he need a duplicate gas cap for the car he was abandoning?

That's a good question. Most people think both cars had beacons in their gas caps.
Maybe the writers made a mistake when they had Mike ask for a Caprice one. Did he?

Definitely both cars did. I guess Mike was ascertaining whether or not the '87 Caprice cap was readily available when he asked whether the guy had one. Then he's shown running out to the wagon to check the cap. Perhaps, unseen, he then went back in and actually bought a different cap: the one for his '88 Chrysler.