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Season 5 of Better Call Saul finally hit netflix today.

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April 04, 2022, 12:18 PM
83v45magna
Season 5 of Better Call Saul finally hit netflix today.
FYI
April 04, 2022, 12:55 PM
erj_pilot
Thanks! I think Season 6 is about debut on AMC, isn't it??



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"Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24
April 04, 2022, 02:03 PM
oddball
April 18

Wife and I have been rewatching the series the past few months on DVD, going to work on season 5 in the next few weeks, still in the DVR. Like many good series, there were lots that we missed the first time.



"I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965
April 04, 2022, 02:37 PM
BennerP220
Thank you!
April 04, 2022, 07:15 PM
cas
I’ve gotten into my cancel rotation with Netflix. I realized there’s no point in paying for it 12 months a year when I watch everything I want to see on there in about four or five weeks a year.

Perhaps in May or June I will re-up for a month, watch this, finish Ozarks and then cancel again till winter.
April 06, 2022, 11:28 PM
P220 Smudge
Thanks for the heads up! I binged it through February and into last month. Glad to pick it back up while it's still reasonable fresh for me.


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April 14, 2022, 06:00 AM
Black92LX
Season 5 through episode 5 sure is a sleeper so
far.


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The world's not perfect, but it's not that bad.
If we got each other, and that's all we have.
I will be your brother, and I'll hold your hand.
You should know I'll be there for you!
April 15, 2022, 05:59 AM
henryaz
 
I enjoyed it, as it provided a lot more background into the Breaking Bad story. The way they left it at the end, there is definitely more coming.



When in doubt, mumble
April 19, 2022, 06:42 AM
AUTiger89
Wow, the last 2 episodes were off the charts awesome!




Phone's ringing, Dude.
April 19, 2022, 07:09 AM
Black92LX
quote:
Originally posted by AUTiger89:
Wow, the last 2 episodes were off the charts awesome!


Good.
We watched episode 7 last night and so far this season has been quite the snoozer.


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The world's not perfect, but it's not that bad.
If we got each other, and that's all we have.
I will be your brother, and I'll hold your hand.
You should know I'll be there for you!
April 19, 2022, 09:07 AM
jhe888
And the last season started last night. Kim is the one to not fuck with.

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The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything.
April 19, 2022, 09:37 AM
oddball
I loved season 5, a lot of complex character development, the writing is impeccable.

And last night's season's premiere was great.



"I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965
April 19, 2022, 04:20 PM
NavyGuy
quote:
Originally posted by jhe888:
And the last season started last night. Kim is the one to not fuck with.


Good grief, a lot of shit went down. Saul the carrot guy, Kim the stick. Love it.



Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves.

-D.H. Lawrence
April 19, 2022, 11:32 PM
Ripley
As a BB fan, I feel obliged to watch this. That said, I don't like Jimmy, I don't like Kim, I don't like the shooting gallery cheap clowns in the crosshairs of our noble protagonists. And I still think Bob Odenkirk is a very poor actor with no screen presence.

So I'll bow out of this thread now as a disappointed voice of dissent in this slick, stylish and flawed series. Enjoy.




Set the controls for the heart of the Sun.
April 20, 2022, 08:42 AM
smschulz
Love the series and how season five has set up for a lot of good stories. Cool
April 20, 2022, 10:22 AM
radinski
I liked the new episodes but I'm a little slow sometimes. I figured the big safe was in lalo's (?) house and the effort was to setup someone but who was the the guy that opened the envelope and what was on the paper? Looked like a bank statement with incriminating payments but I couldn't make it out.
April 20, 2022, 10:31 AM
Tonydec
Early seasons and the fact that Kim was not even mentioned in Breaking Bad had me thinking that she would meet a bad end.

In just the first 2 episodes now however, I'm getting the feeling that Saul is becoming fearful of who she really is. There were several 'looks' where he is thinking 'damn, who is she?' I am thinking she dumps him as she considers him a small-time scammer, and she has her sights set on big scams and grifts.


Tony
April 20, 2022, 10:40 AM
smschulz
quote:
And I still think Bob Odenkirk is a very poor actor with no screen presence.



Did you see Nobody ? Confused
April 20, 2022, 12:41 PM
at-home-daddy
quote:
Originally posted by smschulz:
quote:
And I still think Bob Odenkirk is a very poor actor with no screen presence.



Did you see Nobody ? Confused


What a great film that was, and Odenkirk was great in it and perfectly casted, just as he is in BCSaul. Very versatile actor with, I think, plenty of presence...you have to be, to have the variety of roles he's had and make them all work.
April 20, 2022, 01:46 PM
oddball
quote:
Originally posted by Ripley:
I don't like Jimmy, I don't like Kim, I don't like the shooting gallery cheap clowns in the crosshairs of our noble protagonists.


Yes, pretty much most of the characters in Better Call Saul are unlikeable. My other favorite TV series all have very unlikeable main characters as well; Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, True Detective. Hell, look at Seinfeld; the three main characters are supreme assholes.

Maybe the reason the characters in BSC are unlikeable is because it is a TV series about ruthless drug dealers and ruthless lawyers. But IMO, a very well done series, the writing, casting, acting, direction, music, etc. are near perfect.



"I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965