sorry for shitposting - one last thingFrancesca, Kim & Jimmy’s receptionist?She’s Saul’s receptionist in BB. <3 She’s the one he says “How bout I follow you home?” which is even more O_o now that we’ve met her etc
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 9 April 2018 06:49 (six years ago) link
So when Jimmy mentions Chuck's condition to the malpractice insurance representative, grinning mischievously, he did have any real plan or was he just being vindictive?
I get that he was reeling from his own financial losses, but in hindsight the spitefulness of that act (which set in motion the events that killed Chuck) seemed out of character. He'd already defeated/humiliated Chuck, and generally he was only willing to harm his brother when it was to protect his own interests; he rarely plotted against Chuck out of pure spite
― Evan R, Monday, 9 April 2018 14:13 (six years ago) link
I think he was just in a dark-ass mood at that point. Wasn't that just after his seething monologue at the bar?
― scotti pruitti (wins), Monday, 9 April 2018 14:39 (six years ago) link
considering watching all of this again
― kinder, Monday, 9 April 2018 14:52 (six years ago) link
Just kind of an interesting choice narratively. In the end it's not any of Jimmy's scheming, conniving, or half-rationalized attempts to do something good that brings about the show's great tragedy. It was an uncharacteristic act of malice.
― Evan R, Monday, 9 April 2018 16:02 (six years ago) link
it felt spontaneous. jimmy had just learned about his own insurance increasing 150%. I read it to be a large part of what he regrets in his last talk with chuck. I don't know that jimmmy expected it to lead to chuck's forced retirement. just good at tearing things down.
― Tapes 'n Tapes of Osho (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 9 April 2018 16:26 (six years ago) link
yeah i think he felt that chuck had ruined him & in that moment decided fuck it, why should i be the only one suffering, i’ll ruin him right back etc
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 9 April 2018 17:52 (six years ago) link
all good points. it's yet another incremental step towards the total amorality that would lead him to suggest that Walt and Jesse kill Badger in S2 of BB.
― stormzy daniels (voodoo chili), Monday, 9 April 2018 18:31 (six years ago) link
sucks so hard that s4 got delayed till the fall
― k3vin k., Monday, 9 April 2018 18:34 (six years ago) link
agree
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 9 April 2018 19:00 (six years ago) link
I don't think it's been delayed at all? They started shooting this year and haven't even announced an airdate yet
― just noticed tears shaped like florida. (sic), Monday, 9 April 2018 22:26 (six years ago) link
Sorta delayed, the first two seasons both premiered in April, season 3 in June. This one won't be until August or September (as I read in that Odenkirk interview w/ yo la tengo), so just a longer wait than previously.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 9 April 2018 22:29 (six years ago) link
i started listening to the podcast bcz i’ma saddo & quick sidebar (same sidebar i had with the breaking bad podcast): kelley YOUR QUESTIONS ARE TOO LONG. it takes you five minutes to ask anyone anything or you include all the stuff they’re waiting to say in your question or you talk over them aaagghhh i mean love the convos but girl, my god, you gotta chill
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 04:28 (six years ago) link
...just a longer wait than previously
or exactly the same wait as last year!
I've listened to the podcast a little, I can't imagine being able to follow it unless you're listening 100% week by week. although they often get super-confused themselves bcz they don't record it week by week.
― just noticed tears shaped like florida. (sic), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 06:58 (six years ago) link
ha, yeah, true. just feels longer this time i guess.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 15:31 (six years ago) link
Renewed for Season 5, back on Monday August 6th.
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Sunday, 29 July 2018 21:49 (five years ago) link
:D
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 29 July 2018 22:28 (five years ago) link
Finished Breaking Bad over the winter, just about to stat the last season of The Wire; Saul is next up (so I'll have to catch the upcoming season on rerun).
― clemenza, Monday, 30 July 2018 02:03 (five years ago) link
"start"--Freudian slip brought on by the stat-crazed higher-ups on The Wire.
― clemenza, Monday, 30 July 2018 02:04 (five years ago) link
s4 now on Netflix!
― kinder, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 08:53 (five years ago) link
Not in America, the first episode only aired tonight, and that one wasn't even on the AMC app for hours afterward. Guess the next 9 weeks' ratings'll plummet if we can torrent the entire season tomorrow.
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 09:18 (five years ago) link
It's not dropping all at once anywhere, AFAICT.
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 09:55 (five years ago) link
aw man. The email from Netflix literally says 'season 4 now on Netflix' but I guess it's only ep1. Never mind, I quite like watching this week to week.
― kinder, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 10:24 (five years ago) link
I'd happily re-watch the whole series if I had the time
― kinder, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 10:25 (five years ago) link
got lost during s3 and didn't manage to work out where i was
― Scritti Vanilli - The Word Girl You Know It's True (dog latin), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 10:30 (five years ago) link
I'm seven episodes into the first season. I've liked everything so far, except maybe the episode with the billboard. Loved how they used Tuco as a link in the first episode.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 12:20 (five years ago) link
got lost during s3 and didn't manage to work out where i wasAlbuquerqe iirc
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:42 (five years ago) link
i accidentally ran across this analysis of chuck and jimmy recently and think it's worth sharing. spoilers abound, even in the title, so here's the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ddHGpQm9oE
like a lot of you, i haven't watched in quite a while and kind of forgot what was going on, so it also serves as a decent refresher of where at least one of the storylines currently sits
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:45 (five years ago) link
NO!! i thought my formatting would just make it a link instead of embedding the video. welp, sorry about that. chuck goes through some shit in this show, spoilers
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:46 (five years ago) link
v excited about this
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:49 (five years ago) link
this show is really outstanding. I probably prefer it to Breaking Bad, probably because I find the characters more likable and somehow what we already know about the characters who carry over from BB doesn't cheapen their appearances but deepens them. And whether or not a prequel was the plan initially (I sincerely doubt it), the writers seem to have left enough room, left enough unsaid, and planted enough clues throughout BB to allow for that richness. I'm particularly fond of the single mention of Nacho in BB turning into a completely outstanding character here, and what I imagine will be a lot of filling in of the gaps around Mike's comment protesting Walter and Jesse sparing Lydia (something akin to "you don't know what she's capable of" or whatever.) And surprisingly the Gus backstory has a lot of room to grow as well.
― omar little, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 17:03 (five years ago) link
it is def better than Breaking Bad
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 17:05 (five years ago) link
also I've never seen Rhea Seehorn in anything before but she is *incredible*
― omar little, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 17:06 (five years ago) link
it's not as exciting or as intense as breaking bad but it's deeper and more fulfilling.
― InfoWarriors (Spottie), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 17:06 (five years ago) link
I see Rhea Seehorn's outstanding role and performance as a (most likely) intentional corrective to the shitty material the women in BB had to work with
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 17:09 (five years ago) link
Breaking Bad is great but i guess my primary criticism was that it felt like a narrative vise from which there was no escape for anyone, and towards the end its grimness felt a bit OTT in places. I understand that was probably the point, moving from darkly comic to totally bleak (cf Mr Chips to Scarface) and it's more of a "me" thing than a BB thing.
― omar little, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 17:10 (five years ago) link
I'm particularly fond of the single mention of Nacho in BB turning into a completely outstanding character here
Nacho was mentioned in Breaking Bad? Do you remember when/what episode?
― JRN, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 19:05 (five years ago) link
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8gM6_FCeiBA
― omar little, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 19:08 (five years ago) link
Daaaamn, that's a deep cut.
― JRN, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 19:10 (five years ago) link
a narrative vise from which there was no escape for anyone
yup, it's more like a contraption than a story.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 19:10 (five years ago) link
Just watched the second-last season 1 episode--almost tragedy, Chuck's betrayal.
What was the Wire courtroom reference alluded to above?
― clemenza, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 19:12 (five years ago) link
anyone else momentarily confused by the Walter White type dude in this ep?
― kinder, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 21:06 (five years ago) link
Yeah, we thought that was WW for a second too. Seemed obvious enough that we wondered aloud if the show runners were deliberately messing with the viewers a little.
― Manitobiloba (Kim), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 21:33 (five years ago) link
It's down to one showrunner now! Gilligan didn't work day to day on this season.
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 21:48 (five years ago) link
didn’t recognise the name of the director of this episode but it is as brilliant as ever GENE AND THE TAXI DRIVER 😵
― jeremy cmbyn (wins), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 21:56 (five years ago) link
taxi driver freaked me OUThe looked like William Forsythe & I was so sure something bad was going to happen (mainly bcz I was so convinced it really WAS Forsythe)
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 01:36 (five years ago) link
The guy with the baseball cards (three episodes into Season--not sure if he'll be back): he seems to have based his performance on William Macy in Fargo, but he was great.
― clemenza, Friday, 10 August 2018 22:38 (five years ago) link
he looked like a nerdy Rob Cordry
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 11 August 2018 01:09 (five years ago) link
My most bingiest binge since Mad Men: Season 2 on Friday, Season 3 on Saturday. No repeat of the Season 4 debut today, before the second episode tomorrow--I probably missed a bunch of them all week--so I'll have to wait on the new season.
I liked the first two seasons a lot, found the third wandered. The performances by the new actors are great (i.e., those not in Breaking Bad--I'll call them by their character's name): Kim, Chuck, Nacho, lesser roles like Ernesto and the baseball card guy. There were two things that lost me a bit in the third season. (Specifics ahead.) Mike's surveillance as he tried to figure out what was going on with Hector's crew--the gas caps and all that--seemed to go on and on. They could have scaled that back a lot. Also, as great as Michael McKean is, I thought his story should have more or less ended with his courtroom meltdown and the subsequent shot of him cowering behind his door. With everything that happened after that, I'd had enough of him. All I really learned that hadn't already been made clear was that the director and writers have seen The Conversation.
Loved "Sugar Town" to start Season 3.
― clemenza, Sunday, 12 August 2018 16:06 (five years ago) link
Mike's surveillance as he tried to figure out what was going on with Hector's crew--the gas caps and all that--seemed to go on and on. They could have scaled that back a lot.get out
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Sunday, 12 August 2018 16:16 (five years ago) link