It's very heads-up poker. What range of hands does he have me on? What's his range? Gus has read Lalo's delay correctly, narrowed Lalo's range, is confident in his top pair (Mike/crew + basement gun) and will either value bet or check down to the river.
― If you were really hard core, you'd have thrown a full bottle (WmC), Thursday, 12 May 2022 14:45 (one year ago) link
Lalo in Margarethe's house was tense, but on reflection, how long would the news take to reach Gus that Werner's widow has been merked? It would totally tip his hand.
My new Mad Theory is that Lalo ends the series settling down with Margarethe and going straight.
― very interesting piece by (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 12 May 2022 15:06 (one year ago) link
resulting in spinoff show, "'Lalo, 'Lalo!"
― Deez NFTs (Neanderthal), Thursday, 12 May 2022 15:09 (one year ago) link
Their brief encounter was v touching
― gop on ya gingrich (wins), Thursday, 12 May 2022 15:11 (one year ago) link
Lalo's abrupt switch from gentlemanly charm to sociopathic murder hound is one of my fav elements of this show.
― Deez NFTs (Neanderthal), Thursday, 12 May 2022 15:12 (one year ago) link
I Love Lalo
― Yul Brynner film festival on Channel 48... (sic), Thursday, 12 May 2022 17:28 (one year ago) link
Listen very carefully - I shall say this only Franch
― kinder, Thursday, 12 May 2022 22:16 (one year ago) link
Only two more episodes of this half season and I’m not expecting to be impressed tbh. It’s pretty, and I have nothing against slow moving Television, but this has felt more like filler than slow TV. Hoping to be proved wrong. Maybe the Nacho episode being so great set my expectations too high
― hrep (H.P), Saturday, 14 May 2022 04:43 (one year ago) link
One question about the prologue: was Kim's mom just perversely proud, or was she actually involved in what happened?
― clemenza, Tuesday, 17 May 2022 13:30 (one year ago) link
Missed that Giancarlo Esposito directed last night's episode. Long interview:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/better-call-saul-giancarlo-esposito-directing-interview-1235148010/
― clemenza, Tuesday, 17 May 2022 13:34 (one year ago) link
I get the impression she carried on like she did so that the store owner would be sympathetic and let her off the hook, and that she found it amusing. didn't think she was actually in on it.
― Deez NFTs (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 17 May 2022 14:12 (one year ago) link
I could be wrong, but I read it that her mom wasn't in on it from the start, but did find it funny and took the opportunity to actually swipe the earrings and necklace when she had the chance
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 17 May 2022 14:29 (one year ago) link
that's how i took it, too
― made entirely of styrofoam (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 17 May 2022 15:09 (one year ago) link
I hope Lalo meets a nasty endWatching it week to week means I've forgotten what Casimiro is the judge of.
― kinder, Tuesday, 17 May 2022 19:47 (one year ago) link
Really enjoyed seeing John Ennis pop up as the judge stand-in.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 17 May 2022 21:04 (one year ago) link
I can't lie, I wasn't sure about whether I wanted Lalo to win that fight or not. He's an evil bastard but you just can't stay mad at him for long
― paolo, Tuesday, 17 May 2022 21:18 (one year ago) link
Casimiro is the judge of the Sandpiper case. I only know that because I just read a review of the episode
― paolo, Tuesday, 17 May 2022 21:19 (one year ago) link
something very terrible and/or weird is going to happen on sandpiper d-day and while we've got a lot of possibilities, I can't say with any certainty I know what it is
― mh, Tuesday, 17 May 2022 21:55 (one year ago) link
Had to google to make sure it wasn't Rhea Seehorn playing Kim's mother, too. Very well cast.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 02:22 (one year ago) link
Right? I did the same. It was the voice. Wonder if they fudged that a bit.
― Kim, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 03:09 (one year ago) link
Though the weirdest was figuring out that the actress playing Chuck’s wife was a Cusack sibling based solely on her voice. Did not know that she even existed, yet somehow it was obvious.
― Kim, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 03:12 (one year ago) link
That was Sandrine Holt as Howard's wife--liked her in House of Cards and Mr. Robot.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 04:09 (one year ago) link
I too was convinced that was Rhea playing her own mom for a hot minute, the voice was pitch perfect.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 04:10 (one year ago) link
Holt also good in The Expanse as part of a six-member space pirate marriage.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 08:34 (one year ago) link
So bored by this show at this stage
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 23:13 (one year ago) link
a Lalo Lalo-loA Lalo Lalo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo
Gus I wanna make you sweatsweat til ya can't sweat no more
― order yours at theplotagainsttheking.com (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 23:18 (one year ago) link
Do not understand the boredom/pacing complaints AT ALL.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Thursday, 19 May 2022 03:02 (one year ago) link
Yeah, there were a couple of episodes that were more about the building dread more than action set pieces, but I’m amazed that anyone could stick with this show through seasons 1 and 2 only to suddenly now complain that the show is too slow.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 19 May 2022 05:27 (one year ago) link
You just know it's all going to kick off in the season finale after three slow episodes
― paolo, Thursday, 19 May 2022 09:57 (one year ago) link
xp I gotta say that I think the last few episodes have been slow even by BCS standards
― paolo, Thursday, 19 May 2022 09:58 (one year ago) link
I agree but I like it. I think they're still packing quite a lot in with the different plot strands.
― kinder, Thursday, 19 May 2022 10:20 (one year ago) link
I think it's been a great modern noir. My biggest complaint is (similar to BB) everyone acts like James Bond until the story suddenly requires them not to.
Also, it's pretty obvious Lalo is going to be killed and buried (or maybe buried alive) in the poured concrete floor of the meth lab they are building.
― PBKR, Thursday, 19 May 2022 11:32 (one year ago) link
i think a lot of us have had kind of enough of half hour shots of making a sandwich now that it's the final season... like, just make with the Heisenberg
― maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 19 May 2022 12:20 (one year ago) link
please do not make with the Heisenberg
― made entirely of styrofoam (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 19 May 2022 12:56 (one year ago) link
make out with Heisenberg
― mookie wilson shaggin balls (Neanderthal), Thursday, 19 May 2022 13:30 (one year ago) link
tbh I complained about the pace of a few prior episodes but I enjoyed the last one. esp the way they keep us in the dark on what Jimmy/Kimmy have planned
Maffew otm. It being the last season is what ticks me with the slower speed. Pack it in, we don't have much time left!
Also, compared to the first seasons there is a sense of knowing (at least in spirit) where this is all heading. Feels more of a delaying of the inevitable as opposed to building up something entirely unprecedented a la season 1/2
― hrep (H.P), Thursday, 19 May 2022 13:32 (one year ago) link
yeah yknow not literally Heisenberg (though i might've expected just a fun Saul Goodman being a sleazebag lawyer episodes by now)... but let's eat the sandwich. I bet it's a really nice sandwich.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 19 May 2022 13:43 (one year ago) link
and that Gene guy, what's he up to!
― maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 19 May 2022 13:44 (one year ago) link
I want to know if Saul saved the toilet that he inherited in his new space
― mookie wilson shaggin balls (Neanderthal), Thursday, 19 May 2022 13:46 (one year ago) link
is it possible he was sitting on it behind his desk in Breaking Bad?
― maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 19 May 2022 13:47 (one year ago) link
They showed it in the dumpster in the last ep
― Evan, Thursday, 19 May 2022 14:05 (one year ago) link
I can't imagine anything I want less out of this show than Walt and Jesse to casually stroll in for a cameo, even though I know it's going to happen.
BCS > BB
― PBKR, Thursday, 19 May 2022 14:06 (one year ago) link
Wouldn’t it be better if this show was worse, because it is nearly finished
― gop on ya gingrich (wins), Thursday, 19 May 2022 17:03 (one year ago) link
It's such a masterful act to have slowly set D-Day up as both an exciting + intricate heist-like scam that we can't wait to see unfold and a thing that's probably going to ruin one or more protagonist's lives, maybe forever.
― When the Pain That You Feel is the Bite of an Eel, That's a Moray (Old Lunch), Thursday, 19 May 2022 18:54 (one year ago) link
Yeah, Kim turning the car around when she is on the precipice of fulfilling her pro bono/criminal justice dreams and really help people in order to get at Howard is something else.
― PBKR, Thursday, 19 May 2022 19:20 (one year ago) link
I'm in the middle of Todd Haynes' Mildred Pierce remake for the fourth or fifth time--just love it, gets better every time I go back. Mildred's boss when she takes her first waitressing job, Mr. Chris, looked familiar, but it took me a while to place him--Hector Salamanca (Mark Margolis)! I think Mr. Chris is supposed to be Greek.
― clemenza, Sunday, 22 May 2022 00:17 (one year ago) link
Pretty interesting filmography. His first credit goes back to 1952, one of the network soaps. There's a 24-year gap after that, and his next credit is The Opening of Misty Beethoven, from the chic-porn era. Also, in the next few year after that, Short Eyes, Going in Style, Dressed to Kill, Scarface, and The Cotton Club
― clemenza, Sunday, 22 May 2022 00:22 (one year ago) link
Well I'll be goddamned
― paolo, Sunday, 22 May 2022 09:13 (one year ago) link
I flipped the first time I saw/heard the real Margolis:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OHIoPK6wC8
― When the Pain That You Feel is the Bite of an Eel, That's a Moray (Old Lunch), Sunday, 22 May 2022 10:35 (one year ago) link