Ah, okay...A good parallel for the last line might be Samuel Jackson's "Oh, I'm sorry--did I break your concentration?" in Pulp Fiction.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 16:33 (one year ago) link
Mike's entire conversation with Kim ended with him saying that she had the spine to handle the news that Lalo was alive, where he didn't think Jimmy had it in him
Which was followed by several conversations where Jimmy said things like "Don't worry, at least Lalo is dead!" and "At least we don't have to worry about Lalo!" while Kim looked spooked
― mh, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 18:34 (one year ago) link
omfgLalo you lil stinker
― gop on ya gingrich (wins), Tuesday, 24 May 2022 18:57 (one year ago) link
When you see howards pi pull up to take the envelope and the last puzzle piece of the scam clicks into place, real clockwork plotting - & yet as I was saying the other day the satisfaction of the caper rings so hollow cause it’s like Howard says, what’s the point? Two broken ppl throwing bottles off balconies. Also once you get into the conference room it is fundamentally a retread of the humiliation of chuck, another big downer. The last scene was played perfectly, Kim & jimmy’s taunting sangfroid when facing him down was chilling
― gop on ya gingrich (wins), Tuesday, 24 May 2022 19:10 (one year ago) link
Yeah, played perfectly all around (and agree that probs with pace have recently gone away)---Howard goes out great, Lalo the masterful minimalist ov delivery, another thing which reminds us that gloatin' Jimmy and Kim are, however reckless, Little League sociopaths in comparison (like Lalo will prove to be in comparison to the Cartel). But also yeah, hollow: having the whole thing come down to gaslight gone rong, this whole plotline that's taken over, with Kim and Jimmy going over the sympathy line, also the interest line, two little Walts, just as I figured---"Something will happen to Howard, Kim will probably freak out and run away"---not even helping Jimmy dispose of the body, I hope, but he can always award free legal services for life to someone who will help---she may go back to Nebraska, and Cinnabon X-Jimmy may encounter her there, not nec in a happy way; that could be good.
― dow, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 19:35 (one year ago) link
(I figure the Cartel will choose between Lalo and Fring, if they haven't already; not much suspense in that, but some interest in Lalo's means of demise).
― dow, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 19:36 (one year ago) link
I'm also interested in exactly what Lalo wants to talk to his lawyers about (Howard: "You need better lawyers!"), and how that will go, under the circumstances, and how they fit into his Plan A.
― dow, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 19:39 (one year ago) link
woahPoor HowardAnnoyingly I didn't recognise the PI when Jimmy hands him the photos. Duh.
― kinder, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 20:46 (one year ago) link
It only just occurred to me another motive behind Kim's U-turn last week was it suddenly clicking that knowing Lalo was out there this may be the only opportunity to get the payout money and scram (with or without Jimmy, heh)
― nashwan, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 21:19 (one year ago) link
People have been retweeting this December 2021 photo from the set for, uh, no reason today:
Happy birthday pally! pic.twitter.com/hfMuhl911t— Mr. Bob Odenkirk (@mrbobodenkirk) December 8, 2021
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 24 May 2022 22:03 (one year ago) link
I do hope that smothers the pace complaints.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 24 May 2022 23:06 (one year ago) link
One really funny detail to me was Lalo emerging from the sewer in the beginning of the episode, whereas the last time we saw him was in Germany, implying that he just took the sewer all the way back to America like he’s Super Mario
― frogbs, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 05:22 (one year ago) link
lol that's exactly what I said. did he just take a shortcut back from Germany?
― kinder, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 08:12 (one year ago) link
also, are we not going to mention the Dark Crystal: The Musical gelfling?
― kinder, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 08:13 (one year ago) link
I think I may need to watch BB through again cos i'm not remembering who does and doesn't appear in that as opposed to early seasons of BCS.
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 09:28 (one year ago) link
Lalo emerging from the sewer reminded me, of all things--you'll know what I mean if you've seen the film--the Beatles' Help!.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 10:52 (one year ago) link
wasnt he looking for evidence that Gus ordered the hit on him? and then he started producing a documentary on how cool his secret lab is?
― maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 25 May 2022 11:02 (one year ago) link
― frogbs, Wednesday, May 25, 2022 12:22 AM (seven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
he has the stache for it
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 25 May 2022 12:49 (one year ago) link
It's-a me, Lalo!
*Blam*
― Gymnopédie Pablo (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 25 May 2022 12:59 (one year ago) link
come to think of it, how does he get to Germany and back? he doesn't exactly have cartel resources, and I assume it's too risky to just fly commercial, even if the Feds think he's dead.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 13:33 (one year ago) link
there's a post credits teaser I had missed:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL7ADEs-0oI
― maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 25 May 2022 13:53 (one year ago) link
I'd guess Lalo has a nice cache of passports and money and airport security is generally just for show anyway
― mh, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 14:00 (one year ago) link
Lalo took an international cab
― Gymnopédie Pablo (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 25 May 2022 15:04 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyR3fSiwItw
― Evan, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 15:34 (one year ago) link
two really funny lines in this episode - Irene asking "is this how these things normally go?" and Howard to Lalo: "I suggest you find a better lawyer!"
― frogbs, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 15:49 (one year ago) link
ok and also when Howard shows the photos to Cliff and it's just some weird looking dude in a moustache
― frogbs, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 15:52 (one year ago) link
Lots of funny bits yeah, the trolleys/shopping carts rolling into the parked car was a great cap on a funny scene & then the whole routine with the film students, I love how naturally the sitcom-broad characters fit in among the noir
― gop on ya gingrich (wins), Wednesday, 25 May 2022 15:59 (one year ago) link
yeah the camera man was like someone from an SNL sketch. and then the sound lady dressed in full elf makeup.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 16:06 (one year ago) link
speaking of someone tracked down Rhea Seehorn's first acting gig and uh...just watch some of this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jp4tMSIr_U
― frogbs, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 16:07 (one year ago) link
All the dialog in that "reshoot" scene in the park was a little too snappy, but yeah great episode and I was definitely laughing when the photos just showed Jimmy giving a frisbee back to the tall film student
― Evan, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 16:07 (one year ago) link
loved seeing john ennis and bob odenkirk together again
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 25 May 2022 16:34 (one year ago) link
even though i did keep waiting for bob to call him a "fatty fat fat fatty"
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 25 May 2022 16:35 (one year ago) link
― clemenza, Wednesday, May 25, 2022 6:52 AM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Haha yes, what I thought of too
― Hongro Hongro Hippies (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 25 May 2022 17:17 (one year ago) link
📹
― gop on ya gingrich (wins), Wednesday, 25 May 2022 17:25 (one year ago) link
very curious what Lalo's plan is re: Saul & Kim. it didn't occur to me until afterwards that he came up with it on the fly after seeing the cockroach.
sometimes I think this show is too subtle for its own good but there are moments where it's really cool. I thought Howard teaching the intern the soda trick was a nice touch - he mentions that Chuck taught it to him, which makes sense because presumably Jimmy was shaking up soda cans all the time as a kid. the whole thing is like a microcosm of their whole relationship.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 17:51 (one year ago) link
(xxpost) Should have immediately cut from Lalo to the Beatles doing "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away," Kim sitting on a sofa and listening intently.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 18:02 (one year ago) link
also interesting to note that by the time Saul is introduced in Breaking Bad (which iirc is 4 years after the events of the last BCS episode?), he thinks that Lalo is still alive
― frogbs, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 18:08 (one year ago) link
lol good ep
― mark s, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 19:50 (one year ago) link
Did you feel, as I do, that lalo is a lil stinker
― gop on ya gingrich (wins), Wednesday, 25 May 2022 20:03 (one year ago) link
BCS > BB
― PBKR, Thursday, May 19, 2022 10:06 AM (six days ago) bookmarkflaglink
Just a masterclass of pacing and tension all season long and what a payoff.
― PBKR, Thursday, 26 May 2022 01:27 (one year ago) link
I know Lalo's supposed to be terrifying but whenever he's on screen I can only think of this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gYE5TyijxE
― frogbs, Thursday, 26 May 2022 01:51 (one year ago) link
Better Sean Paul
― calstars, Thursday, 26 May 2022 07:58 (one year ago) link
More Jimmy, Les Paul (I mean Saul).
― clemenza, Thursday, 26 May 2022 11:01 (one year ago) link
Think Lalo might have been too clever turning up at Saul n Kim's like that- if he's planning to use one/both of them against Gus (or Juan Bolsa?), Gus could get wind of it and know what's up. Just cos Michael is fooled by the phone call bluff doesn't mean Gus is
― Coast to coast, LA to Chicago, Western Mail (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 26 May 2022 11:12 (one year ago) link
Like the man says. "clever, clever chicken man"
does "mid-season finale" mean there is now a gap?
― mark s, Thursday, 26 May 2022 13:10 (one year ago) link
Yeah. Back 11 July
― groovypanda, Thursday, 26 May 2022 13:20 (one year ago) link
CLEVER CHICKEN MAN
― calstars, Thursday, 26 May 2022 13:26 (one year ago) link
yea I kind of suspect that they're going to play the full phone call for Gus, he'll hear that Lalo hangs up and calls back, and deduces that *he* knows and is intentionally throwing them off
― frogbs, Thursday, 26 May 2022 13:37 (one year ago) link
Also, Lalo really lost his cool when he realised the phone was tapped, which I don't think we've seen before, which makes me think getting a msg to Hector was a key part of the plan
― Coast to coast, LA to Chicago, Western Mail (Bananaman Begins), Friday, 27 May 2022 08:53 (one year ago) link