I have to assume this is for practical purposes due to delays like odenkirk’s heart attack - as a marketing/whatever ploy, a 6-week gap surely achieves literally nothing - but much as I want the next ep now I have to admit that works damn well as its own mini season
― gop on ya gingrich (wins), Wednesday, 1 June 2022 17:26 (one year ago) link
I really doubt it is a practical thing, so many shows are doing this now - Ozark and Stranger Things being two others right now.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 1 June 2022 17:30 (one year ago) link
They're actually combing this thread for our reaction to see if they need to do reshoots
― Gymnopédie Pablo (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 1 June 2022 17:31 (one year ago) link
And if that is true hi I would like Flea to be in last few eps
― Gymnopédie Pablo (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 1 June 2022 17:32 (one year ago) link
lol really, that’s so weirdidk about ozark tho but st is a Netflix “drop all eps in a day and everyone has forgotten it two weeks later” joint right, splitting that into two chunks actually makes sense to me
― gop on ya gingrich (wins), Wednesday, 1 June 2022 17:34 (one year ago) link
yeah, same with Ozark. weird thing about ST is that they dropped 7 of the 9 episodes now, saving just 2 for later.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 1 June 2022 17:38 (one year ago) link
combing for Flea mention, and they got it. Waiting til July is nothing compared to prev waits for this and BB and MM, and thought for sure it would be another year, as usual. This is just enough time to gather our combworthy thoughts and stoke the fires of anticipation (or is it coals that are stoked)
― dow, Wednesday, 1 June 2022 17:38 (one year ago) link
it's weird in that I prefer entire seasons to be dropped at once, but not because I will binge shows. I can't often stomach watching more than two back to back episodes of the same show. I just like the option to be able to regulate it.
for a serial show that's a one a week deal, I tend to put too high expectations on an individual episode and be disappointed.
yeah, I know this is how TV was pre-streaming, obv, but most of the serialized TV I watched prior to Breaking Bad, I only discoverd/watched after it'd already migrated to DVD. I caught up with BB in real time by Season 5 and I remember at first having trouble adjusting to the one at a time format.
― Gymnopédie Pablo (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 1 June 2022 17:39 (one year ago) link
then again, it was fun to make BB night an event, invite over my friend who would bring weed, and both of us yell with glee when Uncle Hank pressed the button to push down the garage door before clocking Walt.
xpost yeah the BB wait was hard, but my life was so much better then that I didn't need it so much lol....
― Gymnopédie Pablo (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 1 June 2022 17:41 (one year ago) link
Just caught up, holy shit at this show, A+ television, we are lucky to live in this golden age.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 7 June 2022 02:00 (one year ago) link
based on succession especially i cant even binge a single episode any more -- and also lalo's home invasion -- i just have to pause for five mins when it gets too stressy
(also true of rewatching seinfeld i am a STREAMING SNOWFLAKE now)
― mark s, Tuesday, 7 June 2022 10:13 (one year ago) link
and also OLD ENOUGH, this is just too much what if the 2-yr-old cant find the the shiitake mushroom vendor oh noes
― mark s, Tuesday, 7 June 2022 10:14 (one year ago) link
Great thread:
Missing #BetterCallSaul this week? Well, I'm going to try my best to fill your hole. Over the next few days I'll post some pics & behind-the-scenes stuff & answer your questions for Ep #607 "Plan and Execution" in the thread that follows...— Thomas Schnauz (@TomSchnauz) May 31, 2022
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 8 June 2022 18:40 (one year ago) link
Sketch-comedy icon Carol Burnett will join as a character named Marion, according to a press release. The final six episodes will begin airing on Monday, July 11, and finish on August 15 on AMC and AMC+. Burnett joins Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul, who will be reprising their Breaking Bad roles as Walter White and Jesse Pinkman. “I’m thrilled to be a part of my favorite show,” Burnett said.
― dow, Tuesday, 28 June 2022 05:28 (one year ago) link
Whoah, marathon today! Now: Season 6/Ep 7. 'Til 4:30 Central.
― dow, Friday, 1 July 2022 16:32 (one year ago) link
season was ok, too slow, not enough stuff happened, not enough lalo,
― k3vin k., Monday, 4 July 2022 18:54 (one year ago) link
Okay--let's talk.
― clemenza, Monday, 4 July 2022 19:43 (one year ago) link
I mean he was very much a presence in the episodes he didn't appear in but yeah Lalo may be one of the all time best TV villains so
― frogbs, Monday, 4 July 2022 19:49 (one year ago) link
Just kidding--it was a chance to quote Lalo's memorable (half) season-ending line.
― clemenza, Monday, 4 July 2022 19:50 (one year ago) link
I gave the half-season a somewhat generous 7.0 in the Last X Movies thread, but I basically agree with you.
― clemenza, Monday, 4 July 2022 19:52 (one year ago) link
So, as it becomes apparent that Howard is Missing, Cliff will have to deal with the Jimmy business, though he still wants to dismiss Howard's ravings as irrelevant at best.
― dow, Monday, 4 July 2022 20:37 (one year ago) link
He will probably feel it necessary to report, unless it reflects too badly on the firm, the sweaty grappling behind the white shoe calm.
― dow, Monday, 4 July 2022 20:40 (one year ago) link
Guess the firm might have investigators? Not the one Howard hired, actually working for Jimmy.
― dow, Monday, 4 July 2022 20:42 (one year ago) link
Seemed to me like cliff pretty much believes howard at this point, he just knows it’s too late to do anything about it as far as sandpiper goes. Def think he’ll be looking at jimmy when Howard’s death/disappearance comes to light
― Wiggum Dorma (wins), Monday, 4 July 2022 20:57 (one year ago) link
Maybe Howard will survive
― Doop Snogg (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 00:08 (one year ago) link
Him and Chuck, on that island with JFK, networked.
― dow, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 00:21 (one year ago) link
I really want to see Chuck again!
― dow, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 00:22 (one year ago) link
Even before I cross over.
― dow, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 00:42 (one year ago) link
Returns next week!
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 07:18 (one year ago) link
pic.twitter.com/6GDYsxi9ZC— Breaking Bad Irony (@BreakingBadIrny) July 6, 2022
― frogbs, Wednesday, 6 July 2022 20:01 (one year ago) link
Resumes tonight...almost forgot.
― clemenza, Monday, 11 July 2022 13:44 (one year ago) link
sweet
― We were clothed, except for Caan, who was naked. Don't know why. (Neanderthal), Monday, 11 July 2022 13:45 (one year ago) link
Completely unscientific theory: viewers are more invested in the fate of Kim than any TV character since Mad Men's Peggy.
― clemenza, Monday, 11 July 2022 13:55 (one year ago) link
I mean it's been like 6-7 years of "oh god what's gonna happen to Kim" so maybe yeah
idk I think killing her off would be kinda boring, I mean they already offed two people from the HHM world so hopefully they have something more interesting in mind for her. her and Jesse would make a cute couple I guess
― frogbs, Monday, 11 July 2022 15:33 (one year ago) link
She moves to Sweden and changes her name to Robyn
― Evan, Monday, 11 July 2022 15:38 (one year ago) link
still hoping for that cinnabon reunion
― mh, Monday, 11 July 2022 15:43 (one year ago) link
what if... kim owns a chain of cinnabon stores
First of all it’s giselle now
― Wiggum Dorma (wins), Monday, 11 July 2022 15:56 (one year ago) link
― Evan, Monday, July 11, 2022 11:38 AM bookmarkflaglink
wait, so then who was "Show Me Love" Robyn?
― We were clothed, except for Caan, who was naked. Don't know why. (Neanderthal), Monday, 11 July 2022 16:33 (one year ago) link
I mean it's been like 6-7 years of "oh god what's gonna happen to Kim"
True, and weird, because whatever happens to Kim, it happened before the first time we ever see her.
One thing that makes it tenser than Peggy, I'd say, is that we're not sure if her ending will be happy or sad. I felt close to 100% confident that, whether it involved love or work or both, Peggy was going to be granted a happy ending--maybe not Don, that was up in the air, and maybe not Kim, either.
― clemenza, Monday, 11 July 2022 17:24 (one year ago) link
She calls the vacuum cleaner guy, I’ll wager $$ on it.
― Antifa Sandwich Artist (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 11 July 2022 17:27 (one year ago) link
Who's the vacuum cleaner guy? I still think the New Mexico cabbie who just happens to have relocated to Omaha takes or leads ex-Jimmy/Saul to---Kim, who is pissed---and maybe with Lalo. Or, Lalo's secretly watching her, and he's the one who sent the cabbie to get the manager. Who has a gun, we now know. Although it's just a regular pistol, right? He's no marksman; he needs a semi-automatic.
― dow, Monday, 11 July 2022 18:33 (one year ago) link
The two big seeds planted last season that haven’t been addressed: gene’s “I’ll fix it myself” re getting made, & Saul telling Francesca to make/take a call at a certain time & to “tell them jimmy sent you”I think how Kim’s story shakes out (partic wrt Ed’s vacuum cleaner repair) kinda depends on how they handle the time-jumps. Saul doesn’t become Gene until the shit hits the fan with the Heisenberg business, something like a year after he’s in the desert thinking he’s getting whacked by lalo (which itself is a little bit later than the main bcs timeline, although I think we’re catching up) - so, what, Kim has to use the disappearer due to a crime committed in the current now of the show (Howard’s murder or something else proceeding from it) but Saul is able to stick around and build his low rent criminal lawyer business up to an empire? I think the fact that Saul isn’t on trial for murder in bb is a good indication that they manage to clean up the crime scene after they concluded their business with lalo (I’d guess with Mike’s help and/or with kim taking charge, as she’s made of sterner stuff). I also reckon if Kim skips town just out of fear of the cartel she will just, like, skip town, not use the vacuum guy. idk this all depends on whether it turns out kim was around during breaking bad
― Wiggum Dorma (wins), Monday, 11 July 2022 18:37 (one year ago) link
― Wiggum Dorma (wins), Monday, 11 July 2022 18:44 (one year ago) link
whats interesting to me is in the BB timeline Saul thinks that Lalo is still alive while Gus thinks he's dead. obviously Gus would have to be pretty damn sure given what went down the first time. so either Lalo is about to be killed unbeknownst to Saul or something happens to him during the BB timeline.
― frogbs, Monday, 11 July 2022 18:45 (one year ago) link
They seemed to be telegraphing that Lalo breaks into the under construction dry cleaner meth lab, gets killed by Gus, and gets buried when they pour the concrete floor for the lab.
― Am I doomposting? I would say you’re not doomposting enough. (PBKR), Monday, 11 July 2022 18:47 (one year ago) link
Yeah that seems to be the directionHonestly I can see Saul never seeing lalo again and just assuming he’s still out there, at least up to that moment in the desert - but that only works if he also has no more dealings with Mike between last seeing lalo & calling Mike to clean up janes od, because wouldn’t Mike tell him lalo was dead? Although I guess I could see a situation where Mike thought it a good idea for Saul to believe lalo was dead
― Wiggum Dorma (wins), Monday, 11 July 2022 18:50 (one year ago) link
It must be such a hard job writing these things lol - I have no idea how I’d resolve some of this stuff
― Wiggum Dorma (wins), Monday, 11 July 2022 18:52 (one year ago) link
I admit it would be pretty funny if Lalo just wasted Kim in the first 30 seconds of this episode
― frogbs, Monday, 11 July 2022 19:14 (one year ago) link
last half of the season is Saul waiting on hold calling 911
― We were clothed, except for Caan, who was naked. Don't know why. (Neanderthal), Monday, 11 July 2022 19:27 (one year ago) link