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Is anyone still watching this?
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looks like /tv/ is so imbued in their own shitposted memes that they genuinely think that this show isn't great lmao

it's like /pol/
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>>68073957

Go watch Walking Dead if you need to see retarded bullshit happening every episode, you smelly pleb.
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>>68075566

Fear the Walking Dead promises to be a lot shittier than regular TWD.
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I'll stick with it to the end of this season, but I'm profoundly disappointed in it. Any forward progress promised at the end of Season 1 (Jimmy says he will never refuse easy money and seems to want to pursue the life he's become famous for by Breaking Bad) was abandoned entirely at the beginning of Season 2. He goes to work for a boring law firm, and boring law-firm related bullshit plagues the entire season.

Did we really need six episodes of him working at D&M for us to get the picture that the job wasn't a good fit for him? Did we need the subplot of Kim Wexler and Mesa Verde? Did we need the subplot of Mike and baseball cards man? It's just stupid bullshit filler in order to milk the breaking bad cash cow and stretch this show for way longer than it needs to be.

This season is devoid of any tension or direction. The only thing it's good at it "show don't tell" with it's scenes, but that's not enough to make a good show.

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>>68075566
Embarrassing. Are you making these posts from under Vince's desk?
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were you guys in the thread when the last episode of BCS was aired? It was fucking hysterical how bitchy everyone was because it was an episode that was building things up so the 4 year old's couldn't stand it
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>>68075704
>literally every episodes ever
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>>68075684
u just don't like it becuz exploshions!!!
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>>68075684

You raise several good points, it does have that feel of a cash-in attempt what with all the Breaking Bad actor cameos.

That being said, the 2nd season is giving a rather humorous insight into law practice in general.
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>>68075684
This same type of retreading defined Breaking Bad. How many times must we revisit the same fucking catharsis? Once per season finale.
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I only watch for Mike doing cool shit. Call me a pleb or whatever but it's better than Jimmy being a boring lawyer.
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>>68075566
>implying things are shown on The Walking Dead
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None of the characters have developed one bit since season 1 episode 1
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>>68075827
Here's an even more damning criticism of the show:
It's not as funny as Breaking Bad.

For a spin-off of one of Breaking Bad's funniest characters, I'd expect a much higher rate of laughs/minute. But honestly, even if it was Jesse and Co.'s retarded friends bringing in the humor, Breaking Bad was simply funnier.

>>68075847
At least I could be confident that the bullshit in each season of Breaking Bad was building to something great. The subplots I mention in that post are explicitly NOT building to anything, they're just there to take up space. The Kettleman shit in Season 1 is also like this.
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>>68075684
This is a solid post.

The season felt really good to me up until the last 2 episodes. After the 10 minute "getting fired" montage, things started to wear on me, and now everything feels like filler. I think that the scene-to-scene writing quality has dropped as well as their big picture.
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>>68075884
>mike willing to deal with the cartel isn't development
>jimmy fulfilling chuck's self prophecy isn't development
???
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>>68076031
>Mike re-evaluating the situation after being threatened is character development
>Jimmy acting just like everyone expects him to is development

??????? characters interacting in the world isn't development idiot
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I dig it, yo.
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>>68075684
>He goes to work for a boring law firm
I recommend watching the movie Transformers. You'll never get bored. It has lots of action.
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>>68076025
Kim is likable, and Junior's handicap was shown to be caused by Skylar smoking during the pregnancy and thus relevant.
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>>68076074
>characters aren't defined by their actions

???
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>>68076025
>comparing cunt Skyler to based Kim
Not even once.
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>>68076025
Kim is likable.

Chuck is Skylar.
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>>68076102
>Kim is likable

This must be some American thing since to e she seems like a massively uptight cunt, i fucking hate women like that
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>>68076025
What retard made this?
It's clear they don't watch the show.
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>>68076106
>acting the same as before
>development

??????
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>>68076141
>My mommy was a mean bitch and it's fucked up my whole life
Creepy
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>>68076143
Never fall for this "I'll just generalize everything to basic characteristics that are meaningless to prove it's a rip off" meme. It's infantile bait just to see if morons catch on. Same thing happened with The Force Awakens.
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>>68076141
>smart woman trying to advance in her career without ever compromising her ethics is an uptight bitch
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>>68076141
She's one of those people who WANT to dabble on the other side like when she dupes people with Jimmy but she is obsessed if she just does things the right way they'll be fine.

She can;t be honest with herself and that's what's unlikable
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>>68073957

Yeah it's great, go watch something more your speed.
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>>68076087
>le "you only like explosions" meme
There's plenty of slow-paced shows I enjoy (Mad Men, Les Revenants). Hell, I loved The People vs. OJ which was pretty much by-the-book law throughout. My criticisms of this show are still valid.

>>68076141
She agreed to do some scams with Jimmy, that's not uptight at all. Just because she doesn't want to flush her career down the toilet doesn't make her uptight, it makes her reasonable.
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>>68076141

Virgin detected.

She's working her creamy ass off to make things work with Jimmy/Saul. "Uptight" is the default state for 98% of all women. You'll understand when you're older...

I've got a bad feeling about what happens to her in the future, how this turns Jimmy into Saul, and how Gus enters the picture...
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>>68076263
mom whats a creamy ass
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>>68073957
Yeah, I can hardly wait to see how Saul fucks everything up.
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>>68076263
Go on. About her ass or your theories.
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>>68076342
>I can hardly wait

Well if there's one thing I can promise you is lots of waiting
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Kim did porn earlier in her life and that's going to be a major plot point later on. Screen this.
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>>68076438
Good. This show is comfy as hell
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>2 seasons in
>No character called Saul

o.o
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Ohhh chandler
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Never watched it
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>>68076438

>a fully functional Hector showed up two episodes ago
>babby's still bored
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>>68076654
>the appearance of a character from another show automatically makes the show interesting
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>>68076689
It's the possibilities that make it interesting you fucking pleb. I want to see what happens to Hector and what Mike does to him. I want to see how Jimmy transitions into Saul and whether Kim has a part in it. I want to see what happens with their solo firms. It's an enjoyable buildup that leaves the viewer with questions to think about after each episode.

You and everybody trying to shit on this show are surface level plebs with surface level thinking. Back to your Transformers, kid.
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The latest episode really solidified it in my "no longer watching" list.

The opening sequence took 5 and a half minutes and did literally nothing. It didn't establish anything, it didn't develop anyone's character, it didn't reveal anything. It did fucking NOTHING relevant.

>b-but it establishes drug running
It's established in 5 fucking seconds later on when you see the ice cream truck at the shop and at the drug factory. That didn't take 5 and a half fucking minutes

>b-but it establishes the gun
We already can infer that he has a gun by virtue of him being a fucking drug smuggler

>b-but muh battle of fate vs chance and super artistic good shots! 2deep4u!!!
You're a fucking faggot. If it were its own 5 minute short film then fine. But it's 5 and a half minutes of a fucking television show. If something is going on in a television show that has no impact on the story or characters, it shouldn't fucking be there.

It's ok if you like the show. It's not ok to defend bullshit like this.
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>>68075929
Aye you'd think a spin-off show based on the wackiest and funniest character of the parent show would be at least as wacky, not 100 times more serious lawyerkino.
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>>68073957
I'm in love with Kim Wexler. I'm not looking forward to her being gone from the Vince universe once Jimmy fucks everything up.
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>>68076800
>What makes a show interesting? A bunch of stuff that hasn't happened of course!
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thats so fuckin boring, nothing happens and we have 2 episodes left
TO WAIT ANOTHER FUCKIN YEAR FOR NOTHING
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The irrational defense of this show is merely a misdirected defense of BrBa.
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>>68076845
>He needs things to happen immediately and not build up over the course of several episodes

Maybe Hardcore Henry is more your style.
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>>68076893
It's ironic because most of the people who complain about this are told to "go back to breaking bad" which inplies the people who like this show DIDN'T like Breaking bad
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>>68076900
I'm fine with things building up but you can't have a whole season where nothing interesting happens and claim it's all a build up to a payoff at the end.
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>>68076808
I'll add the pointless scene with the airplane and kims 5 minute phone people in the stairwell montage as proof the writers are treading water.
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>>68076900
I'll call the show good when it starts being good. I don't give a fuck about the "possibilities." By that inane logic, Lost would have been a great show because of all the mysteries it encouraged the viewer to ponder and all the build-up (to absolutely nothing).
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This bit of kino is a good separator of plebs from patricians.

>N-nothing happens

Is this your first drama? Watch any kino and by your definition, nothing happens. Honestly, this is the most pleb fucking argument I've ever read.
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>>68077006
yeah boring fuckin drama about nothing worth making a show off
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>>68076893
Not to mention the only defence they can muster is "lol u must have ADD it's perfectly fine for nothing to happen in this tv show"

Nothing happening does not make it deep or intriguing or interesting, it just means nothing is fucking happening.

Fucking Mad Men had more accomplished in 4 episodes than Better Call Saul has in 2 fucking seasons
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>>68076808
>3deep5me
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I watch it. sorry you don´t understand the exceptional depth that better call saul has. It´s truly the sole example of telekino these days.
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>>68076994
>He didn't like LOST

This is the type of trash that comes into every BCS thread to complain. You don't belong here.
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>>68076976
The airplane and phone calling scenes can be defended (albeit poorly) by claiming character development

The opening scene of the latest episode however cannot be defended in such a way
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REMINDER THAT SEASON TWO'S TITLES ARE AN ANAGRAM FOR FRINGS BACK

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>>68076976
The airplane scene was great.
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>>68076900
>>68077006
>>68077083
>>68077089
Brevity is the soul of wit

thus Better Call Saul is witless
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>>68077092
Characters *doing things* is not fucking character development.

Character development is Chuck finally stepping outside of his out. Enabling him to fuck Jimmy over harder.
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>>68075684
Very fair analysis. But I have one problem with it...
Why do we need it to be building to something? The story of Saul is ultimately boring IMO. He's a scum bag lawyer... who cares how he ends up practicing in the specific firm we see him in during breaking bad?

I don't know about you but I enjoyed the smaller episodes of BB, where we explore the characters and their motivations, way more than the "I AM THE ONE WHO KNOCKS" ones.

I'll agree that there has been some weak story lines that didn't really go anywhere, but I enjoyed them. And in the end isn't that what matters? To abuse an old saying "it's about the journey, not the destination".

That being said, I am still enjoying watching it, which is ultimately more important to me than "building to something". Frankly I liked the smaller episodes of
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>>68077093
Deepest lore.
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I like it. Everyone that is bitching, what exactly did you expect? A weekly episode where Saul used a dummy lawyer tactics and loopholes to get criminals off the hook? I'll admit I expected that at first, but after thinking about it I realized that would get stale very fast.
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Am I the only one that doesn't care if the pace picks up at all? Thats what a character drama is all about right? Enjoying the characters? I liked BrBa but I dont need/want BCS to be it. Its a show about lawyers and a tired old cop.
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>>68075684
>Did we really need six episodes of him working at D&M for us to get the picture that the job wasn't a good fit for him?
I think that was about as short as they could've made it. They needed to establish that he was intiially unwilling, but then tried really hard to fit in, but it ultimately didn't work. Any shorter and it would've seemed like he didn't even try.

>>68075684
>Did we need the subplot of Kim Wexler and Mesa Verde?
Well that helped get Kim out of HHM, started her practice off on a bad note and gave jimmy a reason to meddle in her shit by changing the adresses and phone numbers of the contact info in chucks' files

>>68075684
>Did we need the subplot of Mike and baseball cards man
That's how mike started working with saul and how mike got involved with the cartel
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>>68077092
I fail to see how the plane scene has anything to do with character development. This scene and the opening shot will be relevant in the next episode I am sure but it's not cohesive. You have 44 minutes to work with fit it in. It's the same with Mike. At the end of the previous episode he is surveilling the drug dealers then spends the entirely of the next episode driving around and learning nothing but where their warehouse is. If the nail spike isn't used next episode it will be literally incredible.
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>>68077307
It would be better if every Jimmy scene was him reaching conflict/catharsis with his brother, with the law firm being built off camera.
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>>68077099
No it wasn't. There was no point to it. We can guess it's for a commercial but the viewer is left in the dark. Also what kind of plan is it to get into the air force yard then have 25 seconds to run a tracking shot of the airplane? It's just dumb.
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This season has been total garbage. Completely unforgettable.

Now that I think of it, I literally don't remember what happened in the first few episodes of this season.

It was a let down when they immediately backpedaled from the season 1 finale.
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>>68077159
>>68077307
I did say "poorly"

I personally would never defend those shitty scenes, they could have been done in a minute
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>>68076962

It's called "storytelling", autist.
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>>68077093
who gives a shit if another breaking bad character is coming back. There's already way too many of them. I know nothing is going to happen to any of them too.

What is the point of this show again? They should just end it with season 3 and save themselves the embarrassment.
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>>68077366
Everyone look at the baby with the dubs and laugh at him for needing every little thing spelled out for him.

You make me feel like a patrician, and I've watched every episode of The Amazing World of Gumball.
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>>68077439
Someone mentioned it before. They merged Man Men and BrBa into a frankenstein.
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>>68077164
I think the quality, scene-to-scene, is quite good. Take the airplane scene from Fifi. There was a sort of light amusement there, and that "oh shit he might get found out" tension. The twist that the senile old man is a public masturbator was chuckle-worthy. The scene on the bus in Texas is also like this. It's good, entertaining content.

Stringing tons of high-quality individual scenes together will be enough for some people, but to me it makes the big picture seem a bit aimless. I prefer serialized television over episodic since it allows for grand storytelling--what story are they trying to tell by putting these scenes together? I just can't shake the feeling that no matter what story they're trying to tell, they could be telling it a bit faster and with fewer side-plots.

Like, try and give a recap of everything that's happened in seasons 1 and 2. Then justify why 18 episodes were necessary to get there.
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>>68077048

>he's too young to know that punching and explosions are how you get to character development and adult crises
>eventually
>not to say everyone gets to that level...

Until then, shut up...adults are talking.
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>>68077411
Boring stories exist too
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>>68077242
agreed famalam

in fact i'd go as far as saying that i don't want anythign big to happen.
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>>68077531
>The twist that the senile old man is a public masturbator was chuckle-worthy.
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>>68077548

That's what Nintendo and suicide are for, Junior.
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>>68077384
>This season has been total garbage. Completely unforgettable.
kek
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>>68077533
then dont watch this shit dramedy and go to work
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>>68077411
The first season was good. Thing progressed on big picture ideas. Characters had immediate goals, concerns, problems to solve.

Second season? Literally no direction of where things are going. There's an overarching theme of "HES BECOMING SAUL SO FAHNNY" There's no other arch. If there's going to be a climatic moment in the season - I have no earthly idea what it would even involve at this point.

Over use of montage scenes isn't helping either. I'm pretty sure that in the past 2 episodes we've have like 5 fucking montages. Stop it already...
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>>68077384
>Completely unforgettable.

Maybe think about you you're typing before you type it, dumbass pleb. Better Call Saul is just too kino for your small mind.
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>>68077600
>go to work

But I don't work in a C-store, faggot.
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>>68077411
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>>68077600
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>>68077639

>I know I'll type some deflecting crap and include a hilarious gif.
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>>68077666

Bothered?
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This opening was a masterpiece.
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>>68077749
People jizz their pants at any long take.
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>>68076900
Based Deix kek
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>>68075684
NOT ENOUGH EXPLOTIONS 4U?
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>>68077666
>Mind too small to remember recent scenes
>Mind too shallow to understand character developments and build-ups to potentially great resolutions
>This show is g-garbage! Nothing happens!

If you offer some good criticism, and not the same words all the time, you'd be worth arguing against. Until then, continue making dumbass mistakes you top pleb.
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As a die hard B R A V O V I N C E poster even I was disappointed by this season. It's clear though that Vince made a mistake at the end of season 1 and doesn't want to get to Saul only for them to have a criminal of the week show. Now he's peddling back on the end of season 1. I thought some of the best scenes were with Jimmy trying to talk his way out of tuco one him defending playah. So as he starts going that route it can only get better, hopefully
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>>68077293
It never really showed him trying to fit in. Even though he knew that Clifford wouldn't like the tv spot he ran it anyway. He lied to and wasted Erin's time because he selfishly wanted to do his own thing, instead of literally talking to her and telling her he had to go.

Shit the very first episode had him pulling off the tape on the switch marked "do not flip" and flipping it. THAT was enough to show me that he wouldn't fit in and yet they dragged it out with 5 more episodes.

I've been staunchly "not enough action for you?" posters but this last episode really felt fucking barren. Nothing happened. And yes I know Kim lost Mesa Verde, they chose an office, they decided to go solo even though they didn't have the money for it potentially, Saul changed the address on all of Chucks mesa verde papers, some mexican buried some money in the desert after eating a popsicle, mike staked out the mexican ice cream parlor.

BUT NOTHING FUCKING HAPPENED.

The only important part, sort of, was Kim losing MV.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3ow5ftlak4&nohtml5=False

>there's people on this thread who haven't seen this trailer
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>>68077531
Again I don't really know what kind of "aim" you'd be hoping for. He's a pretty basic side-character. Not really much they can do with him and still have him in place for BB. But that begs the question why even make the spin-off? Well, I think it's to do exactly what you said, string high-quality individual scenes together, have a fun time writing it and cash in on the BB fans.

>justify why 18 episodes were necessary to get there.
I agree that it is fairly content-less. That being said I find whenever I'm watching it I am enjoying it , and not checking my watch or how much time is left (which is actually rare since I have pretty bad ADD). To say it a differnt way, I enjoy it so much that I don't really care too much where the story goes or how fast, it's enjoyable enough in neutral, for me.

But at this poin I'd like to mention one thing that i dislike about the show, which is Mike's grand daughter sub-plot. The shot with the bullet holes made me questiont the show all week. And you just know that they're there to be used as leverage against mike
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>>68077749
It's not even a real long take and has nothing to do with anything

it's a fucking waste of 5 minutes that could've been spent developing the actual goddamn characters
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>>68077931
I love Mike's doting grandfather routine, its a great contrast to his other life.
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>2slow4u?
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>>68077366
>There was no point to it
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>>68077749
It would have been alright if it added A N Y T H I N G other than setting up that the guy has a gun. And the long take ends before he even gets the gun, so now that I think about it, it serves literally no point other than padding out the season.
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>>68077898
That's good. It needs to be 10 minutes long though and have a subplot about at least 2 secondary characters.
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>>68078190
It doesn't even need to be set up that the guy has the gun though

We know from seeing the truck at the shop and at the drug den that the driver is a drug smuggler

We can reasonably assume that a fucking drug smuggler will own a gun

EVERYTHING before the opening credits is utterly useless
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>>68077931
Does anybody actually think the dawdling in legal offices is more interesting than S01E02 when Saul was pleading for his life with Tuco? In the Season 2 BB episode "Better Call Saul" we see him pleading for his life with Walt and Jesse, and says "NO IGNACIO (aka Nacho) IS THE ONE YOU WANT," or something along those lines. Clearly he is going to get up to his eyeballs in trouble with some Mexican gangs. When is that going to happen? Have Saul and Nacho even had a scene together? The Mike and Saul stuff is way too separated at this point, and we know it's all going to come together eventually. Why is it taking so long?

>Not really much they can do with him and still have him in place for BB.
Two things:

1. If there's one thing the show has made clear, it's that Saul can't be the "good boy" who plays by the rules.
2. Vince said the show would take place before and after Breaking Bad.

This spells out either his old life catching up to him, or a return to criminal lawyer shit instead of his Cinnabon gig.
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>>68078202
It also needs a 30 second establishing shot, and a 2 minute scene in which we follow a random guy who we will never see again which culminates in him quickly swapping paper bags with another character who we will never see again, revealing that he just exchanged money for methamphetamine
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>>68078270
>Have Saul and Nacho even had a scene together?
You don't remember Jimmy having to save Nacho from prison? And how Nacho have him a contact number for when he breaks bad
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>>68078084
If you're the anon i was responding to, that's really interesting. This is the only story line that I find boring and aimless.

I agree that I enjoy the scenes showing Mike's other side.... but it just isn't that interesting chacter-wise. The bad ass with a soft spot for his family is kind of an overdone theme that i find is too often used as a simple way to ground an excessively bad ass character.
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>>68078270
Is this S1 pasta?
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>>68078383
Whoops, totally forgot about that.

Either way, Jimmy should have called him in the first episode of Season 2.
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>>68078462
I'm not that anon, no. And I would normally agree or even call you a pleb because I didnt think you agreed as strongly as I would like. Mike is just an exception to my rule and it started back in BrBa.
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>>68078487
Nah, I'm just a retard who forgot about jimmy and nacho's interactions. To be fair, it looks like the show forgot as well.
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>>68078240
That's my problem with this entire season. Padding, padding, padding.

End of season 1: Jimmy decides to go full Saul after 10 episodes of half-assing it.

Beginning of season 2: Jimmy decides to continue half-assing it until over halfway through the season

Kim gets half-fired and then rehired. Then she half-quits and half-leaves to the other law firm. Then that's all thrown away when she chooses neither and goes on her own.
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>>68078544
>And I would normally agree or even call you a pleb
lol
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Better Call Saul more like Better Bore Saul
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>>68078492
He did call the number because he thought Nacho kidnapped the Kettlemans. He calls it from a pay phone and the cops start him and take him to Nacho because he requested Jimmy to be his lawyer
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>>68078742
More like Better Call a Coroner because your ass is fucking dead, bro.
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>>68078762
>>68078742
>>68078742
get fucking rekt
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On Rotten Tomatoes, the second season has a score of 94%, based on 33 reviews, with an average rating of 8.9/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Better Call Saul continues to tighten its hold on viewers with a batch of episodes that inject a surge of dramatic energy while showcasing the charms of its talented lead."[61] On the review aggregator website Metacritic, the second season has a score of 85 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[62]

Chuck Bowen of Slant Magazine gave it a perfect four star review and wrote, "the show's writing is as economic and poetically parred. Each moment is compact, leading to the next with unpredictable, behaviorally astute precision."[63] Daniel D'Addario of Time praised the show and wrote, "in its second season, Better Call Saul allows us into a new world of complexity by deepening one of the show's pivotal relationships. It's the best-case scenario for a spin-off: a show that occupies a familiar world but opens up entirely new themes."[64]
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>>68077366
>tfw you will never be this pleb
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bump for actual discussion
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>televisionfags arguing with televisionfags

it's like watching children argue over an toy :3
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>>68073957
I'm enjoying it if I consider it a drama/comedy or a slice of life show, I've already come to terms with the fact that very little happens and I'm ok with it.

I can see why people could dislike it though, it id quite slow.
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>>68077366
>a scene can NEVER be simply entertaining or exist to reaffirm character traits and just show what they like to do
>it always has to have a deep connection to an overarching multiverse
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>>68080183
That's fine and all, but how much is too much? Would you like a 15 episode season, where all the extra content is these bullshit reaffirming scenes? The argument here is that the show relies too much on them and that the actual plot is too thin for a 10 episode season.
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>>68073957
only you, me and serindipity. This is what happens when you have the best show on TV.
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>>68080220
fine but I'm just talking about the airplane scene.
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I'm only watching it for Kim at this point. The suits she wore in the last few episodes looked really good on her.
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Kim should die in the finale
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>>68077093
VIIIINCE
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>>68073957
Seems to be the two main arguments are that it's too slow and boring or that it's just slow paced but very interesting.

I wonder which is true, haven't started watching yet.
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>>68081818
You should wait for the series to end before you watch it. Much better to do it in one sitting.
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I didn't think I'd be into girls with deep voices but it somehow works on Kim
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>>68077887
>Shit the very first episode had him pulling off the tape on the switch marked "do not flip" and flipping it. THAT was enough to show me that he wouldn't fit in and yet they dragged it out with 5 more episodes.

Let me guess, you didn't like Fly either?
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>>68078600
>someone made a decision now they must stick to it forever!!!
You are struggling with the fact that BCS is not a black/white tv show. You are frustrated with characters and their constantly changing motivations. People change, that's life. The entire point of the show is to see Jimmy's journey to becoming Saul. That journey would be incredibly boring if it was just a straight line.
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>>68081818
Hmmm maybe it just depends on the opinion of the person watching? Duh?
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>>68078046
>It's not even a real long take and has nothing to do with anything

except how they run the drug business that Mike's gonna confront somehow
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>>68081818
if you have an eigth grade level education it's boring
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>>68082113
What is "fly"?
Does anything happen in it?
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>>68075684
This, we can see that the show is building up for something but some of these episodes have been utterly boring.

The way I see it, season 1 was great in its own right because it had to be, to bring people in and to secure funding for another season.

Now its pretty much confirmed itl be around for at the very least 3-4 seasons which means they don't have to put nearly as much effort into it as they did as there is a significant fanbase who will watch it to the end no matter what - exactly what happened in breaking bad.

That said hopefully the last couple episodes in the season will be good, if not I'm out.
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>WHERES MUH GOPHER AND MUH STINKY PETE??
fuck off reddit
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