Better Call Saul Season 3 - It's showtime, folks!

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By popular demand: Jul 17, 2007; IT *BZZT* WASP ME--
IT WASP ME ALL *BZZT* ALONG!

Podcast is up.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 05:32

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# ? Apr 27, 2024 20:07

drunken officeparty: Aug 23, 2006

I have never seen chicken and waffles irl and always thought it was gross sounding. Do people actually eat that ew

# ? Apr 19, 2017 05:40

EatinCake: Oct 21, 2008

I was thinking the other day about what I originally thought when I heard they were making this show- that it would be the adventures of Saul Goodman, pre-Breaking Bad- but still Saul Goodman. So reverse CSI, where he's just a corrupt lawyer and you have a client-of-the-week that he has to get off in a fun conniving way.

Still pleased as pie with the show as it is, but I can't help but hope that we at least get a few episodes of the above too.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 05:41

DarklyDreaming: Apr 4, 2009; Fun scary

Horrible Lurkbeast posted:

Podcast is up.

Jonathan Banks did a soft jazz radio DJ voice :allears:

# ? Apr 19, 2017 05:50

R-Type: Oct 10, 2005; by FactsAreUseless

drunken officeparty posted:

I have never seen chicken and waffles irl and always thought it was gross sounding. Do people actually eat that ew

Right here in Houston, TX.
https://thebreakfastklub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/thebreakfastklub_2017menu.pdf

Fried chicken wings @ waffles

# ? Apr 19, 2017 06:02

drunken officeparty: Aug 23, 2006

R-Type posted:

Right here in Houston, TX.
https://thebreakfastklub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/thebreakfastklub_2017menu.pdf

Fried chicken wings @ waffles

We should have let the south secede.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 06:14

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

People who know nothing about the Civil War know it was about slavery.
People who know a little about the Civil War know it was about states' rights.
People who know a lot about the Civil War know it was about Chicken and Waffles.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 06:19

Shbobdb: Dec 16, 2010; by Reene

Cojawfee posted:

My mom randomly brings up that she doesn't understand chicken and waffles. I don't know why, no one ever talks about it. But several times over the past few months she just says she doesn't understand chicken and waffles.

Whenever you hang out with your mom make sure there is some jazz playing in the background. Tell your mother you don't want to be a hazzan like your father.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 06:24

Rageaholic: May 31, 2005; Old Town Road to EGOT

Chicken and waffles are loving great together and if you haven't had that pairing you haven't lived

# ? Apr 19, 2017 07:12

Barreft: Jul 21, 2014

mobby_6kl posted:

Gus set it all up as a test for Mike?!

Gus absolutely is on to Mike, we'll find out next week what the cell phone call is, but yeah it's a test.

The fact that the SUV made itself clear to be shady and not even attempt to hide itself, they even bothered to show the front of the car stay visible while Mike watched, plus Gus knowing Mike was watching him. Gus is great at this poo poo man, Breaking Bad showed that.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 07:50

pnumoman: Sep 26, 2008; I never get the last word, and it makes me very sad.

If you don't like chicken and waffles you are broken inside.

The best is dousing the chicken in hot sauce then pouring syrup over everything so both your chicken and waffle are sweet and spicy.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 08:16

Tenzarin: Jul 24, 2007; .; Taco Defender

I ordered chicken and waffles once, and they didn't give me any butter or syrup and the waffles were cold.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 08:39

Rageaholic: May 31, 2005; Old Town Road to EGOT

Tenzarin posted:

I ordered chicken and waffles once, and they didn't give me any butter or syrup and the waffles were cold.

That's not real chicken and waffles then

# ? Apr 19, 2017 08:55

Bates: Jun 15, 2006

pnumoman posted:

If you don't like chicken and waffles you are broken inside.

I'm more of a fish sticks and pancakes kinda guy.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 09:20

MiddleOne: Feb 17, 2011

Bates posted:

I'm more of a fish sticks and pancakes kinda guy.

And people say murder can never be justified.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 09:22

Rageaholic: May 31, 2005; Old Town Road to EGOT

Bates posted:

I'm more of a fish sticks and pancakes kinda guy.

And here I thought Walter White was the biggest monster we'd seen in this universe

# ? Apr 19, 2017 09:31

mobby_6kl: Aug 9, 2009; by Fluffdaddy

Barreft posted:

Gus absolutely is on to Mike, we'll find out next week what the cell phone call is, but yeah it's a test.

The fact that the SUV made itself clear to be shady and not even attempt to hide itself, they even bothered to show the front of the car stay visible while Mike watched, plus Gus knowing Mike was watching him. Gus is great at this poo poo man, Breaking Bad showed that.

Clearly, by the end it was, probably from the time Saul showed up. But the whole process from the very beginning seemed unnecessarily convoluted.

MiddleOne posted:

And people say murder can never be justified.

I can just imagine Raylan Givens baiting MiddleOne to say this before blowing him away with his glock.

That said, I've never had chicken and waffles. Where can I get the good stuff?

# ? Apr 19, 2017 10:11

Teriyaki Hairpiece: Dec 29, 2006; I'm nae the voice o' the darkened thistle, but th' darkened thistle cannae bear the sight o' our Bonnie Prince Bernie nae mair.

It's a big country. I know a place in Wilmington Delaware that makes very good chicken and waffles.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 11:11

Blind Pineapple: Oct 27, 2010; For The Perfect Fruit 'n' Kaman

1 part gin
1 part pomegranate syrup
Fill with pineapple juice
Serve over crushed ice; College Slice

Barreft posted:

Gus absolutely is on to Mike, we'll find out next week what the cell phone call is, but yeah it's a test.

The fact that the SUV made itself clear to be shady and not even attempt to hide itself, they even bothered to show the front of the car stay visible while Mike watched, plus Gus knowing Mike was watching him. Gus is great at this poo poo man, Breaking Bad showed that.

I loved Mike's resigned "Yeah" when he picked up the phone, knowing he was beat. He bought into his own hype for a minute and thought he got the cartel to make a careless mistake, but once he was alone in the middle of nowhere, it started to hit him that he had been played. Again, Jimmy and Mike's stories parallel each other with each one overconfident in their control of a situation and rushing into a trap from their nemesis.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 11:16

Rupert Buttermilk: Apr 15, 2007; 🚣RowboatMan: ❄️Freezing time🕰️ is an old P.I. 🥧trick...

I don't think there'll be much more of Saul dealing with Gus. In BB, he brings up Gus to Jesse and Walt like he barely knows him. Unless that's just him being him?

# ? Apr 19, 2017 11:23

Toplowtech: Aug 31, 2004

Rupert Buttermilk posted:

I don't think there'll be much more of Saul dealing with Gus. In BB, he brings up Gus to Jesse and Walt like he barely knows him. Unless that's just him being him?

Or you know client-lawyer confidentiality. Not that Gus would likely hire Jimmy for anything except maybe his employees' old mom.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 11:48

boop the snoot: Jun 3, 2016

Toplowtech posted:

Or you know client-lawyer confidentiality. Not that Gus would likely hire Jimmy for anything except maybe his employees' old mom.

I think Mike knows Gus, and Saul knows a guy who knows a guy. He knows who Gus is and what he does, but he doesn't know Gus.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 11:51

Toplowtech: Aug 31, 2004

TBeats posted:

I think Mike knows Gus, and Saul knows a guy who knows a guy. He knows who Gus is and what he does, but he doesn't know Gus.

Assuming he wasn't lying in Breaking Bad over something we don't know about yet, you are more likely right.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 11:56

some bust on that guy: Jan 21, 2006; This avatar was paid for by the Silent Majority.

UZR IS BULLSHIT posted:

I mean, from a literal path of plot point A to plot point B there's plenty of believable paths they could take.

But from a character development standpoint they're almost painting themselves into a corner where the barrier to transform Jimmy into Saul is becoming insurmountable. Like, watch this scene from his first episode in Breaking Bad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTfyuKy5G0c

Remember at the end of season 1, when Jimmy says to Mike that he knows what was keeping him from taking the Kettleman's money and running, and he wasn't going to let it stop him anymore? That was a point where it felt natural and believable that Jimmy could make the leap into what we see here. With what we've seen of how invested Jimmy is in his relationships with Kim and Chuck, and how much he's about to lose, it's much harder to see him being happy as Saul. We know he is, and I don't doubt the writers' abilities to get us there, but drat, it's starting to shape up to be a herculean effort.

It fits perfectly fine for me, even down to him actually looking older in this clip. We already know from BCS that he isn't too thrilled with being a normal lawyer. He believes in showmanship, wants to show his clients a entertaining character, has fun breaking the law. It seems pretty simple to get rid him there. Just lose Kim and Chuck.

We see Saul's human side lots in BB. Mostly near the end when things get serious. Such as when he's swearing to Jesse that he would never have have helped Walt if he had known what he was going to do to Brock.

A crazier transformation will be getting Francesca to this point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6LzaoGBeqE

# ? Apr 19, 2017 12:18

Last Chance: Dec 31, 2004

EatinCake posted:

I was thinking the other day about what I originally thought when I heard they were making this show- that it would be the adventures of Saul Goodman, pre-Breaking Bad- but still Saul Goodman. So reverse CSI, where he's just a corrupt lawyer and you have a client-of-the-week that he has to get off in a fun conniving way.

Still pleased as pie with the show as it is, but I can't help but hope that we at least get a few episodes of the above too.

I hope the show never becomes this "reverse-CSI" you speak of. That sounds terrible

# ? Apr 19, 2017 12:45

Rupert Buttermilk: Apr 15, 2007; 🚣RowboatMan: ❄️Freezing time🕰️ is an old P.I. 🥧trick...

Last Chance posted:

I hope the show never becomes this "reverse-CSI" you speak of. That sounds terrible

Well, CSI is by-the-numbers fantasy procedural tripe, so the reverse of that should be awesome.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 13:05

The Dennis System: Aug 4, 2014; Nothing in Jurassic World is natural, we have always filled gaps in the genome with the DNA of other animals. And if the genetic code was pure, many of them would look quite different. But you didn't ask for reality, you asked for more teeth.

Watching the first episode of the new season, and I have no memory whatsoever of what happened last season, lmao.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 13:05

Rupert Buttermilk: Apr 15, 2007; 🚣RowboatMan: ❄️Freezing time🕰️ is an old P.I. 🥧trick...

The Dennis System posted:

Watching the first episode of the new season, and I have no memory whatsoever of what happened last season, lmao.

This is why it's important to listen for those magic words, "Previously on AMC's" Better Call Saul...""

# ? Apr 19, 2017 13:06

some bust on that guy: Jan 21, 2006; This avatar was paid for by the Silent Majority.

The Dennis System posted:

Watching the first episode of the new season, and I have no memory whatsoever of what happened last season, lmao.

Same. I thought "No big deal, I'll just catch up to what's happening by the dialogue." Lol to that idea. I didn't know until yesterday what Mike was doing following someone and playing with trackers.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 13:19

drunken officeparty: Aug 23, 2006

This show isn't an episodic anthology? Boy I have some rewatching to do

# ? Apr 19, 2017 13:28

Lastdancer: Apr 21, 2008

Just lol if you don't already own the previous seasons and rewatch them periodically throughout the year

New season is great so far

# ? Apr 19, 2017 13:42

an skeleton: Apr 23, 2012; scowls @ u

GO here, and try the chicken and waffles. If that doesn't win you over, you are truly broken.

http://gladysandron.net/

# ? Apr 19, 2017 14:18

Edgar Allen Ho: Apr 3, 2017; by sebmojo

I live about equidistant between Dallas and Albuquerque and the Chik-fil-a breakfast market is HUGE.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 14:53

Herv: Mar 24, 2005; Soiled Meat

some guy on the bus posted:

Same. I thought "No big deal, I'll just catch up to what's happening by the dialogue." Lol to that idea. I didn't know until yesterday what Mike was doing following someone and playing with trackers.

There are season 1 and 2 recaps on YT. Not perfect but there they are.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 18:16

ruddiger: Jun 3, 2004

Los Angeles has Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles which is pretty amazing.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 18:53

UZR IS BULLSHIT: Jan 25, 2004

I'm 100% sure Jimmy ordered a breakfast burrito. To be a restaurant in Albuquerque it's practically required by law that you serve breakfast burritos, especially fast food restaurants.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 19:30

Solice Kirsk: Jun 1, 2004; .

You can wrap basically any breakfast food in a tortilla and dump salsa on it and make it 100% better. Ask me about my spicy tomatillo Froot Loops breakfast burrito.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 19:43

Ditocoaf: Jun 1, 2011

some guy on the bus posted:

A crazier transformation will be getting Francesca to this point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6LzaoGBeqE

That seems pretty plausible, too. She's already pretty unflappable in her introduction this week. Just add on that the Francesca of BB has seen some poo poo.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 20:12