Current Events > Does Better Call Saul pick up in excitement?

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I started to quarantine binge this because everyone tells me how good it is.

Im 3 episodes in and its pretty boring. Its not bad, but I dont get the hype behind it. Does it pick up?

the first 4 seasons are mad slow bra. maybe 1 or 2 good episodes per season. but the season that just finished up is lit af

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Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul require commitment. If you commit to it, you will be rewarded.

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puppy posted...

Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul require commitment. If you commit to it, you will be rewarded.

This

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It's always slow boil but up until season 5 it'sworth it
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It definitely picks up in intensity as the show goes on, but it is not as thrillery as Breaking Bad was.
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Yes, keep going.

It's a Mike paints a house in dead silence for 30 minutes episode

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Vyrulisse posted...

It's a Mike paints a house in dead silence for 30 minutes episode

you survived fly and you will survive this

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Antifar posted...

It definitely picks up in intensity as the show goes on, but it is not as thrillery as Breaking Bad was.

This.

But TC, if you are looking for an explosive show it's not the show for your.

If you are looking for one of the best written shows ever, it is. The drama doesn't come from "Ultron is going to blow up the world if we don't hurry" the drama comes from everybody having such well written, compelling, and engaging characters.

That said it can be dangerous to watch any show begrudgingly, if you want to dislike a show bad enough even the best show probably won't win you over. Not saying you are like that though.

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Yes, but BCS is a show all about character development. There are some big moments, but it's a beautiful slow build

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Vyrulisse posted...

It's a Mike paints a house in dead silence for 30 minutes episode

That's literally every Mike scene in BCS

Season 5 was 10/10 television. The last three episodes were incredible.

Kim is also one of the best characters in any show ever.

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Season 4 is where it really picks up. The show gets better when a certain someone dies.

season 1 and most of 2 are really really slow. I think theyre too slow as it develops characters wayy to fucking slowly

s3 and 4 are exceptional

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The pacing starts to pick up later and is definitely worth it.

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DippinSauce posted...

The pacing starts to pick up later and is definitely worth it.

Yeah, i'm so glad I stuck it out. A few people said it's on par with Breaking Bad, and I watched 2 seasons and thought "lol, no" and by time I finished season 5 maybe those people have an argument. It just gets better and better, and it's a rare show that seems to peak during a late season, and they might cap it off at it's peak also.

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as much as I enjoy the show, I didn't like what it did with Gus and Mike's characters; it exaggerated on what they were initially known for - Gus goes from some mysterious, cold, and efficient monster who's all about business, and now he's some cold guy who gives an order, and walks off screen enigmatically. and Mike goes from some capable fixer to the terminator

Jimmy/Saul, Kim, Ignacio, Chuck, and Lalo are great, though.

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What? Mike is exactly the same in this. The freezer job and rescuing the chemical supplier in BB were just as "terminator" like.

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DippinSauce posted...

What? Mike is exactly the same in this. The freezer job and rescuing the chemical supplier in BB were just as "terminator" like.

Nah Mike is way more exaggerated.

I won't spoil it for TC but it gets bananas.
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Nah Mike is way more exaggerated.

I won't spoil it for TC but it gets bananas.

The cartel gang shootout was ridiculous but he is established early as a good shot and at least is training with the sniper rifle.

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Nothing in bcs has been more over the top than Gus walking with half his face gone.

That's the one looney tunes moment in BB I just hated.

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they made Mike a one man army, tho.

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Yes. Like Breaking Bad, the first season is kinda slow, but it picks up in S2.

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DippinSauce posted...

Nothing in bcs has been more over the top than Gus walking with half his face gone.

That's the one looney tunes moment in BB I just hated.

Pure cheese and so out of place.

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The current season is peak tv.

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Excitement is a stupid concept. A show doesn't need pew pew guns or boom boom explosions to be good. Sometimes a show can superb purely through character drama. Do you know what is rarely exciting? Advertising pitches. But you know what, Mad Men managed to make you get hyped for everything single pitch. Not because it was exciting but because they represented a culmination of a character's growth and discovery. They weren't exciting but they were extremely engaging. Because they gave insight into the characters themselves.

Better Call Saul is generally more on the side of team character development than team exciting. You are watching a show about a struggling, sorta amoral lawyer. Not a wannabe meth kingpin. Any excitement is incidental to the overall development of characters. What is engaging is watching Jimmy's relationship with Chuck or Kim or Howard. So that when shit does go down it backs the kind of punch that really leaves you parts tingling.

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tbh, my only real issues with BCS, like I said, was how Gus and Mike's characters were handled, since they were probably my favorite characters in BB (and Gus is one of my favorite villains ever), but besides that issue, I think that the series is amazing throughout.

and I imagine had I not seen BB, I'd have no faults with the show, but I doubt either Gus or Mike would be amongst my favorite characters.

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Another development is the best original BCS character (though he is referenced one time in BB) appearing at the end of S4 and becoming one of the best characters in the BB universe almost immediately.

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Im gonna give it a shot then and stick with it because I loved breaking bad. Thanks everyone!

come to think of it. how is it that huell looks 20 years older in the prequel

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SauI_Goodman posted...

come to think of it. how is it that huell looks 20 years older in the prequel

All the money Saul paid him was spent on mud baths and skin treatment.

Also burgers
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SauI_Goodman posted...

come to think of it. how is it that huell looks 20 years older in the prequel

tbf, everyone looks a lot older except for Jimmy

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Huell's irl actor had gastric bypass surgery I think.

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SauI_Goodman posted...

come to think of it. how is it that huell looks 20 years older in the prequel

As he puts on weight it fills out the wrinkles.

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Let us know how it goes TC.

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joe40001 posted...

As he puts on weight it fills out the wrinkles.

he's actually lost weight according to his wiki. substantial weight. like 100 + lbs

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SauI_Goodman posted...

he's actually lost weight according to his wiki. substantial weight. like 100 + lbs

I know, I'm saying that in the show's timeline he will get fatter, and so that's why in Breaking Bad he looks younger.

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