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Episode name: Nippy.
Description: "A new player enters the game."

Guessing we'll see Walt make an appearance this ep.

We finally got our "how does Jimmy become Saul?" question answered last ep and it definitely wasn't a fun reveal

I'm guessing this episode and the next will be in the BB era, while the last two eps might be in the Gene era. Or three BB, 1 Gene. I'm curious as to what they'll add to Saul's character in the BB era.

tag for after the episode

we're done when i say we're done

gotta wait til tomorrow but its gonna be good, hooo baby.

https://twitter.com/petergould/status/1551618698292649991

Might open or close with a Gene segment if this marketing pic is any indication. Man, I wish it was 6 PM lol

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

https://youtu.be/cZ5H_cfYDHk

Pretty fun video of Rhea and Bob going over fan theories. There might be some spoilers in there but dunno yet. Watch at your own risk lol

Starting now!

Holy shit was I wrong. Great ass episode

Just caught that the cheese from the teaser is from Schnauz Farms.

Also I find it slightly amusing that they practiced their big heist in the snow and the guy ends up slipping on a slick spot on the floor.

so the gene scenes are technically not "the present"; they happen in 2018

Solid episode

That recast was hella distracting at first

toreysback posted...

so the gene scenes are technically not "the present"; they happen in 2018

2010 actually.

toreysback posted...

different martinez?

Yes. Taylor Martinez.

lpl - i just googled "when was martinez a freshman" and ran with it. i was kinda wondering why they had them playing a big 12 schedule tho...

anyway, this means anything is possible. everything from back to albequerque to yet another flash forward.

after so long working within the strict confines of a prequel, it must have felt good for the writers to have the final episodes be capable of surprise

Doom_Art posted...

Solid episode

That recast was hella distracting at first

What was the recasting?

LostForest posted...

What was the recasting?

The cab driver.

Serious_Cat posted...

The cab driver.

Oh shit did I miss something? Where was he from?

LostForest posted...

Oh shit did I miss something? Where was he from?

During a previous flashback, the cab driver recognized Gene as Saul Goodman:

https://mobile.twitter.com/Beedeste/status/1542993292547145728

that episode was suspenseful as hell. Holy fuck

i wouldnt be surprised if jim oheir actually ate all those cinnabons

WalkingLobsters posted...

that episode was suspenseful as hell. Holy fuck

That episode also really made me want a Cinnabon!

I thought the episode was alright, but it definitely felt a lot weaker than the long stretch of episodes before, IMO.

I might appreciate it more after multiple viewings, though.

I noticed this episode dropped the "_ and _" theme of episode titles.

I was a little disappointed in it TBH.

The episode wasn't "bad" per se but it felt like it was written by different writers.

Suddenly Jimmy knows who the cab driver is, where he lives, his motivations, his mom's routine and feels confident fucking him around.

I mean they skip all that but then spent literally 5 minutes showing him mapping out how many feet between each clothing rack. Because we can't assume he did that but we can assume he transformed into Mike and did background checks/stake outs of Cabby for 2 weeks.

And the "Dump a crate on their doorstep and hope they leave it overnight and then never make the connection of the massive suspicious crate that arrived around the time their inventory was massively wrong" seems like a really bad scheme for no reason.

And then the result of the episode is we're back at square 1 as if Cab guy never turned up.

Just felt like filler with tons of plot convience. Like they extended a Gene opening season scene to an entire episode.

I just wasn't feeling it. Made me feel like the show just needs to end, the steam has gone.

Serious_Cat posted...

The cab driver.

yeah i wanted to check who the guys he was talking to because they didn't look like that
but anyway great episode though the black and white effect kinda hurts my eyes

Wasnt a fan of this episode it was not fitting of what the season has been it was like lets slam the breaks 4 episodes before it all ends

I do like how he put in all that work and research so the taxi driver could never try to blackmail him again, though.

the way he weaponizes his knowledge of the law is a work of art, lol.

Guns_of_Verdun posted...

I noticed this episode dropped the "_ and _" theme of episode titles.

I was a little disappointed in it TBH.

The episode wasn't "bad" per se but it felt like it was written by different writers.

Suddenly Jimmy knows who the cab driver is, where he lives, his motivations, his mom's routine and feels confident fucking him around.

I mean they skip all that but then spent literally 5 minutes showing him mapping out how many feet between each clothing rack. Because we can't assume he did that but we can assume he transformed into Mike and did background checks/stake outs of Cabby for 2 weeks.

And the "Dump a crate on their doorstep and hope they leave it overnight and then never make the connection of the massive suspicious crate that arrived around the time their inventory was massively wrong" seems like a really bad scheme for no reason.

And then the result of the episode is we're back at square 1 as if Cab guy never turned up.

Just felt like filler with tons of plot convience. Like they extended a Gene opening season scene to an entire episode.

I just wasn't feeling it. Made me feel like the show just needs to end, the steam has gone.

Kinda felt the same way. Now that the BCS stuff is pretty much wrapped up, there doesn't seem to be anywhere else to go aside from the Gene stuff. Hope it gets more interesting from here.

That was the most nerve-wracking Cinnabon ad ever

Not a great episode, but still good. I think the episode feels weaker because we were getting some of the best ones previously. While it's not as great, I think it's there to start of what's to come. Thought the plan was going to go horribly wrong, or more wrong than it did. There's the sort of funny coincidence in that Jeff did some slippin like Jimmy. I was bummed out about the recast at first because the original actor was so damn great, but the new guy did fine. Always good to see Carol Burnett too even for a small role.

And damn I want some cinnamon rolls.

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"...because you're Breaking Bad."

Yeah I didn't really like the ep either. I figured we would be getting an episode that takes place entirely in the future timeline, but I didn't expect it to be immediately now. I thought for sure we would be getting a Breaking Bad timeline episode from the perspective of Saul after the way last week ended.

This episode was kind of a drag.

Nukazie posted...

the black and white effect kinda hurts my eyes

Also this lol. I really hope that the rest of the season isn't like this.

Guns_of_Verdun posted...

And the "Dump a crate on their doorstep and hope they leave it overnight and then never make the connection of the massive suspicious crate that arrived around the time their inventory was massively wrong" seems like a really bad scheme for no reason.

Jimmy/Gene knows they only keep the security recordings for 72 hours and won't find out the items are missing before then, so there's really no evidence even if they do piece it together.

Hayame_Zero posted...

That was the most nerve-wracking Cinnabon ad ever

It's always funny when they have to make up brands like Zafiro Aejo and yet Cinnabon seemingly has no issue depicting their manager instigating a minor heist.

Nukazie posted...

the black and white effect kinda hurts my eyes

I had a hard time telling it was supposed to be in the winter.

The one thing I kept thinking about was how Gene's plan would have been utterly ruined entirely if the security guard sat on the other side of the table so he could eat and look at the cameras at the same time

Boombam99 posted...

The one thing I kept thinking about was how Gene's plan would have been utterly ruined entirely if the security guard sat on the other side of the table so he could eat and look at the cameras at the same time

I mean that's why Jimmy spent weeks casing the place. If the dude had a tendency to sit on either side of the table, he'd probably rethink the entire scheme.

Yeah if he would have sat on the other side of the table Jimmy would have did another scheme.

I really liked the episode. It showed how quickly Gene was able to jump back into the meticulous scheming of Slippin Jimmy, and how much he desperately wanted/needed to go back. He's pretty much busting at the seams right now and its setting us up for the next three eps.

Honestly I liked the episode but really I like for Gus/Cartel stuff to be in the mix too.

Wasn't it confirmed that Walt and Jesse were going to make a cameo appearance this season? If the rest of the episodes are just going to be Gene Takeovich, I don't see where that could possibly fit in anymore.

Was the "A 50 year old high school teacher walks into my office" it? >_>

LostForest posted...

Wasn't it confirmed that Walt and Jesse were going to make a cameo appearance this season? If the rest of the episodes are just going to be Gene Takeovich, I don't see where that could possibly fit in anymore.

Was the "A 50 year old high school teacher walks into my office" it? >_>

Bob Odenkirk has said they make two substantial appearances and that they wouldn't have agreed to just a drive by cameo.

Very good episode but yeah it's gonna look bad when the last three episodes were probably the strongest of the series, and on top of that, people were expecting BB era Saul

I liked the episode, but did anyone else feel like an actually robbery was outside of Jimmys comfort zone? He is a schemer for sure, but whenever hed rob someone, it would seemingly be a means of tricking them into willingly giving him their stuff.

When he an Marco swindle people, its with tricks. They are given the money. Jimmy and Kim trick Ken into buying them $50 shots. Jimmy manipulates the residents of Sandpiper to agree to the payout.

Flat out robbery just doesnt suit him, IMO. Agree? Disagree?

The_Popo posted...

I liked the episode, but did anyone else feel like an actually robbery was outside of Jimmys comfort zone? He is a schemer for sure, but whenever hed rob someone, it would seemingly be a means of tricking them into willingly giving him their stuff.

When he an Marco swindle people, its with tricks. They are given the money. Jimmy and Kim trick Ken into buying them $50 shots. Jimmy manipulates the residents of Sandpiper to agree to the payout.

Flat out robbery just doesnt suit him, IMO. Agree? Disagree?

Alpine Shepherd Boy

i liked the episode mostly, showing that even a paranoid, fearful jimmy still couldn't resist pulling a scam as a means to solve his jeffie problem. he even put on the ring

jimmy can't stay away from the petty scamming

The_Popo posted...

I liked the episode, but did anyone else feel like an actually robbery was outside of Jimmys comfort zone? He is a schemer for sure, but whenever hed rob someone, it would seemingly be a means of tricking them into willingly giving him their stuff.

When he an Marco swindle people, its with tricks. They are given the money. Jimmy and Kim trick Ken into buying them $50 shots. Jimmy manipulates the residents of Sandpiper to agree to the payout.

Flat out robbery just doesnt suit him, IMO. Agree? Disagree?

His real scheme was getting the cab driver guy to commit felonies, giving Saul leverage so the guy CAN'T turn Saul in without screwing himself over.

Bestoffuture posted...

Very good episode but yeah it's gonna look bad when the last three episodes were probably the strongest of the series, and on top of that, people were expecting BB era Saul

Are there any loose threads from Breaking Bad era aside from Francesca's phone call?

starting to feel like point and shoot was the series climax and these remaining episodes are just epilogue.

Serious_Cat posted...

Are there any loose threads from Breaking Bad era aside from Francesca's phone call?

I can think of a few but not really from Saul.

Walts mom
Walts first drug deal with gus
Huell
Bill Burr

They were all just quietly dropped

The_Popo posted...

I liked the episode, but did anyone else feel like an actually robbery was outside of Jimmys comfort zone? He is a schemer for sure, but whenever hed rob someone, it would seemingly be a means of tricking them into willingly giving him their stuff.

When he an Marco swindle people, its with tricks. They are given the money. Jimmy and Kim trick Ken into buying them $50 shots. Jimmy manipulates the residents of Sandpiper to agree to the payout.

Flat out robbery just doesnt suit him, IMO. Agree? Disagree?

The robbery wasn't the scheme. The scheme was entangling Jeff into as many felonies as possible so that he couldn't rat Jimmy out.

Smiffwilm posted...

His real scheme was getting the cab driver guy to commit felonies, giving Saul leverage so the guy CAN'T turn Saul in without screwing himself over.

Compsognathus posted...

The robbery wasn't the scheme. The scheme was entangling Jeff into as many felonies as possible so that he couldn't rat Jimmy out.

Good call. I was looking into it a bit too much of Slippin Jimmy getting an itch again, and it came with the added benefit of gaining leverage. You guys are right, the overall purpose was to gain leverage.