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TenderLovingKiller®
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I still have Cable and a DVR. I’ll watch the Better Call Saul finale tomorrow afternoon like any self respecting aged Millennial. I won’t fast forward through commercials either. That’s when I get to go get as snack, check my phone, and/or see a man about a horse.
LeeVing
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Now that it's over I guess I should try to watch it again.
I've started the first season a few different times, and just couldn't get into it.
I love Breaking Bad, Bob, Michael McKean...it would seem to be a show I would love. But I just get bored with it and move on to something else.
I've started the first season a few different times, and just couldn't get into it.
I love Breaking Bad, Bob, Michael McKean...it would seem to be a show I would love. But I just get bored with it and move on to something else.
ayayrawn
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If you love Breaking Bad it's pretty essential imo. It adds so much to the universe, fills in tons of blanks and fleshes out a lot of the characters.
Hollywood
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Absolutely
TenderLovingKiller®
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This was initially how I was with Breaking Bad, TBH. I was a big fan of Cranston, absolutely loved Mad Men, and the previews made it looked like frenetic fun but when I watched the premiere when it initially aired I didn’t enjoy it. Maybe my expectations were too high or it was that those early episodes were super depressing as They made Walter White super pathetic but I didn’t tune back in until after 3 seasons had aired, and the show had received a ton of critical acclaim. I figured I really needed to give it another try. So one day I hurt my back pretty bad to the point I could barely move so I laid on the floor and binged all three seasons.
I think by the end of the second episode I was all in.
Bull Shannon
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I was similarly underwhelmed. For seasons, really; I’d catch the show as it came on Netflix, picking my way through the seasons. It was never bad, but it never really pulled me in; unlike bb, I just never wondered what came next.
But the last 2-3 seasons, especially this final season which I’ve watched week to week, really pay off. It’s more of a character study, mixed with con man hijinks and courtroom antics. It’s really cohesive, really smart, and just an amazing character study.
TenderLovingKiller®
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No doubt I am experiencing some recency bias, and I still haven't watched the finale yet but from where I sit at this moment I think I prefer Saul to BB. I am planning on moving straight from the finale into a complete series rewatch of Breaking Bad, so maybe that will swing me back the other way (both were excellent, there's no wrong answer) but as of this moment it's Better Call Saul by a nose.
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Hollywood
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I may have to agree with you on that one!
tvham
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I like to think of them as one long story but agreed, at the very least BCS is right up there with BB. If people have seen neither, however, I'd definitely suggest watching BB first even though BCS is technically a prequel.
TenderLovingKiller®
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Yeah, I agree. I think you could enjoy Saul on its own merits without first watching BB but most of the easter eggs presented in Saul would be lost on those who haven't yet seen BB first. Also it's likely Saul gives too much away in regards to BB plots (with the B&W Gene flash forwards in particular) if you were to watching them in timeline order.
Bull Shannon
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I think BB had more thrills, and was a propulsive story that constantly moved forward; there are more ups and downs and fits and starts. BCS is a lot more uniform, more of a measured character study. It comes together as something really well rounded and thematically cohesive.
I’d wonder, though; lots of stories, especially Mike’s side of the story, rely on an understanding of what’s to come. This final season especially turns Breaking Bad into this unspoken catastrophe hanging over everyone’s life, and an unshown turning point in Saul’s life. I think there are enough ways the show says “we all know what happened in Breaking Bad,” loudly and quietly.
I did see someone in a comments section propose watching the first five and a half seasons of Saul, watching all of BB, then the last 4 or 5 episodes of Saul. Which is…a choice.
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TenderLovingKiller®
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I haven’t kept up with Westworld but the cover of Wu-Tangs “C.R.E.A.M.” During the geisha dance scene using traditional Japanese instruments in season 2 was a thing of beauty.
It starts out and at first you don’t recognize it but then it slowly builds and then all the sudden it hits and it gives you goosebumps.
Bennnnn
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I think Better Call Saul ended wonderfully. It's not the ending I originally wanted, but I think it makes the most sense and packs a really good punch, from an emotional character perspective - which is what the show is. I have often thought BCS is just leagues better than BB. But I think now that it's over, I'm gonna watch BB all the way through and then do a full re-watch of BCS. BB is a great show, but I just have found myself preferring Saul's arc over Walt's. Also BCS has Kim and she's my favorite of either of the shows.
TenderLovingKiller®
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So you were always like this.
chrb98
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Yeah this is what I ended up doing! Just watched the finale today and, holy shit. That might be one of the most satisfying ends to a show I have ever seen. I already slightly preferred BCS to Breaking Bad, but now I really think it’s one of my all-time faves
There’s a lot I could say about it, but one thing I haven’t seen anyone else online mention is
when “Gene” is on the run from the cops at the beginning, there’s a ton of shots focused on him running on ice or through water. Great red herring, I really thought “Slippin Jimmy” was about to come full circle
ranbalam
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I agree, in fact, I thought it was perfect.