Better Call Saul - Page 3

*CyberCubed* · 04-23-2020, 09:39 AM

Since Robert Forster died in real life they're probably not even going to use the vaccume guy in the last season, (if he's mentioned it'll just be off-screen).

While making a whole series about an adult Walter Jr/Flynn might be a hard sell, if anyone could do it, it's the creators. If you told me 5 years ago they were going to make a whole prequel spinoff about Saul Goodman, a silly comical side character in Breaking Bad, and somehow make 5 seasons out of it, it would have sounded ridiculous. But they made it work and many even feel the show is better than Breaking Bad.

Flynn began to hate his father by the end of the series so I don't know how they could use that angle. And seeing a now 60+ year old Skyla and 10-12 year old Holly might be interesting. I mean it's too bad Hank died because he and Flynn had an interesting dynamic going for awhile they could have used now that he's an adult, oh well

*Andrew NDB* · 04-23-2020, 01:48 PM

When adult Walt Jr. gets all that money it could change everything. In fact, that should be the end of the first episode.

*CyberCubed* · 04-23-2020, 02:15 PM

I mean this is what "Walt Jr." looks like now:

There would obviously have to be the same kind of time skip between when Breaking Bad ended back in 2013 as there was in real life for him to play the character. 7+ years had passed, he's not a 16 year old anymore.

*Andrew NDB* · 04-23-2020, 02:24 PM

So, about the same.

When did Walt say Walt Jr. would get the money? It'd be a bit problematic to kick off the show with Walt Jr. already having that money for many years. Not impossible though.

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 04-23-2020, 04:13 PM

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So, about the same.

When did Walt say Walt Jr. would get the money? It'd be a bit problematic to kick off the show with Walt Jr. already having that money for many years. Not impossible though.

On his 18th birthday, 6 months from when Walt leaves the money with Gretchen and Eliot.

*Andrew NDB* · 07-28-2021, 01:38 AM

Oh no!

https://deadline.com/2021/07/bob-ode...al-1234801211/

*neatoman* · 07-28-2021, 02:32 PM

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Oh no!

https://deadline.com/2021/07/bob-ode...al-1234801211/

I hope he'll be fine. Does he have any history of health problems?

*Andrew NDB* · 02-03-2022, 02:34 AM

Still bizarrely no word about season 6 (or "6A" as I guess it will be called), but as I'm doing a rewatch of all of Saul and now Breaking Bad again... I gotta wonder.

Assuming Nacho survives Saul season 6, and maybe even Lalo. Some kind of post-Breaking Bad show with Nacho, Pinkman, and Saul, Lalo circling about while Walt Jr. gets Walt Sr.'s money... maybe that could be something.

*CyberCubed* · 02-03-2022, 04:24 PM

I honestly keep forgetting this show is still going and we're getting one last season. It's just so strange, a lot of people feel the Breaking Bad universe ended in 2013 or so, but here we are in 2022 and the universe that started in 2008 is STILL going.

It's crazy, this franchise is almost 15 years old.

*Andrew NDB* · 03-10-2022, 03:55 PM

Trailer for the last season:

Season hits 4/18.

I'm wondering who the hell that guy is supposed to be at the end of the trailer that's in front of Lalo Salamanca. Is that the same guy who was bugging Saul in last season's Cinnabon flash-forward?

*sdp* · 03-10-2022, 04:20 PM

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I honestly keep forgetting this show is still going and we're getting one last season. It's just so strange, a lot of people feel the Breaking Bad universe ended in 2013 or so, but here we are in 2022 and the universe that started in 2008 is STILL going.

It's crazy, this franchise is almost 15 years old.

Breaking Bad is so overrated, I'm sure this show is good since the premise works for side stories but I just have no interest in returning to that universe or ever rewatching it. I liked it but meh, I also didn't watch the epilogue movie either. I feel most people feel that way about spin offs.

*CyberCubed* · 03-10-2022, 06:49 PM

I didn't watch Breaking Bad when it originally aired, I saw it for the first time I think back in 2018 or so? And rewatched it twice since then, the performances of the cast really sell the series. Even rewatching it and knowing this time around what will happen and where certain character arcs go, it's even more rewarding because you pick up on things you missed or didn't notice the first time around.

Better Call Saul is arguably a better series though. The trailer looks fantastic.

*Andrew NDB* · 03-12-2022, 06:16 AM

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Breaking Bad is so overrated, I'm sure this show is good since the premise works for side stories but I just have no interest in returning to that universe or ever rewatching it. I liked it but meh, I also didn't watch the epilogue movie either. I feel most people feel that way about spin offs.

Well you're in the minority. And thank goodness for that. When Saul is over we'll have gotten 11 seasons of critically acclaimed and awarded TV and even a movie to boot. I say bring on the Rise of Gus series or a movie or a Walt Jr. sequel series.

*Powder* · 03-12-2022, 04:46 PM

Losing my mind at this trailer, things are gonna get so intense.

Seeing Jeff at the end working with Lalo spells a nasty end for Gene, I suspect... I'm riddled with anxiety!

*Andrew NDB* · 03-12-2022, 05:03 PM

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Seeing Jeff at the end working with Lalo spells a nasty end for Gene, I suspect... I'm riddled with anxiety!

That IS Jeff, right? Just with a mustache?

Could be Saul helps Lalo escape via the Disappearer and then Saul calls in a favor with Lalo to handle Jeff. Maybe. And bet at some point in the last episodes the Gene stuff fades from B&W to color and fully becomes "the present."

*CyberCubed* · 03-13-2022, 12:21 AM

It's weird how exciting that trailer is despite knowing the ultimate fates of everyone like Saul (for the most part), Gus, Mike, Hector, and the rest of them besides Kim, Nacho and I guess Howard.

It says a lot about the storytelling that we all know where most of the characters will end up yet it still feels very exciting to watch. I predict Kim will live and reunite with Saul after the future segment.

*Andrew NDB* · 03-13-2022, 12:45 AM

We don't know for sure about Lalo either. We just know that Gus believes he is dead in Breaking Bad.

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It says a lot about the storytelling that we all know where most of the characters will end up yet it still feels very exciting to watch. I predict Kim will live and reunite with Saul after the future segment.

Definitely. She was working with him behind the scenes during Breaking Bad (and living in that house for sale they randomly visited last season) and then will reunite in the Cinnabon stuff. Like, we'll see their tearful goodbye when Saul has to go to the disappearer.

*CyberCubed* · 03-13-2022, 11:56 AM

Yeah, it also wouldn't make sense for Saul to be acting the way he does in Breaking Bad if Kim was dead. I could see her being locked up in jail for some time too as that would explain her absence, but I'm sure she's alive.

Pretty sure Lalo will die as all villains in this series meet their end, and it ties up loose ends. Nacho will probably kill him.

*Andrew NDB* · 03-14-2022, 02:26 AM

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Yeah, it also wouldn't make sense for Saul to be acting the way he does in Breaking Bad if Kim was dead.

Then again... in Saul's first appearance on Breaking Bad, he makes chauvinistic remarks about wanting to have sex with his secretary. Though I think that was because they were just figuring out his character at that time... because we never hear him say anything like that again.

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I could see her being locked up in jail for some time too as that would explain her absence, but I'm sure she's alive.

Surely Saul would have insulated her from any of that stuff. That would be the whole point of her remaining the "secret wife." Though you can bet while he went to the Cinnabon courtesy of the Disappearer, Kim has been working behind the scenes to find him or something.

Though that brings up an interesting point. When Walt was first considering using the Disappearer (before it turned out that Skyler spent all of their money), the Disappearer was going to disappear his whole family, together. If Saul was still with Kim, even if the law wasn't looking for her... surely the Disappearer could have sent them off together, as a couple, similarly? So either Kim was like, "This is your fault! You disappear, I'm not going!" or what's more likely, is that Saul just Disappeared himself and maybe left a note or something. Taking the bullet and not wanting to ruin her career/life any further.

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Pretty sure Lalo will die as all villains in this series meet their end, and it ties up loose ends. Nacho will probably kill him.

I agree he'll probably die... but the possibilities if he does not are more intriguing.

Also, clearly something bad happens between Mike and Saul in this. Yeah, they're still associates by the time of Breaking Bad, but Mike was 100% ready to execute Saul halfway into the show. I don't see the Mike currently in Better Call Saul as being willing to do that.

*Andrew NDB* · 04-11-2022, 01:23 AM

Both Walt and Jessie are going to be in season 6:

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-n...nkman-1335540/

04-23-2020, 01:48 PM	#42
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,574	When adult Walt Jr. gets all that money it could change everything. In fact, that should be the end of the first episode. __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ]

04-23-2020, 02:24 PM	#44
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,574	So, about the same. When did Walt say Walt Jr. would get the money? It'd be a bit problematic to kick off the show with Walt Jr. already having that money for many years. Not impossible though. __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ]

07-28-2021, 01:38 AM	#46
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,574	Oh no! https://deadline.com/2021/07/bob-ode...al-1234801211/ __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ]

02-03-2022, 02:34 AM	#48
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,574	Still bizarrely no word about season 6 (or "6A" as I guess it will be called), but as I'm doing a rewatch of all of Saul and now Breaking Bad again... I gotta wonder. Assuming Nacho survives Saul season 6, and maybe even Lalo. Some kind of post-Breaking Bad show with Nacho, Pinkman, and Saul, Lalo circling about while Walt Jr. gets Walt Sr.'s money... maybe that could be something. __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ]

03-10-2022, 03:55 PM	#50
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,574	Trailer for the last season: Season hits 4/18. I'm wondering who the hell that guy is supposed to be at the end of the trailer that's in front of Lalo Salamanca. Is that the same guy who was bugging Saul in last season's Cinnabon flash-forward? __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ]

04-23-2020, 09:39 AM	#41
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,887	Since Robert Forster died in real life they're probably not even going to use the vaccume guy in the last season, (if he's mentioned it'll just be off-screen). While making a whole series about an adult Walter Jr/Flynn might be a hard sell, if anyone could do it, it's the creators. If you told me 5 years ago they were going to make a whole prequel spinoff about Saul Goodman, a silly comical side character in Breaking Bad, and somehow make 5 seasons out of it, it would have sounded ridiculous. But they made it work and many even feel the show is better than Breaking Bad. Flynn began to hate his father by the end of the series so I don't know how they could use that angle. And seeing a now 60+ year old Skyla and 10-12 year old Holly might be interesting. I mean it's too bad Hank died because he and Flynn had an interesting dynamic going for awhile they could have used now that he's an adult, oh well

04-23-2020, 02:15 PM	#43
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,887	I mean this is what "Walt Jr." looks like now: There would obviously have to be the same kind of time skip between when Breaking Bad ended back in 2013 as there was in real life for him to play the character. 7+ years had passed, he's not a 16 year old anymore.

02-03-2022, 04:24 PM	#49
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,887	I honestly keep forgetting this show is still going and we're getting one last season. It's just so strange, a lot of people feel the Breaking Bad universe ended in 2013 or so, but here we are in 2022 and the universe that started in 2008 is STILL going. It's crazy, this franchise is almost 15 years old.

03-10-2022, 06:49 PM	#52
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,887	I didn't watch Breaking Bad when it originally aired, I saw it for the first time I think back in 2018 or so? And rewatched it twice since then, the performances of the cast really sell the series. Even rewatching it and knowing this time around what will happen and where certain character arcs go, it's even more rewarding because you pick up on things you missed or didn't notice the first time around. Better Call Saul is arguably a better series though. The trailer looks fantastic.

03-12-2022, 04:46 PM	#54
Powder 40 Years of TMNT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell-Ri-La Posts: 26,956	Losing my mind at this trailer, things are gonna get so intense. Seeing Jeff at the end working with Lalo spells a nasty end for Gene, I suspect... I'm riddled with anxiety!

03-13-2022, 12:21 AM	#56
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,887	It's weird how exciting that trailer is despite knowing the ultimate fates of everyone like Saul (for the most part), Gus, Mike, Hector, and the rest of them besides Kim, Nacho and I guess Howard. It says a lot about the storytelling that we all know where most of the characters will end up yet it still feels very exciting to watch. I predict Kim will live and reunite with Saul after the future segment.

03-13-2022, 11:56 AM	#58
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,887	Yeah, it also wouldn't make sense for Saul to be acting the way he does in Breaking Bad if Kim was dead. I could see her being locked up in jail for some time too as that would explain her absence, but I'm sure she's alive. Pretty sure Lalo will die as all villains in this series meet their end, and it ties up loose ends. Nacho will probably kill him.

04-11-2022, 01:23 AM	#60
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,574	Both Walt and Jessie are going to be in season 6: https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-n...nkman-1335540/ __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ] Last edited by Andrew NDB; 04-11-2022 at 03:45 PM.