I watched it a second time, and now I see it. The first time I got hung up on the fact that Kim is essentially judgment proof, therefore he wasn't actually protecting her from anything by doing what he did. And two, I really fell for the head fake that he was a total dbag, with nothing really to redeem. The second he let go of Marion's LifeAlert, I should have know he was going to end up doing the right thing.
I definitely appreciated the episode more in retrospect than at the first viewing. I've watched some scenes a second time and it really does makes a lot of sense to end it the way they did. Saul is definitely more comfortable around criminals. Also, Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould both left open the possibility of another project with Kim and/or Saul in a couple interviews I read.
Yeah, pretty crazy this world all started back in 2008.
Don’t lose hope.
Hope so. I’m pretty picky though. I think I watched the first 2 episodes of GOT, and didn’t care to continue. I have trouble getting into new shows - they’ve gotta really do it for me, or else I’d rather just rewatch I show I already know I love rather than watch something new that I’m not sold on.
Forgive the pedantry, but... the final parts of a play, or episode(s) of a show, that (ideally) end the character arcs and resolve plot are by definition the denouement. Guess I'm glad it felt like one, although more of an erosion, or crumbling - they failed to maintain the intensity of the arc, and it certainly didn't go where I'd hoped at the end of S06 part 1 (and there I concur with your assessment).
Forgive the pedantry, but... the final parts of a play, or episode(s) of a show, that (ideally) end the character arcs and resolve plot are by definition the denouement. Guess I'm glad it felt like one, although more of an erosion, or crumbling - they failed to maintain the intensity of the arc, and it certainly didn't go where I'd hoped at the end of S06 part 1 (and there I concur with your assessment).
Had to look it up as I don’t often remember episode names - yes that one is an all timer right there.
HBO are the only ones that usually make things at that kind of level. I don't know what else has been made by someone else that reached those heights in the last 10-15 years outside of BB, BCS and 1st few seasons of Walking Dead.
Hmmm, I thought in that season 1 episode Mike admitted he was involved in the corruption too? Would have to rewatch though.
Yeah, off the top of my head I'd include Plan and Execution (Howard and Lalo), Five-O (Mike's backstory), Bad Choice Road (Lalo goes into the desert to investigate Jimmy's story), Waterworks (Kim's new life in Florida), all nearly interchangeable behind Chicanery.
In the BB/BCS universe I’m an absolute sucker for the episodes where they go out in the middle of the desert.
Yeah, in a day and age where everything is filmed in Georgia it's nice when shows lean into unique locations.
I rewatched El Camino recently and I was thinking that the big wads of cash that Badger and Skinny Pete gave Jesse were probably payments from Walter for helping him with scaring Gretchen and Elliot with the laser pointers.
Watch it again. Aaron Paul kills it. It's a tremendous closure for him, honestly.
