I think the "search for all Uncle Jack's Money"… makes a great setup for the sequel to Breaking Bad

I think she does have some mixed motive in manipulating Mike for her own ends but she probably thinks of it in terms of her daughter and that he has nothing to do.

I think when she made Mike work to give her money so that she could move to a safer neighborhood, she was sorta playing him, trying to convince him there was a threat. I think she is still playing him, but in a non-ill-intentioned way.

Didn't Mike prove a season or two ago that she was lying about the gunshots she used as a pretext for needing a new house?

I was thinking about this in the scenes with them as well. I had the sense something was off about her last season but I think it was more the actress than the character.

I've been wondering for a while if Stacey is somehow playing Mike, using his guilt and his love for his granddaughter as weapons.

I'm with Jimmy…fuck Chuck. Rebecca doesn't even know half the shit that's been going on, so she really had no right to say anything. She hasn't even been around. Jimmy owes Chuck nothing. I think he's more than paid Chuck back for bailing him out like 15 years ago. I don't know, maybe I'm just a terrible person, but…

That's pretty much it, yes!

From my recollection, Walt basically felt small and demeaned because Gretchen's family was sort of stereotypical "happy rich family." Like that scene in the Aviator where DiCaprio's Hughes goes off on the Hepburns for the money they have. Walt felt like they were condescending him, or felt inferior, and just bailed.…

It was pride/jealousy/feeling inferior. The actress for Gretchen answered this question.

Yeah, I was being diplomatic for once in my life. I do like Donna's writing and criticism very much, but I'm not sure I agree with her 100% on her police work, there, Lou. (Wrong show?)

If Gus was being too placid, it was on purpose. He's the absolute master of the long game. Sure Hector might feel like a big man by intimidating people in Gus's restaurant… but Hector ends up disabled in a wheelchair, dinging a bell. I'm guessing that is Gus's doing.

I know. "I just stood up to them, told them 'you're in Trump country now!', and they ran away like little putos!".

But to explain who Jimmy devolves into they have to go into this somewhat as it's part of his story. They have to explain Jimmy and Mike's future relationship with Gus in Breaking Bad.

Aww. Gus is one of my favourite fictional characters and I could watch an entire season's worth of him methodically peeling and eating an orange. But you raise a good point. For those who like Gus, spelling out his backstory would demystify him and be a letdown. For those who dislike Gus (and the comment section shows…

How dare you!
Appreciate the fact Gilligan and his team are taking their sweet time showing the audience everyone's back story.
It's rare in 2017 for a show to be so detail orientated and more about acting, drama and character stories and arcs.
If you want balls to the walls action treat yourself to the entire back…

I'm not worried at all.
As long as they always push Jimmy's story somewhat, I'll never complain that we
get interesting gaps filled in for BB's history.
Hell, if this ables us to have five plus seasons of this show, all the better.

To be fair every once in a while Mike's story line has to take over. The past couple episodes were primarily focused on Jimmy. So a Mike episode was bound to pop up.

It's just too bad he never got to stay around until Kaylee was old enough to take her spying with him.

Watching Jimmy and Kim play Chuck like a chump was great. I can't wait to see what they've got in store for him. I love the Jimmy and Mike friendship/partnership/bromance or whatever you want to call it. They're awesome together. And it was cool to see Mike and Chuck interact for the first time. Mike running the drill…