The first thing, for me I didn't really notice that very much either negatively or positively (as in I was also never "wow, what a sweet shot"). I'll have to rewatch the episode to really judge that, I think.

The thing about "we thought he was just a scumbag" I think is such a big part of the point of this entire season. Everyone around Saul sees him as the scumbag that the audience saw in Breaking Bad, including it's revealed in Pimento his brother, the person who had "forced" him to change. Like I said in my own comment…

There's definitely an interesting spin on it, and as far as I'm conerned the conversation between Mike and his daughter in law kind of "salvaged" the episode in that way to me. But the larger lines are just a bit too recognisable to me.
Not to say I thought it was a bad episode, like I said before these are still good…

What did you not like about it? Personally I thought it was a good episode, even if I did think it lacked the climactic nature (excitement-wise) that I'd hoped for for a season ending episode.

That's actually part of my problem with it. I was excited to know what Hank was referring to when he said that his tenure as a cop ended somewhat "dramatically" but then this episode felt like a bit of a disappointment due to the, what I consider, overuse of stock elements like corrupt cops, etc.
I just expected…

Have to disagree. It just seemed too stock noir for me. I mean, it was intended to evoke that kind of noir vibe but I feel like they went a bit too far with it.
Don't get me wrong, even the episodes that are lowest on my list are still better than half of the stuff out there, but you know. Didn't think it was up to the…

Alright, so now that the season has ended I feel the need to rank the episodes. Anyone else here feel free to respond to my comment with your own ranking, btw.
1. Nacho.
2. Hero.
3. Pimento
4. RICO
5. Uno
6. Bingo
7. Marco
8. Mijo
9. Five-O
10. Alpine Shepherd Boy

I think Jimmy stopped for another reason too: his self-esteem.

To me this is also an example of how you absolutely do need good writing to make a character interesting and complex and believable, but without good acting to back that up it would come across as flat or inconsistent.
We've seen Chuck act generally in that whimsical way and even when he's been serious in the past he's…

Well, that's actually part of the point I'm trying to make. It's not just that I should've trusted that they would go for it 100% it's that it should've been clear that they wouldn't have even considered it if they didn't think they could do it. If they didn't see a way to make it work.

I get what you mean, but at that point there's just no power left in you to go to a verbal insult. There are just no words that could've done justice to Jimmy's pain, nor really get through to Chuck what he'd done to Jimmy. At that point words just become insignificant and action is the only thing that will speak loud…

I knew it wasn't a cash grab for Gilligan, because I'd heard him say before that he has all the cash he'll ever need and that if he wanted to he could've continued Breaking Bad. But I too was worried about this series. We shouldn't have forgotten what caliber of writers, actors, etc. we're dealing with here. These…

Now the previous episode makes complete sense. The happiness that Jimmy showed at working with his brother as he'd always dreamed and the beginning
scene which was suspect from the beginning. Both building to this.
From the moment Chuck went to the phone I knew he'd done something bad, from the moment Hammlin refused…

I have mixed feelings about this episode, as I often do about TWD episodes.

I think the first isn't going to be an incident at all. I think much like Breaking Bad was the transformation of Walter into Heisenberg this show will spend its entire run answering the question of how Jimmy turns into Saul. In other words, I don't expect an "answer" to that question any time soon.
The last one though,…

I'm only a psychology student and I don't yet work in the field, but I can confirm that whenever psychologists are involved there's bound to be some annoyance in store for me.

Very good episode in my opinion, definitely a well deserved A-. Not quite as many deep character insights as some previous episodes, but a lot of excitement and tension, especially when Chuck was sitting in on the meeting. It reminds me of the Breaking Bad MacGiver-type episodes like "Live Free or Die." Plus of…

I may have spoken a little too soon last week in saying TWD is entirely discarding the more ambiguous element to unraveling this particular community (though I think part of what I said is still valid), seeing Rick screaming to the townsfolk with his face covered in blood and holding a gun up at them was definitely…

Yeah, it's… yeah. The tendency to occasionally try to connect religious dots where I think there aren't any is the one thing that irks me about Donna Bowman.

I liked this episode, even though I do think it lacks some of the excitement of "Hero" or "Nacho." I am glad that this is another episode where we're seeing Vince Gilligan's "pitch" for the series come into view clearly, the idea of a legal show where the protagonist lawyer does everything he can to stay out of the…