I kind of wished he would’ve died alone in the cabin. But I also appreciated that his return diminished some of the punishment that his kids would face.

nm. I kept reading and saw you already made the same comment I was going to make!

If anything I thought her presence should have worked against him in the deal-making. There was no way she was buying his nonsense, which should have put pressure on the feds to not bargain with him. It was nice seeing the character again, but the whole thing didn’t really fit together well from my perspective.…

Good points. I suppose no one really moves in a straight line and you could say that Mike was resigned by the time we got to him in BB. Only later did he finally break out a bit (after Gus was killed?). I’m not sure that really works for me, but I chalk it up to the difficulty of trying to develop a character within…

Yes. I was referring to how it didn’t fit with his character in Breaking Bad. I thought his regrets and misgivings here were well done and presented a conflicted man. But they became less believable to me anytime I remembered that there was another show’s worth of dirty work that he did after Better Call Saul ended.

I think Breaking Bad had a great ending. But I also think of Ozymandias as the ending of Breaking Bad, with the final two episodes being the epilogue. I don’t think Saul’s final season and series of episodes holds up nearly as well.

I think that’s a good point. If it was supposed to redemptive, I don’t think it works. He wasn’t really doing it to make amends for the pain he caused Marie or Howard’s wife or anyone else either - well, maybe Chuck, but he’s not around to hear it. He kind of hosed poor Bill Oakley too. In the end, he still got one…

The one that doesn’t ring true to me is Mike. He was regretful...and then spent the next few years continuing to work for Gus. I don’t recall him having a lot of qualms about the work he did in Breaking Bad. He kind of had a code, but still actively participated in some awful stuff.

Same. This is where I think the writers went wrong in this season. They had Kim be the one to keep pushing. Actually, I think it was largely her idea. It’s been so long since it started though, I can’t recall for sure.

Other countries are scaling way back on these types of treatments. Meanwhile the AAP won’t even allow comments from their own members on proposals for a comprehensive review of treatment for gender dysphoria in kids.

Me too! We watched the E.T. re-release this weekend and it was a lot of fun. I’ve always regretted that I didn’t see Ghost Protocol in IMAX and would definitely jump at the chance to see it and many other movies in that format.

I figured the ambiguity was intentional.

I think this was the funniest episode yet. Nathan “sneaks” Adam away for secret Judaism lessons because he doesn’t know enough about his own faith, brings the teacher to the house to talk to Angela, and then the teacher gets mad that a Christian is stuck on Jesus. It was great.

It also helps bring in the bigger picture of the universe - more on why and how the same conflicts seem to keep happening.

I have to imagine the star makes a big difference there. The Rock is a megastar. Leslie Grace has one film credit to her name. Maybe she’ll be the next Charlize Theron, but she’s not there yet.

It’s now been more than four years and they still haven’t edited it.

Except there is disagreement as to whether it should be in an elementary library and/or who should make that decision. My point was that the disagreement here isn’t a major one - it’s a year or two. But according to NPR, it’s been a frequent question ever since the book was published almost 30 years ago.

Thanks for the info! The book has a disclaimer that it is for ages 10 and up. Wamp says it’s not appropriate for elementary age kids (most kids are 11 when they leave elementary school). So Wamp and the authors aren’t far apart on the age appropriateness of the book.

Most women look nothing like her - of any political stripe.

Also, https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/04/24/most-democrats-who-are-looking-for-a-relationship-would-not-consider-dating-a-trump-voter/