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Not related to Fargo at all, but if you're into Vince Gilligan's sense of cinematography (and it's one of the key ingredients which sets BB and Better Call Saul apart from anything else on TV), you'll have a blast with Better Call Saul - its languid pacing allows even more pleasure in soaking up the beauty of

If an Oxy addict could be reborn as a series of text this is what he'd look like.

I never saw Jimmy as an 'ethical' character (hell, in the flashback with Marco last episode he showed actual disdain for his goody-two-shoes dad for being too straight) - Chuck was right in assessing that Jimmy was inherently predisposed to being a crook. Even his honest attempts to correct his course were marred by

Howard with a spine is actually a fairly likable character (minus an obvious undercurrent of misogyny towards Kim) - he sees things for what they are (Chuck is coming off the rails, Jimmy is still a low-life grifter with a law degree) and remains sensibly committed to his work. I hated his smirking two-faced

Say what you want about Hank, but Season 3's "One Minute" was one of my all-time favorite episodes from the series and a masterclass from Dean Norris.

Here's my reading of it: Chuck visits the copy guy within an hour of Jimmy leaving, so the cops are going to ask that all footage of that 12 hour window be retained and not overwritten since it could be 'potential evidence' (hell, Chuck being the arse that he is might try to sue the copy shop for damages). So Jimmy's

My favorite frame from this episode: Jimmy and the filmmakers' crew walking across the zebra crossing (in Jimmy's garish outfit, no less) Abbey Road style.

My favorite camera frame from this episode was Jimmy and the filmmakers' crew walking across the zebra crossing (in Jimmy's garish outfit, no less) Abbey Road style. Can't believe everyone missed out on that. In fact, it was one of the few moments on this show where I actually laughed out loud instead of gasping.

Yes please!

As a South Asian man, I must admit that this kind of a family dynamic is alien to me and I've only experienced it through others or media (TV/movies), so it has always intrigued me.

Tree fiddy men.

Not surprisingly, Howard looks and acts exactly like a guy you could meet at law school whose successful lawyer daddy has everything lined up for him. That's probably why he is so in awe of Chuck (I'm assuming Chuck and Howard's dad were the firm's founders and Howard learned the ropes from them).

Come to think of it, he looks and acts exactly like the type of guy you'd meet in law school whose successful daddy has a partner-track offer at his own firm waiting for him at the gate.

On the flipside, the inverse of it would be what most BB fans felt for Walter White - yeah, he was downright evil and did horrible things, but go Walt.

We're talking about the cash-strapped 70s here. $14k was a significant amount back then, especially for a small-town mom-and-pop shop.

Chuck's reading of Jimmy has been correct down to a tee so far though. That's part of the beauty of the yarn that Gilligan spins - Chuck is an upright yet thoroughly unlikable character, while Jimmy is a certified con-man and crook with some good intentions who wins everyone over.

The actor portraying him (aptly named Omar Maskati) is half-Indian, half-Puerto Rican - I did the research because I'm a South Asian too. And he looks the part too. I know this sounds a bit cliched, but as a South Asian man I'm happy to see people of diverse ethnicities in 'regular' roles these days.

I think Jack's neo-Nazis dumbed down an otherwise brilliant final season - they were about as thin and one-dimensional as a cardboard plank, and it was made all the worse by the fact that most BB characters were surprisingly fleshed out and three-dimensional

I don't think they underestimated Walt, at least not Mike. He openly told Walt that he thought Walt was a disaster waiting to happen, and he schooled Walt through most of his progress (the 'half-measures' speech, distributing the methylamine) - had Walt listened to Mike he could have been the next Gus Fring. Walt's

Could someone please send me a link of that version of Man of Constant Sorrow? Can't find it on the internet