I don't see the story as continuing past Breaking Bad and I'm not sure why others do. The life of Saul Goodman is, at that point, over. Gene at Cinnabon isn't doing anything dramatically interesting.

That's one of my favorite exchanges, too, Joshua.

To follow up on this, here's my best stab at what I was thinking of earlier tonight, when I said everyone wants to be seen as something other than what they are seen as. They may or may not be the things they want to be seen as:

"young pro" / "mature actress" feels odd given that Hoffman and Bancroft were only six years apart in age. However, I fully agree with your assessment of how they perform the scene.

Oh man, I have definitely felt this before. There's a certain security people feel in the certainty of what they have to do next, whether or not they want to be doing it.

Well, you could try developing empathy, or checking out one of the many, many, many shows featuring men.

Ha, yes. I saw the long lists of stuff from the cold open that people had posted and I was wondering how they'd missed this.

My favorite catch in the cold open— and I don't think anyone else mentioned this, it could have been easy to miss in the sound mix— was Ilana passed out on the toilet, farting loud enough to wake herself up.

Yeah, I think he had a drinking problem. He literally passed out on the railroad tracks or something like that. Played in Houston for a while.

Nick strikes me as a Ben Carson kind of guy.

"You fellow teens will be the death of me!"

That's nothing compared to The Shield, which is supposed to take place over three years. Vic's daughter Cassidy is eight when it starts, and is a high schooler throwing parties when it ends.

Yeah, it's a definite retcon— Mike only showed up initially because Bob Odenkirk couldn't make time for the "cleaner" scene in the season 2 finale, and Gilligan et al. liked him enough to expand his role going forward.

It's likely Kill Bill hadn't come out yet in-universe.

"Oh, no. Paul Newman's gonna have my legs broke!"

Meh, I don't see why there has to be. Symbolism is overrated.

We're talkin' Saul-ball,
From Maine to Albuquerque,
Talkin' Saul-ball,
Criminals who are quirky,
Chuck McGill's electric allergies,
Howard Hamlin's unnaturally bleached teeth,
We're talking Jimmy…
…turning into Saul!

I wouldn't be surprised if it goes like this. "Here's the deal. You want your cards back? You get me this supply every week for the next year, gratis." Or whatever.

Maybe, or maybe even as dumb as he is, he's not dumb enough to tell the cops "Yeah, I was stealing from the pharmaceutical company I work for and selling to a drug dealer in town, I think he might have been the culprit."

Chris Hardwick, the multimillionaire engaged to a supermodel from a dynastic family, still finds time to pick on college students and complain that nerds are oppressed.