Yeah, I think it’s just a crassly fond way of saying, like, “sampled” for him. If asked I think he probably thinks it’s kinda cool to “rip off” such a grim, grimy movie and repackage its premise as a tentpole blockbuster series for kids.

I really don’t think he considers “ripped off” to be pejorative.

In context it doesn’t even sound like he’s upset by the mimicry; he just offhandedly points it out while having something to say about Battle Royale.

it’s kind of ironic coming from Tarantino, who quite literally takes scenes from other movies. I don’t knock him for it, but it’s strange to be upset at someone else for borrowing an idea.

Tarantino went on to explain that it’s called “Battle Royale” because of the metric system.

Kim definitely pushed the envelope and risked inviting the widow to keep digging. She pulled it off, but you’re right that it was too far. A shrug and an Irish Goodbye would have been just as effective.

She’s too important to the series. I don’t think we’ve even had an episode yet that she’s not in. I think she’ll be in all four of these last episodes or three at the very least.

My best guess here is that she just felt like it would be impossible to go about working in Albuquerque law without being constantly reminded of the things she and Jimmy had done re: Howard and the cover-up. And I wouldn’t be surprised if she left Albuquerque, too. (The theories people have that “Gene” relocated to…

It really was the way Kim did it, too— superficially reassuring Cheryl that Kim is probably wrong and that Cheryl would have known better than she did, knowing full well Howard mentioned his marriage was falling apart.

I think the point is just that he has a whole bowl of breakfast bars set out for all the special ladies who inevitably find themselves popping into his dining room to get paid early in the morning.

I gotta honest:  I was more shocked by Kim quitting being a lawyer than from Howard’s death. 

I thought the show would do a time jump after last week given all of the BCS characters that aren’t in BB were dead except for Kim. Little surprised when it happened all the same. Thought they’d take a bit longer to decouple Jimmy and Kim. But made complete sense for it to happen suddenly as well. Also thought we’d…

Yeah, it’s an ugly moment for Kim. Jimmy’s story to Howard’s wife was self-deprecating: he tells her that the reason Howard suspected him is because he’s a loser who was envious of Howard. Kim’s story is about the fact that Howard was a drug addict for a long time. And she then pretends to reassure the wife that Kim…

This shot of Mike from within the barrel fire, it was like he was burning in Hell. I really like that we’re getting a breather from all the carnage, with Mike finally experiencing the toll from his and Gus’ decisions. While Nacho’s father is correct in morals, he still has a misplaced sense of justice, thinking the…

The first rule of the con is that you die with the lie. I also think that was when Kim realized that she was way, way too good at it.

I’d say it’s both - the latter making the former possible, and that blurring between the lines is what makes it all the more convincing why she decides, then and there, to leave. She KNOWS she could become a full-blown sociopath if she allowed herself to be - that she wanted to stay with Jimmy and enact the plan…

I’m kinda torn whether Kim went full evil in that scene or that she felt she was forced to push the narrative with that made-up story. I mean, Mike told them they had to keep up the facade, and later on, her conscience and regret seem to push the latter, but I could swear in that moment that she was going sociopath…

That whole closing montage was something else, wasn’t it? It reminded me of Anakin Skywalker becoming Darth Vader in “Lord of the Sith”.

I’d be very into Kim getting her own. El Camino. Sounds good.

I think there was one single scene that perfectly sums up the essence of Saul Goodman.