Yeah. Also, who said that Jimmy can only know about old movies? Remember when people were arguing that it didn't make sense for Todd to have both an eighties song ("Science!") and a Marx brothers tune as ring tones for different people? No? Well, it happened, and drove me fucking batty.
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I did notice a bit of a shift in his style, but no, I wouldn't call it a drop in quality. I knew by then that he was bored and burnt out, so taking things in a slightly different direction made sense to me.
Yeah, this. I have basically lived with depression all my adult life, and so like many Achewood fans, I always felt at least a bit bad for Onstad, even when I was simultaneously a bit angry on behalf of the folks complaining in very straightforward terms how they couldn't get so much as a straight answer out of Onstad…
Winners go home and fuck the prom queen!
… which is the same gun that Walt used to kill Mike, if I recall correctly.
And let's not forget the hilarious banter! I looked over at my girlfriend (she's real, I tell you!) and said, "Oh, man. He's turning into Saul!" His zingers were gold.
I do like that people cannot help but mangle her name in amusingly new ways, even those coming to her defense. It's Skyler, dammit!
This was one of the first times he really started to feel more like Saul than Jimmy to me. I rewatched "Better Call Saul" (the episode) recently, and the way he immediately goes to bat against the DEA dudes in the hallway is so great. Hank starts taking sophomoric potshots, and his face just drops when Saul flings…
Yeah. And while I'm sure they just moved Mike over to Gus' employ as an excuse to have more Jonathan Banks, it tracks that his main source of income ended up being Gus Fring, but he nevertheless has history with Saul, and does some work for him on the side. A weird sense of loyalty, you know? They have seen some shit…
I was about to say the same thing. 'Oh, and what about that whole causality cliche? One thing happening after another, and being influenced by what came before? Linear time? Give me a break!'
Yeah. And the amount of drinks a person has is secondary to how they handle their alcohol - which varies from person to person, and even then, from day-to-day for every person. So when he saw that Mike was about three seconds from falling over and slurring the words to "Danny Boy," he thought, 'Yep, Mike is done for…
Exactly. As I said elsewhere, I wanted to see much more of Mike the moment he appeared on-screen in Breaking Bad, even if my love of him grew over the course of the rest of the series. I have a soft spot for sarcastic, weary badasses, and Jonathan Banks plays the role perfectly.
"Hank. His name… is Hank."
Yeah. I like that while Mike just assumed Jimmy would be unscrupulous enough to pull the coffee stunt, it was, in fact, hearing details about Mike's life—after insisting that the cops shared said details, even though I am confident Mike wasn't so cool with that bit—that made him feel sympathetic enough to help the guy…
Appreciate the "ear flap" mention.
Da. We are both in the same boat when it comes to objectivity. As Walter once observed, "It's all contaminated."
Yeah, but he's also enigmatic as all get-out. I remember wanting to immediately watch The Mike Show after the dude's first appearance in Breaking Bad, and that's absolutely no exaggeration. Jonathan Banks has presence to spare, and the character is very intriguing. Those new to Breaking Bad's universe might find the…
That it does. That it does. :(
Yeah. As brutally satisfying as it was to watch Mike coldly execute these motherfuckers, we have to remember that the guy wasn't some vigilante seeking justice - just a broken father seeking straight-up revenge. For all we know, these cops—especially Matt's old partner, who seemed to be taking cues from the other…