I dunno. I'm not sure I'd buy Jimmy still having the heart to be Saul Goodman if the process of getting there directly harmed Kim.

You're not supposed to hate him per se. It's more the intellectual exercise that you know he's a "bad guy" so you can accept the reactions of the other characters are more or less justified. The real casualty in that case, then, is likely Kim, who is probably the most moral person on the show but he's clearly slipping…

Too quick? From what I understand the writers were ready to kick off Season 2 with Saul Goodman already in place having been birthed by the events of season 1, before they decided a slow burn would be more effective.

coupons can be tricky in an age of value meals

20 Years later — Kaylie comes a-knockin' on Holly White's door seeking a measure of revenge

When Mike decided to take a punch from Tuco and get himself involved in the Salamancas' business I was wondering how they'd be able to transition that to him working for Gus, since him working for one of the primary rivals of a guy he put in jail would seem really weird/suspicious/convenient. At least they brought…

The way they framed the slippin-Jimmy scene, when he knocks the drumstuck onto the ground and they cut back to the Sklars doin' business, it looked to me like that old lady was staring directly at Jimmy and saw him knock the stick over, so she would sprill the beans on him. But, alas, just a trick of the camera angle,…

I'm wondering if she's planning to give the second client to Jimmy on the down-low, to let him "earn his keep" so to speak with unsanctioned legal work. Maybe they start using the Saul Goodman alias to cover their tracks in that regard, since he's no longer a production company.

I think that was Kim making an impulsive decision to try to assuage some of her guilt over the Mesa Verde affair, and hopefully that shouting match with Howard alleviated some of it without pinching her financially. So if I'm reading it right she was about to spend $14K she wasn't planning on and then Howard gifted…

My statement was not a judgment on the justification or morality of the situation, just a statement of fact. From a legal standpoint the Danvers (and the Kents before them) had a legal responsibility to contact the authorities when upon having alien contact. I'm not saying they should have, but it's definitely and…

Well, it seems they tried to turn that storyline into a mix of an analog for Edward Snowden and Russian election influence. Looking at the season and show as a whole, there's a real tendency for the writers to reduce complex plot mechanics to one or two characters just for simplicity, as if an entire political issue…

I agree with these sentiments.

I don't mean to get into spoiler territory for the later episodes, but I will say that while these episodes are fascinating for the wonky maneuvering of the electioneering, and as a political hypothetical it's extremely compelling as a binge watch. However, the writers really push the credibility of the scenario, and…

A naturalization deal might fly, though it skirts the bounds of ethics by using government contacts to jump the system. But a fake birth certificate is fraud, even if the government is creating it.

SPOILERS for House of Cards Season 5

It's not so much a problem with what the characters themselves want to believe within the world of "Veep," but how it calls attention to the specific maneuvers the writers used to create the scenario in the first place, which is a problem if that's the entire basis for how the show pivoted its premise toward focusing…

First, Montez is not a "congressionally appointed replacement." She's the vice president. She's only acting as president because the House didn't pick someone on the first ballot and then the Speaker of the House tabled any further votes.

If there's one thing the world needs more of it's references to "Moonraker"

So, Jonah casting a vote for Selina in the House when she wanted him to vote for O'Brien so that O'Brien would win, and thus costing O'Brien the presidency, is now treated on the show as Jonah screwing Selina out of the presidency? How, exactly? Tom James is the one who screwed Selina out of office (kind of…

The Harry Kim loophole