Better Call Saul

I just re-watched the whole series again, even better the second time through. I decided to go back to Breaking Bad again as well. Already midway through the 3rd season.

I may just give this another shot. I bailed before the gettin got good because of how Sallllooooow 1st 2 seasons are

I understand slow burn n all, but Jiminy crickets is that fuggin at a snails pace

It can be argued that the 1st 2 seasons of Breaking bad are also very slow. There is some build up towards the end of both seasons but you could say some episodes drag. 
After watching the series straight through the 2nd time I would say the first 2 seasons aren't as slow as they seem imo. Lots of foreshadowing, lots of character build up and development. I would say worth tryng again, especially because the last 3 seasons will have you on the edge of your seat    

Just watched it yesterday. Obviously Howard wasn't a part of BB, so no surprise that something dramatic would happen to explain why he doesn't show up even one time in BB, but the writers looked like they were going to have Jimmy and Kim destroy his career so I was expecting he'd blow town in embarrassment, get sent to a rest home, or wind up getting busted and jailed. I did not expect what actually happened.

Kind of feel bad for him. He was a narcisistic asshole, but he wasn't nearly as insufferable as Chuck. Everything in his final speech rang true with me. I don't think he deserved to go the way he did (who really does?), or even to fucked with so hard by Jimmy and Kim.

Feel like I need to take a few days pause before starting up with the second half of the season. They kind of telegraphed how I'm guessing Lalo will go. Kim is the only major player whose fate remains a mystery. Looking forward to see what happens with Gene.

So Howards character confuses me the most. He did have a heart and he did try to help Jimmy at times throughout the series but it was all due to his own guilt and going along with Jimmy's brother for so many years. I understand why Jimmy never took a job from Howard after his brother committed suicide, it was because Jimmy felt that the only reason Howard was trying to help him was because he felt guilty and like he was responsible for Jimmy's brothers death. I don't believe Howard deserved to go the way he went but I also believe that his murder shaped who Saul was, especially when we saw him in the breaking bad universe. While Kim and Jimmy were trying to drage Howards name through the mud and humilate him they were not trying to kill him and his death was a wake up call to Kim that all of the shit that her and Jimmy pulled over the years was eventually catching up to her. Jimmy went in the opposite direction and continue to hustle because his first love was making money...which obviously why Kim eventually left him, she could not live with the guilt anymore, she had married her mom and despised her mom and could no longer be around that kind of toxicity. 
the last episode showed that Jimmy finally showed some sort of remorse which is why Kim came back. 

Howard and Lalo share a grave under the megalab at the mega laundry. I was certain Kim was going to get killed on her suicide mission to take out Fring per Lalo’s orders and glad she is still alive. Shit is stressful.

We have 5 more episodes in BCS and may consider a BB rewatch since it’s been like a decade already.

I kind of got the feeling that when Howard confessed to feeling responsible for Chuck's suicide and it was obvious his feelings of guilt threw him off his game that Jimmy grabbed onto to that for all it was worth and transferred onto Howard whatever feelings of guilt he may have been feeling (even if only subconsciously) for his part in his brother's demise/death. I wonder if Howard hadn't folded the way he did if Jimmy would've gone after him with such contempt the way he did. Jimmy obviously loved Chuck and sought his approval. I kind of feel about Chuck like I do about Howard. Assholes. Deserving of having their superiority complexes come back to bite them in the ass. But driving your own brother to suicide (even if not your intent) is going too far - not that Jimmy thought Chuck would kill himself or had control of the consequences of his actions. Same with Howard. Fuck with him, sure. But Jimmy was out to completely destroy Howard and his actions got to the point where things were once again out of his control and he got Howard killed. And that scene where Kim came in to Jimmy's office with divorce papers and he was treating her like she no longer mattered to him ('Have a nice life, Kim') showed just how narcissistic and uncaring Jimmy is (or at least could be) himself. Other than bringing Chuck ice/food/newspapers everyday (which he may have also done partly to gain Chuck's approval for himself) it wasn't until the very end of the series were we see Jimmy do a truly selfless act. I was kind of bummed at first to see Jimmy throw away the relatively great deal he expertly gained for himself ("Blue Bell mint choc. chip ice cream - no substitutions"), but it was the perfect ending to his arc and perhaps the best way to end the series.

Finally finished Better Call Saul. It was bittersweet ending and sad seeing Chuck again. I also kinda wish these last episodes weren’t in black and white. Lots of ups and downs but all in all I liked it.

Im behind times. Had no clue - I looked him up after a watch in early summer and was like dang he looks good for his age. RIP