'Better Call Saul' Episode 3 Review: Nacho

Forbes ^ | February 16, 2017 | Erik Kain

[PJ-Comix]

Tonight’s episode of Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul finds our hero, Jimmy McGill (before he becomes Saul Goodman, like the reverse of the biblical Saul to Paul transformation) in something of a pickle.

The scene opens to convict Jimmy begging help from his older brother, Chuck. We get another glimpse into his criminal past, and insight into why he hasn’t gone crooked again, even with Nacho offering a ten percent finders fee on 1.5 million dollars if he just helps rip off the Kettleman family.

Still, it’s a bit surprising when Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) calls up his friend Kim (Rhea Seehorn) a lawyer at his brother’s firm HHM, and lets slip that the family might be in danger.

[PJ-Comix]

Maybe I'm wrong but it seems to me that in the next episode Jimmy will "refuse" the Kettleman bribe but then propose he become their lawyer, accept the bribe as a fee, and then assure them that attorney/client privilege will allow him to keep mum about the embezzled money. Oh, and Jimmy will have the satisfaction of stealing a client away from the hated Hamlin. Also he will hold the money for the Kettlemans but I have a feeling that Nacho will somehow be able to locate it. Hee! Hee!

[Bronzewound]

For future reference, some people watch this show via iTunes, which means it is delivered the next day, which means you need a SPOILER ALERT and no lead in showing on Forum page. Just sayin..

Thanks

[cripplecreek]

I agree, Jimmy isn’t going to accept a simple bribe when he knows there is so much more money to be made.

Interesting development between Mike and Jimmy. You could tell that Mike respected Jimmy a little for reaching into the booth and opening the gate. He was still going to kick Jimmy’s butt but respected it none the less.

[Impy]

Chicago sunroof.

[PJ-Comix]

Um...if they SEE it is a review of an episode they haven’t yet watched wouldn’t a “Spoiler Alert” be redundant?

[Bronzewound]

The eye is quick. If you have placed a description of the episode just below the headline, the eye will pick out details from that even as the headline is being read.

My suggestion is to leave out the description which shows up on the first page.

PS - The snarky, condescending "Um..." is never necessary. I was just asking for some consideration for those who haven't yet watched.

[TIElniff]

Have you ever watched a movie a second time, and even enjoyed it more the second time because you saw things you missed the first time around?

So, what’s the big deal about “spoilers”?

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Have you ever watched a movie for the first time after being told by the ticket taker what was going to happen?

[Para-Ord.45]

He`ll cut the deal with them using his sexy robot voice.

[PJ-Comix]

So WHY would someone who hadn’t yet seen the episode read the review in advance of watching it? If they find out about scenes before they watch it, they have only themselves to blame.

[TIElniff]

“Have you ever watched a movie for the first time after being told by the ticket taker what was going to happen?”

Sure. That’s why I read reviews, books on which the movie is based, and talk to friends who have seen the movie.

How many times have you watched “The Princess Bride” or “The Bourne Ultimatum” and can quote whole sections of dialogue? Does that ruin the movie for you?

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So WHY would someone who hadn’t yet seen the episode read the review in advance of watching it?

They wouldn’t.

[Bronzewound]

You’re both being obtuse. Is it deliberate?

My post 6 is all the explanation necessary. Goodbye, now.

[discostu]

By the ticket taker no, by reviews I read before hand yes. Really I haven’t watched this ep yet, but I knew coming into it there’d probably be spoilers, but I was interested in what they had to say. Really if you’re worried about spoilers handle it yourself, it’s time everybody else got to stop worrying about a few people going out of their way to find things to complain about.
http://www.avclub.com/article/why-its-time-stop-anti-spoiler-paranoia-206152

[bert]

I always watched Breakin Bad Twice and am doing the same for Saul

I tell my wife it is hard tv. There are so many little details I can’t get it alll the first time.

BTW..... was that a young Walter White in the extended clip making the cinnamon rolls?

[roostercashews]

If you are asking about the pilot episode of Better Call Saul where Saul/Jimmy is working at a Cinnabon, no, that is not Walt. This scene happens after the events in Breaking Bad. How long after, we are not told. But you can tell he is still visibly shaken when looking at the guy sitting in his store thinking that person may be there to harm him.

In Saul’s final BB episode, he tells Walt:

“If I’m lucky, a month from now, best case scenario, I’m managing a Cinnabon in Omaha.”

Apparently, Saul changed his identity and he did go to work for Cinnabon. But he’s still looking over his shoulder so it’s probably no more than a year or so after the BB events ended.

[Bronzewound]

I handled it myself by suggesting (not complaining) that it would be considerate to leave the details off the first page. Others, you included now, have enlarged it by purposely missing the point.

You say, “it’s time everybody else got to stop worrying about a few people going out of their way to find things to complain about.”

Adjusting for the tortured locution, that reads to me like advice you could use.

[discostu]

Handle it yourself by not clicking on things that are probably going to contain spoilers. TV reviews come out after the show for a reason, they’re as much analysis as review and generally include an outline of the plot. Which means they will have spoilers, which means if you want to avoid spoilers avoid the reviews.

[bert]

Got it..... I couldn’t identify the mustachioed cinnamon roll maker as saul