What I'm putting into words after watching six seasons of brilliance is this; For me, There are two kinds of TV shows in this universe. 1- Every other TV show. 2- Vince Gilligan-related show.
It's totally fine if you don't agree with me, I truly respect that, but if you are a serious Breaking Bad fan, you should be nodding from your seats (or beds or whatever). What makes my notion ironically acceptable is that, there would be two different ways to watch two different types of TV Shows. With Gilligan-Related shows, you have to go into details with the background, setting, clothing, houses and even CARS, because that sloppy son-of-a-scoundrel seems to like playing with the devils in the details. All that foreshadowing that goes on makes you realize that something fishy is going on and you would only get a clear idea once you re-watch that episode. The way he does it, it's phenomenal.
Now, coming back to 'Better Call Saul', it's a superb name to start with. Noting that 'Breaking Bad' title was an alliteration (The successive first letters of both the words is same(B and B)), so 'Better Call Saul' is an assonance (note the rhyming in the 'Call' and 'Saul' is matching). You can see how Villigan is fond of playing with words; to begin with. An individual intellect who notices that, will be intrigued to know what lies beyond the titles and in the show itself. Witty intentions.
The events that led to this episode had made me expect nothing less than perfectness (Just Kidding, that was just an Eminem lyric), but once the episode started, I was lost in the essence of it. To be honest, if it had been any other show, I wouldn't have bothered to go into details and would have plainly remarked it as a boring episode with no action whatsoever. But it isn't. And you have to respect the sustained writing, and what is exhibited behind the radically slow and (seemingly) dragging scenes. This is a Gilligan's way of speaking to us that he is reserving this episode to fit in one last piece in the fading character development of Jimmy McGill that will be leading to Saul Goodman.
I just adored that starting sequence, which was a beautiful foreshadowing of what's going to be occurring in this episode. Also, The dramatic portrayal of Marco was so emphatic that Gould's direction must be praised here. I was expecting a good deal of Mike action in this episode, but alas, it wasn't much, albeit it was relieving that at least he showed up. That ending was a smile-inductively sweet one. This is an appropriate and situational 9/10 from me.
Blatantly speaking, this first season, if compared to breaking bad's first season, is comparatively better. Yes, it surely is possible that BCB might contain *something* that is a bit better than BB. If you take the content, and ratings of episodes as well, you can see how a rigid base have been formed (for Vince and Gould), to fiddle with the upcoming seasons. The new characters in this show have established such a crucial role in the story that we must be expecting much more from them ahead of the show.
Till then, I humbly wait, Better Call Saul.
It's totally fine if you don't agree with me, I truly respect that, but if you are a serious Breaking Bad fan, you should be nodding from your seats (or beds or whatever). What makes my notion ironically acceptable is that, there would be two different ways to watch two different types of TV Shows. With Gilligan-Related shows, you have to go into details with the background, setting, clothing, houses and even CARS, because that sloppy son-of-a-scoundrel seems to like playing with the devils in the details. All that foreshadowing that goes on makes you realize that something fishy is going on and you would only get a clear idea once you re-watch that episode. The way he does it, it's phenomenal.
Now, coming back to 'Better Call Saul', it's a superb name to start with. Noting that 'Breaking Bad' title was an alliteration (The successive first letters of both the words is same(B and B)), so 'Better Call Saul' is an assonance (note the rhyming in the 'Call' and 'Saul' is matching). You can see how Villigan is fond of playing with words; to begin with. An individual intellect who notices that, will be intrigued to know what lies beyond the titles and in the show itself. Witty intentions.
The events that led to this episode had made me expect nothing less than perfectness (Just Kidding, that was just an Eminem lyric), but once the episode started, I was lost in the essence of it. To be honest, if it had been any other show, I wouldn't have bothered to go into details and would have plainly remarked it as a boring episode with no action whatsoever. But it isn't. And you have to respect the sustained writing, and what is exhibited behind the radically slow and (seemingly) dragging scenes. This is a Gilligan's way of speaking to us that he is reserving this episode to fit in one last piece in the fading character development of Jimmy McGill that will be leading to Saul Goodman.
I just adored that starting sequence, which was a beautiful foreshadowing of what's going to be occurring in this episode. Also, The dramatic portrayal of Marco was so emphatic that Gould's direction must be praised here. I was expecting a good deal of Mike action in this episode, but alas, it wasn't much, albeit it was relieving that at least he showed up. That ending was a smile-inductively sweet one. This is an appropriate and situational 9/10 from me.
Blatantly speaking, this first season, if compared to breaking bad's first season, is comparatively better. Yes, it surely is possible that BCB might contain *something* that is a bit better than BB. If you take the content, and ratings of episodes as well, you can see how a rigid base have been formed (for Vince and Gould), to fiddle with the upcoming seasons. The new characters in this show have established such a crucial role in the story that we must be expecting much more from them ahead of the show.
Till then, I humbly wait, Better Call Saul.