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mik wrote: Wed Aug 17, 2022 12:17 pm Last ever episode of Better Call Saul done and dusted.

Hard to be definitive due to the March of time, but I think I enjoyed BCS more than Breaking Bad. Some slow episodes of course, but some real tension, with a few belly laughs thrown in too.

240PP wrote: Wed Aug 17, 2022 10:53 pm Marriage

Four-parter on iPlayer. The reviews and comments are really divided on it but I quite liked it. Sean Bean excellent as always.

7.5 jacket pertayters out of 10.

Ascender wrote: Wed Aug 17, 2022 3:37 pm

mik wrote: Wed Aug 17, 2022 12:17 pm Last ever episode of Better Call Saul done and dusted.

Hard to be definitive due to the March of time, but I think I enjoyed BCS more than Breaking Bad. Some slow episodes of course, but some real tension, with a few belly laughs thrown in too.

I loved the last episode, was very well done, a satisfying conclusion and can't wait to do a full rewatch. The "ghosts of Christmas past" thing worked well and I loved the shot of them having a cigarette in prison harking back to the start.

With that, BB and El Camino, that's an incredibly high bar the team have achieved for quality and consistency over the years. I know some people had issues with the pacing of BCS, but I can't remember any episodes in either series which attracted genuine criticism/anger. I know "Fly" from BB was a bit of a marmite one I guess.

Beany wrote: Mon Aug 22, 2022 6:43 pm House Of The Dragon

Just the first episode, like, but it seems like it has the production quality of the good GoT seasons, but with a slightly different style to it, like they're taking it a bit more seriously as a dramatic piece, perhaps.

Could be decent.

Ascender wrote: Tue Aug 23, 2022 9:22 am I've not watched the opening episode yet and I'm finding Matt Smith's appearance on the promotional stuff quite disturbing although I'm not entirely sure why.

The first two episodes of Bad Sisters on Apple TV+ have been brilliant. Same goes for Five Days In Memorial which has been brilliant in an entirely different way. Its a tough watch and is absolutely mind-boggling at how badly prepared they were for the impact of flooding in New Orleans.

ZedLeg wrote: Mon Aug 22, 2022 7:19 pm

Ascender wrote: Wed Aug 17, 2022 3:37 pm

mik wrote: Wed Aug 17, 2022 12:17 pm Last ever episode of Better Call Saul done and dusted.

Hard to be definitive due to the March of time, but I think I enjoyed BCS more than Breaking Bad. Some slow episodes of course, but some real tension, with a few belly laughs thrown in too.

I loved the last episode, was very well done, a satisfying conclusion and can't wait to do a full rewatch. The "ghosts of Christmas past" thing worked well and I loved the shot of them having a cigarette in prison harking back to the start.

With that, BB and El Camino, that's an incredibly high bar the team have achieved for quality and consistency over the years. I know some people had issues with the pacing of BCS, but I can't remember any episodes in either series which attracted genuine criticism/anger. I know "Fly" from BB was a bit of a marmite one I guess.

Anyone who doesn’t think that fly is a brilliant episode of standalone tv is a moron.

Ascender wrote: Tue Aug 23, 2022 9:22 am I've not watched the opening episode yet and I'm finding Matt Smith's appearance on the promotional stuff quite disturbing although I'm not entirely sure why.

Beany wrote: Tue Aug 23, 2022 12:33 pm

Ascender wrote: Tue Aug 23, 2022 9:22 am I've not watched the opening episode yet and I'm finding Matt Smith's appearance on the promotional stuff quite disturbing although I'm not entirely sure why.

Do you mean the way he looks in trailers, or is he talking about killing puppies on promo interviews?

Gavster wrote: Tue Aug 23, 2022 12:32 pm

ZedLeg wrote: Mon Aug 22, 2022 7:19 pm

Ascender wrote: Wed Aug 17, 2022 3:37 pm

I loved the last episode, was very well done, a satisfying conclusion and can't wait to do a full rewatch. The "ghosts of Christmas past" thing worked well and I loved the shot of them having a cigarette in prison harking back to the start.

With that, BB and El Camino, that's an incredibly high bar the team have achieved for quality and consistency over the years. I know some people had issues with the pacing of BCS, but I can't remember any episodes in either series which attracted genuine criticism/anger. I know "Fly" from BB was a bit of a marmite one I guess.

Anyone who doesn’t think that fly is a brilliant episode of standalone tv is a moron.

I wish they had made it a standalone piece of TV it did not help that season at all.

The final Better Call Saul was less dramatic than I'd expected, whilst closing the loop nicely. The whole of BCS carried momentum nicely and had a much more developed atmosphere than BB. I've also become somewhat emotionally attached to Jimmy, for all his failings and deceptions, he was an eminently loveable character.

Explosive Newt wrote: Tue Aug 23, 2022 3:59 pm [
I also enjoyed BCS more than BB, although both are worth a re-watch if I ever get the time. What staggered me was how much moved on in that last season of BCS. (spoilers)

mik wrote: Tue Aug 23, 2022 4:07 pm

Explosive Newt wrote: Tue Aug 23, 2022 3:59 pm [
I also enjoyed BCS more than BB, although both are worth a re-watch if I ever get the time. What staggered me was how much moved on in that last season of BCS. (spoilers)

You might want to edit that to use the actual spoiler facility

Spoiler

ie this one

to avoid upsetting someone? (When you type it’s the symbol like an eye with a line through it at the top right, or you can just quote my post and you’ll see the syntax it applies.

Explosive Newt wrote: Tue Aug 23, 2022 4:09 pm
Ah I wondered what that was for - ta muchly