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If BCS does a great job of helping us view the Walt/Gus/Jesse/Mike/etc stories from this other point of view, BCS will likely be considered as one of the greatest shows of all time. Re-filming 5-year old scenes from different angles with the same characters & actors and retelling plotlines from Saul's POV will be something that's never really been done on television before...at least not on such a massive scale as this.

For instance, as BB viewers, we saw Walt & Jesse talking in the car before going into Saul's office about needing a "criminal...lawyer" and then we saw from WW & JP's views of how that conversation with Saul played out...and then we saw them go back and kidnap SG and take him out to the desert before SG convinced them to let him be their lawyer. Now imagine as BCS viewers seeing SG have 2 morons walk into his office without a clue in the world and see how that conversation plays out from SG's perspective. Then, I can only imagine how awesome it'll be when we see that kidnapping/dragging to the desert/convincing WW & JP to hire Saul incident play out from SG's perspective. I can't wait to see how they film that entire kidnapping/desert scene word-for-word like they did before...but with the twist of watching it through SG's eyes.

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Perhaps an upcoming season of BCS ends with Saul in his office and two new prospective clients walk in - Walt and Jesse. Episode goes to black, end of season. Following season begins with Saul walking out of the dumpster room (where he just carved his initials) seeking to resume his life as SG. Then selected scenes of BB are incorporated as flashbacks through that and upcoming seasons of BCS. Just spitballing...

I would like to see BCS stand on its own without retelling the BB story. Don't mess with a good thing. It is OK to call back to it, but I personally am not interested in seeing a rehash of an already good story.

Switching gears here... but it was mentioned earlier there were no attractive women in BB. I think the chick that Jesse was living next to/banging was attractive and also the principle at Walt's school.

If you are referring to my comment I said they were either unattractive or had serious character flaws. In other words, there was something otherwise wrong even if they were good looking. Case in point, Jane overdosed.

If they are going to have more stuff from BB, I hope they set an exact end date for the series (like Lost finally did), so they can map out everything perfectly. Like maybe AMC could say they will have exactly 5 seasons, no matter what. I know, unlikely, but it would be nice.

I thought it was already set at 5 seasons?

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2016/2/26/11118490/better-caul-saul-minor-league-baseball-jerseys

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Switching gears here... but it was mentioned earlier there were no attractive women in BB. I think the chick that Jesse was living next to/banging was attractive and also the principle at Walt's school.

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Switching gears here... but it was mentioned earlier there were no attractive women in BB. I think the chick that Jesse was living next to/banging was attractive and also the principle at Walt's school.

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That's not who he was talking about.

Try googling Kristen Ritter. I'm on mobile and too tired to do it for you.

It was a joke

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Switching gears here... but it was mentioned earlier there were no attractive women in BB. I think the chick that Jesse was living next to/banging was attractive and also the principle at Walt's school.

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That's not who he was talking about.

Try googling Kristen Ritter. I'm on mobile and too tired to do it for you.

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Si, senor

I rewatched bsc season 1 recently and I've been rewatching some of bb with Saul in it and once in a while hear or see something that ties that's funny. Saul in bb wears a pinky ring he started wearing in bsc end of season 1, ring he got from his fat swindling buddy after he died when Saul was back home going on his last conning spree with this guy. During that same trip he wakes up one morning in this guys basement with some strange chick he clearly picked up night before. She looks at him, gets pissed and says "you're not Kevin Costner !" And storms out.

In bb he's lecturing Walt on how to lie, you just have to believe it. " I once convinced a girl I was Kevin Costner" .

Completely forgot about the Kevin Costner line in BB. great catch

I think we'll get introduced to a few characters referenced in Breaking Bad, even if we really never met them or got to know them well in BB. In fact, it's already happening.

When Saul gets kidnapped by Walt & Jesse in ski masks after their initial meeting, Saul starts freaking and yells out "It wasn't me, it was Igancio."
Nacho's real name Ignacio.

Saul starts speaking Spanish thinking his kidnappers were Hispanic. When Jesse demanded that Saul speak English, Saul said "Lalo didn't send you? Oh thank Christ." I don't think Nacho or Lalo were ever mentioned again in Breaking Bad, but we're already getting to know Ignacio, and I bet we meet Lalo soon. Whoever Lalo is, Saul clearly thinks Lalo wants to kill him (& Nacho) and knows he's capable of it. There could be a whole intricate story surrounding Lalo leading up to the BB plot, and even beyond since it clearly had not be resolved at that point in Saul's backstory.

Other characters & places referenced in BB by Saul or Mike (or people they somehow knew):
1. Saul said Spooge (the meth-head who got his head smashed by an ATM) had been his client
2. The guy they hired to portray Heisenberg so Walt wouldn't go to jail after Badger got arrested
3. Gus Fring (Mike clearly worked for Gus already as a p/t henchman. Saul only know of him through Mike)
4. The nail salon used for money laundering (we've already seen it)
5. The laser tag place and Danny, the inside man
6. The hacker who sent hundreds of donations to Walt Jr's fund-raising website
7. Francesca, Saul's secretary
8. Huell
9. Bill Burr's character (whatever his name was)
10. Vacuum repair guy who helps people disappear
11. Exterminator company they use to hide their meth-making operations

At some point, I think we'll have to find out how Saul and/or Mike know all of these characters, even if it's just a line or two of dialogue.

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I would like to see BCS stand on its own without retelling the BB story. Don't mess with a good thing. It is OK to call back to it, but I personally am not interested in seeing a rehash of an already good story.

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I think it does stand on its own. You don't have to get every BB reference (I certainly don't) to appreciate the quality of Better Call Saul. It works both ways; there's plenty for the obsessed BB fanboys to look for, but it's a quality show by itself. You don't have to remember that time Saul said "Ignacio" to understand what's going on between Mike and Nacho, for example.

I agree with Harry. Honestly, I had to look up half those names because many were minor characters or subtle references...or never even seen at all. But Vince Gilligan is the kind of guy to cover all those bases just for the sake of putting little subtle Easter eggs in there to appeal to a niche portion of the audience.

Do y'all remember when the pizza Walt threw up onto the roof had no slices cut in it? After a few people made fun of it on message boards, he added an entire scene to the next season about a new pizza place that didn't pre-cut the slices just to appease that handful of message board nerds.

There were so many one-off throw-away lines by Saul throughout Breaking Bad (such as the Kevin Costner line mentioned earlier), there's no way to reference them all, but I look forward to looking out for them. But understanding those references won't affect those who never saw Breaking Bad.

Gus being involved in the story isn't forcing it at all IMO

Are we supposed to pretend he and Mike didn't have a relationship built over time when we first met the two characters in BB?

Number 2 I think was called Johnny in and out

And vacuum cleaner repair guy was one of my favorite characters. Doubt we'll see more of him but I'd love it

Just saw the episode. Holy ****, the squat cobbler scene was one of the funniest things I've seen on TV.

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I rewatched bsc season 1 recently and I've been rewatching some of bb with Saul in it and once in a while hear or see something that ties that's funny. Saul in bb wears a pinky ring he started wearing in bsc end of season 1, ring he got from his fat swindling buddy after he died when Saul was back home going on his last conning spree with this guy. During that same trip he wakes up one morning in this guys basement with some strange chick he clearly picked up night before. She looks at him, gets pissed and says "you're not Kevin Costner !" And storms out.

In bb he's lecturing Walt on how to lie, you just have to believe it. " I once convinced a girl I was Kevin Costner" .

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Holy ****. I remember that now

Please let that be real

Great opening scene.

I think we will see "Hoboken Squat Cobbler" very soon as a TexAgs username

Mike chowing down on a pimento cheese sandwhich during the stake out. I love the details.

So why is his daughter in law a lying beetch?

I think she's trying to ride the Mike gravy train to a new house.

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So why is his daughter in law a lying beetch?

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I think she's just crazy. Maybe a form of PTSD.

Pollos Hermanos!!!!???

And Mike just Broke Bad ...