Based on the promo Gene slipping on a brightly-colored sport coat, I think the plot in the current timeline reaches some sort of stopping point. The second half of the season is in the Gene timeline and resolves many questions from BB and BCS.Complete Idiot said:
I wonder how big the cliffhanger will be, or if instead of a cliffhanger - meaning plot to be resolved in the second half of the season - how big the "shock event" will be. I'm assuming something big will happen.
While it's not a big break, I'd still prefer to not have to wait until July for the second half.
Appears that way.torrid said:
I'm guessing "various delays" means Bob Odenkirk's heart attack.
The seeds were being planted at the end of S5 when Jimmy and Kim were staying at the hotel to lay low/hide from Lalo. They would banter back and forth about what they could do to Howard after Jimmy told Kim he shattered Howard's Jag's windows with bowling balls.Brian Earl Spilner said:
That's interesting, and good to know not to go into the episode with higher than normal expectations.
That said, I am more than ready to finally see D-Day.
Trying to remember, when did they start on whatever this plan is? Was it the end of last season, or start of this season? I watched some old S5 reactions right before it started so I can't remember specifically.
Still too much to resolve before that.bigjag19 said:
That kind of changes many expectations. I assumed this was the end of pre BB time and everything else would be concurrent or post.
Ghost of Bizbee said:
Then why the **** is AMC setting false expectations and letting the writers be the ones to set it straight???
AMC couldn't have botched the promo and marketing is this stellar show any worse. They though 'well it'll be clever if we had the season opening date in the promo screenshots that Gilligan provided, it'll be enough".
Not only that, but the app was ****ed on the day of the season opener.
No cool promo offering packages to scam with the stars in Albuquerque for good PR, no contests, no nothing. Even for the Fring is back season, they opened a pop up pollos Hermanos restaurant in NYC to celebrate.
Boo on AMC for setting false expectations with tonight's episode
If they put as much marketing into this as they do walking dead, it would have been great. And walking dead sucks now
Apples and oranges. BB was an exciting show with lots of action and surprises. BCS is a slow burn drama.aTmAg said:
BB had far more excitement that BCS so far. And just as much character development. BCS is great. But not as great at BB (yet).
I've never had more of a dread feeling in any fictional show that I had when watching the last half of BB season 5. More so than any moment in BCS so far.larry culpepper said:Apples and oranges. BB was an exciting show with lots of action and surprises. BCS is a slow burn drama.aTmAg said:
BB had far more excitement that BCS so far. And just as much character development. BCS is great. But not as great at BB (yet).
There's also an element of dread with BCS because we know there will not be a happy ending.
aTmAg said:I've never had more of a dread feeling in any fictional show that I had when watching the last half of BB season 5. More so than any moment in BCS so far.larry culpepper said:Apples and oranges. BB was an exciting show with lots of action and surprises. BCS is a slow burn drama.aTmAg said:
BB had far more excitement that BCS so far. And just as much character development. BCS is great. But not as great at BB (yet).
There's also an element of dread with BCS because we know there will not be a happy ending.
(BTW, The most dread I've felt any entertainment was watching the movie Bully based on a true life murder. There is a scene where a bunch of teenagers decide to act out a murder they had been planning. Some of them freak out and don't want to take part, other get "forced" to take part by others, etc. It's a real unsettling scene. Especially since it really happened.)
Kima going undercover in season one of The Wire is harrowing stuff.aTmAg said:I've never had more of a dread feeling in any fictional show that I had when watching the last half of BB season 5. More so than any moment in BCS so far.larry culpepper said:Apples and oranges. BB was an exciting show with lots of action and surprises. BCS is a slow burn drama.aTmAg said:
BB had far more excitement that BCS so far. And just as much character development. BCS is great. But not as great at BB (yet).
There's also an element of dread with BCS because we know there will not be a happy ending.
(BTW, The most dread I've felt any entertainment was watching the movie Bully based on a true life murder. There is a scene where a bunch of teenagers decide to act out a murder they had been planning. Some of them freak out and don't want to take part, other get "forced" to take part by others, etc. It's a real unsettling scene. Especially since it really happened.)
Brian Earl Spilner said:
I think people forget in retrospect how much of a slow burn BB was at times.
Really good #BetterCallSaul midseason finale tonight. @PickYourBrian has an interview with one of the impacted actors that'll go up tonight after the finale ends. And then I chatted with writer-director Tom Schnauz and that'll go up tomorrow morning. Spoilers will abound.
— Daniel Fienberg (@TheFienPrint) May 23, 2022
Tonight's mid-season finale of #BetterCallSaul is incredible. Absolutely incredible.@TomSchnauz is a master of his craft.
— Brian Davids (@PickYourBrian) May 23, 2022
I'll have something for you to read when it's over. pic.twitter.com/Nc0jQoMNxd
God I hope this another Fly episode. I hope it's an hour of Gus chasing a fly around the Pollos Herman's kitchen area.Ghost of Bizbee said:
Don't care what they say. My expectations are through the roof
