This. I love how the show rewards the viewer with little things like these. Even in his bewilderment over Chuck’s betrayal he still tries to emulate what his big bro taught him until the he broke into a rage.
I’m not even a film geek, but I never can shake the feeling of awe at just how brilliant the cinematography is. The panning scene of the interior of Los Pollos Hermanos before zooming on Jimmy, the heat distortion over the horizon line where Mike was parked, making him look like some spectre floating above the road. If I was in film school I’d be so inspired by these scenes.
Chuck is such a diabolical bastard, I’ve seen some pedants in my life, but Chuck is willing to sell his own brother down the river just for the sake of legal ethics. Making Jimmy out to be Jack the Ripper or some shit. It’s funny how professional (and seeming a little slimmer) Jimmy’s secretary Francesca is in their initial meeting, I wonder what makes her stay during his transition into Saul, and endure his sexual harassment? She must not be telling everything about how she left the MVD DMV.
It’s kind of cool that Victor was shown to be working for Gus for a while now, this makes Mike’s horrified reaction to when Fring calmly slits his throat in front of Walt and Jesse even more impactful. Such callousness for a longtime employee is what caused Mike to waver later on. Mike may have taken over the operation, but it was clearly due to his competency and not seniority.
I always got the impression there was more to victor and gale than just him being upset… there were some undertones there, like possibly the two were down low lovers or something. I dont know how else Victor was dumb enough to get himself seen at the scene of the murder, he was too professional for that. Parallels Gus in a way, except Gus kept his calm and enacted a much longer revenge plot. But yeah, knowing Victor was a very longtime henchman makes his murder way more impactful, I hadn’t even considered that yet
I didn’t see that coke sprinkling coming. It was pretty damn cute.
Chuck being predictable Chuck, or we can chalk it up to consistency. He’s still just aiming to take Jimmy’s law license away. Saw this coming soon after he didn’t immediately bring that tape to the police. It’s good either way since Jimmy’s storyline is losing interest for me and Mike’s is becoming much more appealing.
I feel like if or when (probably when, since Saul is still legally a lawyer in Breaking Bad) Jimmy wins his case, that’s it for Chuck; he’s probably just going to completely lose his shit and that’ll be the end of him. I don’t think he’ll die per say, but he’ll probably have a breakdown and end up in a loony bin. I’m half expecting the case to cause Kim way too much stress and cause them to split as partners, as she has way too much on her plate already.
Saul will likely end up winning, but by being Dirty, causing his brother to lose it on the stand. He will agree to commit his brother, sell his brothers shares to Hamlin, and in exchange agree not to use the McGill name anymore in law.
But then again, if theres one thing Breaking Bad is good at, its making sure your guesses are always wrong lol
I was just rewatching season 1… and you guys probably missed it, but Tuco was the guy who threatened saul and the skateboarding dudes with a gun in the desert!