***Official "Space Blanket" for Better Call Saul*** (5 Viewers)

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This may have been Banks' best work so far, and that's a mouthful.

I was thinking Emmy nomination watching that

 

[mquinnjr]

Awesome, I feel bad for those who bailed after the first episode.

agree. this thread only gets better weekly.

 

[mquinnjr]

After Monday night's episode, kind of disappointed this season is only 10 episodes.

Really getting good.

Vince

 

[Gr00vus]

This may have been Banks' best work so far, and that's a mouthful.

Any of you fools still want to say this show is disappointing?

Yeah, I don't think we'll be hearing much from those guys this week.

Best episode so far. It's telling that the brother wasn't in it at all, and it was mostly Mike. Hopefully they do away with the silly plot line with the brother and focus on Mike for awhile.

I predict you will eat those words about the Chuck storyline.

I agree. Seems like whatever goes down with Chuck will be intimately related with Jimmy becoming Saul. These writers aren't going to spend that much time and attention on a character like Chuck as a lark.

 

[Frostillicus]

I've been to the White house.

did you throw a pizza on the roof?

No, but we were told it's a problem.

 

[kentric]

I've been to the White house.

did you throw a pizza on the roof?

No, but we were told it's a problem.

I hear its a great way to meet Jonathan Banks though.

 

[flysack]

After Monday night's episode, kind of disappointed this season is only 10 episodes.

Really getting good.

Vince

I know!

Imagine how old Mike's going to be in Season 2!

 

[Autumn Wind]

I sincerely hope that people who thought a show about a high school chem teacher building a drug empire was plausible and entertaining aren't getting hung up on how old one dude looks in a prequel series.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I sincerely hope that people who thought a show about a high school chem teacher building a drug empire was plausible and entertaining aren't getting hung up on how old one dude looks in a prequel series.

Not the same thing at all.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Another huge plot hole discovered.

 

[kutta]

This may have been Banks' best work so far, and that's a mouthful.

Any of you fools still want to say this show is disappointing?

Yeah, I don't think we'll be hearing much from those guys this week.

Best episode so far. It's telling that the brother wasn't in it at all, and it was mostly Mike. Hopefully they do away with the silly plot line with the brother and focus on Mike for awhile.

I predict you will eat those words about the Chuck storyline.

I agree. Seems like whatever goes down with Chuck will be intimately related with Jimmy becoming Saul. These writers aren't going to spend that much time and attention on a character like Chuck as a lark.

Well, it's pretty unaminous that this was the best episode yet, and Saul wasn't in it much, and the brother not at all. This brother subplot better result in something really stellar because it appears as though everyone pretty much agrees the show is better when he's not in it.

 

[Jack White]

This may have been Banks' best work so far, and that's a mouthful.

Any of you fools still want to say this show is disappointing?

Yeah, I don't think we'll be hearing much from those guys this week.

Best episode so far. It's telling that the brother wasn't in it at all, and it was mostly Mike. Hopefully they do away with the silly plot line with the brother and focus on Mike for awhile.

I predict you will eat those words about the Chuck storyline.

I agree. Seems like whatever goes down with Chuck will be intimately related with Jimmy becoming Saul. These writers aren't going to spend that much time and attention on a character like Chuck as a lark.

Well, it's pretty unaminous that this was the best episode yet, and Saul wasn't in it much, and the brother not at all. This brother subplot better result in something really stellar because it appears as though everyone pretty much agrees the show is better when he's not in it.

Correlation is not causation. I don't think people think this was the best episode because Chuck wasn't in it.

 

[kutta]

This may have been Banks' best work so far, and that's a mouthful.

Any of you fools still want to say this show is disappointing?

Yeah, I don't think we'll be hearing much from those guys this week.

Best episode so far. It's telling that the brother wasn't in it at all, and it was mostly Mike. Hopefully they do away with the silly plot line with the brother and focus on Mike for awhile.

I predict you will eat those words about the Chuck storyline.

I agree. Seems like whatever goes down with Chuck will be intimately related with Jimmy becoming Saul. These writers aren't going to spend that much time and attention on a character like Chuck as a lark.

Well, it's pretty unaminous that this was the best episode yet, and Saul wasn't in it much, and the brother not at all. This brother subplot better result in something really stellar because it appears as though everyone pretty much agrees the show is better when he's not in it.

Correlation is not causation. I don't think people think this was the best episode because Chuck wasn't in it.

Well, I would venture a guess and say that if the entire episode featured Chuck and his storyline as opposed to Mike and his, we wouldn't have the overwhelming opinion that this was the best episode yet.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I'm shocked that Chuck's storyline is so polarizing.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

You guys have it all wrong.

It's Mike "Airman" Trout.

At the end of this season, Mike finds the Fountain of Youth and becomes a star baseball player. Reconcile THAT with "Breaking Bad."

 

[flysack]

I'm shocked that Chuck's storyline is so polarizing.

We have to bicker about something. There's only so much you can say about Mike's age and Gilligan's crappy writing.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I'm shocked that Chuck's storyline is so polarizing.

We have to bicker about something. There's only so much you can say about Mike's age and Gilligan's crappy writing.

I don't want to go against the current or be too negative but most of the arguments in here aren't grounded in realism.

 

[TenTimes]

I've been to the White house.

did you throw a pizza on the roof?

No, but we were told it's a problem.

I hear its a great way to meet Jonathan Banks though.

He didn't ask us not to throw spaghetti & meatballs on the roof though at least that would be original.

 

[Raider Nation]

I'm shocked that Chuck's storyline is so polarizing.

We have to bicker about something. There's only so much you can say about Mike's age and Gilligan's crappy writing.

I don't want to go against the current or be too negative but most of the arguments in here aren't grounded in realism.

I got it the first time.

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

can we give this thread the ***OFFICIAL*** space blanket?

 

[Jack White]

This may have been Banks' best work so far, and that's a mouthful.

Any of you fools still want to say this show is disappointing?

Yeah, I don't think we'll be hearing much from those guys this week.

Best episode so far. It's telling that the brother wasn't in it at all, and it was mostly Mike. Hopefully they do away with the silly plot line with the brother and focus on Mike for awhile.

I predict you will eat those words about the Chuck storyline.

I agree. Seems like whatever goes down with Chuck will be intimately related with Jimmy becoming Saul. These writers aren't going to spend that much time and attention on a character like Chuck as a lark.

Well, it's pretty unaminous that this was the best episode yet, and Saul wasn't in it much, and the brother not at all. This brother subplot better result in something really stellar because it appears as though everyone pretty much agrees the show is better when he's not in it.

Correlation is not causation. I don't think people think this was the best episode because Chuck wasn't in it.

Well, I would venture a guess and say that if the entire episode featured Chuck and his storyline as opposed to Mike and his, we wouldn't have the overwhelming opinion that this was the best episode yet.

I might be biased since I like Michael McKean. And I trust Vince Gilligan, the greatest show runner in the history of show runners, to make the character pay off.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

Another huge plot hole discovered.

Not really a plot hole. They could use hidden cameras that the character is unaware of.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

This may have been Banks' best work so far, and that's a mouthful.

Any of you fools still want to say this show is disappointing?

Yeah, I don't think we'll be hearing much from those guys this week.

Best episode so far. It's telling that the brother wasn't in it at all, and it was mostly Mike. Hopefully they do away with the silly plot line with the brother and focus on Mike for awhile.

I predict you will eat those words about the Chuck storyline.

I agree. Seems like whatever goes down with Chuck will be intimately related with Jimmy becoming Saul. These writers aren't going to spend that much time and attention on a character like Chuck as a lark.

Well, it's pretty unaminous that this was the best episode yet, and Saul wasn't in it much, and the brother not at all. This brother subplot better result in something really stellar because it appears as though everyone pretty much agrees the show is better when he's not in it.

Correlation is not causation. I don't think people think this was the best episode because Chuck wasn't in it.

Right. If Chuck not being in something were sufficient to make it great, The Walking Dead would be tied for the best show ever.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

I'm shocked that Chuck's storyline is so polarizing.

I'm excited for the Space Blanket spinoff show

 

[Mr. Pickles]

I need foil just to read this thread.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Another huge plot hole discovered.

Not really a plot hole. They could use hidden cameras that the character is unaware of.

He would sense it because of his illness.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I'm shocked that Chuck's storyline is so polarizing.

We have to bicker about something. There's only so much you can say about Mike's age and Gilligan's crappy writing.

I don't want to go against the current or be too negative but most of the arguments in here aren't grounded in realism.

I got it the first time.

Didn't mean to get you all charged up.

 

[kutta]

This may have been Banks' best work so far, and that's a mouthful.

Any of you fools still want to say this show is disappointing?

Yeah, I don't think we'll be hearing much from those guys this week.

Best episode so far. It's telling that the brother wasn't in it at all, and it was mostly Mike. Hopefully they do away with the silly plot line with the brother and focus on Mike for awhile.

I predict you will eat those words about the Chuck storyline.

I agree. Seems like whatever goes down with Chuck will be intimately related with Jimmy becoming Saul. These writers aren't going to spend that much time and attention on a character like Chuck as a lark.

Well, it's pretty unaminous that this was the best episode yet, and Saul wasn't in it much, and the brother not at all. This brother subplot better result in something really stellar because it appears as though everyone pretty much agrees the show is better when he's not in it.

Correlation is not causation. I don't think people think this was the best episode because Chuck wasn't in it.

Right. If Chuck not being in something were sufficient to make it great, The Walking Dead would be tied for the best show ever.

That's really a stretch. Good try though.

 

[Frostillicus]

This may have been Banks' best work so far, and that's a mouthful.

Any of you fools still want to say this show is disappointing?

Yeah, I don't think we'll be hearing much from those guys this week.

Best episode so far. It's telling that the brother wasn't in it at all, and it was mostly Mike. Hopefully they do away with the silly plot line with the brother and focus on Mike for awhile.

I predict you will eat those words about the Chuck storyline.

I agree. Seems like whatever goes down with Chuck will be intimately related with Jimmy becoming Saul. These writers aren't going to spend that much time and attention on a character like Chuck as a lark.

Well, it's pretty unaminous that this was the best episode yet, and Saul wasn't in it much, and the brother not at all. This brother subplot better result in something really stellar because it appears as though everyone pretty much agrees the show is better when he's not in it.

Correlation is not causation. I don't think people think this was the best episode because Chuck wasn't in it.

Right. If Chuck not being in something were sufficient to make it great, The Walking Dead would be tied for the best show ever.

That's really a stretch. Good try though.

Makes a lot of sense though.

 

[TenTimes]

Every episode title of season 1 ends with the letter "O" except for the one with too much Chuck.

Coincidence??

 

[Uruk-Hai]

I like the Chuck story line (plus, I like McKean) and am interested to see where it goes

 

[The Ref]

I thought it was overstated before, but this really is the worst thread in the FFA.

 

[jamny]

I think there's a universal approval of this past episode because it's the closest to a BB episode that we've seen so far. The rest have been a bit lighter and funnier and this one had a darker edge to it.

 

[BustedKnuckles]

I thought it was overstated before, but this really is the worst thread in the FFA.

well lets cut out the cancer already

 

[Keerock]

I thought it was overstated before, but this really is the worst thread in the FFA.

I haven't actually been in the timschochet thread or the soccer thread, but no way this one is worse.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

I'm hoping Jimmy just about gets Chuck to admit his delusion when he, Jimmy, does something shady, causing Chuck to revert to the space blanket catatonia state, and that Jimmy then says "Curses, foiled again!"

 

[kentric]

I'm hoping Jimmy just about gets Chuck to admit his delusion when he, Jimmy, does something shady, causing Chuck to revert to the space blanket catatonia state, and that Jimmy then says "Curses, foiled again!"

Reminds me of the Invisible man talking to his son, making a point and then asks his son "Are we clear?"

 

[TheIronSheik]

can we give this thread the ***OFFICIAL*** space blanket?

Done.

 

[Parrothead]

can't wait for the "Space Blanket Bingo" spin off to start shooting..

 

[Capella]

It's so ridiculous that the space blanket looks younger now than it did in Breaking Bad

 

[McGarnicle]

Best worst thread in the FFA IMO.

 

[Thunderlips]

How/why did DIL wind up in NM? Mike send her away? He plan this whole thing out? Doesn't seem like she has family there. Strange for a woman to pack up and move after her husband has died.

huh? Why is that strange to want to get a new beginning somewhere else?

I would think she'd want to stay in Philly until her husband's case was solved or at least until the body is cold. It's only been 6 months at that point (which would mean she left very nearly after he was killed).

Have you ever been to Philly?

 

[kutta]

Any of you fools still want to say this show is disappointing?

Yeah, I don't think we'll be hearing much from those guys this week.

Best episode so far. It's telling that the brother wasn't in it at all, and it was mostly Mike. Hopefully they do away with the silly plot line with the brother and focus on Mike for awhile.

I predict you will eat those words about the Chuck storyline.

I agree. Seems like whatever goes down with Chuck will be intimately related with Jimmy becoming Saul. These writers aren't going to spend that much time and attention on a character like Chuck as a lark.

Well, it's pretty unaminous that this was the best episode yet, and Saul wasn't in it much, and the brother not at all. This brother subplot better result in something really stellar because it appears as though everyone pretty much agrees the show is better when he's not in it.

Correlation is not causation. I don't think people think this was the best episode because Chuck wasn't in it.

Right. If Chuck not being in something were sufficient to make it great, The Walking Dead would be tied for the best show ever.

That's really a stretch. Good try though.

Makes a lot of sense though.

It doesn't. It's like saying that the Colts' offense got good when Richardson didn't play. But if Richardson not playing were sufficient to make it good, then the Bucs would have a great offense.

 

[Thunderlips]

Anyone else confused as to why his gun shot shoulder wound is still bleeding wayyyy after the event actually happened?

They said he left town the following week after his son died so that didn't surprise me.I was kinda confused by the timing of the scenes. I'm assuming the train stop scene / backyard pushing kid in swing scene was weeks/months before he meets Jimmy/Saul. But the Philly cops don't talk to him until AFTER he meets Jimmy and has his matchbook?

I'm a bit confused on the timeline as well.I assume that this occurred:

1. His Son dies

2. A week later he leaves for New Mexico

3. In the span of a week or so he meets Saul and has a few run-ins

4. Philly cops show up 2 weeks after his son dies, and a week or so after the dirty cops die

Current time. But it does seem strange that all of Sauls progression as a lawyer/interactions with Mike have happened within a weeks span.

I thought Mike left for NM the day after shooting the dirty cops and dropped the line to the bartender at closing that he was leaving the next day for NM to leave a trail explaining why he was leaving (ie not skipping town after a murder but as part of long-standing plan). I heard the timeline as Mike killed the cops 6 months after his son is killed. The DIL left during that 6 months for NM and Mike arrived the day after the shooting with the still bleeding wound. I thought the scene at night with the DIL was months later just prior to the Philly cops interview. I seem to remember the cops mentioning working the case of the dirty cops for several months prior to coming out to NM. I may of missed something but this timeline would work mesh with what we have seen, giving Mike at least a couple months or so to work at the parking lot.

yeah, that makes sense and about what I thought (although time between son killed and dirty cops killed I thought was shorter).

But for cops to wait months to talk to somebody about a killing doesn't seem realistic. Especially when the victims are cops.

Right.I thought he had only been in NM for a week or so.

I get that the time between his son dying and the dirty cops dying could be months (likely is) but was he not still bleeding from his shoulder wound after the meeting with the detectives from philly? Which is well after he met Saul?

Would that not mean everything Saul has gone through thusfar has only taken a week or so of time? Doesn't seem right.

He was bleeding in the cab after he saw his DIL the first day he arrived in New Mexico. He wasn't bleeding at any time he saw Saul.

Or is this just trolling? I feel like half the people here do not pay attention at all during shows.

Have you visited The Game of Thrones TV only thread?

 

[Plorfu]

It doesn't. It's like saying that the Colts' offense got good when Richardson didn't play. But if Richardson not playing were sufficient to make it good, then the Bucs would have a great offense.

Trent Richardson looked a lot older last year than he did three years ago.

 

[TenTimes]

 

[Parrothead]

next time someone says something crazy I'm gonna say "take off the space blanket Chuck"...

 

[RUSF18]

Might have missed it, but anyone else think the actress playing the daughter in law was horrendous? I don't think it was just about the difficulty in acting along with Banks. Rare casting miss IMO.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Might have missed it, but anyone else think the actress playing the daughter in law was horrendous? I don't think it was just about the difficulty in acting along with Banks. Rare casting miss IMO.

I did feel the same.

 

[Thorn]

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