@@sofiyanali2489 Me, I found it distracting. Couldn't figure out what it was. A new scar, someone hit her or something? I was very relieved when someone in her crew told her there was something on her chin, and very glad it was only chocolate.
@@actualamateur149it doesn’t even apply to Mike, he didn’t enter the criminal world until 2002 then died in 2010. Before that he was a dirty cop, a criminal yeah but he wasn’t in the game in the same way he was in the show If it applies to anyone it’s Gus
Im pretty sure they were joking, unless they werent, then they're a high level sociopath operating without reason and you should be more careful when trying to engage them in conversation. @officialmonarchmusic
Chuck, who was literally on the verge of being committed to a mental institution, but was able to get better with Jimmy's help and compassion to the point he could return to his firm, saying people can't change as a reason not to help Jimmy in return. And Chuck acts as if he utterly has the moral high ground. What could I possibly say that would be potent enough to sufficiently encapsulate the situation? "Pimento" is one of those episodes that is different and really has new depth on rewatch, especially after seeing later episodes, including the one right after.
Well, you could say "Chuck was right all along." Or is that a self-fulfilling prophecy? After all we know what he becomes. Is that because of Chuck or in spite of Chuck? That's what we'll never know.
@@xiNerdLordix No cause Chuck is shown as a restraint not a guide post, he is only going straight to impress chuck but every urge in him is to cheat and take the easy way.
No, he's not. He's a sleaze! He was senior partner of the firm. He didn't have to screw Jimmy just because Chuck told him to. He could have been fair. He's a weasel. Id say more re unfair justice, but, as above, it might ruin things for some people.
I love the Kevin Costner callback in the episode - in Breaking Bad, Saul tells Walter that any story can work if you sell it well enough and that he once persuaded a woman he was Kevin Costner and it worked because he believed in himself. I so love the callback.
Commenters on other channels have pointed out that Nacho intentionally shorted the $20 because if Pryce didn't say anything they'd know he's a pushover & could keep shorting him more & more in the future
One of my favorite scenes, at then end when Jimmy is about to do the interview, Jimmy waits, facing right, East, the sun is shining on his hair. He looking at the past. When he really should be looking West, to the future instead. Just like the Kennedy Half-dollar scam they did earlier.
After Chuck's villain reveal, I always felt bad for Howard. Howard is junior to Chuck at the firm and Chuck aided his law studies and career. Of course, he would back Chuck up. Chuck used Howard as a fall guy so he wouldn't have to tell Jimmy himself. When Howard says he wanted things to be different, I believe him. I genuinely think he believed in Jimmy and Chuck poisoned the well.
Chuck was no villain. He knew his brother so well. He’s always been a slippin’ Jimmy that later would lead Jimmy with Walter. Even before he knew Chuck didn’t want him, he scammed like the one with the billboard. He then hurted Howard so badly too.
@ck5071 Slipin’ Jimmy supporters always have to blame Chuck and bring past. How does it have something to do with destroying Howard’s career, siding with Lalo and Walter for money, conning people at a pub and phone store, scamming an investor for expensive alcohol just cause he seemed like a jerk and the list goes on.
@ck5071 just because he had a child trauma, doesn’t mean he couldn’t change. He simply didn’t want to. Some people lives in the same pattern because it’s a pleasure to them. I don’t think Chuck was a nice person either, he was kind of jerk to Howard, Ernie and ofc to Jimmy but what he did was nowhere near the same as what Jimmy did
@@gamisani-e3t Ever hear of something called a "self fulfilling prophecy?" Jimmy would have become a better person and an honest lawyer if it weren't for Chuck's refusing to believe in him. Chuck basically caused Jimmy to eventually turn into Saul.
Michael Mando who plays Nacho Varga in the show also played Mac Gargran (who in the comics becomes the Spider-Man villain Scorpion) in the first Tom Holland Spider-Man movie. He is also very well known for his role as Vaas Montenegro in Far Cry 3.
Yeah, nothing beats his skits with Mclovin for a viral campaign for a game back in the day. He did so well in that role, every other Farcry villain seemed derivative in some way no matter how different. It's a shame that the spiderman property is like a kid between two parents, otherwise, I'd have more faith that he might actually get to play the scorpion for more than a minute and a half.
There is a theory that Nacho intentionally shorted Price $20 to see how they (Price and Mike) would react, to know what kind of men he was dealing with. Arguing over $20 may seem silly but if Nacho can get away with shorting them $20, he knew he would be able to manipulate Price even more in future deals.
Fun fact.. the Minivan nerd and the overzealous Gun nut Mike knocked out were two of the main characters/actors in GTAV - Crazy guy Trevor and I forget the nerds name.
Chuck would never admit it, but he’s more like his brother than he pretends to be. Both are spectacularly competent at underhanded tactics, sabotage, manipulation, and rule bending. And both of them are deeply petty at heart.
“B as in Belize, I would like to go there but let’s face it I never will, none of will ever leave this god forsaken wasteland.” Cool line. There was also a Georgia O’ Keafe reference in conjunction with radioactive. This mirrors when Jane asked Jesse if he has ever been to the Georgia O’ Keafe museum and he referenced the museum with the “A Bomb” which has radiation when detonated. These two things tie into Saul asking Walt if he wants to send Jesse to Belize.
13:17 COLD and both scene before that with the two other dudes and the conversation with the guy after are amazing, love Mike P.S. I feel so bad for Jimmy, Chuck's betrayal is something I didn't see coming
@@legendaccount3247 Either way, even if it was Chuck's idea to screw Jimmy, Howard went along with it when he didn't have to, therefore, to me, he remains a sleaze. He could've said no! That said . . . oops, no, if I say more, it may ruin things for some people.
The shot of Jimmy standing in front of the court wearing Marco's ring, the look he gives, it's heartbreaking for me. Like turning away from the chance of something better, of a brighter path, it's great.
I disagree. I believe it's a look of determination. The ring is a symbol to him of where he should NOT return, at least at this point. But maybe you haven't seen the whole series. Jimmy tried his ass off to be Jimmy, not Slipping' Jimmy.
@@jeffabugov5291 I've seen the show, and I won't comment more cause this is a reaction to barely s1, but I don't know how you can see it as anything else than negative.
@@Klui_ Because it's a symbol of his past life, the Slipping' Jimmy life, the life he's trying to move on from. Every time Jimmy, or even when he's Saul in BCS, when he comes to a crossroads of morality, he looks at his pinky, the ring, which is Marco, which is his past. Think of his very abrupt goodbye to Marco, it was rude and cold but because he legitamatly wanted to leave that criminal life and go do good. Sometimes he makes the right choice, sometimes the wrong one. He's struggling throughout the series of what man he will become, and in his effort to become the good guy, his bad past gives him strength, the ring. The tragedy is we, the audience, know where he'll end up because of Breaking Bad, but HE doesn't know it. In BB, he never looks at the ring at all. He had made his choice. But the ring tells him where he doesn't want to go back to. Even if you disagree, does that make sense?
For what it's worth, you are one of my favorite reactors because you actually react! lol so many just stare at the screen and then pause at the worst moments, but you actually get invested and then give your thoughts. Can't wait for your season 2 reaction!
It's not bad, it's brilliant. BUT, if you watch / have watched the whole BCS series, this brilliant season just happens to be the worst of them all. But that's high praise!
Marco didn’t have lung trouble - at least not directly. What he had was congestive heart failure: his heart was no longer able to pump sufficient blood to meet his body’s demands. In addition to eventually leading to death if the underlying issue is not or cannot be treated, congestive heart failure causes multiple symptoms, one of which is a persistent, dry cough.
14:30 I agree, the use of diegetic sound in both shows is the cherry on top to oh so many of these tense scenes. Add the impeccable dialogs as the one when Jimmy confronts Chuck and you got pure gold.
This is a great episode of Better Call Saul and that is Steven Ogg who voiced Trevor Phillips in GTA5 as Mike and he is a awesome actor thanks V.🇺🇲📺📺🇺🇲
This episode is such a good example of the integration of the shadow into an individual. Being a hero is all most want, sometimes life has other plans for us.
Marco wasn’t wrong, Chuck saved Jimmy from prison in order to doom him to obscurity for the rest of his life, as a penance for his past. When Jimmy reached for more than that Chuck found it reprehensible, thinking he couldn’t be more than what he was. Jimmy decided to not try to be better because he couldn’t see the point if his brother didn’t believe in him
I agree with the first part of what you wrote, Brendan, but not the second. Jimmy never gave up. Then again, maybe you watched the first season but not the rest, so I'll shut up now.
Many people remember Mike's moments in Five-Oh and a certain future courtroom scene as being some of the finest moments of the series (and with good reasons) but I feel that the reveal of Chuck's true colors in Pentimento is a series milestone. It's not only a shattering twist, it's among the highest pinnacles of acting in the series.
@@jlilley73 Fyi, Jonathon Banks (Mike) has been a consistently working character actor since the 60s. Always ugly (even when young), always tough because of his looks and acting chops, and always the bad guy. After hating this guy for decades, it's such a pleasure to finally "get" him, even like him :)
Whoa, what's this about somebody liking Red Delicious apples? They bruise easier than a hemophiliac in a boxing ring. A hearty shake would turn the inside into apple sauce. It only holds together because it's 50% skin by weight, made of rhino hide. But to each his own.
It's my 2nd favorite so, to each his own, I guess. My question is, given all the drama, comedy, and depth of this series, why are you so focused on apples?
@@MLennholmyuck. Red delicious are so mealy. There are so many juicier, crisper apples to choose from. The only reason people still buy them is they’re the iconic apple look.
finally the reveal that it was Chuck all along, Howard never hated Jimmy, in fact he liked him but he liked his buddy Chuck more so he was willing to play the bad guy. now that it's out in the open he doesn't have to pretend anymore and be friendly with Jimmy.
I thought you posted BCS reactions on Thursdays. I usually cook ramen on Wednesdays, so now I got something really cool to watch tonight while eating haha
When you realize Chuck is really behind Jimmy not being able to get a job at HHM, and for basically brick walling him his entire life, it really sheds a lot of light on what a good person Howard is, and how loyal of a friend he is to Chuck. He's willing to be the complete villain to someone he actually admires and respects, and willing to lose millions of dollars on the Sandpiper case all because Chuck hates his brother for no reason. Chuck is really despicable.
"Slipping Jimmie with a law degree is like a chimp with a machinegun" is not only a bar but the best line of the show. Chuck is not the villian. The audience simply doesn't get it.
No matter, it’s a scam to gain quick money, a judicial trick to get his client off, or genuinely helping, elderly women win a case against a major corporation…. One thing I think we can all agree on is that Jimmy does put his heart and soul into every aspect of what he is trying to accomplish.
I'll assume you're correct on that pricing because I don't know, BUT . . . Mike doesn't steal, (unless hired to, part of his very specific moral code), but the guy he beat up probably came to, went through the trash, and got his guns back. The morality of Mike's code can be discussed forever, lol, but not here. It'd take too long, lol
I don't see too many people point it out, but Saul suggests Walt send Hank on a "trip to Belize" in BB. Which is his euphemism for murder. Which makes his line about always wanting to take a trip to Belize super dark.
Regarding Jimmy and his friend’s con games, it has been a long time since I seen the movie, but my selective memory reminds of The Hustler with Paul Newman.
Saul mentioned the Kevin Costner incident to Walt in Breaking Bad. He said "I once convinced a woman that I was Kevin Costner, not because I made her believe it but because I made myself believe it."
I can't believe you said: "They could've stole some guy's pants off him and then sold it back to them..." There's a scene from Mr Show With Bob and David (David Cross and Bob Odenkirk's sketch show) called Coupon, The Movie where Paul F Thomkins, (I believe), says: "We'll sue the pants off of'm!" and Bob Odenkirk follows up with an excited: "and then we'll sell'm pants!" (Jimmy is a lawyer too, how apropos)
True, you may not for a while . . . entertainment is in a horrible slump right now . . . but it's been in slumps before, we'll somehow get out of it. In the meantime, "The Queen's Gambit" is stellar. Just my opinion, but if you're starving, check it out.
@@jeffabugov5291yeah. Once the extremist activist writers get it out of their system that all white men are evil, capitalism and America bad, and the way to be a strong woman is to be an asshole, we could see a new entertainment renaissance.
Can't comment much on Howard, because of the later seasons of BCS, too much I could spoil, but he's one of the few genuine characters in the show, and he actually wanted the best for Jimmy. He's pressured by Chuck to do wrong by him and it sucks...
After the 3:00 mark you say it’s messed up. It would be actually unethical for a lawyer representing Sandpiper not to do this. It’s called zealous advocacy and is an ethical duty lawyers are bound to.
I love this point in the series where you see Chuck was the one stopping Jimmy from joining HHM but still think Howard is horrible and just trying to act nice just to spend the next 5 seasons being proved wrong
The main guy who Mike deals with in the parking garage is none other than the voice of Trevor in Grand Theft Auto 5. The character in the game was also modeled in looks off of this now infamous actor.
Now you know Howard was actually the good guy just covering for Chuck. He would rather Jimmy think he's the bad guy then see him hurt by his own brother.
34:10 Remember in Breaking Bad Saul told Walt "I once told a woman I was Kevin Costner and it worked because I believed it"
I was going to tell her that too. You beat me to the punch, dude.
the chocolate on your face while Jimmy is explaining the "Chicago sunroof" is not the immersion I was looking for
Right?! Made the scene a lot funnier!
@@sofiyanali2489 Me, I found it distracting. Couldn't figure out what it was. A new scar, someone hit her or something? I was very relieved when someone in her crew told her there was something on her chin, and very glad it was only chocolate.
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@@jeffabugov5291here crew???
She was trying to paint a picture for the audience. What a methodist actor!
"Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young."
If I had a penny for every time I saw that comment I'd be a millionaire.
@@dank90 I'm fuckin saying man. It's so overused.
@@dank90I’m pretty chronically online and have never seen that saying before 🤷🏻♂️
@@Wraiven22 You're not watching enough videos of old men in professions where men usually die young then 😜
@@actualamateur149it doesn’t even apply to Mike, he didn’t enter the criminal world until 2002 then died in 2010. Before that he was a dirty cop, a criminal yeah but he wasn’t in the game in the same way he was in the show
If it applies to anyone it’s Gus
I could watch 6 seasons of Mike just doing random tasks and barley speaking a word.
@@kidnamedfinguhThat’s a little harsh, I’m not sure many people WOULD watch six seasons of Mike doing random things and saying nothing
Im pretty sure they were joking, unless they werent, then they're a high level sociopath operating without reason and you should be more careful when trying to engage them in conversation. @officialmonarchmusic
@@officialmonarchmusic sarcasm
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I would watch 6 seasons of Gus or Mike or Lalo or Nacho's spin off
Chuck, who was literally on the verge of being committed to a mental institution, but was able to get better with Jimmy's help and compassion to the point he could return to his firm, saying people can't change as a reason not to help Jimmy in return. And Chuck acts as if he utterly has the moral high ground. What could I possibly say that would be potent enough to sufficiently encapsulate the situation?
"Pimento" is one of those episodes that is different and really has new depth on rewatch, especially after seeing later episodes, including the one right after.
Well, you could say "Chuck was right all along." Or is that a self-fulfilling prophecy? After all we know what he becomes. Is that because of Chuck or in spite of Chuck? That's what we'll never know.
@@jspres86 definitely because of Chuck, otherwise Jimmy would be working at HHM and going straight. Chuck cut him down at every opportunity.
@@xiNerdLordix No cause Chuck is shown as a restraint not a guide post, he is only going straight to impress chuck but every urge in him is to cheat and take the easy way.
@@xiNerdLordix Jimmy in season 2 gets a fantastic job with a supportive mentor, but he still falls back into his old ways.
I love the reveal that Howard was never the bad guy and truly is one of the most decent people in the entire show
No, he's not. He's a sleaze! He was senior partner of the firm. He didn't have to screw Jimmy just because Chuck told him to. He could have been fair. He's a weasel. Id say more re unfair justice, but, as above, it might ruin things for some people.
*One of the best reveals of a low key villain of all time*
chuck?
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idk if villain is the right word honestly. definitely an adversary tho
@@haloninemusic yeah adversary or antagonist fits best
Chuck is no villain!
...but I can't say anything else without giving spoilers.
The whole scene with Mike and the 3 other job guys could be straight out of GTA5, complete with Trevor and lester
Well to be fair, it IS the guy that played Trevor there! 😅
"Slippin' Jimmy with a law degree is like a chimp with a machine gun" is a sick, sick burn.
Speaking of burns...
I love the Kevin Costner callback in the episode - in Breaking Bad, Saul tells Walter that any story can work if you sell it well enough and that he once persuaded a woman he was Kevin Costner and it worked because he believed in himself. I so love the callback.
Commenters on other channels have pointed out that Nacho intentionally shorted the $20 because if Pryce didn't say anything they'd know he's a pushover & could keep shorting him more & more in the future
One of my favorite scenes, at then end when Jimmy is about to do the interview, Jimmy waits, facing right, East, the sun is shining on his hair. He looking at the past. When he really should be looking West, to the future instead.
Just like the Kennedy Half-dollar scam they did earlier.
After Chuck's villain reveal, I always felt bad for Howard. Howard is junior to Chuck at the firm and Chuck aided his law studies and career. Of course, he would back Chuck up. Chuck used Howard as a fall guy so he wouldn't have to tell Jimmy himself. When Howard says he wanted things to be different, I believe him. I genuinely think he believed in Jimmy and Chuck poisoned the well.
Chuck was no villain. He knew his brother so well. He’s always been a slippin’ Jimmy that later would lead Jimmy with Walter. Even before he knew Chuck didn’t want him, he scammed like the one with the billboard. He then hurted Howard so badly too.
@ck5071 Slipin’ Jimmy supporters always have to blame Chuck and bring past. How does it have something to do with destroying Howard’s career, siding with Lalo and Walter for money, conning people at a pub and phone store, scamming an investor for expensive alcohol just cause he seemed like a jerk and the list goes on.
@ck5071 just because he had a child trauma, doesn’t mean he couldn’t change. He simply didn’t want to. Some people lives in the same pattern because it’s a pleasure to them. I don’t think Chuck was a nice person either, he was kind of jerk to Howard, Ernie and ofc to Jimmy but what he did was nowhere near the same as what Jimmy did
@@gamisani-e3t I'm not taking a side in this debate but I just want to point out that there's unconcealed spoilers in these comments
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Ever hear of something called a "self fulfilling prophecy?" Jimmy would have become a better person and an honest lawyer if it weren't for Chuck's refusing to believe in him. Chuck basically caused Jimmy to eventually turn into Saul.
Michael Mando who plays Nacho Varga in the show also played Mac Gargran (who in the comics becomes the Spider-Man villain Scorpion) in the first Tom Holland Spider-Man movie. He is also very well known for his role as Vaas Montenegro in Far Cry 3.
Yeah, nothing beats his skits with Mclovin for a viral campaign for a game back in the day. He did so well in that role, every other Farcry villain seemed derivative in some way no matter how different. It's a shame that the spiderman property is like a kid between two parents, otherwise, I'd have more faith that he might actually get to play the scorpion for more than a minute and a half.
hs i never noticed
I really hope he comes back to fully become Scorpion in a future Spider-Man movie.
No Orphan Black love?
Seems like, today, the stars have aligned, and you and *_James vs Cinema_* both posted BCS reactions within an hour of each other.
Beautiful.
There is a theory that Nacho intentionally shorted Price $20 to see how they (Price and Mike) would react, to know what kind of men he was dealing with. Arguing over $20 may seem silly but if Nacho can get away with shorting them $20, he knew he would be able to manipulate Price even more in future deals.
True. Price should've have chased to twenty. He should look for it after Nacho left.
Considering what happens later in the show, that's an *extremely" plausible theory. I've always thought this was the case.
23:41 "why is he trying to save face?" oh V, he's not. He's a good guy and you'll come to learn.
Fun fact.. the Minivan nerd and the overzealous Gun nut Mike knocked out were two of the main characters/actors in GTAV - Crazy guy Trevor and I forget the nerds name.
The knocked out guy is Trevor from GTA V but pryce (the minivan nerd) is not Lester. Lester has a different actor
Chuck would never admit it, but he’s more like his brother than he pretends to be. Both are spectacularly competent at underhanded tactics, sabotage, manipulation, and rule bending. And both of them are deeply petty at heart.
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This is the moment V became Appleberg. Bravo, Vince!
What does that mean?
@@jeffabugov5291 Yours is just some tepid... off-brand, generic Fuji. What I'm making is classic Red Delicious.
“B as in Belize, I would like to go there but let’s face it I never will, none of will ever leave this god forsaken wasteland.” Cool line. There was also a Georgia O’ Keafe reference in conjunction with radioactive. This mirrors when Jane asked Jesse if he has ever been to the Georgia O’ Keafe museum and he referenced the museum with the “A Bomb” which has radiation when detonated. These two things tie into Saul asking Walt if he wants to send Jesse to Belize.
13:17 COLD and both scene before that with the two other dudes and the conversation with the guy after are amazing, love Mike
P.S. I feel so bad for Jimmy, Chuck's betrayal is something I didn't see coming
She’s in for such a ride with this series, roller coaster of emotions comin real soon
Yes, she so is! Personally, I prefer it to Breaking Bad
@@jeffabugov5291 couldnt agree more. better call saul is just a masterclass in acting, directing, and cinematography.
We all hated Howard in season 1 and felt bad about it when the rug was pulled out from under us, you aren't alone Vicki
I knew it was a red herring from day 1, but I'm not bosting, I just for some reason knew.
@@BillyBong Which is pretty impressive because the writers didn't know until midway through the first season
@@legendaccount3247 Source?
@@legendaccount3247 Either way, even if it was Chuck's idea to screw Jimmy, Howard went along with it when he didn't have to, therefore, to me, he remains a sleaze. He could've said no! That said . . . oops, no, if I say more, it may ruin things for some people.
@@jeffabugov5291not really. Howard is the junior partner. Chuck has seniority
The shot of Jimmy standing in front of the court wearing Marco's ring, the look he gives, it's heartbreaking for me. Like turning away from the chance of something better, of a brighter path, it's great.
I disagree. I believe it's a look of determination. The ring is a symbol to him of where he should NOT return, at least at this point. But maybe you haven't seen the whole series. Jimmy tried his ass off to be Jimmy, not Slipping' Jimmy.
@@jeffabugov5291 I've seen the show, and I won't comment more cause this is a reaction to barely s1, but I don't know how you can see it as anything else than negative.
@@Klui_ Because it's a symbol of his past life, the Slipping' Jimmy life, the life he's trying to move on from. Every time Jimmy, or even when he's Saul in BCS, when he comes to a crossroads of morality, he looks at his pinky, the ring, which is Marco, which is his past. Think of his very abrupt goodbye to Marco, it was rude and cold but because he legitamatly wanted to leave that criminal life and go do good. Sometimes he makes the right choice, sometimes the wrong one. He's struggling throughout the series of what man he will become, and in his effort to become the good guy, his bad past gives him strength, the ring. The tragedy is we, the audience, know where he'll end up because of Breaking Bad, but HE doesn't know it. In BB, he never looks at the ring at all. He had made his choice. But the ring tells him where he doesn't want to go back to. Even if you disagree, does that make sense?
For what it's worth, you are one of my favorite reactors because you actually react! lol so many just stare at the screen and then pause at the worst moments, but you actually get invested and then give your thoughts. Can't wait for your season 2 reaction!
This season is a entirely work of art, can't understand how people think it's bad lol
It's not bad, it's brilliant. BUT, if you watch / have watched the whole BCS series, this brilliant season just happens to be the worst of them all. But that's high praise!
Can’t wait for you to watch Season 2 and generally the next 5 seasons of this show (Better Call Saul)
Marco didn’t have lung trouble - at least not directly. What he had was congestive heart failure: his heart was no longer able to pump sufficient blood to meet his body’s demands. In addition to eventually leading to death if the underlying issue is not or cannot be treated, congestive heart failure causes multiple symptoms, one of which is a persistent, dry cough.
14:30 I agree, the use of diegetic sound in both shows is the cherry on top to oh so many of these tense scenes. Add the impeccable dialogs as the one when Jimmy confronts Chuck and you got pure gold.
This is a great episode of Better Call Saul and that is Steven Ogg who voiced Trevor Phillips in GTA5 as Mike and he is a awesome actor
thanks V.🇺🇲📺📺🇺🇲
He was also Simon in The Walking Dead!
Ya gotta love the callback to Breaking Bad when Saul related how he'd passed himself off as Kevin Costner once.
Chuck delivers some of the hardest, coldest rants I've seen in film.
I'm laughing my ass off at you taking a big bite of chocolate just as Jimmy got to the good part of the "Chicago sunroof" story 😂😂
This episode is such a good example of the integration of the shadow into an individual. Being a hero is all most want, sometimes life has other plans for us.
Marco wasn’t wrong, Chuck saved Jimmy from prison in order to doom him to obscurity for the rest of his life, as a penance for his past. When Jimmy reached for more than that Chuck found it reprehensible, thinking he couldn’t be more than what he was. Jimmy decided to not try to be better because he couldn’t see the point if his brother didn’t believe in him
I agree with the first part of what you wrote, Brendan, but not the second. Jimmy never gave up. Then again, maybe you watched the first season but not the rest, so I'll shut up now.
@@jeffabugov5291 Better as in making less selfish choices, ie the exchange he has with Mike in the S1 finale. I should’ve clarified.
Fun fact Saul tells Walt in BB that he once convinced a girl he was kevin costenor.
Many people remember Mike's moments in Five-Oh and a certain future courtroom scene as being some of the finest moments of the series (and with good reasons) but I feel that the reveal of Chuck's true colors in Pentimento is a series milestone. It's not only a shattering twist, it's among the highest pinnacles of acting in the series.
Yep yep. The obvious pain in Jimmy's eyes from the start. His sarcastic "Gee, thanks!!" at 17:15.
@@jlilley73 Fyi, Jonathon Banks (Mike) has been a consistently working character actor since the 60s. Always ugly (even when young), always tough because of his looks and acting chops, and always the bad guy. After hating this guy for decades, it's such a pleasure to finally "get" him, even like him :)
"Who poops in the middle of a sunroof?" At least top 5 sentences I'm sure you thought you would never say hahaha
Whoa, what's this about somebody liking Red Delicious apples? They bruise easier than a hemophiliac in a boxing ring. A hearty shake would turn the inside into apple sauce. It only holds together because it's 50% skin by weight, made of rhino hide. But to each his own.
It's my 2nd favorite so, to each his own, I guess. My question is, given all the drama, comedy, and depth of this series, why are you so focused on apples?
But it's soooo tasty!
@@MLennholmyuck. Red delicious are so mealy. There are so many juicier, crisper apples to choose from. The only reason people still buy them is they’re the iconic apple look.
So happy taking these journeys along with you, V! Getting to rewatch my favorite shows with one of my favorite reactors is such a treat 😊
26:38 Talk about bad timing! 😂🤣 love your reaction to that moment!
V eating while Jim explains what the Chicago Sunroof is... doesn´t get more classic than that...
The big guy who ran off is the same guy who brings the strippers to the welding guys in El Camino
So many unmentioned, brief BB/EC callbacks in this series.
@@jeffreydrozek-fitzwater4649 EC was filmed years later, so it would actually be a callback to this.
Mike fetching so many guns from the guy who speaks a lot , is a call back to gta v😂
26:38 - still your best reaction yet! AND YOU WERE EATING CHOCOLATE WHEN LEARNING ABOUT THE CHICAGO SUNROOF!!!!!!!
Glad to see someone emotional about the Marco story.
finally the reveal that it was Chuck all along, Howard never hated Jimmy, in fact he liked him but he liked his buddy Chuck more so he was willing to play the bad guy. now that it's out in the open he doesn't have to pretend anymore and be friendly with Jimmy.
Don't be too sure about that, my friend
I thought you posted BCS reactions on Thursdays. I usually cook ramen on Wednesdays, so now I got something really cool to watch tonight while eating haha
True, I usually can’t wait till Thursday lol, it was a nice surprise
Some of the old people in this show are living their best life, love them.
What an absolutely epic job you have done with the first season of a very complicated show! 🙂💯
I am SO excited to relive the first-watch experience through you with this show!
Spending a season framing Howard as the villian just to reveal it was Chuck is a masterclass in writing. This show is so good.
When you realize Chuck is really behind Jimmy not being able to get a job at HHM, and for basically brick walling him his entire life, it really sheds a lot of light on what a good person Howard is, and how loyal of a friend he is to Chuck. He's willing to be the complete villain to someone he actually admires and respects, and willing to lose millions of dollars on the Sandpiper case all because Chuck hates his brother for no reason. Chuck is really despicable.
the chocolate on the face while Jimmy talked about the Chicago sunroof. That was serendipitous.
Chuck: "Youre not a real Lawyer!"
Jimmy: "S'all Good Man."
In the end, you see Howard wasn't excatly trying to save face, he's just a decent guy.
"Slipping Jimmie with a law degree is like a chimp with a machinegun" is not only a bar but the best line of the show. Chuck is not the villian. The audience simply doesn't get it.
You aré like the 30th reactor I watch all seasons with, never bored, Great reactions ,Great show
THIS SERIES ARE SO AMAZIIIIIIIING I CANT WAIT FOR HER TO SEE THE NEXT SEASONSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
“Slippin’ Jimmy with a Law degree is like a chimp with a machine gun.”
Classic.
Oh, and Honeycrisp are the best apples.
HE DEFECATED THROUGH A SUNROOF
WHAT A SICK JOKE!
No matter, it’s a scam to gain quick money, a judicial trick to get his client off, or genuinely helping, elderly women win a case against a major corporation…. One thing I think we can all agree on is that Jimmy does put his heart and soul into every aspect of what he is trying to accomplish.
Mike took a 1500 job and threw away 3000 worth of guns.
I'll assume you're correct on that pricing because I don't know, BUT . . . Mike doesn't steal, (unless hired to, part of his very specific moral code), but the guy he beat up probably came to, went through the trash, and got his guns back. The morality of Mike's code can be discussed forever, lol, but not here. It'd take too long, lol
26:37 Nothing quite like eating chocolate while Jimmy's describing Chicago Sunroof eh V?
Mike's contract is one of my favorite BCS moments. It's golden Mike!
V having chocolate on her face as Jimmy tells the Chicago Sunroof story is Gold
I don't see too many people point it out, but Saul suggests Walt send Hank on a "trip to Belize" in BB. Which is his euphemism for murder. Which makes his line about always wanting to take a trip to Belize super dark.
Regarding Jimmy and his friend’s con games, it has been a long time since I seen the movie, but my selective memory reminds of The Hustler with Paul Newman.
Saul mentioned the Kevin Costner incident to Walt in Breaking Bad. He said "I once convinced a woman that I was Kevin Costner, not because I made her believe it but because I made myself believe it."
The guy that Mike goes on the job with in Ep 9 is in another show, What We Do in the Shadows. It reminded me to recommend it. Very funny show!
Chuck loved Jimmy, he just didn’t want Jimmy abuse law with his online degree.
I can't believe you said: "They could've stole some guy's pants off him and then sold it back to them..."
There's a scene from Mr Show With Bob and David (David Cross and Bob Odenkirk's sketch show) called Coupon, The Movie where Paul F Thomkins, (I believe), says: "We'll sue the pants off of'm!"
and Bob Odenkirk follows up with an excited: "and then we'll sell'm pants!"
(Jimmy is a lawyer too, how apropos)
I already liked you and your reactions, but saying that red delicious is the best kind of apple has officially made me love you 😂
Watching your last reaction is quite funny as you were all “I’m so happy Chuck is proud”
“I thought the house was going to explode when he took the match out”
👀
Chocolate on your face during the scene Jimmy tells the poop story is both unfortunate and hilarious
I am so depressed that I have finished both of these shows and now I know I am never gonna watch any show as great as these two
True, you may not for a while . . . entertainment is in a horrible slump right now . . . but it's been in slumps before, we'll somehow get out of it. In the meantime, "The Queen's Gambit" is stellar. Just my opinion, but if you're starving, check it out.
@@jeffabugov5291yeah. Once the extremist activist writers get it out of their system that all white men are evil, capitalism and America bad, and the way to be a strong woman is to be an asshole, we could see a new entertainment renaissance.
Can't comment much on Howard, because of the later seasons of BCS, too much I could spoil, but he's one of the few genuine characters in the show, and he actually wanted the best for Jimmy. He's pressured by Chuck to do wrong by him and it sucks...
After the 3:00 mark you say it’s messed up. It would be actually unethical for a lawyer representing Sandpiper not to do this. It’s called zealous advocacy and is an ethical duty lawyers are bound to.
Always love the reacts Vkunia!
Bringing Mike into BCS was a stellar choice. He really fills out the show.
37:26 How The HELL Does She Still Look So Adorable While Angry Like That 😂❤❤
creepy my guy
16:20 well😂 I mean, you are not wrong 🏃🏻
Glade you liked it so far , been enjoying it too tbh
5:42 TREVOR FROM GTA😭😭😭❤️
Amazing reactions as always, looking forward to what you react to next!
The great thing is you’re letting them lead you to think exactly what they want you to at this point in the story.
The actor who cant stop talking with Mike is TREVOR from GTA5...
I love this point in the series where you see Chuck was the one stopping Jimmy from joining HHM but still think Howard is horrible and just trying to act nice just to spend the next 5 seasons being proved wrong
I appreciate you and thank you for making content.
Please resume Better Call Saul, you left when the best was just about to come. Season 5 and 6 are a masterpiece
Jimmy talking about his Chicago Sunroof incident was a lot funnier considering V was eating chocolate of all things during the scene.
Howard is a good guy, he just always gets misunderstood cuz he rich af
It’s gets even better!! Season 1 is basically just the setup for the rest of the series. Buckle up!
The main guy who Mike deals with in the parking garage is none other than the voice of Trevor in Grand Theft Auto 5. The character in the game was also modeled in looks off of this now infamous actor.
9:07, anybody notice the lack of landscaping and gardening care? Also the general deserted look of the scene. Anyone? Anyone?
Now you know Howard was actually the good guy just covering for Chuck.
He would rather Jimmy think he's the bad guy then see him hurt by his own brother.
I'm going to need someone to clip the audio of V saying "You poo poo'd in his car, through his sunroof?" LOL
Your videos are the best VKunia! Keep at it 💯