Better Call Saul Season 3 TIER LIST & RECAP - Retrospective

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  • Hey guys, in this video I'll be recapping and ranking every episode from Better Call Saul Season 3 into a tier list!
    Be sure to leave any opinions in the comments section below, and possibly a like if you've enjoyed the video :)
    I'll see you guys next time with more Better Call Saul!
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    0:00 - Season 3 Episode 1
    10:21 - Season 3 Episode 2
    23:31 - Season 3 Episode 3
    29:19 - Season 3 Episode 4
    38:08 - Season 3 Episode 5
    1:01:10 - Season 3 Episode 6
    1:12:49 - Season 3 Episode 7
    1:25:08 - Season 3 Episode 8
    1:38:07 - Season 3 Episode 9
    1:54:41 - Season 3 Episode 10
    2:13:56 - Rankings
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  • @Snakie747
    @Snakie747 ปีที่แล้ว +1361

    Ernesto was done dirty, and it doesn't get talked about nearly enough. Chuck purposefully lets him hear the tape, then tortures him with vague threats of "consequences" despite knowing that Ernesto will try to warn Jimmy- his plan in fact DEPENDS on Ernesto doing this. Then Chuck FIRES Ernesto for doing exactly what he manipulated him into doing! It wasn't even necessary- I'm sure there was another way to let slip to Jimmy that he had a tape. He just HATED Ernesto for lying on Jimmy's behalf, saying that he called Jimmy when Jimmy turned up at the copy shop after his fall. Poor Ernesto.

    • @mannybatista925
      @mannybatista925 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      Not only was Ernie cannon fodder to Chuck’s schemes towards Jimmy. Do you remember how terrible Chuck spoke to him? Like a literal child.

    • @Snakie747
      @Snakie747 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      @@mannybatista925 Yes, he was horribly condescending to Ernesto despite Ernesto genuinely trying to do a good job. And once he lied for Jimmy his well being was completely irrelevant to Chuck. He FIRED him for something that was part of Chuck's OWN plan. Simply awful. I'm sure he justified it by thinking Ernesto deserved to be fired for that lie anyway.

    • @fruity8656
      @fruity8656 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Ernesto the 🐐 no 🧢

    • @kevinrhodes4325
      @kevinrhodes4325 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Wouldn't it be great to see him resurface? Maybe Ernie is the attorney he refers Francesca to who tells him "Jimmy sent me ". Nor likely but fun thought.

    • @Coleymoleyart
      @Coleymoleyart ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Ernesto! I need help with my space condom

  • @Shebbi04
    @Shebbi04 ปีที่แล้ว +247

    Episode 309 is the only episode of any series that I've watched that made me almost cry because I absolutely hate it when old people are being lied to and seeing Irene's friends leaving her and Irene having to sit alone at Bingo and no one applauding her winning. It was the most heartbreaking thing I have ever seen. I mean just seeing the scene where she runs out the Bingo hall makes my eyes tear up.

    • @bernieclinton9572
      @bernieclinton9572 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      For real. It’s the hardest part of breaking bad and better call Saul to watch for me

    • @smellyfarts2
      @smellyfarts2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@bernieclinton9572 second hardest behind skylar singing happy birthday to ted, but its understandable why youd repress any memory of that scene

    • @Zephyr_Uhh
      @Zephyr_Uhh ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@smellyfarts2 At least that was over quick. We see the whole process of Mrs. Landry’s social isolation.

    • @Enter54623
      @Enter54623 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I genuinely couldn’t watch it and just skipped past it or to whenever the charade was up in the episode I can’t remember if they were in the same episode haven’t made it that far in the video to confirm but yeah someone having something horrible happen to them for reasons they can’t understand but would break their heart if it did is tragic to watch tragic to see tragic to experience I didn’t enjoy it and it was one of my least favorite moments regarding Jimmy but I suppose that because I didn’t watch most of those scenes where he ruins her reputation for the money and his eventual comeuppance from the whole situation while heartbreaking because he genuinely enjoyed working with elders, he deserved the shit he got. Anyway back to whayevrr hanging thread I said, I suppose since I didn’t watch it all it didn’t affect my view of Jimmys character too poorly despite the fact that it should have

    • @SecretPlugg
      @SecretPlugg ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah Im glad jimmy came clean tho

  • @j3pelfrey
    @j3pelfrey ปีที่แล้ว +200

    "You hurt people over and over" How many times in this show was Chuck describing himself when he is trying to describe Jimmy. The level of vengeful pettiness that Chuck demonstrates in this scene takes my breath away. The fact that Michael McKean did not win every TV award for his performance is incomprehensible to me.

  • @amberaaaaanne
    @amberaaaaanne ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Chuck listing out things he is able to see and touch is actually a technique called grounding that is common in reducing anxiety and panic attacks.

    • @isaacbrown7936
      @isaacbrown7936 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      interesting as i’m pretty sure the first thing Chuck says in the show is “Did you ground yourself” to Jimmy

    • @mikasus9938
      @mikasus9938 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@isaacbrown7936Well grounding yourself can also stand for removing excess eletricity/voltage from an object which was most likely meant there

  • @Suikogiru
    @Suikogiru ปีที่แล้ว +352

    Fun fact: at 21:46 when Chuck talks about Jimmy breaking in "under the cover of darkness" you can hear Jimmy's car speeding and making a huge stop

    • @DCANNONSTEPSBYKE
      @DCANNONSTEPSBYKE ปีที่แล้ว +59

      This part always made me laugh out loud, like Jimmy really was fed tf up 💀💀

    • @amipadme3985
      @amipadme3985 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Lol, I hadn't noticed that before...

    • @muhammadsiddiqi7968
      @muhammadsiddiqi7968 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@amipadme3985 jvvvuuvvvvvcm

    • @timothyngo
      @timothyngo 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How did he stop it get out of the car and then knock on the door one second later

  • @ringkunmori
    @ringkunmori ปีที่แล้ว +479

    You know what's fucked
    SPOILER
    People will remember Chuck more fondly than Howard. Chuck will still be seen not as the spiteful snake he was but Howard will be last seen as an incompetent drug user that he wasn't.

    • @pinkmenace6836
      @pinkmenace6836 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      damn this hurts

    • @TheVividKiWi
      @TheVividKiWi  ปีที่แล้ว +61

      :'(

    • @candy7124
      @candy7124 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Yep, Chuck is remembered as a great legal mind with a law library named after himself. If he had not kill himself, he would have been remembered as a lawyer that went loopy and ended up dying alone in a mental hospital.

    • @zacharylubin533
      @zacharylubin533 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      There is another parallel. Chuck actually committed suicide but it looked like he didn't. Howard did not commit suicide but it looked like he did.

    • @jak2022
      @jak2022 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@candy7124 Thankfully people were already forgetting about Chuck hence the new hire for HHM who didn't know who he was.

  • @ObamaBinKillin
    @ObamaBinKillin ปีที่แล้ว +173

    I love the air force Captain scene. It just makes me think about the bigger scope of breaking bad and better call Saul. The captain knew, just like chuck Lover of the law, that the wheels of justice always turns. And that's scary for Saul and Kim

    • @j-rey-
      @j-rey- ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I agree. When it first aired, the guy really intimidated me, and I thought more would come from it, that Jimmy would actually face legal repercussions for getting onto the base on false pretenses. Then, when it was never brought up again, I kinda thought back on it and was disappointed. But after season 6A, and what happened in the finale, I immediately thought back to that scene, and how the captain was right all along. I knew he was right, given what happens in breaking bad, but it really hit home during the final scene of 6A. Not "justice," per se, but consequences.

    • @jondocs6071
      @jondocs6071 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Also them referring to the old man as Fudge always made me laugh

    • @ObamaBinKillin
      @ObamaBinKillin ปีที่แล้ว

      @@j-rey- exactly, the wheels are turning and Saul will continue to avoid justice but it's bitter sweet to think justice doesn't stop and consequences will come for everything he's been a part of. And Kim as well. For everyone in General.

    • @corbeau-_-
      @corbeau-_- ปีที่แล้ว +5

      it reminded me of some youtuber on BCS who lauded the scene. For him it was about the dude being the anti-Saul, basically. He's incorruptible, a straight arrow who holds jimmy's feet to the proverbial fire. It's something that doesn't happen often in his shady world, it only happens in manipulative circumstances (like with Chuck and his big ego). Even Kim has a guilty pleasure there, but this guy is the real deal. An honest man calling Jimmy out on his bs.

    • @ObamaBinKillin
      @ObamaBinKillin ปีที่แล้ว

      @@corbeau-_- and behold, justice came.

  • @hagerdhotrodz
    @hagerdhotrodz ปีที่แล้ว +83

    I've always felt that not only did Chuck's final relapse when he trashes his house, was more than just a "relapse" or "problems with his medication" as Michael McKean himself describes in the commentary for this eposode. I feel that some of this was outbursts of anger. Anger at himself, anger at Jimmy, the HHM outcome ect, all came to a head, and he begin to self sabotage because even though he tried to be a "Slippin' Chucky", so to speak in several ways, it all backfired on him, furthering his hatred for Jimmy because he has gotten away with so much, so many times, for so long.

  • @plague8163
    @plague8163 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    Chicanery has the absolute best callback with Jimmy asking if Chuck would hide his lung cancer from his wife.
    Remember the whole plot of Breaking Bad started because a man refused to tell his family about his lung cancer. Now Saul continues to practice law because a man refused to tell his wife about his mental illness.

    • @abramsullivan7764
      @abramsullivan7764 ปีที่แล้ว

      Walt did told Skylar that he has cancer at the end of And The Bag's In The River, and then in Cancer Man he told his family that he has lung cancer.

    • @petrmatko6628
      @petrmatko6628 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@abramsullivan7764 After going with cooking meth and mudering Emilio and Domingo/Krazy 8

    • @Xpwnxage
      @Xpwnxage ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@petrmatko6628 Emilio was self defense. Krazy8 was more like murder because they didn't have to do it at that point except to protect themselves legally.

  • @mappingshaman5280
    @mappingshaman5280 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    "Which partner was most concerned about nepotism" is not a leading question. A leading question is one that directly infers the answer the asker wants such as "is it true that Charles mcgill was the most concerned about nepotism?"

  • @JamieGJones
    @JamieGJones ปีที่แล้ว +198

    Season 3 is just so good. Can’t wait for the final episodes of season 6.

    • @crazycatlady4023
      @crazycatlady4023 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Season 3 is so great that I've had to watch it four times

    • @leamanc
      @leamanc ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@crazycatlady4023 As Kiwi’s tier lists have shown so far, they were still finding their footing somewhat in season 1, things clicked into place in season 2, and since then it’s been a master class. Seasons 3, 4, 5 and 6A have been the best television of its time, no question.

    • @corbeau-_-
      @corbeau-_- ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@crazycatlady4023 I was thinking, man, I should rewatch season 3 xD
      Can't wait for the final episode, but I don't want it to end either. Bitter sweet.

    • @realcanadiangirl64
      @realcanadiangirl64 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@corbeau-_- Absolutely

    • @rocketsmall4547
      @rocketsmall4547 ปีที่แล้ว

      just wait mang

  • @christopherdalton5820
    @christopherdalton5820 ปีที่แล้ว +285

    Why do people complain about the scene where Mike takes his car apart to find the tracker? It's a great character moment. It's meant to show how smart and thorough to the point of obsession Mike is. Also if you juxtapose that scene with the one where Jimmy glues the shredded documents from last season it shows how Mike and Jimmy have some similarities in their dedication once they decide to do something.

    • @TheVividKiWi
      @TheVividKiWi  ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Yea idk I just remember that scene getting a lot of hate when the episode first aired, some ppl found it boring and longer than it needed to be, but I like it.

    • @JackG79
      @JackG79 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It really amazed me when he said that people generally didn't like that montage. I have always really enjoyed that whole thing as well as the tracker spy stuff with Mike. I found that all fascinating. I also seen once where some of the creators, who use 3d printers... created those hand held tracking devices. As this was supposed to be set before smart phones. But they had to find a way to show someone being GPS tracked in real time. BB and BCS have some amazing creators and set engineers.

    • @jiren6346
      @jiren6346 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I loved that scene, the mechanic also reminded me of the old Joe who worked with Jesse and Walter

    • @bernieclinton9572
      @bernieclinton9572 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TheVividKiWi tbh I didn’t have a problem with it the first time watching, but when rewatching I skip that scene now because of how long it goes on

    • @Zephyr_Uhh
      @Zephyr_Uhh ปีที่แล้ว

      I really appreciated it since in Breaking Bad a lot of the little details and dirty work got scraped under the rug for big plot elements.

  • @jcore0981
    @jcore0981 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Chicanery is more enjoyable than most modern blockbusters. Just a dude in a chair. Sometimes bigger isn't better.

    • @kinss1
      @kinss1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Every woman can tell you bigger isn’t necessarily better

    • @jcore0981
      @jcore0981 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kinss1 😂

  • @sitori663
    @sitori663 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    What Jimmy did to Irene showed who he truly was deep down.

  • @parkslog8975
    @parkslog8975 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I absolutely love how you call characters a-holes but give credit to the actors for portraying the a-holes so well!!

    • @JDMaverick6714
      @JDMaverick6714 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly how it should be done😊
      Some fans are toxic and often direct their hatred to the actor just because they hate a character they play ( looking at you Star Wars fans🙄).

  • @Time_circuits
    @Time_circuits ปีที่แล้ว +56

    These videos are a great recap for an incredible show and it’s fun hearing your thoughts on all the episodes in such detail. These longer videos are appreciated!

    • @TheVividKiWi
      @TheVividKiWi  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Glad you like the long form content! :)

    • @mhern57
      @mhern57 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheVividKiWi
      Love your stuff KiWi but just to clear something up. The nickname Charlie Hustle was given in spring training to Pete Rose by Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford for his hustle and aggressive play. He played 24 seasons with that name and also as a manager. Unfortunately Rose was caught betting on baseball during his managerial days with the Reds which ruined his legacy for many, but not all. The name or term Charlie Hustle was and is very much a positive to this day. Howard was giving Jimmy a compliment

  • @it.was.written
    @it.was.written ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Kiwi, this was amazing. Thank you soo much for this gem of a video you drop on us right before the start of 6B. Thank you for touching on the Nacho cold open of S3E6, I thought you were going to skip it because you didn’t start the recap of that episode with it but you went back to it. I will never forget watching that cold open when it first aired, I was still blown away by how amazing Chicanery was the week before and how they would follow it up. That Nacho cold open made me realize that BCS is in fact an elite level show that is destined to become one of the greatest shows ever, idk why that cold open resonated soo much to me at that time but the feeling it gave me proved to be right. Also, to me, it felt like that was the true beginning of Nacho’s story arc for the remainder of the series, it was as if with Chuck’s outburst the episode prior was his story’s end, and Nacho’s disassociate silence was his story’s beginning.

  • @necrofrigian
    @necrofrigian ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Anita’s speech is what gave mike his idea for the cover up in the final season. Bravo Vince

  • @UDreviews
    @UDreviews ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Yay!!! I love listening to your videos when I cozy up for bed. 2 hours is amazing! 🤩

  • @shlock1558
    @shlock1558 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Amazing recap/analysis as always. I have watched BCS 2 times now and still missed things. Your videos give me a very keen perspective on the show and make me love it even more. Thank you for that!

  • @ciamber
    @ciamber ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Great video as usual, just making the connection now after hearing it for the 9174th time between Howard telling Chuck he's the smartest man he ever met and Hank telling the same to Walt, just before two very dramatic outcomes, when they seemed already inevitable.

  • @swirlz100
    @swirlz100 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    2 hours?! There goes my afternoon! Love these videos

  • @ethanratberry6991
    @ethanratberry6991 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    These are by far my favorite videos that you make, can’t wait to enjoy these thoroughly

  • @brandonjonas1635
    @brandonjonas1635 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    These videos are so fricken good. Idk how you did it but it scratches the review/recap itch so well

  • @HartsyProtzy
    @HartsyProtzy ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Season 3 is to me the season that turned Better Call Saul from being a cool spinoff to a show I love into a truly incredible show that stands well on it’s own. Great video as always!

  • @illuminatedzach4206
    @illuminatedzach4206 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love the scene with the soda can. I forget which season it’s from but I perfectly demonstrates how quickly chuck was forgotten and foreshadowes how Howard will be forgotten as well

    • @flightofthebumblebee9529
      @flightofthebumblebee9529 ปีที่แล้ว

      Notice in the series finale when Jimmy is at his trial, he name drops Chuck and we see the prosecutors whispering to eachother, and one shrugs like he has no idea who Chuck is. Jimmy is finally out from under Chuck's shadow, but in the worst way.

  • @ecritdelajaponographie8565
    @ecritdelajaponographie8565 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    1:41:26 I don't recall if I noticed this when watching the actual episode, but this is very period-specific, as I believe this is set a few months after Peter Jackson's "The Two Towers" was released. (I doubt Howard had read the book.) Genius.

  • @linguistsam
    @linguistsam ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I really love your summaries, thanks. It didn't occur to me that Gus made Jimmy with the bagman. Kudos, man.

    • @CrackWarrior
      @CrackWarrior ปีที่แล้ว

      Same here i never noticed that before this video.

  • @onuzim
    @onuzim ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Throughout the entire series Howard is the one i feel most bad for, he tried to be the good man yet throughout the whole series he is treated like dirt. Chuck took advantage of howards kindness and friendlyness to get back at his brother, and in later seasons jimmy ruined his life and reputation.

  • @doxx2k7
    @doxx2k7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great work, I rewatched the entire show during the S6 break, and still I'm watching your tier lists to hear your opinion. Keep it up

  • @Gesepie
    @Gesepie ปีที่แล้ว +16

    i think chicanery is a 10/10 epsiode

  • @tmalecki1521
    @tmalecki1521 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Just wanna say, Kim using the fallacy of sunk cost line parallels Jimmy saying the same thing to her back in The first episode of season 2, when he had decided to quit the law and she was trying to get him to reconsider

  • @mach1mustangguy992
    @mach1mustangguy992 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Mike taking apart the car is totally something he would have done. I loved it the more mike the better!Mike is my favorite character for sure

  • @cowboyluigi5275
    @cowboyluigi5275 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    17:13, I like to think that the younger brother vibes could be coming from Jimmy’s seek of approval from Chuck.

  • @maxjacobsen1932
    @maxjacobsen1932 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    damn, just binged the season 1 and 2 videos and i see this was posted just 1 hour ago, i really was ready to watch all the episodes. really good stuff bro keep it up

  • @versluisf83
    @versluisf83 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I was wondering what comes above S tier for the Chicanery episode, now I know 😀

  • @Tykoon22
    @Tykoon22 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I know everyone loves Chicanery, as do I, but for me, Witness is the best (or at least my favorite) episode of the season. The entire sequence with Jimmy at Los Pollos Hermanos is flawless from start to finish, one of my favorite scenes of the entire show and something I could watch on an endless loop… which I did. Seriously, it’s one of those scenes where you see something new every time you watch it, so give that a shot and see what you find. After doing that, then try watching it a few more times over, but do it with your eyes closed so you can just listen. Great ASMR aside, it makes you completely forget you’re watching a TV show, and instead convinces you that you are just seeing/hearing/experiencing the real world go by, and it’s incredible. No joke, pure magic.
    And then we have Mike, starring in the latest episode of MacGyver, and I am absolutely here for it. I really don’t understand why so many people take issue with all of the “MacGyver Mike” scenes/sequences -- similar to Jimmy’s schemes, they are all fantastic, highly entertaining and one of my personal favorite aspects of the show. There’s nothing quite like witnessing that level of ingenuity and creativity on full display as a clever little plan comes to fruition.
    Those are the big ones, and there’s obviously a lot more in the episode to talk about, but you’ve seen the show, you get it. I don’t have a Top 10 BCS episodes list or anything, but if I did, I’m pretty sure Witness would make the cut--it’s no coincidence I started pushing the idea of BCS ultimately eclipsing BB as the superior show way back around Season 3.

  • @stuartewoldt1513
    @stuartewoldt1513 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love how Jimmy rips the tape down and messes the whole paint design up at the end. Very foretelling about the over all message of the show. Chuck was always right about Jimmy.
    Chuck and Jimmy are a good representation of Left Brain / Right Brain of 1 persons thought patterns.

    • @jayw1256
      @jayw1256 ปีที่แล้ว

      I took it more as Jimmy rebelling and cutting corners directly because doing things the right way makes him think of Chuck.

  • @Dominian1
    @Dominian1 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Keep it up! These videos are awesome. Great for recap, just fun to quickly re-watch the highlights. This long format is a big plus. I don't know if you hate editing these longer videos, but I thoroughly enjoy the longer approach as a viewer.

  • @jgrizzyy
    @jgrizzyy ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great video. Been with the show 7 years and I get something new every time I re watch it just like bb. Can’t wait for tonight.

  • @lukea2101
    @lukea2101 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What a great video to watch before the new episode airs tomorrow night!
    Keep up the good work! 👍

  • @wynonasbigbrowndragon6121
    @wynonasbigbrowndragon6121 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is gonna take a bit for me to watch without distractions, but I have never felt more certain that a 2h+ TH-cam vid will be worth the watch

  • @shahzadmunawarnizamani7186
    @shahzadmunawarnizamani7186 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Season 3 finale is definitely underrated, i realised that after rewatching it. It's so haunting and dark like how chuck kills himself

  • @will.i.am_copeland
    @will.i.am_copeland ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Coming back to watch this, again. Lol.
    Please tell me you are doing a season 5 tier list 🙏. Thank you so much for all of your work on these. It has genuinely been a pleasure to watch your content over the years. Really hope you plan on doing more. Have a great day!!

  • @juniors_mind
    @juniors_mind ปีที่แล้ว +10

    One more day guys 🙏
    Can't wait to discuss the remainder of the season

  • @chinbag
    @chinbag ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I think Mike is everything to Jimmy that Chuck isn't this season. He looks out for Jimmy and gives opportunity for not-so-legal hijinks. Just an interesting parallel

  • @kevandre
    @kevandre ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You know, the last several weeks I've thought that Lalo's shushing of Jimmy and Kim in 607 reminded me of something , but I wasn't sure what it was. I think it might be Nacho's "relax..." to Pryce after he broke into his house

  • @bplup6419
    @bplup6419 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Ernesto and Lyle are probably my two favorite characters.

  • @ACDancy
    @ACDancy ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Chicanery ranking is well deserved. Well done on the list too that was fun!

  • @TheDoug625
    @TheDoug625 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Mike and the tracking devices is one my favorite scenes in the entire Breaking Bad BCS universe

  • @hunterwolff-schollmeyer3902
    @hunterwolff-schollmeyer3902 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Holy shit…longest vid you have ever posted. I know what I am doing today. Also can’t wait to see your reactions/breakdowns for Season 6B.

  • @mohammadalshami4921
    @mohammadalshami4921 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey man .. I really appreciate the time and effort you put into the making of this video. It shows how big a BCS fan you are (as we all are).
    You're absolutely awesome! Keep it up 💪🏻

  • @MrWeepingdalek
    @MrWeepingdalek ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What an incredible video, hats off too you and hard work you put into every video. Can’t wait for the final six episodes tomorrow :)

  • @sitori663
    @sitori663 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What was wrong with Francesca's pep talk to Kim after her auto accident? She simply pointed out how lucky she was to be alive. I went through a similar scenario and my friend pointing this out helped me tremendously. I could focus on my good luck vs. focus on the negativity of the accident itself. Helps get one unstuck from dwelling on negative thinking.

  • @leamanc
    @leamanc ปีที่แล้ว +25

    The S4 superlab story is one your least favorite? What?!? That’s the Werner story, which is up there as one of the most heartbreaking in the whole show.

    • @mappingshaman5280
      @mappingshaman5280 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I know right, thats literally the episode where mike loses most of what's left of his humanity and becomes little better than heisenberg. And before people @ me by saying Miike genuinely was doing it for his family NO. If he was doing it for his family, he would have told hank everything so he wouldnt take Kaylee's $2 million. And yes Hank is allowed to BS mike, but with that deal in mind, Mike could have used a lawyer to negotiate the deal into reality. He clearly was not necessarily a fan of criminals as he had been a cop in the past, and frequently expressed disdain for how the salamancas and gus operate. He does what he does because he has the same romanticised notions walt does. "Im doing this for my family. Im a good criminal." And werner's arc is really what seals the deal on this. Just as walt is willing to kill clueless people whom are barely in the game (Gale) mike will fully obey gus in executing a clueless man whom is barely in the game (Werner).

    • @leamanc
      @leamanc ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mappingshaman5280 Agree 100%. I also love the arc of Mike having some independence from Gus and thinking he calls the shots about what he will and won’t do. But then he screwed up the Werner situation so bad, he’s under Gus’s thumb for good after that. To me, all this is the superlab story…it’s not like they spent endless hours showing it being built…it’s the human drama around it.

    • @Chadius_Thundercock
      @Chadius_Thundercock ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mappingshaman5280 same with Walter. It absolutely pisses me off when people try to say “Walter wasn’t a bad guy, he was doing it for his family” BITCH HE POISONED A CHILD AND BOMBED A RETIREMENT HOME. He even admits he did it because he liked it, yet there’s morons trying to convince that he wasn’t a bad guy

    • @JamDonut11
      @JamDonut11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It just feels so... unrealistic. Houses inside with a bunch of people in a truck going to excavate an area. It feels... off.

    • @abdur4754
      @abdur4754 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JamDonut11 bro gus got blown up nearly point blank and walked off adjusting his tie

  • @timkirsten6184
    @timkirsten6184 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fantastic video Kiwi. Love these tier lists. Reminds me how great this show has always been

  • @melissas7980
    @melissas7980 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Kiwi, I continue to love your videos, and you remain at the tip top of my favorite channels doing BCS commentary/analysis! I especially admire your frank honesty and willingness to share your thoughts, even when you know they aren't necessarily "popular" with the fandom. I typically always agree with you, but don't always have the confidence to express myself in the community threads. So thank you! Even on the rare occasion I initially disagree with you, you always give me a new perspective to think about....which imo, is the main reason for participating in/watching videos in the first place.

    • @TheVividKiWi
      @TheVividKiWi  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks :) I really appreciate it

  • @themajortv5921
    @themajortv5921 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    These videos are so great man, thanks for making them :)

  • @nont18411
    @nont18411 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Jimmy and Kim’s relationship are always in crisis…and this was before the landslide that was season 4, the sh*tstorm that was season 5 and a supervolcanic eruption that was season 6.
    Kim was right about this though.
    “We both should take it easy. How about a day without drama?”

  • @michaelward9880
    @michaelward9880 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Jimmy's Bar hearing where Chuck flips out reminds me so much of "The Caine Mutiny" courts martial scene when Humphrey Bogart looses it.

  • @christopherartymowicz7265
    @christopherartymowicz7265 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Really enjoy your recaps. Great work!!

  • @chickendrawsdogs3343
    @chickendrawsdogs3343 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Finally somebody pointing the Wexler-McGill logo looking like a crashing chart! That stuff has been haunting me since day one seeing the episode. 🤣

  • @BEHEDETY
    @BEHEDETY ปีที่แล้ว +2

    he'll never change... omg

  • @xxDrain
    @xxDrain ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like these long format videos, so I have something to constantly watch on the side as I level up in wow.

  • @iswordlogici7760
    @iswordlogici7760 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I just discovered your channel and I'm hooked lol.

  • @it.was.written
    @it.was.written ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Holy shit! Been waiting for this one! The 3rd best season in my opinion, after season 5 and 6

  • @Inco10
    @Inco10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Gotta get the popcorn ready for this amazing video

  • @ChefOrelleYoung
    @ChefOrelleYoung ปีที่แล้ว +3

    How did 471k people forget to leave a like? Wildn!

  • @Scottdick6
    @Scottdick6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Worth the wait! Thank you for making this

  • @chrisXlr8r
    @chrisXlr8r ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That calming technique in e8 is a technique for grounding yourself. To try and sort of ground yourself with reality and control anxiety

  • @MintyPhresh93
    @MintyPhresh93 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fantastic video very grateful happy Saul Eve

  • @MoonBaboon10
    @MoonBaboon10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So glad I binged watch and caught up to season 6 in one month haha also can’t wait for your reviews of season 4&5 and seeing where you rank each episode

  • @MightyMemeKing
    @MightyMemeKing ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Notice also that in episode 7, Kim asks Jimmy if he’s maxing out his credit cards and Jimmy says “no”. Then, when Jimmy is telling Kim about how he plans to con the rich jerk, he says he’s going to trick the man into buying a $4000 worthless credit card. This implies that he lied to Kim and that he really did max out his credit card. Man, I love that the show’s creators trust us enough to figure this out based on these hints as opposed to outright telling us. This show is God-tier.

  • @kellydavid8169
    @kellydavid8169 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love how you said “roughly playing smoke on the water.” 😂

  • @ballsrgrossnugly
    @ballsrgrossnugly ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have a fact for you from the blu ray commentary, the DMV/MVD thing was a cover for the creators having saul reference the DMV in Breaking Bad, but they didn't realize that in some states, including New Mexico, it's called the MVD. They literally wrote that part of the scene to cover their mistake and explain why Saul in BB refers to it as the DMV.
    I thought that was funny when they said that in the commentary.

  • @jon_with_no_n3065
    @jon_with_no_n3065 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hey man, good video. 2+ hours is super impressive. It must’ve taken forever to make. If I could provide some constructive criticism though, I noticed that often during scenes you would just describe the entire scene in detail while also playing clips from that scene. For example, the conversation between jimmy and chuck in episode 10. I think there were multiple times where you just said the dialogue that they say then show them saying it.
    It’s not a huge deal it just seems redundant and is a bit annoying. Maybe it’s just me but I didn’t notice you doing it at all in the last 2. Maybe some segments could just use another look. Anyway great job overall. Looking forward to season 4’s video.

  • @JacobC479
    @JacobC479 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’m surprised you didn’t mention the similarities between Kim immediately waking up to the alarm in her car and Lalo doing the same thing later on. Same thing for the “you’re flooding it” scene being similar to the one in Breaking Bad.

  • @FlumpyTripod
    @FlumpyTripod ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It's so interesting how much of a villain Chuck is to you. I mean, don't get me wrong, Chuck's a bastard, but I definitely sympathize with him more than you do.
    That's the great thing about BB and BCS. How gray all the characters are and how much the audience connects with different aspects of the characters
    Also, you misspelled "lantern"

  • @dishsoap446
    @dishsoap446 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love this recap series, and I love the insight. One complaint I have though is how sometimes you describe a scene and then proceed to play it. For brevity, I think it should just be one or the other, maybe if you show the scene you could lead in to it.

  • @mrpuddingpop1
    @mrpuddingpop1 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Charlie is also short for Charles. jimmy is just a speedy Chuck in Howard's eye. guys got a lot of energy

  • @WikkeSchrandt
    @WikkeSchrandt ปีที่แล้ว +1

    23:45 Oh damn, I never knew this. I always thought shoes hanging from a power line meant drugs were for sale there.

  • @talbaskin1081
    @talbaskin1081 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We need the full story of Gustavo "Gus" Fring. It might be short one but WORTH it

  • @iamrenvik1522
    @iamrenvik1522 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The sooner the 2nd half of this season begins the sooner we are to getting to the finale i know i wont be disappointed no matter what happens it would have to be terribly bad to get me to that point

  • @Sploberrie
    @Sploberrie ปีที่แล้ว +1

    52:34 This is truly the moment Chuck McGill became Walter White, hypothetically speaking

  • @botwitaprice
    @botwitaprice ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I do agree that shot of Kim & Jimmy in front of the office window is totally epic.

  • @timu1960
    @timu1960 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "salamanca money, salamanca blood" isn't actually the last thing that Hector says, the last thing he says is "It is personal" towards gus. I know you probabably didn't mean the former in your video, but still, it's such a cool thing I wanted to mention it.

  • @htasul
    @htasul ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video! Love watching these!

  • @elisabettat4632
    @elisabettat4632 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thank you for such a long and good video! Chicanery definitely worth of an SS!

  • @guyinc0gnito
    @guyinc0gnito ปีที่แล้ว +2

    listened to this whole thing while putting together some ikea shit, great recap!

  • @coldray5
    @coldray5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great video, but the best thing about it is that 30s long better call Saul music looped for over 2 hours...

  • @ALFIEBOY-de9rh
    @ALFIEBOY-de9rh ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Chicanery and plan and execution the two best episodes, both chuck and Howard downfalls

  • @JohnixFTW
    @JohnixFTW ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this is great video, good work, good insights

  • @polybius92
    @polybius92 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love the tier list videoes:-) Really great summaries with a lot of great insight! Although I have to say that you get pretty tired of hearing the end credits theme for two hours. Maybe you could spruce it up for the season 4 list? Cheers!

  • @kevinw712
    @kevinw712 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    btw, I've seen thru the charade and totally have figured out who exactly Carol Burnett is gonna play in this finale stretch.
    One last slightly-mathematically-impossible recasting of Kaylee Ehrmentraut.

  • @JersaJuega94
    @JersaJuega94 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your vids Bro keep doing what you do because you do it perfectly

  • @ignerso
    @ignerso ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lol this is literally a movie, but great work!

  • @cully4021
    @cully4021 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    loving these vids are we go through the series finale!

  • @eltonm9854
    @eltonm9854 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i love these videos, i like the long format. when will season 4 tier list come out? im really excited

  • @joshhale7004
    @joshhale7004 ปีที่แล้ว

    great job and insight. love your vids.

  • @RedLuigi235
    @RedLuigi235 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I always love coming across people randomly like this, the insurance lady in 307 is one of the stars of the Adult Swim Infomercial "Broomshakalaka," which is incredible

    • @guyinc0gnito
      @guyinc0gnito ปีที่แล้ว

      Dude no way, nice catch