Why This Episode Of Better Call Saul Is All Good, Man
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Better Call Saul is gearing up to return for it's final season, and there have been many episodes one could consider perfect. The follow up series to Breaking Bad has stood on it's own as a truly great series. But this specific episode of Better Call Saul, that lands directly in the middle of the series, could be considered a perfect episode of television. While we move closer to connecting the timelines of Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad, we look back at what made Jimmy McGill become Saul Goodman.
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Written by Chris Teregis
Edited by Paul Ritchey - บันเทิง
The only prequel to be equal in quality to the original while bringing a great subtext to the original.
I agree slippin jimmy is a master piece
Red dead redemption 2 meets those requirements and exceeds in quality. But I know it’s a totally different medium.
I’d go as far to say BCS is better than BB
@@rocketthedachshund2961 yeah of course, but I'm talking strictly screen here gaming is a different conversation
@@butters9354 SLIPPIN JIMMY SWEEP
- Kim Wexler is one of, if not, the best female character on TV.
- The complexity and depth of Saul Goodman are way beyond those of Walter White. Walter’s morality has a clear line between good and evil. Saul’s morality is so grey that good and evil are inseparable.
YES, THANK YOU! Rhea Seehorn'# Kim delivers a far more pleasant counterpoint than Anna Gunn's Skyler. Jimmy is a way better main character than fucking dumbfuck Walter; hell the only thing I miss about BB is Jesse, but we have Mike instead so it's ok.
I don’t think Kim is even that great of a character. She’s not very complex and her motivations are relatively straightforward compared to Jimmy’s. She is a super realistic character and she’s super supportive of Jimmy which is probably why we like her so much. Again, I like Kim and she’s well written, but she doesn’t really stand out much to me.
@@specialknees6798 it's the performance I think is outstanding, not the character itself. She's a simple person, heavily influenced by Jimmy, despite everyone's warnings. But my God the deliver of this simplicity is amazing. For me her speech to Lalo was one of the most tense scenes I've seen in tv shows. All the time I was thinking "okay, here's where she dies" and that ultimately was what pushed Lalo away. She's just the perfect fit for the character.
I think what'a good is that male writers are finally learning to write female characters, and there are more female writers, so every year we get more and more amazing female characters and it's nice to see.
@@bratprica6383 this is much more along the lines of what I took from it. Kim is great amidst a sea of 2-dimensional female characters. She just feels very human and realistic, which is great, but to me it shines a light on how bad Hollywood writers generally are about writing women. That doesn’t have to be the case though and more and more I think good female characters are getting their time in the sun.
Rewatching Breaking bad after Better Call Saul and seeing all the hard earned dangerous criminals being killed by a freaking terminally ill chemistry teacher is just mind boggling.
def should have watched bb first
(lol I made the OP edit their comment, it orginally suggested they hadnt watched breaking bad first)
@@GedTV I actually watched bb first, I'm just pointing out
@@howardlovesyouu good. bcs would be significantly worse without bb as backstory
I’m going to rewatch BB after BCS finishes this month but I’m already going to hate Walter so much for killing off Mike because of how much I’ve grown to adore him throughout BCS
@@rhetiq9989 I mean I already hated Walt for killing Mike before BCS but BCS definitely didn't help lol
Better Call Saul has this way of making you feel that sense of elation over someone getting their comeuppance and then immediately following up with a sense of guilt for having felt that way.
Dude your comment made me look at the translator for 2 times just to understand it and I usually feel proud of my English. Thank you!
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I guessed (or did i? Who knows) what elation and comeuppance meant and I turned out to be correct. I googled after reading your comment lol. Just to verify
@@babbisp1 hahahaha I guessed as well but thought, welp, might learn something today XD
@@babbisp1 and yes those were the words
Damn dude well said
I was expecting some obscure episode that I’d forgotten about. But it was Chicanery. Because of course it is. One of the best episodes of TV period.
after watching s6, rewatching s2 e1 really lays the foundation of Saul and Kim’s paths and everything that happens really shows their characters true colors
Bali Hai is way up there too. Pimento. Five-oh. Shit the whole show is just awesome lol
@@supersaiyanzero386 and just recently - Rock and Hard Place as well as Plan and Execution.
Also I just realized they’re naming every episode this season with two things separated by “and.” Wonder if that’ll continue for the second half.
If you love Chicanery, I highly recommend The Caine Mutiny. The writers have sourced it as a huge inspiration. Excellent movie.
@@JacobBush16 i have heard that rest of episodes are named the same way etc and etc
I think “Better Call Saul” is one of the only prequels which gives more context to the originals and doesn't change or ruin anything, while still maintaining the quality and style of the original
because most of the prequels try to make a story from every single throw away line the character had in the horiginal... they just made something from scratch
Not just maintaining the style but evolving in it yk
Because most prequels are just cash grabs...
Well the American Greed episode does have spoilers , if that is what u mean, but this show is absolutely brilliant
@@MiniKodjo well, better call Saul quite literally based its main antagonist on a throwaway line from breaking bad.
Lalo Salamanca was a throwaway line Saul said in breaking bad simply because the writers wanted to make clear that Saul had ties to the cartel
IMO the best episode of BCS is the one where Mike recalls the story of his son and how he took revenge. Hearing Mike say: “they killed my boy” while crying was a very emotional moment in the series
This moment is I think the only one Mike ever shows a genuine emotion in, heartbreaking
@@alyasuramza You forgot Werner's death
@@ivans4410 RIGHT
It was cool to see Finger take a bullet to the chest and not even flinch.
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i like how halfway through he casually is trying to sell us all drugs
I was looking for this comment. Surprised no one else talks about this, i was laughing my ass off
when i can get normal edibles its extra funny
This is the video where Nerdstalgic became Heisenberg
"YOU'RE NOTHING TO ME BUT CUSTOMERS!"
Chicanery was one of my all time favorite episodes of anything ever until the midseason finale to season 6. Amazing stuff so consistently~
Best episode of the series
607 followed it up by being the most intense episode of tv I've ever seen.
@@DoctorXander 608*
“I am not crazy! I know he swapped those numbers! I knew it was 1216. One after Magna Carta. As if I could ever make such a mistake. Never. Never! I just - I just couldn't prove it. He - he covered his tracks, he got that idiot at the copy shop to lie for him. You think this is something? You think this is bad? This? This chicanery? He's done worse. That billboard! Are you telling me that a man just happens to fall like that? No! He orchestrated it! Jimmy! He defecated through a sunroof! And I saved him! And I shouldn't have. I took him into my own firm! What was I thinking? He'll never change. He'll never change! Ever since he was 9, always the same! Couldn't keep his hands out of the cash drawer! But not our Jimmy! Couldn't be precious Jimmy! Stealing them blind! And he gets to be a lawyer!? What a sick joke! I should've stopped him when I had the chance! And you - you have to stop him!”
The sad part is that, despite truly sounding deranged, he was 100% right.
It is so criminal that this show received almost to no love from awards show. I mean awards dont mean that much but the cinematography and acting from this show is so overlooked! Hopefully they get their deserved recognition for the final season.
Man, thank you for making this, one of my favorite episodes of the series. There's really nothing quite like this show, i would even say I enjoy it more then Breaking Bad
I’ve enjoyed it more than a few of the seasons of bb too
This episode in Better call saul and the fly episode in Breaking Bad 2 elite episodes
A prequel needs to bring familiarity with the original show, but needs to be able to stand on its own two feet without relying on you having watched the original show it prequels.
That being said, if you start off with Better Call Saul and you've never watched breaking bad, this show is still a great show to watch - that is exactly why it is so great.
I watched Better Call Saul first through season 5 and then watched Breaking Bad and am now watching the final season of Saul to see the final bridge. Having seen both now, I truly appreciate how Saul stands on its own but gives the nods it needs to to its parent show.
I agree BCS stands on its on but (Spoiler) if you watch it first, you will be ruined about Saul’s ending from Breaking Bad, that he survives. Gene Takovic is in the very first scene of BCS.
@@Christopher-ms5ke Who says he survives? He survives Breaking Bad, but throughout that show he was in less danger of dying than through Better Call Saul. And the flashes to Saul's future after having bailed in Breaking Bad indicate that his story is not finished yet. Maybe he still dies at the end of BCS, who's to say?
@@Finkelfunk I think he means that the Gene scenes take the tension out of Saul's fate in Breaking Bad if you watch Breaking Bad second. Although I guess in that instance you haven't got the context of when the Gene scenes take place, (Other than it being in the future some years after the events of BCS due to Gene watching the old Saul Goodman videotapes)
@@GeriatricFan1963 Thank you lol that’s exactly what I meant. I loathe being spoiled and I was just was putting it out there that if you want to watch BCS before BB and don’t want to know what happens to Saul in BB, don’t watch BCS first. I do realize my wording was weird haha.
Better Call Saul is peak storytelling. The acting, character, writing, direction, themes, cinematography. More drama than thrilling action and that’s absolutely fine. The battery slip is a perfect scheme to the Saul we know.
Better Call Saul really should get all the love BB got - it's just so good! Seahorn better get an Emmy nomination this year, she is riveting!
I think Better Call Saul is gonna win some big technical awards. But severance is probably gonna sweep
@@RumtumtuggerTB maybe succession but I'm not sure about severance, I don't even think Adam Scott is going to be nominated... but I would like to see him get nominated. Now succession is definitely the one I think will take all, supporting actor, best actor and maybe supporting actress, as well as both guest star spots.
That being said, I really am hoping Rhea gets nominated and wins but that's just one of my many hopes
sigh.
@@benvolio5415 I know, I know, buddy
one of the hardest moments in the episode is watching Chuck have to rehearse the lines I love my brother. it's so hard to watch him having his love for his brother be completely tourn apart for petty revenge and jealousy. this is truly the episode where they fall apart, which is why it's hard to watch. You really want them to reconcile, but that's not how the show ends
Formula for a great Better Call Saul episode:
- We watch Jimmy and/or Kim and/or Mike execute a scheme
- We don't know exactly what the end game is, but bits and pieces are slowly revealed and each piece usualy makes things more baffling while simultaneously giving us enough info to piece it all together if we really think about it
- The scheme looks like it's about to fail, the target has them figured out, or seems too suspicious, or something outside of their control seems to go wrong
- Against all odds, the scheme works! Suddenly we know the full extent of the plan, and holy shit, this is even more ingenious than we thought. Jimmy and/or Kim and/or Mike win in gloriously entertaining fashion.
- Later, be it a scene later, an episode later, or full seasons later, the consequences of the scheme rear their ugly heads.
- These consequences go far beyond whatever the initial goal is and result in horrific tragedy
- We feel bad for cheering the scheme on... but oh hey, here's another scheme. Maybe this one will go differently.
I think I'm in the middle of something... there's really no need..
This just reminds me of the Dead Freight episode.
@@nachokz Walt and Jessies wacky schemes result in statistically more child murder
Seems a little to complex to be formulaic.. but who cares if its formulaic, I love all six seasons !
So you mean we like to watch a "plan and execution" hehe
Jimmy's plan here was genius. He allowed Chuck to feel in control through weaker attempts to break him like the cellphone and bringing Rebecca in. Chuck is at maximum confidence right when the bomb is dropped because he thinks he's beaten Jimmy at every turn, so once it's revealed, Chuck's can't emotionally take this drastic a change of circumstance (had Jimmy led with the battery, it's possible Chuck would be able to compose himself and argue it's irrelevant to the case (which it is)). They managed to do this while also using the smaller plots to subvert expectations. Take notes Game of Thrones, that's how you do subversion without destroying the themes and continuity of the show
Game of Thrones not only destroyed that, they destroyed the entire show, it looks like they've also destroyed the franchise (looks like sequels will not be so popular and might even flop) and might even destroy HBO (if they invest too much in GoT related production and it fails)
@@ivankuzin8388 Wouldn't surprise me at all. GOT was my single favorite show until S7 (even above BB and BCS), then S8 flopped harder than any season in TV history. I have very little desire to watch any of the spinoff shows at this point. Either it happened in the past, in which case the climax is already spoiled (House of the Dragon - Targaryan girl will get eaten by dragon in climax), or it's happening in the future, in which case it's resting on the broken foundation of S8.
God this series is amazing. As soon as I saw the title of this video, I knew what episode you would be talking about.
What a sick joke
@@216cle HE DEFECATED THROUGH A SUNROOF
The purpose of planting the battery on chuch was not to "out" Chuck's disorder. Everyone but his ex knew about it. The point was to show his disorder is psychosomatic, not an actual allergy. He learned it from the medical doctor's ruse with the hospital bed back in season 1. But you are right that its greater purpose was to get Chuck to self-report his ulterior motives to cast doubt on why he's going after Jimmy to begin with.
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Truly one of the most tense television episodes of all-time. McKean was incredible. This was Jimmy's Order 66. "The boy you once saved, gone he is. Consumed by Saul Goodman."
Pre Season Five, I would have agreed with you. However, the perfect mixture of drama, acting, camera work, writing, and everything that makes BCS great can be found in Bad Choice Road, IMO. Kim’s moment of standing up to Lalo is one of many highlights that backs up this presumption.
Michael Mckean was literally a acting god in this episode. Surely my top 3 episode from the series till now !
Honestly I don't comment a lot but I have to say that this is definitely ONE of the best BCS episodes, and would be the best if not for Plan and Execution (S6 Episode 7) because not only does it put the final nail in the coffin for Jimmy's transformation into Saul Goodman, but everything comes together unexpectedly at the end with some of the best cinematography in the whole series. I hope that you do a video on one of the best episodes of T.V.!
I like the episode where Gus is (rightfully) paranoid that Lalo is still alive. Gus is basically Breaking Bad's Darth Vader. Cold, calculating, ruthless. Nothing gets to him.
For Lalo's potential presence to ruffle Gus' feathers so much says so much of the level of threat he is, which is backed up by seeing what Lalo goes through to track down what Gus is up to.
Lalo is a frikin one man army
not entirely related but i keep thinking about gus' death, he absolutely is "cold, calculating, and ruthless", and yet the one single time he let that slip it cost him his life. he wouldve smelled the attempt on his life from a mile away like he did the bomb on his car at the hospital if it werent for his hatred and need for revenge on hector. it elevates so much the impact of his death and his intelligence to have survived and overcome the cartel for as long as he did
@@dzemilmehovic5271 literally. Gets caught with his pants down and takes out the best death squad Gus could send. Gus realized even that wasn't enough, and sent a dozen top of the line assassins to Jimmy's home.
@@mm-gk6xg Gus was emotional once, and it killed him. He chose a life of no safety, of complete calculation, and when he stepped out of his own lines it killed him.
Not exactly on topic, but man Darth Vader was a pretty bad example to pick. "Nothing gets to him" is pretty much the worst possible description of his character, even superficially. I'm not gonna spoil it since it seems like you may have not seen it, but at the end of the first trilogy there's a pretty huge counter example.
- Oh I love that Better Call Saul episode
- Which one?
- All of them
I finished the show a week ago, by far my favorite episode is Nippy. I’m still not sure why so many people think it was lacking compared to all the other episodes.
Hoping to see a breakdown of the finale in a few weeks
It’s a great point that we don’t see the main characters real plan until it plays out one piece at a time. While we know there is something that’s going to happen because like you point out we know what happens in breaking bad. So you add this master class of story telling with great shots visually and the great performances of everyone in the show and it’s just so good!
Absolutely insane that Michael McKean wasn't nominated for an Emmy in season 3. This episode blew me away and he did such an amazing job!
Better Call Saul is SO GOOD I have absolutely no regrets watching it before Breaking Bad. It adds so much more to Breaking Bad watching it this way. I literally watched both shows multiple times within 2 months to see how it would look like watching one before the other both ways and I still will always recommend people to watch BCS before BB if you've never watched either.
Never watched Breaking Bad. Stumbled unto Better call Saul. Instantly fell in love. Now I’m going back and watching BB.
You’re in for a ride!
Would love to hear what your experience was like watching BB after BCS!
You're so lucky to find it later. Having to wait over a year for the second half of season 5 was torture!
More people really need to watch this show. It's fine cinematic art.
It's such a tragedy that this show isn't more popular. I have so many friends that loved Breaking Bad yet aren't willing to take a chance on this
This is one of my favorite episodes was so happy to see you cover it. I'd love more Better Call Saul Content in the future!
The slow pan forward when Chuck has a mental break is a cinema chef kiss.
Almost 10 years since I finished Breaking Bad. Honestly, I forgot most what happened then. With that, BCS really stand on its own as a legal/crime drama.
Better call saul and breaking bad have utterly ruined me because I can't stand watching any other show now
i feel like a lot of shows are just cheesy compared to it now, i feel like the show and everyone that’s a part of it takes itself seriously and wants to create the best they possibly can, and it seems like you can tell and feel it throughout the shows, and i think that can’t be replicated in a lot of shows today.
Great writing is a rare commodity these days. Daredevil is the best show marvel has made. It was back when they still wrote around characters and not political correctness.
The Wire will not dissapoint
Agreed. I think of only two other dramas since that have reached the same level and that's True Detective season 1 and Severance.
Mr. Robot is soooo damn good too, give it a shot…
11:03 This episode despite showing what makes Breaking Bad and Better call Saul different, it actually shares hugely something in common with Breaking Bad which is "Build up". This entire episode builds up to one moment: Chuck's meltdown/ downfall similiar to how an episode from Breaking Bad builds up to one moment; like how "Half Measures" builds up to Walt killing siding with Jessie and saving him or how "Dead Freight" builds up to Todd shooting a kid, or how " crazy handful or nothing" builds up to Walt confronting Tuco. The genius of both shows is that most of the episodes are just building up to a moment and it's extremely satisfying. We see the character's contemplate their actions before they do it, even if they don't know what they're about to do.
Another thing this episode shares in common with Breaking bad is foreshadowing, the red exit sign is similar to the spider from "Dead Freight" in which they both appear at the beginning and end to bring the episode full circle.
What I have just listed are a small example, honestly could write a whole novel about how Breaking Bad and Better call Saul use Foreshadowing and Build up because there a way more examples than what I've listed. I haven't even scratched the surface.
BB does a ton of foreshadowing/full circle stuff, almost every episode begins with a scene from the end. Most prominently is tuco’s boxed grill being taken from the river
I don't even consider BCS a prequel I consider it the same series as BrBa. They flow together brilliantly.
Yes! This defenitely helps my better call saul withdrawals, makes me want to watch this episode again. Great video!
I didn’t expect an edibles ad in a video about BCS, but I’m here for it.
Hearing this guy talk about all the little details better call Saul then suddenly go to talking about edibles was too funny
So glad to see you guys finally talking about this series.
The only moment that rivals Chuck's chicanery speech is Nacho's last meeting with the Salamancas
I will never forget Chuck’s breakdown rant. How Michael McKean did not get an Emmy for that scene is beyond me.
Ive been waiting for someone to talk about this episode and why its the best in the series. Thank you.
I have watched Chuck's breakdown and the court hearing scene probably a hundred times. It just goes to capture the emotions of two estranged brothers so well.
This is still the best episode of the series in my opinion. Even when we have episodes that feel more action oriented or dramatic in later Seasons, chicanery is the episode that I think encapsulates what makes Better Call Saul a show that's arguably better or even just as good as Breaking Bad. It's smaller scale, but the drama is more potent and filled with so much more shades of grey that you can't decide by the end of any episode how you feel about a situation or the characters that you're seeing on screen. I love breaking bad, but it's never really a show that made me think about the story it was telling, it was a lot more to me about just enjoying the masterfully crafted and extraordinary well-acted ride. Better Call Saul always felt a lot more thematically rich and textured
Better call saul is such a masterpiece of media and I can't seem to let go of it. Bagman and Saul gone are amongst my favorite episode of television.
You uploaded the video the same day i first watched tbis episode, great timing!
Thank you!! Loved your analysis!
6:39-6:41 The editing makes it look like Huel's REALLY into Chuck. lmao
Hahaha
It's wild how season 1 Jimmy becomes season 6 Jimmy-- and all the transformations are completely organic and believable.
One of my absolute favorite shows, and this is one of my absolute favorite videos
something small i love so much that they do in brba and bcs is when super tense moments like shootouts or emotional breakdowns are edited with so many jump cuts (i think thats what theyre called). for example in brba when jesses shooting at joaquin trying to save gus and mike, and i believe they did this during chucks breakdown after the battery reveal as well. such a small detail but it really conveys how the characters feeling in that moment, its a perfect representation of how disorienting and out of control moments like that can be
I’m so happy that this is the episode you picked!
What a wonderful analysis. Thank you.
Love the analysis. The series has so many great episodes worth venturing. Selfishly, may I suggest S1 Ep 6, Five-O as a "best background story ever told in a single episode." 😀
100&! Five-O is a top 5 episode in BCS and IMO the second best background story ever told behind TWD's Here's Negan. Jonathan Banks' acting was PHENOMENAL.
Good overview, I would however retort that Jimmy's transformation was still a gradual one, up until they directly show it with the ending of 'Fun and Games'.
The fact is, even after this character assassination, Jimmy STILL tried to reconcile with Chuck in the S3 finale. It was only until the Series 4 premiere that Howard's breakdown allowed Jimmy to shift all his guilt onto him. The only person left to keep him moral was Kim, but in the end, she enabled him too, so after Fun & Games, Saul Goodman took over.
I just love the idea that Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, and that writers room couldn’t figure how to write a half-hour legal sitcom, so they just wrote another one of the greatest shows of all time instead.
Never disappointed by your videos! Bravo!
I just had the privilege of watching this series for first time. Bravo. The writing... Wow.
100% one of the best, and one of my personal favorites. Those courtroom scenes crescendoing in Chuck's monologue are both satisfying and tragic. Oh, and Huelle is the best as always XD
Enjoyed this, Cheers man!
I hate the moment where the battery in the pocket is revealed because chuck say he is sensitive to flowing current. A battery hold a charge and only current flows as you use it. In an unplugged state should flow any current and chuck couldn’t be sensitive to it.
One of the best ways Chuck's character is developed is by showing him suffering greatly from EM sensitivity without anybody else around. It's very easy for an audience to dismiss this problem because it isn't a traditional reaction to stimuli and is a psychiatric/psychological disorder, but that doesn't change the fact that the sufferer really *is* sensitive to EM radiation and really *does* suffer from exposure to it (at least insofar that they're aware of its presence) and in Chuck's case specifically isn't just gunning for sympathy points or excuses for his actions. This gets the audience to take Chuck and his EM sensitivity seriously, without simply insisting that we should or falsifying the nature of the condition
that was something i loved that (i think?) one of the doctors said in the show, that even though its all in his head his physical pain/discomfort is still very real
Good effort sir... Thanks for a Fantastic video.
Everytime I see footage of this show I think how incredible the acting of this show is.
It's the other side of the coin to the latest BCS masterpiece "Plan and Execution." "Chicanery" is all about doing whatever's legal in a courtroom to win the case. "Plan and Execution" is all about doing anything at all to "win." How much Jimmy and Kim somehow stayed the same yet completely changed in the course of 3 seasons is incredible.
What I love the most about this show is how it makes us say "this is the exact moment where Jimmy became Saul !" and then "oh no, this is the real moment !" over and over ! The transition is perfectly smooth and coherent !
EXACTLY, there is no definitive moment since they managed to make it so smooth. and you can always see some of jimmy in saul and vice versa, not matter how far along he is
I have watched Chicanery so many times, i usually don't rewatch singular episodes but holy shit this has got to be my favorite piece of filmed media of all time
Its ironic Chuck was wrong for what he did to Jimmy and how he felt but he wasn't entirely wrong about who Jimmy was as a person. Maybe if Chuck supported him more instead of letting his hate and jealously fester Jimmy wouldn't have such a jacked up moral compass but deep down Jimmy was always a "criminal" lawyer and Chucks actions didn't help but reinforce it into him
Amazing video 🙌
Oh man. I can't put into words how much I love Better Call Saul... This truly is beyond words...
Chuck’s chicanery speech is one of the speeches of all time
My friends failed to give this series a chance because they kept comparing it to BB.
As someone who grew up with Boston Legal, I was eager to watch this cause I liked Saul and I loved Jimmy. Man I can't wait to see the last season!
Your friends are going to regret it when the final season drops.
L friends
cool summary bro
10:39
Small correction
Jimmy McGill was still alive
When Kim and Howard left him , that's EXACTLY the moment Jimmy dies and all that remain was Saul Goodman
As soon as I saw this episode for the first time I knew this would be my favourite episode of the series
Howard: “You are the chosen one! It was said that you would destroy Jimmy, not join him! Bring balance to the law, not leave it in darkness.”
Kim: “I HATE YOU!!!!”
Howard: “You were my employee, Kim. I loved you.”
Jimmy: Execute Legal Order 66.
Cut to cell phone batteries being thrown at Chuck wherever he goes.
"Chicanery" is the definition of peak Better Call Saul. Great Analysis.
Just wanted to say that you said out loud what I have been thinking, why "Chicanery" is the most important episode in the entire series: it's a point of no return for Jimmy. I mean, really. After this, he gets suspended for a year. He stops practicing elder law, as a result. During this suspension, he associates with criminals, which becomes his new clientele after restarting as Saul Goodman. And then the whole Lalo thing, and then so on. Topnotch acting aside, the events here have a domino effect in the seasons that followed. Truly unforgettable, which is why it's my favorite.
Chicanery my favorite episode. The entire Chuck arc was phenomenal.
idk if u edit these urself but damn the editing is good
"Winner" is THE BEST one, for me.
plan and execution,chicanery,bagman my favourites
"I've never heard of anything marketed as blue raspberry flavored not being made for kids"
idk about episode but my favorite scene from bcs would be the ending of JMM loved how jimmy just went off it was like his way of breaking bad
Lol, this video essay unironically boiled down to that old breaking bad meme: "This is the moment Walter White became Heisenberg". No, this is not the moment Jimmy mcgill became Saul goodman. The whole point of vince's tv shows is to show that hesienberg was always lying dormant inside walter white since before the pilot episode, same with JImmy. There is no "one moment" you can pinpoint where it all changed. Real life is more gradual than that. Evolution doesnt take place in a moment, even if the moment is explosive and dramatic. This was NOT the "moment JImmy died and Saul was born". Stop thinking in those terms
Bro selling edibles 💀 what a legend
Reading the title was harder than expected 😂
I might be shortsighted here, but I think the writing on BCS and BB is so good because they can stand on their own without analysis videos like this. I'm glad that Nerdstalgic and other channels explore them, but they feel kinda needless. A lot of the videos just end up being backstory and context viewers are already aware of. I never watched the Sopranos or The Wire fully, but I suspect those shows are in the same boat, too.
I watched Sopranos, it's great, with some great and hilarious dialogue, as well as a lot of symbolism and great depth, but in my opinion it doesn't hold a candle to Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Sopranos had too much filler and unfinished plot-lines, was full of stereotypes and product marketing which was annoying, and spends too much time on Tony's annoying family. Great show though
Electromagnetic hypersensitivity is not a physical disorder, it's purely psychosomatic. Also, in Chuck's case it was specifically onset by the trauma of losing a loved one, the divorce and Jimmy being sworn in as a lawyer.
Since people have been comparing this show to Breaking Bad, only with the sixth season being aired I realized that this a slower version of Breaking Bad. And that's not a bad thing.
Breaking Bad would always get to the high points to the climaxes of their storylines in a rather quick way. Better Call Saul doesn't. This episode is the first of the many storylines that would blow up on your face, and it's had the past 2 seasons to develop, only for it to get to the point where Chuck drops his facade.
Now that the show's in its final season, we've already had 2 episodes out of the 7 that have aired to be the climaxes of the many storylines the show has set from the first few episodes, and I can't wait to see what else blow up in out faces when the final episodes get aired.
Breaking Bad still had many climaxes with big build up. "Face off", "Gliding over all" and especialy Ozymandias which had a build-up basicaly from season 1 pilot.
better call saul showrunners really know how to make the audience connect w saul like we did with heisenberg. both of them are equally my all time fav characters, above don draper, tommy shelby n everybody else
Been binging this show and my God Vince Gilligan just doesn’t miss
Peter Gould too
Peter Gould is the showrunner, not Vince Gilligan
This is the moment Jimmy McGill became Heisenberg
Kid named chicanery:
But for real tho, this episode bangs, followed by Bagman