Right now - 17:07 on 24 May 2022 (in my time zone: CET) - there are 143 10-star reviews for this episode, and while I haven't read all of them, I certainly don't disagree with any, but I also doubt if I can add anything substantial.
I will go out on a limb here and echo something I've occasionally seen in these reviews: "Better Call Saul" is every bit as good as "Breaking Bad" and perhaps even better!
I have in the last weeks been going through "BB" again, sometimes an entire season in one day. Of course it is brilliant beyond belief. But when it goes dark - when it breaks, one could say - the inexorable downward spiral is blinding. Gloriously so, but it is not an easy "watch".
One of the countless things I love about "BCC" is its balance: who would ever have thought that the mid-season cliff-hanger would also be one of the funniest episodes in TV history, down to the colour of Jimmy's socks in his running sequence? I came expecting blood and guts and instead was roaring with laughter! Well ... for a great deal of the episode. Not since a certain bathtub made a surprise entrance - and exit - in Season One of "BB". And in a later season, there was that fly ...
Yes: one of the greatest of all-time. No, this doesn't give me any tenure or weighted importance, but I grew up "in front of the tube" watching things like "Father Knows Best" and "Leave it to Beaver" so perhaps my seniority adds some validity (and I know now that when the time comes for my wheelchair, it better be equipped with a bell).
I also totally loved the blatant nod to Hitchcock - did anyone else catch that? An iconic image first seen in 1958 is rather faithfully recreated, just for a second or two.
And with all due respect to Mrs. Landry, you do NOT want to add garlic to your potato and leek soup! Fresh snipped chives are all the zing you need.
Oh - and for you remaining 1-star reviewers, I suggest you direct your ire toward your cable provider and/or AMC. As a seasoned user of IMDb, I know for a fact that they will not enable this website to receive ratings and reviews for anything in any medium until it has been released and is available. No one is cheating here: some people pay for AMC+ and they get advance availability. I thought that would by now be common knowledge.
I will go out on a limb here and echo something I've occasionally seen in these reviews: "Better Call Saul" is every bit as good as "Breaking Bad" and perhaps even better!
I have in the last weeks been going through "BB" again, sometimes an entire season in one day. Of course it is brilliant beyond belief. But when it goes dark - when it breaks, one could say - the inexorable downward spiral is blinding. Gloriously so, but it is not an easy "watch".
One of the countless things I love about "BCC" is its balance: who would ever have thought that the mid-season cliff-hanger would also be one of the funniest episodes in TV history, down to the colour of Jimmy's socks in his running sequence? I came expecting blood and guts and instead was roaring with laughter! Well ... for a great deal of the episode. Not since a certain bathtub made a surprise entrance - and exit - in Season One of "BB". And in a later season, there was that fly ...
Yes: one of the greatest of all-time. No, this doesn't give me any tenure or weighted importance, but I grew up "in front of the tube" watching things like "Father Knows Best" and "Leave it to Beaver" so perhaps my seniority adds some validity (and I know now that when the time comes for my wheelchair, it better be equipped with a bell).
I also totally loved the blatant nod to Hitchcock - did anyone else catch that? An iconic image first seen in 1958 is rather faithfully recreated, just for a second or two.
And with all due respect to Mrs. Landry, you do NOT want to add garlic to your potato and leek soup! Fresh snipped chives are all the zing you need.
Oh - and for you remaining 1-star reviewers, I suggest you direct your ire toward your cable provider and/or AMC. As a seasoned user of IMDb, I know for a fact that they will not enable this website to receive ratings and reviews for anything in any medium until it has been released and is available. No one is cheating here: some people pay for AMC+ and they get advance availability. I thought that would by now be common knowledge.