Quote:
Originally Posted by Buehler445
Not trying to be an asshole, but what were you expecting?
|
Well if you're gonna have Todd show up, maybe pump the brakes on shooting as quickly as possible and put the !@#$ing guy on a Keto diet so as not to be distracting as hell.
And maybe don't make the central conflict between Pinkman and the eraser (and a bullshit conflict at that; no, he's not gonna take $0 instead of $248K). Do a time jump if you need to and show us how Pinkman's settling in - that's a truly worthwhile send-off for Jesse.
BB was never about pacing or action to begin with and I LOVE Better Call Saul, which is a slow burn on its best days. But 45 minutes into that show we'd effectively accomplished nothing. And the last 45 minutes was nonsense because again - $1,800 !@#$ing dollars wasn't going to make a difference there, not if the eraser was willing to give him the $125K he was 'owed' back if/when he didn't come up with the full $250K. Either he's principled about it (You owe me this and I'm keeping it) or he's not - in which case it's a bargaining chip and $248k would've done the job.
It was bad. It was WELL beneath the standard I'd come to expect from Gilligan. It was nothing but ham-fisted nostalgia and inexplicable narrative/plot devices.