Better Cast Saul - Better Call Saul Unofficial Podcast

Jim and A.Ron gather for a final time to say good bye until next time to AMC’s Better Call Saul.  And, we know it’s just until next time because AMC picked up the show for a fourth season.  Huzzah!  With that out of the way, we reconsider our opinions on season three, look ahead at how this season will impact the characters moving forward, debate about how the show has gone up til now, talk about mental health, and get an extraordinary amount of feedback to consider form our fellow fans.  See you nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Season three of AMC’s Better Call Saul is in the books with the finale episode, “Lantern”.  The show is really on fire this season.  As confirmed #F&%@Chuck supporters, we’re delighted to see Chuck get roasted, which left a warm and toasty feeling in our hearts.  Some plot points and character details might seemed burnt out, but we think the Villigang is just blowing smoke our direction to distract us.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim and A.Ron are now on the #F&%$EveryBodyButKim bandwagon, now that Jimmy has really fallen so morally and ethically far in AMC’s Better Call Saul, appropriately titled “Fall”.  It’s shocking, disgusting, and horrific, and it’s hard to see how anyone we remotely care about makes it out of this season unscathed.  Poor Kim.  Poor Irene.  We’ll have to see what devastation the Villigang has in store for us next week for the season finale…Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim and A.Ron discuss the latest episode of AMC’s Better Call Saul, “Slip”.  We note, rather ominously, the next episode title is “Fall”.  Gulp.  We discuss better strategies for pill swapping, the probably bowel patterns of an elderly man who’s diet consists entirely of Mexican food and espresso, and give a full-throated cheer for Kim serving some cold justice to one Howard Hamlin.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Expenses”, the latest installment of AMC’s Better Call Saul, is a workman-like connective episode that really develops the themes of this season while delivering superior performances.  We discuss Mike’s motivations to help the Cobbler / Nacho, Jimmy getting way too in to his mock scam of some dick who’s particular about his martinis, Kim’s difficulty in dealing with her help in tearing down a sick man, before delving into the depths of our Scotch ignorance in the mailbag.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim and A.Ron found a lot to like in the latest Better Call Saul, “Off Brand”.  The sense of something new, new characters, new directions, old scotch paired with new beginnings.  Just a whiff of that “new car smell” coming off the show this week.  Plus, we can’t overstate how much fun it is to see Jimmy/Saul in his new role as crappy local TV commercial director guy.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim and A.Ron are highly impressed at the high stakes quasi-legal and totally legit familial drama on hand with the latest episode of AMC’s Better Call Saul, “Chicanery”.  A masterclass in acting and dialog, Jimmy has to go three levels deep in scamming to fool Chuck, but he manages to do so, with devastating results.  But how does Jimmy skate given his crimes?  Will this end the blood feud between the brothers?  Will Chuck go darker?  Will Kim get caught in the cross fire?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest outing for AMC’s Better Call Saul, “Sabrosito”, offers more intriguing information on our favorite Chicken Brother, Gus Fring, as we go back in time to explore the Eladio Cartel’s internal politics, and the petty jealousies and rivalries that will eventually add up to Fring’s pyrrhic victory over his associates to the South.  But we also have some family drama as Jimmy and Chuck continue to wage their cold, legal war against each other.  Will the law offices of Wexler and McGill triLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Sunk Costs” is able to perfectly balance the tension in the dueling Mike/Jimmy story lines being juggled on AMC’s Better Call Saul, with clear stakes for both our protagonists as they form powerful alliances and prepare to do battle with worthy foes.  Mike’s machinations against Hector offer the most visceral thrills, but Jimmy’s legal battle against his brother promises the most twists and turns.  Will Jimmy’s legal license survive?  Will his relationship with Kim weather this latest storLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the latest episode of AMC’s Better Call Saul, the tables are turned as Jimmy becomes Mike’s private investigator as he continues to try to unravel the mysterious “DON’T” message writer.  Tables are later flipped as Chuck employs his own private investigators in an elaborate scheme to unravel Jimmy.  Basically, this episode is all unraveling and private eyes.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With A.Ron on vacation, I’m joined by Eric from Personal Arrogants and Direct to cover the season 3 premiere of the most effortlessly gripping show on television.  We speculate about the various plans put in motion this episode and where it’s all going, the final fate of Jimmy / Saul / Gene and devise a new spin-off for the Breaking Bad universe.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim and A.Ron are getting ready for season three of AMC’s Better Call Saul, by reviewing the advance material and last year’s continuing plots.  What will Chuck do with Jimmy’s confession tape?  Who is trying to come between Mike and his vengeance, and why?   Can Jimmy and Kim find a way to work together in their separate but equal law firm?  When will Gus rear his handsome, mild-mannered head?  All this and more is discussed.  See you next week for the premiere!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re trying to walk a fine line here.  On the one hand, we are impressed as we can be with the quality, pacing, and storytelling on display throughout season two of AMC’s “Better Call Saul”.  Heck, we even really like the finale, episode 210, “Klick”.  But we also have a few problems with how they’re going about doing what they do, and worry that the mounting coincidences, reliance on karmic timing and a fairly limp reveal for the finale will eventually undermine the enterprise.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 209 of AMC’s “Better Call Saul”, entitled “Nailed”, is superlative, and takes us on quite the intense and unexpected emotional rollercoaster.  We can’t wait to see what goes down in the finale next week!  But first things first, we talk about Mike’s snatching a total moral defeat from the jaws of victory, Chuck’s crazy pants theory that just happens to be true, Kim’s very nuanced and perhaps conditional acceptance of Jimmy’s wily ways, and much more.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A.Ron and Jim are digging Better Call Saul’s latest episode, “Fifi”, which finds the perfect Mike/Jimmy balance and pacing.  Your mileage may vary, of course, but lots of intriguing and interesting things are afoot.  Jimmy is smuggling “war heroes” on Air Force bases, Chuck is sabotaging Kim and Jimmy’s dreams of teaming up, and Mike is dabbling in rather unconventional gardening accessories.  We discuss this and more with help from our fellow fans!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 207, “Inflatable”, was the best of Jimmy, and the worst of Jimmy.  While his colorful sabotage of the corporate, buttoned down Davis and Main firm was entertaining, and the sabotage/montage a masterful edit by Insider Podcaster Kelley Dixon, it was at the expense of some genuinely good people.  And while it’s wonderful that Mike can provide a comfortable and safe lifestyle for his daughter-in-law and granddaughter, we know it eventually forces the doting Mike to abandon them both.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s episode 206 of Better Call Saul, “Bali Ha’i”, and the cameos keep coming.  When will Jim’s hands start shaking worse than Mike after bouncing two wannabee tough guys out of his hacienda?  We discuss the various deals, scams, and schemes that make up the bulk of this episode, undertake the complex task of figuring out what the chameleon Howard is all about, wonder what’s next for Mike, and worry about the future of Kim’s career.  Is the S&C offer genuine, or an Akbar-esque trap.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to our coverage of Better Call Saul’s episode 205, “Rebecca”, in which we find some new revelations about Chuck and Jimmy’s past, as well as some very dangerous future entanglements for Mike.  We come at the episode with two distinct POV’s; Jim is pro-Chuck, while I’m broadly anti-Chuck, and as a result, we have very different interpretations for a lot of the character conflicts in this episode.  Which side do you come down on?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim and A.Ron are loving the latest episode of Better Call Saul, number 204, “Gloves Off”.  Lots of great background and historical details to give our Breaking Bad side the warm fuzzies, and lots of present day action and character intrigue to satisfy our inner Sauls.  We discuss our increasingly nuanced positions on Chuck and Jimmy as characters, what a raw deal Kim got, the cool background details we got on the enigmatic Mike, plow through tons of feedback, and more Law Talk!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to this week’s podcast covering episode 203 of Better Call Saul, “Amarillo”.  In it, we discuss solid gold armadillos, the ethics of solicitation, the mental state of one Stacie Ehrmantraut, possible ways the Nacho/Mike plot line can connect to Saul and even Gus, and ponder Jimmy’s recklessness and a possibly upcoming Canary Trap strategy to take down Sand Piper.  All this, tons of feedback, and a segment of Law Talk with legal analysis from our bullpen of putative lawyers.  Enjoy!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices