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Series returns in just under 3 months time ... late-February ...
Better Call Saul returns Sunday, February 23 at 10/9c. #BetterCallSaul #AMC
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Looking forward to the show's return too. Last season aired from August - Oct' 2018. It'll be good to have the show back.
Looking forward to checking out Briarpatch next month too. Premieres in early-February. Has a Twin Peaks / Fargo-type vibe to it ...
Briarpatch is an upcoming American anthology series starring Rosario Dawson based on the Ross Thomas novel of the same name. The series was picked up in late January 2019, after being ordered to pilot in April 2018.[1][2][3][4]
In advance of its broadcast premiere, several episodes of the series received a preview screening in the Primetime program of the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.[5]
On December 12, 2019, it was announced that the series will premiere on February 6, 2020.[6]
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Briarpatch is an upcoming American anthology series starring Rosario Dawson based on the Ross Thomas novel of the same name. The series was picked up in late January 2019, after being ordered to pilot in April 2018.[1][2][3][4]
In advance of its broadcast premiere, several episodes of the series received a preview screening in the Primetime program of the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.[5]
On December 12, 2019, it was announced that the series will premiere on February 6, 2020.[6]
USA Picks Up ‘Briarpatch’ Anthology Series Starring Rosario Dawson From EP Sam Esmail
USA Network has picked up a new crime anthology series, Briarpatch, from writer-executive producer Andy Greenwald.
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Wondering what happens to Kim.
I assume she either dips or gets murked.
I assume the CAC from HHM commits suicide or goes to rehab.
I assume she either dips or gets murked.
I assume the CAC from HHM commits suicide or goes to rehab.
Will this be the Final Season?
There are unconfirmed rumors that Netflix is planning a spinoff series from “Breaking Bad”.
There are unconfirmed rumors that Netflix is planning a spinoff series from “Breaking Bad”.
Interesting. Especially with the success of Breaking Bad, the prequel of sorts in Better Call Saul, and the BB follow-up w/ the El Camino movie. They must be doing really well with the Breaking Bad stats/numbers in continued viewership.
Yeah - she's a well-liked character. Fair bit of discussion about Kim on the Better Call Saul recap shows/podcasts.
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I have just the last season to see
of breaking Bad and we should be
finished with that by next weekend. We
were considering watching this series
afterwards. Without going thru this
thread and being disappointed by spoilers,
do you guys think this is as good as
Breaking Bad? Because I think Breaking
Bad is excellent viewing.
of breaking Bad and we should be
finished with that by next weekend. We
were considering watching this series
afterwards. Without going thru this
thread and being disappointed by spoilers,
do you guys think this is as good as
Breaking Bad? Because I think Breaking
Bad is excellent viewing.
It's just as good.
It's basically the story of how he became "Saul Goodman" and it gives some background on other "Breaking Bad" supporting characters.
The appeal of this show was people were expecting the final scene of the series to be Walter walking into Saul's office, this series is showing something else is going to happen in the Series Finale.
That's as much as I will say without spoiling it.
It's basically the story of how he became "Saul Goodman" and it gives some background on other "Breaking Bad" supporting characters.
The appeal of this show was people were expecting the final scene of the series to be Walter walking into Saul's office, this series is showing something else is going to happen in the Series Finale.
That's as much as I will say without spoiling it.
I have just the last season to see
of breaking Bad and we should be
finished with that by next weekend. We
were considering watching this series
afterwards. Without going thru this
thread and being disappointed by spoilers,
do you guys think this is as good as
Breaking Bad? Because I think Breaking
Bad is excellent viewing.
Yeah - it's worth checking out. At times it can be a slow build, but there are a number of unique characters & it's good to see the back story/stories on people prior to their time on Breaking Bad. Lots of good montages similar to how things were shot in BB. Season 5 starts in just over 3 weeks' time. Should be a good one.
Better Call Saul renewed for sixth and final season
Better Call Saul has been renewed for a sixth and final season by AMC.
The Sony Pictures Television-produced show has handed the Emmy-nominated Breaking Bad prequel a 13-episode season to go into production later this year and air in 2021.
The news was announced during the Better Call Saul panel at the TCA winter press tour.
This comes ahead of the launch of Season 5, which kicks off with a two-night premiere event on February 23 and February 24. Season 5, which is 10 episodes, follows Jimmy McGill’s (Bob Odenkirk) decision to practice law as “Saul Goodman,” which creates unexpected and profound waves of change for those in his orbit.
The Enduring, Understated Brilliance of ‘Better Call Saul’
The AMC series has long lived in the shadow of ‘Breaking Bad,’ one of the best shows of the century. But as the spinoff enters its devastating fifth season, it’s proved that it deserves to be regarded just as highly as its predecessor.
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The ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 5 Entrance Survey
As Jimmy McGill turns more and more into Saul Goodman, the Ringer staff answers some pressing questions: What will happen to Kim? How will Hank Schrader factor in? And can Saul have a happy ending?
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How ‘Better Call Saul’ Became More Impressive Than ‘Breaking Bad’
Jackson Maher looks back at the ‘Breaking Bad’ spinoff
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What Can ‘Better Call Saul’ Tell Us About ‘El Camino’?
For one: We can trust Vince Gilligan to expand the ‘Breaking Bad’ universe past his original series
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‘Better Call Saul’ Season 5: TV Review
The new season of AMC's 'Breaking Bad' spinoff 'Better Call Saul' returns with four strong episodes exploring what it means for Jimmy McGill to become 'Saul Goodman.'
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'Better Call Saul' inches closer to 'Breaking Bad' as the end draws nearer | CNN
"Better Call Saul" returns for its second-to-last season, inching closer to "Breaking Bad" both in its narrative timeline and its impressive quality. Although the prequel is running out of room, the AMC drama continues to achieve a dazzling balancing act.
‘TV’s Top 5’: Inside ‘Picard’s’ Launch and ‘Better Call Saul’s’ Endgame
This week's TV's Top 5 gets into Netflix's 'bold' new rating system, the inevitable endgame of Better Call Saul, Star Trek: Picard, and much more.
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Ok. We watched all 4 seasons and the first
2 episodes of season 5 and you guys were
right... Excellent viewing!
Thanks!
Slipping Jimmy.
Glad you have enjoyed it, CM!
Definitely a big project they’ve taken on doing a prequel to Breaking Bad so soon after that series wrapped. Thankfully they have pulled it off really well!
It Took Five Seasons, But Better Call Saul Finally Brought Back Hank and Gomie
By Maria Elena Fernandez@writerchica
They live! Photo: Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television
Six years after Breaking Bad, Dean Norris and Steven Michael Quezada were preparing to film their first Better Call Saul scene together when they noticed something. Standing outside a police station on the Albuquerque set for this week’s episode, “The Guy for This,” Quezada ribbed Norris, “Dean, you don’t look younger, man.”
“Well, neither do you,” Norris quipped back. “Maybe we should get some walkers!” They enlisted the props department for help, grabbed some walkers, then took photos as they shuffled from their police car to the front of the station.
“Dean and I have remained really good friends, but being back on set with everybody else was such a blast,” Quezada told Vulture. “We like to give them a hard time. Hank and Gomie are hilarious. They’re like a married couple, so we like to have fun like them, too.”
Eight hundred miles away in the show’s Los Angeles production office, showrunner Peter Gould received a text. “It was a picture of them using walkers,” Gould said, laughing. “I can’t repeat all of the funny texts I got from Dean during this shoot. But this was a great physical gag. I have to say, to my eye, they both look exactly the same and I’m jealous.”
The last time Breaking Bad fans saw DEA agents Hank Schrader and Steven “Gomie” Gomez, they were being buried in the desert after their heroic on-duty deaths for trying to arrest Walter White (Bryan Cranston). Hank went through a lot on his journey to discovering his brother-in-law was the meth kingpin he’d been looking for all along—shootouts, panic attacks, a failed assassination attempt, undiagnosed PTSD—but in Better Call Saul, the loud, cocky Hank is back, and so is his rapport with his partner Gomie.
“In the first couple of years of Breaking Bad, Hank was the comic relief and it was great to have that again,” Norris said. “It’s classic Hank yappin’ about ridiculous stuff and poor Gomie has to put up with it. I was so happy that the fans get to see Hank in prime again, as opposed to his depression era. They did such a good job of capturing Hank that all I had to do was put on the orange shirt and go.”
From the beginning of Better Call Saul, the writers have longed to reunite Hank Schrader, even if for just a couple of episodes. But in the first four seasons of the show, Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) didn’t cross paths with the DEA so there was no natural entry point. This season, as the writers developed Jimmy’s evolution into Saul Goodman and his client base tilted toward more unsavory characters, bringing Hank and Gomie into the fray became possible.
“Our North Star, the thing we stay focused on as much as we possibly can is the story of Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman/Gene Takavic as he progresses through life—and, of course, the stories of Mike Ehrmantraut and Kim Wexler,” Gould said. “We try not let our desire to work with these wonderful actors from Breaking Bad take over. The story has to demand it. This season, we were thinking, Who’s the right opponent for Jimmy? As soon as we thought of the DEA, we thought, Wouldn’t it be amazing if it’s Hank?”
In the episode, written by Ann Cherkis, the DEA agents get into a classic bickering match before they meet Saul for the first time. The debate: What’s the best timing for throwing out expired food? At one point, Hank calls Gomie “Ann Landers” and Gomie admits to eating a whole can of expired vanilla frosting.
“Banter always worries me,” Gould said. “When two characters are talking more or less about nothing, I find that tricky. These are two characters that Vince [Gilligan] created in the pilot of Breaking Bad. The first time we see them they are taking bets on the identity of the person they’re about to find, Cap’n Cook, and I felt a little hesitation bringing these two characters back not having Vince’s pen involved.” He felt better once he consulted with Gilligan, who served as a non-writing executive producer this season, and Gilligan loved the dialogue Cherkis wrote for Hank and Gomie.
On Breaking Bad, Hank and Saul Goodman rarely cross paths—their few encounters tend to happen during police interrogations—but they do not interact much beyond that. That left Better Call Saul an opening. “The first thing we worried about was whether they had met for the first time on Breaking Bad,” Gould said. “I was so relieved to see they hadn’t. So we were able to have this terrific confrontation, directed by Michael Morris. Everyone was hitting on all cylinders, and I was disappointed not to be in Albuquerque for that.”
Norris and Quezada have visited the Saul set in the past and both wanted to be a part of the series if there was a legitimate reason for Hank and Gomie to be included. “I just didn’t want it be showy, to have him back just to have him back,” Norris said. “Peter said it would be fun to have him play a little part in the development of how Jimmy McGill became Saul. I trusted them.”
Hank and Gomie’s run-in with Saul also features another Breaking Bad tie-in: They interrogate Saul’s client Krazy-8 (Max Arciniega), one of the drug dealers Walt kills in the first season of the original series. The story will carry over to next week’s episode. “I love that we’re learning Breaking Bad background and insights this late in the game,” Norris said. “That’s all that mattered to me, that we have a solid reason for being there. Breaking Bad was life-changing for all of us, and to be back in that world again, reminiscing about our times, was a special couple of weeks.”
By Maria Elena Fernandez@writerchica
They live! Photo: Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television
Six years after Breaking Bad, Dean Norris and Steven Michael Quezada were preparing to film their first Better Call Saul scene together when they noticed something. Standing outside a police station on the Albuquerque set for this week’s episode, “The Guy for This,” Quezada ribbed Norris, “Dean, you don’t look younger, man.”
“Well, neither do you,” Norris quipped back. “Maybe we should get some walkers!” They enlisted the props department for help, grabbed some walkers, then took photos as they shuffled from their police car to the front of the station.
“Dean and I have remained really good friends, but being back on set with everybody else was such a blast,” Quezada told Vulture. “We like to give them a hard time. Hank and Gomie are hilarious. They’re like a married couple, so we like to have fun like them, too.”
Eight hundred miles away in the show’s Los Angeles production office, showrunner Peter Gould received a text. “It was a picture of them using walkers,” Gould said, laughing. “I can’t repeat all of the funny texts I got from Dean during this shoot. But this was a great physical gag. I have to say, to my eye, they both look exactly the same and I’m jealous.”
The last time Breaking Bad fans saw DEA agents Hank Schrader and Steven “Gomie” Gomez, they were being buried in the desert after their heroic on-duty deaths for trying to arrest Walter White (Bryan Cranston). Hank went through a lot on his journey to discovering his brother-in-law was the meth kingpin he’d been looking for all along—shootouts, panic attacks, a failed assassination attempt, undiagnosed PTSD—but in Better Call Saul, the loud, cocky Hank is back, and so is his rapport with his partner Gomie.
“In the first couple of years of Breaking Bad, Hank was the comic relief and it was great to have that again,” Norris said. “It’s classic Hank yappin’ about ridiculous stuff and poor Gomie has to put up with it. I was so happy that the fans get to see Hank in prime again, as opposed to his depression era. They did such a good job of capturing Hank that all I had to do was put on the orange shirt and go.”
From the beginning of Better Call Saul, the writers have longed to reunite Hank Schrader, even if for just a couple of episodes. But in the first four seasons of the show, Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) didn’t cross paths with the DEA so there was no natural entry point. This season, as the writers developed Jimmy’s evolution into Saul Goodman and his client base tilted toward more unsavory characters, bringing Hank and Gomie into the fray became possible.
“Our North Star, the thing we stay focused on as much as we possibly can is the story of Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman/Gene Takavic as he progresses through life—and, of course, the stories of Mike Ehrmantraut and Kim Wexler,” Gould said. “We try not let our desire to work with these wonderful actors from Breaking Bad take over. The story has to demand it. This season, we were thinking, Who’s the right opponent for Jimmy? As soon as we thought of the DEA, we thought, Wouldn’t it be amazing if it’s Hank?”
In the episode, written by Ann Cherkis, the DEA agents get into a classic bickering match before they meet Saul for the first time. The debate: What’s the best timing for throwing out expired food? At one point, Hank calls Gomie “Ann Landers” and Gomie admits to eating a whole can of expired vanilla frosting.
“Banter always worries me,” Gould said. “When two characters are talking more or less about nothing, I find that tricky. These are two characters that Vince [Gilligan] created in the pilot of Breaking Bad. The first time we see them they are taking bets on the identity of the person they’re about to find, Cap’n Cook, and I felt a little hesitation bringing these two characters back not having Vince’s pen involved.” He felt better once he consulted with Gilligan, who served as a non-writing executive producer this season, and Gilligan loved the dialogue Cherkis wrote for Hank and Gomie.
On Breaking Bad, Hank and Saul Goodman rarely cross paths—their few encounters tend to happen during police interrogations—but they do not interact much beyond that. That left Better Call Saul an opening. “The first thing we worried about was whether they had met for the first time on Breaking Bad,” Gould said. “I was so relieved to see they hadn’t. So we were able to have this terrific confrontation, directed by Michael Morris. Everyone was hitting on all cylinders, and I was disappointed not to be in Albuquerque for that.”
Norris and Quezada have visited the Saul set in the past and both wanted to be a part of the series if there was a legitimate reason for Hank and Gomie to be included. “I just didn’t want it be showy, to have him back just to have him back,” Norris said. “Peter said it would be fun to have him play a little part in the development of how Jimmy McGill became Saul. I trusted them.”
Hank and Gomie’s run-in with Saul also features another Breaking Bad tie-in: They interrogate Saul’s client Krazy-8 (Max Arciniega), one of the drug dealers Walt kills in the first season of the original series. The story will carry over to next week’s episode. “I love that we’re learning Breaking Bad background and insights this late in the game,” Norris said. “That’s all that mattered to me, that we have a solid reason for being there. Breaking Bad was life-changing for all of us, and to be back in that world again, reminiscing about our times, was a special couple of weeks.”
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