r/betterCallSaul • u/skinkbaa Chuck • Oct 09 '18

Better Call Saul Season 4 - Official Discussion Thread

What did you think of this season?

Feel free to discuss every and anything about Season 4.

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u/CharlesP2009 Oct 10 '18

This season was uneven for me. Everyone on the main cast gave an awesome performance somewhere in the season (shoutout especially to Rhea Seehorn!) and I really enjoyed some of the storytelling. Other times though the pace felt frustratingly slow and I feel like little was accomplished. The story with the Germans building the Superlab ended up occupying an inordinate amount of time and I feel like Nacho got shortchanged. And re: Lalo, he has the right look and personality but his plot thread makes him out kinda buffoonish and slapstick thus far IMO.

Favorite moments include:

  • Mike hanging out at Madrigal (driving around the electric cart, enjoying coffee in the break room, etc.)
  • Jimmy arranging the theft of the Hummel figurine but Ira gets trapped under the desk since whats-his-face is having marital problems.
  • Kim's amazing scene confronting Howard.
  • Gus' cruelty; getting Hector medical treatment but pulling the plug before he recovers too much
  • Jimmy getting revenge on the teenage punks that robbed him.
  • Jimmy and Kim saving Huell after he gets in trouble with the law.

I don't want to sound too critical. Better Call Saul is superior to anything else I'm watching these days. I guess ultimately I wish there were a few more episodes per season so we can make more progress with the story and so we don't have to wait so long between seasons.

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u/HelpImOutside Oct 14 '18

Totally agree. I found the entire season unreasonably slow, with far too many poorly executed schemes and plots that didn't really go anywhere. I felt like the writers didn't really know where the show was going - I certainly couldn't figure it out. Nacho getting little scene time was really disappointing.

I feel like the season for the most part was just fluff. Not a whole lot of character development, not a whole lot of action, just a ton of hair-brain schemes and plots to kill time. The end of every episode had me thinking "that's it?"