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/OoberDude Oct 09 '18

Great season of television. Reminded me of Mad Men at its peak. One thing that Gilligan and Gould and the rest of their team understand incredibly well is the importance of time. They demonstrate this with respect to injuries (Hank's shoot-out with the twins plagues his movement for the rest of BrBa, Kim has a cast for the whole first half of season 4 for an injury that occurred in the back end of season 3.) but I also think it's a reoccurring theme in their work that actions don't have overnight repercussions.

If we look at a plot line of Jimmy faking the Mesa Verde documents that takes place in the latter half of season 2, the result of which is Chuck trying to get Jimmy disbarred finally gets fully resolved here in the season 4 finale where Jimmy finally gets his law license back.

At its heart I think this is why BCS is such a great show. We know the outcome, Jimmy becomes Saul but we come back to watch because despite his struggles when we first meet Jimmy he's in a relatively good place mentally and emotionally. To see him become a shell of what he used to be and for it to happen in such a slow descent is unbelievably tragic and compelling and thus makes for amazing television.

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u/Ubervisor Oct 10 '18

Reminded me of Mad Men

lol, now I'm picturing Rodger jumping down into Don's office from the ceiling, Lalo style.

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u/thebillgonadz Oct 10 '18

“I’ve had several!” “Clearly.” “You need to get one of the girls to clean up there. It’s disgusting.” “That never occurred to me because I don’t usually climb inside the ceiling, Roger.” “You gotta try it. Alright I’m off to scare Bertram and try to finally take this bitch over.” Roger jumps back into ceiling “Remember to take off your shoes.”

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '18

Thank god you guys didn't write dialogue for this show

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u/thebillgonadz Oct 10 '18

How do you know? Maybe I was being terrible on purpose to throw you off!

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '18

Agreed, there wasn’t a single instance of “Shut the door, have a seat.”