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The first season of this show was well enough made and good enough to keep me watching, but not really enough to excite me for more. At the time I hoped that it would step up in the second season, since this was the same way as I felt about the first season of Breaking Bad. This turned out to be the case as the show makes a significant step up in terms of what it does with the characters and the narrative.

In the first season there did feel like there was a lot of inertia in the story-telling, with a certain amount of awkwardness of creating a new world but linking to the old one, while also trying to establish a whole new story line. In the second season this is done with much more confidence. The links to Breaking Bad are well handled – adding value to the bigger picture, but done in a natural way that importantly does not really require the viewer to recognize the link. The two main narratives are both engaging, partly because there is more momentum to go with, but mainly because the characters are much more developed and observed. Small details and interactions become much more important, and it is engaging to see the pieces slot together, particularly with the frequent flash-back sections to more formative moments.

The cast benefit from this, and everyone is very good at the small moments while also having a bigger presence on the screen. Odenkirk continues to get stronger and stronger with his character, but he is more than equally supported by Banks. The former has more showy material which gives way to the detail, however the former keeps a lot inside but reveals it with the slightest touch. McKean is much more of a 'person' this season and has more to work with, while Seehorn also has more content this season. There isn't really a weak link in the cast.

Stylistically this season seems much more on-point too; plenty of strong dialogue scenes, tension, and technically impressive scenes in their construction (the 'Touch of Evil' referencing tracking shot being the most memorable, but there are plenty of smaller moments). This adds to the feeling of confidence that this season has – it seems to be clearly in its path, stronger in its characters, and more ambitious in its delivery. A very strong season and I hope it can maintain this level as it moves into the third season.

AMC recently made a huge gaffe with Walking Dead. They miscalculated what the audience would have the patience for, and turned what could have been one of the greatest television scenes of all time into a cheap cliffhanger. When I saw this episode heading towards a cliffhanger ending, I found myself increasingly worried that this was another program AMC would screw up. But, the ending of this season turned out to be brilliant (if only slightly frustrating).

The episode's cold open is the weakest part for me. It was powerful emotionally, but it also felt WAY too convenient. I did like how it parallelled the story of modern day. After the opening credits, we cut right to where the last episode left off. The first half of the episode then focuses on Jimmy dealing with Chuck in hospital. At the end of this stretch, things surprisingly seem to return back to normal.

The episode then shifts focus to Mike. He chooses a sniper rifle, buys it, and stalks the Salamancas with it. There is a painstakingly long sequence of Mike aiming the rifle all around at various targets. While the bulk of it is a brilliant exercises in building tension, it becomes immensely frustrating once you realize that he is never actually going to fire. There is an old rule in film-making to never put a gun in a scene when you have no intention of using it. That's exaggerated. I can handle a scene with an unused gun. What we have here is a season with an unused gun. I'm not saying that I need more action in this show. If I want action, I'll watch a movie. I love this show's deeply complex and compelling characters. But you can't just tease action for an entire season like this season's Mike story did without giving us some. I would have been fine it simply coming to a head in a Gus cameo, too. They hinted at it in the titles (the first letters of the titles forms an anagram for FRING'S BACK). They hinted at it in the episode. That was an awesome moment, but we have no guarantee that it really is Fring. I do understand that they simply may not have been able to get back the actor yet (when I met Giancarlo Esposito, he was reluctant to reprise his role in Better Call Saul).

On a more positive note, the final sequence between Jimmy and Chuck is nothing short of astounding. The very first shot of the scene is both hilarious and unnerving at the same time. The scene had me feeling so bad for Chuck that I almost cried. Then, in the episode's final moments, there is an evil twist to it all. I should have seen it coming, but I was surprised. It makes me think that the thing that will ultimately force Jimmy to become Saul is being forced into the act of destroying his own brother. The idea of that as an arc as well as the possibility of Gus appearing make me excited for next season.

Ultimately, this was satisfying from one point of view, but totally frustrating from another. On the one hand, the arcs and development of the characters that have played out brilliantly this season came to to beautifully crafted ends this episode. But as far as the plot and action goes, this episode does almost nothing to conclude it, something that is admittedly frustrating after a season that has already been pretty slow in that regard.

The finale of BETTER CALL SAUL Season 2 does not tie up this season's plot threads in a neat bow nor leave us with another infuriating cliffhanger (I'm talking about you THE WALKING DEAD). Instead it kicks things up a notch while giving us new revelations and insights into the characters. And we get a very good idea how Jimmy McGill ends up as BREAKING BAD's Saul Goodman.

If this episode belonged to anybody, it's to the amazing Michael McKean and his character of Chuck McGill, the electricity phobic older brother. Chuck might be mentally ill, but he is one smart cookie and he's on to Jimmy in every way-he's just has a hard time proving it. That is until the end, when the older brother proves himself to be a better and more ruthless con than his younger brother, eliciting a confession from Jimmy (and secretly recording it) that he sabotaged the Mesa Verde account. This is a bomb that will surely detonate in Season 3 with devastating results.

McKean also shines in the early scenes, when in the aftermath of the copy shop fiasco from last week's episode, he melts down in the ER when he is bombarded with dreaded electricity. Also props to Ernie, who comes to Jimmy's rescue in the hospital when Chuck nails him for bribing the clerk and screwing up Mesa Verde.

The other storyline concerns Jonathan Banks' Mike Ehrmentrout, who is out to take out Mark Margolis' Uncle Tio Salamanca. This sets up an incredibly suspenseful scene where Mike waits like a sniper to shoot Tio as the gang takes out the hapless truck driver whom Mike robbed last week. We know Mike will make it out alive, but we fear for him nevertheless, and the payoff is something we never see coming.

It has been an amazing season for BETTER CALL SAUL, which began as something of a slow burn, but really ramped up as it went along. Who would have predicted the show's central theme would become one of brotherly love and spiteful sibling jealousy. What other show has a relationship like the one between Jimmy McGill and Kim Wexler, all praise to Bob Odenkirk and Rhea Seahorn for making these characters real. Then there is the outstanding supporting work from Michael Mando, Patrick Fabian and Jim Beaver as the best gun dealer a killer could ever want.

And for a drama, this show is funnier than most official comedies on TV; Hoboken Squat Cobbler anyone?

Who left the note on the windshield for Mike, my money is on Gus Fring or someone connected to him.

I would say, don't forget Michael McKean come Emmy time, but they probably will anyway. All praise to Vince Gilligan, who took the comic relief on BREAKING BAD and made him the center of another amazing show.

I cannot wait for Season 3, but have no choice. Damn you AMC.

Television has never been this tight. It's like the writers have painstakingly mapped out each character's emotions and meticulously chosen how they'll progress and in what situation they'll be. So much so, that Chuck has been fleshed out as an extremely egregious and selfish individual, who's sole goal in life, neglecting his career entirely, is to destroy Jimmy's. Regardless of what his brother has done in the past, Kim was right, it's Chuck himself who's pushed Jimmy to the edge of the law and beyond.

Distracting us completely from the scenario, the writers decide to place Chuck in a vulnerable position in the hospital and slowly break down his character, having Jimmy be by his side the whole way - always the honorable brother. And it all comes down to Chuck's final manipulation. He saps Jimmy's sympathy so much that his brother confesses to the entire felony. Recording this confession, just shows that Chuck is willing to go to great lengths, even jeapordising his own illness to catch his brother - and this makes the cliffhanger all the more shocking.

On the other hand, however, we find Jimmy's business quickly growing, with numerous customers answering his new advertisement, which Jimmy is relieved to hear Kim appreciates. It's satisfying to see his plan working, but at the same time, you can help wondering how Chuck's megalomaniac movements are going to affect his career - after all, this could be catastrophic.

Moving away from the main story finally, comes Mike's solitary story. His intentions this season have been to both protect his granddaughter and attempt to keep his actions pacifistic as best he can, but you can tell he's reached his final tether. Banks is superb at displaying the distress of his character, and the frustration at not being able to get a clear shot of his target. To the point where he's diverted away from the whole scene as someone warns him not to fulfill his mission. The reason I docked a star is mainly because Mike's story has diverged so far from McGill's story, that it's almost two separate shows, which is sometimes pleasing, but others off-putting.

Ultimately, a stellar episode with masterful direction once again. You can really feel the pain and remorse of the hospital scene and how Chuck's perspective is so frightening. Plus, the cliffhanger gives us great hopes for Season 3 where I imagine the writers will step up a gear and start formulating the next steps towards the story of Breaking Bad, and to where Walter White comes in.

I've recently brought myself to grind through the second season, and while I was thoroughly engaged, I couldn't help but feel that I wasn't sure how this show even exists. On the surface, its a prequel to Breaking Bad, it's kind of a lawyer show, it's a kind of a crime show, and it's kind of a family drama. It does a good job at all of these, but it rarely ever feels like two of these aspects ever benefit without feeling sidelined. This show is never all of these three, at it's best its either a crime show and a drama or a drama and a family show, but never all three. One reviewer praised this show for defying genre expectations, existing in a gray area that operated in multiple shades. So it's not quite a drama, it's not quite a family show, it's not quite a crime show... Then what is it? It's a complete mess. I like Better Call Saul, but I don't love it. I've felt tense, I've laughed out loud, I've felt for the characters, but the show itself feels like it jumps from plot point to plot point with little notion as to how they all connect. I'm pointing out season 2 specifically because Mike is now a much larger character. If season 1 was all about Jimmy McGill, season 2 feels much more focused on developing Mike and his descent into the American southwest crime scene. But herein is the problem, "Better Call Saul" is the name of the show, and as much as it's trying to be its own thing, EVERYTHING about this show exists to tell you it stands on the shoulders of giants (that being Breaking Bad). I don't know who this show is appealing to. It fills my need of nostalgia, reminds me how much I love characters from Breaking Bad and details their backstories, but it also wants to do its own thing. This should work, but it can't seem to balance between the two. You've got a dual story line in this season and it all comes to a head in the season finale (normal storytelling stuff). The thing is, these two stories are NOT related to each other. We have Jimmy dealing with the drama at his firm and his relationship with his brother, and meanwhile Mike is poking a hornet's nest of the Cartel north of the border. Both of these stories are good. But both of these stories really have no right being so forcibly connected when there isn't much of a connection. I bring this up because Jimmy and Mike were connected in Season 1. In season 2, they interact about a handful of times, most of which, are in complete passing. They are two separate worlds, and maybe its to highlight the eventual decline Saul will face when brought into the criminal underworld, but it just doesn't add up. The only reason most people are willing to let this slide is because we know of their eventual connection in Breaking Bad. Emphasis on the eventual. It would kind of be like if Jesse and Todd from Breaking Bad bumped into each other, worked together very briefly in season 1, then went their separate ways for a few seasons before clashing again. Sure, we'd learn more about Todd, but these stories wouldn't serve each other the way they were supposed to. The idea behind dual stories is often summed up to a phrase, "meanwhile, back at the ranch". The hypothetical ranch in question is important because it has to do with the hypothetical farmer, he's off at the hypothetical store and he's left his hypothetical wife to herd the cattle back at the farm. If there is a connection between Jimmy and Mike, it's not happening now, and it certainly didn't progress in this season. Some would call it a slow burn, me, I'd just call it fan service. Better Call Saul is a little brother, in some rebellious teen phase, it demands to be taken as it's own entity but can't help but rely on the success of its sibling to carry it. This show isn't really appealing to a post-breaking bad audience because its half baking two story lines and it isn't really appealing to a never-seen- breaking-bad audience because it's relying too much on Breaking Bad to be coherent. So what would make it better? I'm caught at a cross roads. On a purely visceral level Mike's story is to be enjoyed but it's clear most of the love is funneled through Jimmy and his brother. It's the real core of the show. So, cut out the parts that aren't supporting this thesis. I love Mike, but his story has nothing to do with anything other than tickle my desire for Breaking Bad nostalgia. And I know what you're thinking, "woah wait! That's gonna make the story too confusing!" No, it will not. In fact it won't change Jimmy's story at all, and that's my point. Mike's scuffling with the cartel has NOTHING TO DO with Jimmy and his brother. With that gone, Better Call Saul is no longer a mix of muddled genres, but a coherent narrative. This has been a long rant, but what I'm trying to get at is Better Call Saul is a good show, it's just confused in it's delivery. There's no denying the sound, cinematography, acting, and choreography are probably the best in the game, but it's got a structural problem that needs to be addressed.

A few places in season two felt a little padded, and I was concerned the writers didn't know where they wanted to go with the main characters. The season two finale put my fears to rest. The show is on track and my faith in the writers is solid now. I have to mention how I've always been a fan of Michael McKean and his comedic roles, but I never knew how powerful he was in dramatic ones. He is amazing as Chuck and made that character so completely hateable. The first rule of writing a compelling story is to have a great villain. Mission accomplished. **SPOILER** IMO the note on Mike's car was left by an agent of Gus Fring. It makes the most sense. I think season 3 will include Gus courting Mike to come out of retirement and work for him full time, but Mike will resist. Also, sometime before the SERIES finale, Mike puts Hector into that wheelchair with the bell on it.

S2.E9 "Nailed" is currently the highest rated BCS episode on IMDb, because after a dragged on filler borefest it finally led all the roads to a very promising and exciting finale with a big payoff. Is Mike going to cripple Hector for what he did to that good samaritan? Will Gus Fring make an appearance? Is rotten Chuck finally dead? Will Jimmy finally become Saul Goodman? Oh boy, sure can't wait for that April 18 season finale...

... NOPE!!!

Chuck is alive and well, healthier than ever!!! YESSS!!! That's what the audience wanted to happen, right? Absolutely nothing! And since everyone "loves" Chuck so much, 30 minutes of this very important season finale episode is going to be wasted on Chuck chilling in a hospital...so exciting... Hey, if you think that Chuck was a really annoying pain in the ass before, wait till the tape recorder part.

Did we at least get some action with Mike? He was aiming that sniper rifle... ah forget about it.

Enjoy your 10 month wait for S3, everyone. See ya in 2017, I guess.

Jimmy is filled with guilt over Chuck's tumble and concussion. He takes over as he always has, but brother Chuck is a sociopath and has no conscience. Jimmy tries hard to do what is right, but the guy is mentally ill and obsessed. The conclusion just adds another brick in the wall. As for Mike, he is out in the desert with a powerful rifle, set to shoot Salamaca. But there is a fly in the ointment and his efforts are squelched. Somebody knows what he is up to. Who can that be. This is a season ending episode and sets up season three quite well.

!!! SPOILER !!!I think Jimmy is the better lawyer (than Chuck). I think Kim's a better lawyer than Jimmy. Jimmy has more warmth and humanity, but Kim does the work. Glad I got that out. NOW... Am I the only one who sees that Chuck is the real bad guy here? In every episode so far, Jimmy has been there anytime that Chuck needed help; I don't feel the least bit bad about Chuck's condition, The way I see it, he put himself in his own hell, I hope he rots there. Back to this. Chuck continually betrays Jimmy. No matter how hard he works or tries, Chuck finds a way to screw him over. Think about this: the ONLY person's word we have about Jimmy is Chuck, and he is a consistent rat to his brother. I bet the roles were reversed. Chuck's the scheming, deceitful, duplicitous, manipulative snake in the grass. HE'S the one who wrecked his father's business; probably because dad saw him for a sociopath. Also, Ernie is gonna get hurt in Chuck's war on Jimmy. Sad case.

Jimmy gave a promise at end of season 1...

Disappointed with the story and how the show progress.

I like Kim a lot, but it's a side character.

Chuck is really annoying and painful to watch...

Jimmy didn't fulfill his promise. He struggles with personal issues instead of excel and outgrow in business.

Mike, we know that Hector and all the others live in the future. At whom are you aiming? Or, here is where he is getting crippled...?

Season 1: 7.8/10

Season 2: 6/10