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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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!

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