I thought it was another poor episode. No idea why they’re introducing this latest scam so late in the show. 1/10. At least Kim is still alive, though it looks like Gene is about to get shot.
What is his motivation for this latest scam? Doesn’t he have tons of money?
Not sure how much was serious of the previous couple posts. I thought this was a pretty amazing episode tieing all sorts of elements together.
Really cementing a masterpiece of a series.
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Gene's going to jail at least, isn't he? I think this looks like it's trending to be a realistic ending - Gene tries to regain some former glory in running these scams, but he's going to meet a sad, pathetic end
Just like how walking into the school doors to meet Walt marked the beginning of the end for Saul, breaking into the cancer guy's home is probably going to mean the end of Gene
I wonder what was said between Kim and Gene in the phone booth. Clearly it's set Gene off the deep end
I liked that they showed that Jimmy was the one pushing for Walt to meet Gus, and was pretty much responsible for everything falling apart in BB
I know people will hate the episode for being slow, but I thought it did a good job connecting BB and BCS
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Gene's going to jail at least, isn't he? I think this looks like it's trending to be a realistic ending - Gene tries to regain some former glory in running these scams, but he's going to meet a sad, pathetic end
Just like how walking into the school doors to meet Walt marked the beginning of the end for Saul, breaking into the cancer guy's home is probably going to mean the end of Gene
I wonder what was said between Kim and Gene in the phone booth. Clearly it's set Gene off the deep end
I liked that they showed that Jimmy was the one pushing for Walt to meet Gus, and was pretty much responsible for everything falling apart in BB
I know people will hate the episode for being slow, but I thought it did a good job connecting BB and BCS
I am guessing he didn't actually talk to Kim, but who knows. One of the great things about this series is that we have no idea what is ever coming next and yet it all seems to make sense when it plays out.
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I thought it was another poor episode. No idea why they’re introducing this latest scam so late in the show. 1/10. At least Kim is still alive, though it looks like Gene is about to get shot.
What is his motivation for this latest scam? Doesn’t he have tons of money?
To me, they're telling us that it's in his DNA to do what he does. He's slippin' Jimmy always and forever.
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I thought it was another poor episode. No idea why they’re introducing this latest scam so late in the show. 1/10. At least Kim is still alive, though it looks like Gene is about to get shot.
What is his motivation for this latest scam? Doesn’t he have tons of money?
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The shot coming from the grave that turned into Gene was quite interesting to me.
Spoiler!
Reminded me of the opening of one of the last episodes in The Sopranos that had a very zoomed in shot of a sleeping (dead) Tony atop very clean and crisp white sheets on his bed (coffin), that slowly zoomed out.
I thought last night was much better than Nippy. The storytelling and symbolism last night was immense. It also showed that we had to have the developments in Nippy to get to last night.
I thought that the end of Nippy that Gene putting back the shirt and tie meant that he was not going to go all the way back to Saul. However, the call with Francesca and subsequent unknown call to try and reach Kim seemed to have turned him. Him losing any sort of moral center by going after the cancer guy at the end was an amazing parallel to how he got involved with Walt and Jesse. I thought the back and forth cuts were amazing between hose two sequences.
Additionally, the scene with Mike was great. That gave us even more insight into the BB story. It is a reminder that at the time, Walt was still pretty small time and that it may have really been Saul that helped him become the monster of later seasons.
I also saw on Reddit that the day of the phone call was Jimmy's 50th birthday. Guess who broke bad on their 50th birthday? Walter White.
Next weeks episode is titled 'Waterworks' and we just saw Gene try to reach Kim at a sprinkler business. Coincidence? Fakeout by the creative team?
So much of BCS has been thrilling television that has you at the edge of your seat. Last night wasn't the strongest for that during the episode (though better than the Nippy con for sure) but after it was over, I actually felt my anxiousness go up. I was sitting there just wondering what the f$%& is going to happen in the next 2 episodes. Will he have some great redemption and find happiness with Kim? Or has this been a case study on how he really can't change. I have to wonder if Chuck gave us the ending back in season 3: "He'll never change! Ever since he was 9, always the same! Couldn't keep his hands out of the cash drawer! But not our Jimmy! Couldn't be precious Jimmy! Stealing them blind! And he gets to be a lawyer!? What a sick joke! I should've stopped him when I had the chance! And you – you have to stop him!"
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This individual is not affluent and more of a member of that shrinking middle class. It is likely the individual does not have a high paying job, is limited on benefits, and has to make due with those benefits provided by employer.
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I took the coffin scene as Saul is basically dead living life as Gene, not necessary a foreshadowing of his death.
I tend to think he didn't actually talk to Kim, but got news of something. Did the news prompt him to raise cash for something, or did it just make him say screw it, he wants to be in the game again?
Next weeks episode is titled 'Waterworks' and we just saw Gene try to reach Kim at a sprinkler business. Coincidence? Fakeout by the creative team?
Yeah, from that episode title I suspect Kim will be back and we'll get to see her perspective during the BB and Gene timeline. If Gene did manage to reach her via phone, we'll know what was said.
I think we're headed towards a polarizing ending. I'm convinced that Gene won't get any redemption or happy ending. It wouldn't surprise me if Gene and Kim don't even get to see each other face-to-face by the end.
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how much did he give his former secretary. $200k? Why not just keep it for himself instead of identity theft. How much does he get $2000/head?
But yeah I think he dies and i'm pretty sure we will see Kim in the final episode. Prob at his funeral.
Way less than $200K. Those looked like 10,000K bundles in 100s and I think there were 3 of them. So likely $30,000. If they were only 50s or 20s, then $15,000 or $6,000.
Also, I assume he set up this dead drop before he fled New Mexico. Going back for it is probably a bigger risk than he wants to take, even if it was a significant amount of money. And Francesca knows a lot, he definitely shouldn't be pissing her off by stiffing her on money he promised her.
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