I have had to stay out of this thread as I have been behind, but wanted to comment as I am caught up again! I think this season has been great as well and I am one of those that feels it surpasses BB in enjoyment. I just find the characters a bit more interesting.
Watching Saul really start to come into shape has been fun. I think the thing to remember for the character is that it isn't some unraveling for Jimmy into this bad version of himself, but just a reversion to the mean. So much of what we are seeing is who he really is. And in a way, I think that is Kims arc right now as she is realizing who Jimmy really is. For whatever good she was able to bring out in Jimmy, Chuck crushed it all with how things played out before his death. I think Jimmys facade has fully crumbled to her and she is now in a mid life crisis trying to figure out what she wants her life to be. The good news as others have pointed out is this at least looks like her character has an exit strategy other than death.
The Mike/Gus/Nacho side has been cool in terms of how its laying a lot of the ground work for the BB story, but I haven't been as compelled by that story the last couple episodes. I did really like the near death nacho and the brothers coming to town, but the lab prep stuff has been more meh. I feel like if it were not for the relevance to breaking bad, it would be extremely boring.
Tidbits like seeing Gail and Howard falling apart have been nice as well. And seeing Huell again busting the pinatas this week was great.
The only thing that stinks about BCS is the amount of content that is produced a year. I could watch two or three times as much of this show. Though I am sure the quality would suffer to increase the quantity.
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