TV Thread - beware, [expletive] can get spoilery

[docellis]

I liked it. The end was worth the rest.

[jim]

Good start I thought.

[heyzeus]

I should probably adopt a Jewish name to help my legal career.

[ghostrunner]

Just watched this week's episode of "The Americans". Great show, just as good as ever--but I could really be happy with never seeing Stan's ex-wife again. Unless she's some kind of sleeper agent she is doing nothing for the show.

She's just there as a prop to allow Stan's painfully emotional moment after nearly getting offer by Oleg. Both of which were awesome scenes.

I agree. I thought it turned his desperation up another notch. He just had a gun pointed at him after what they've established is his routine movie (porn?) rental. He can't be with Nina, so he goes to see his wife (his backup option) for some comfort and embarrasses himself. I assume it's building toward something.

[thrill]

Bob Odenkirk is an incredible performer. His humanity is so palpable. His performance in Fargo was fantastic and obviously as Jimmy/Saul, he's able to engender such empathy, even while being a moron or scum bag.

[JL21]

In last night's Walking Dead, when Tyreese hallucinated Bob, did anybody else wish they would've started talking about Avon Barksdale?

[TimeForGuinness]

Better Call Saul was awesome...the little things just really impress me.

[SHOW]

- Working at a Cinnabon in Omaha...great tie in to Breaking Bad
- Skateboarders saying "tight, tight tight"...like Tuco...a bit of foreshadowing I didn't pick up until the end
- The nail salon was the same one he tried getting Walter and Skyler to buy in Breaking Bad
- The car that hit them was a 1988 Ford Taurus, not an '88 Mercury Sable. Identical except the logos basically.

It's only the first episode and it's already better than the entire Walking Dead series.

[thrill]

In last night's Walking Dead, when Tyreese hallucinated Bob, did anybody else wish they would've started talking about Avon Barksdale?

WHERE WALLACE, TYRESE? WHERE'S THE BOY?

[Vidor]

Just watched this week's episode of "The Americans". Great show, just as good as ever--but I could really be happy with never seeing Stan's ex-wife again. Unless she's some kind of sleeper agent she is doing nothing for the show.

She's just there as a prop to allow Stan's painfully emotional moment after nearly getting offer by Oleg. Both of which were awesome scenes.

I agree. I thought it turned his desperation up another notch. He just had a gun pointed at him after what they've established is his routine movie (porn?) rental. He can't be with Nina, so he goes to see his wife (his backup option) for some comfort and embarrasses himself. I assume it's building toward something.

I dunno, I just don't find Stan's marital troubles interesting at all. The rest of the show is so awesome.

[MrCrowesGarden]

In the opening sequence of Better Call Saul, he's watching TV and flipping through the channels. He eventually lands on a weather forecast.

It's the meteorologist for the station I used to work for in Omaha.