TV Thread - beware, [expletive] can get spoilery

[jim]

Seriously, where is the joke there? "I'M FIFTY! I'M FIFTY YEARS OLD!" Where's the joke?

The joke is that she is a crazy lady that can kick, punch, AND kick. It's funny.

[MrSaigon]

I liked Breaking Bad just as much as anyone. That's not true of Better Call Saul. Not yet, at least. It's good.

Very curious about Battle Creek.

[Schlich]

Season 1 BCS is infinitely better than season 1 BB

[MrSaigon]

Season 1 BCS is infinitely better than season 1 BB

That's the kind of hyperbole that makes me double down on my opinion above. The pilot was excellent. The next two were fine.

[ghostrunner]

I do think season 1 of BB was a little rough. Particularly w/r/t Skyler, Hank, and Marie. Jesse is kind of one-note at the beginning too. Still wouldn't say BCS is better.

[Famous Mortimer]

To say a comedian should never criticise another comedian is absolutely ridiculous - and comparing one unknown improv troupe insulting another one; to an SNL cast member making a joke about a guy who'd been the world's biggest movie star for a decade, is a very poor comparison. Comedians should grow thicker skins, or perhaps you ought to come and tell my boss how mid-level office workers should never criticise other mid-level office workers. "Comedy shows should have less balls" - news at 11.

And, y'know, if Murphy hadn't made so many terrible movies, no-one would have ever bothered mocking him.

Sorry! I realise this is pointless.

Anyway, RIP Harris Wittels, writer / producer / occasional guest performer on "Parks and Recreation"; standup comedian and regular podcast appearer. I really thought / hoped he'd kicked his drug problems, but sadly not.

[MrCrowesGarden]

I do think season 1 of BB was a little rough. Particularly w/r/t Skyler, Hank, and Marie. Jesse is kind of one-note at the beginning too. Still wouldn't say BCS is better.

It was a different show in Season 1 than it was in the rest of the series. Tone-wise, at least.

[JL21]

I do think season 1 of BB was a little rough. Particularly w/r/t Skyler, Hank, and Marie. Jesse is kind of one-note at the beginning too. Still wouldn't say BCS is better.

Yeah, I think it's apples and oranges. Most shows are a little ragged in their first seasons (try re-watching the first season of The Sopranos some time). Saul has the luxury of having a whole galaxy already mapped out for it. They just need to fill in the cracks. To their credit, they're doing a very good job of it. But it's been three episodes. Like... Dexter had three great episodes at some point. Nobody anointed it better than the best drama on TV, nor should they have.

The other thing about Breaking Bad is the writer's strike fell smack in the middle of the first season. That's why it was only seven episodes, and they could only do so much of what they wanted to do. Even then, I think season 1 was really damn good.*

In short, Saul has been great. OF COURSE it's been great- it was made out of the parts of Breaking Bad. But it's three episodes so let's maybe pump the brakes a bit about it being better than Breaking Bad.

*though I totally agree with you about Skyler, Hank, Jesse, and Marie, who all became infinitely better as characters as the show progressed

[Schlich]

Yeah of course, but "it's better" is shorter and easier to type than all of that. I thought the hyperbole was a given. I'm just really enjoying it in a way that I didn't with breaking bad up until about season 3. I'll start putting asterisks on my posts.

[Jocephus]

sorrysorrysorry im sorry but i forgot spade did this too

[SHOW]

David: Hey, Eddie Murphy, now I have to say that he was really funny in Dr. Dolittle.

David puppet: Yeah, but did you see Holy Man? Holy crap!...I guess you were wrong!

David: Hey, don't say that! We're friends now.

David puppet: That's not what I heard!

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/98/98eupdate.phtml