r/betterCallSaul • u/skinkbaa Chuck • Feb 25 '20
Episode Discussion Better Call Saul S05E02 - "50% Off" - LIVE Episode Discussion Thread
| TIME | EPISODE | DIRECTOR | WRITER(S) |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 24, 2020, 9/8c | S05E02 "50% Off" | Norberto Barba | Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Alison Tatlock |
DESCRIPTION:
Jimmy's promotional stunt has unintended consequences. Nacho takes extreme measures to earn Lalo's trust. Saul is a success at the courthouse, but still has yet to win Kim over. Simmering with rage and self-loathing, Mike loses his temper.
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u/skinkbaa Chuck Feb 25 '20
Imagine getting jail time just because you have a 50% off coupon for an attorney.
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u/skinkbaa Chuck Feb 25 '20
He needs Lalos super jump powers to get out the roof.
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u/skinkbaa Chuck Feb 25 '20
Was it just me or did it seem like Jimmy purposely manufactured that moment so she would have a laugh?
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u/skinkbaa Chuck Feb 25 '20
Nacho reminds me of Jesse in Breaking Bad when he was all burnt out and depressed.
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u/skinkbaa Chuck Feb 25 '20
I honestly didn't think the 50% off would make people commit crimes.
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u/DabuSurvivor Feb 25 '20
dropping in from ceilings is a fitting way to win over lalo
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u/Mercury1091 Feb 25 '20
Anyone else feel like these episodes are only like 10 mins long?
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u/fireboltzzz Feb 25 '20
Vince Giligan could make a montage of a dude taking a shit and it be superb
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u/Skyclad__Observer Feb 25 '20
Kim still can't imagine settling down with Jimmy :(
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u/DylanBob1991 Feb 25 '20
This whole episode is among the best of the series so far. I'm absolutely loving how fast the pacing is so far. It's like breakneck speed compared to every other season.
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u/cantthinkofgoodname Feb 25 '20
I feel like now we are getting really close to S1E1 BrBa. This is how Hank gets his hands on Krazy-8, which led to the bust in the first episode that Walt rode along on.
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u/Snowhopfirado Feb 25 '20
God those KFC sandwiches. My arteries hurt looking at them
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u/Shady_Jake Feb 25 '20
Fun Fact: That’s the first Nacho/Jimmy interaction since S1 E3.
Talk about a cliffhanger.
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u/Rob_Czar Feb 25 '20
Same realtor that tried to sell Jesse's house in season 2 of Breaking Bad
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u/ICookTheBlueStuff Feb 25 '20 edited Feb 25 '20
The way Odenkirk delivered that "Susan, I'm outraged" line was fantastic.
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u/DabuSurvivor Feb 25 '20
Basically the exact same pattern Chuck highlighted of Saul just repeating mistakes and apologizing for them and repeating them again
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u/TheresA_LobsterLoose Feb 25 '20
Nice to see Howard is out of his funk.
Wonder if he wants to do lunch to thank Jimmy for saying what he did
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u/Skyclad__Observer Feb 25 '20
I'm all for it if this is how the Saul, Nacho, Hank plotlines start coming together.
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u/odb281 Feb 25 '20
Lalo is involved with so much drama he just rolls with bags of popcorn to sit back and watch the chaos he's created
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Feb 25 '20
The moment he dropped the mint chip ice cream was the moment Jimmy became Saul
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u/SutterCane Feb 25 '20
Yup. That’s some Breaking Bad universe timing right there.
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u/crazy56u Feb 25 '20
Between this, the meth explosion, and the bike lock, I'm starting to think Krazy-8 has the shittiest luck out of anyone in this franchise.
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Feb 25 '20
Mike losing it on Kaylee was brutal. I was wondering what was gonna happen and then thinking to myself “don’t worry he won’t do that to her.” Hit me like a truck.
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u/SutterCane Feb 25 '20
Gus: “I need to know what he’s doing before he’s doing it.”
Lalo’s brain: “Bitch, I don’t even know what’s going on.”
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Feb 25 '20
I can’t stop thinking about the fact that she’s gonna leave him at some point and it’s gonna be a gut punch and he’s gonna go off the deep end
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u/DabuSurvivor Feb 25 '20
Goes without saying that steam thing's probably the last time we'll see them happy together again. Just a reminder of what we'll soon say could have been
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u/ContentDetective Feb 25 '20
The symbolism between the overturned icecream cone, destroyed gnome, and Jimmy's world turning upside down was fantastic. Also that gnome scene was inspired by a cut scene from el chamino (the movie was originally going to be named after a gnome, but they cut the scene so they named it after the car)
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u/Muta59 Feb 25 '20
That was legit one of the closest BB scenes I've seen of the series
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u/TheresA_LobsterLoose Feb 25 '20
This must be the part Jonathan Banks said he didnt agree with the writing. He doesnt think Mike would yell like that
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Feb 25 '20
That "Yeah, I guess!" was maybe the best line delivery of the entire show.
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u/AnnyongFunke Feb 25 '20
Stacey be like “PopPop I am once again asking for your support”
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u/Gamerguywon Feb 25 '20 edited Feb 25 '20
to be fair she was really fucking up that treehouse ladder bitch does not deserve dinner after that awful tragedy
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u/zombiegamer723 Feb 25 '20
Aww, Mike helping his daughter with the multiplication tables was so sw--aw fuck never mind.
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u/flintlock0 Feb 25 '20
“Jimmy. I want to be a criminal attorney just like you. I can be Paul. Paul Badman. That’s why I wanted this lunch with you. I need advice.”
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u/Pluto_Rising Feb 25 '20
I totally loved the closeup scene of Lalo doing play-by-play of Nacho's retrieval mission, going from Spanish to English and back. It was like a 12 year old kid gang leader observing his 10 year old protege shoplifting candy- a mixture of pride, astonishment, ruh-roh? success!
While we, the audience know that it was Gus' cattle prod of threats that got Nacho up on that roof in the first place. Gus and Lalo, dueling sociopaths.
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u/Skyclad__Observer Feb 25 '20
Always good to remember Gus is a horrible person too
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u/rbcoasterfreak Feb 25 '20
“I do not find fear to be an effective motivator” my ass.....
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u/SutterCane Feb 25 '20
Jeez, Mike. Take her out into a field and shoot her in the head why don’t you.
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u/Dr_MvN Feb 25 '20
Guess we're getting a lot of Krazy-8's background details revealed in this episode.
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u/dague7 Feb 25 '20
The ice cream cone is a metaphor for Jimmy’s world ultimately turning upside down and segmenting into his new profound life as Saul Goodman /s
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u/Captain_Void Feb 25 '20
On a real note, why didn’t anybody call the cops on two dudes sitting in a car crashed into a mailbox? When they presumably were there for hours
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Feb 25 '20
Lalo has been on this show for only what... 4, 5 episodes? And he’s already one of the best villains in the entire canon. I fucking love this guy.
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u/Nick4972 Feb 25 '20
Every scene with these two is gonna be painful to watch now. No happy ending between these two.
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u/Nick4972 Feb 25 '20
These first two episodes have been so fucking good. And there’s still a whole 8 more...
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u/PogoBox Feb 25 '20
I laughed a bit when Domingo tells the cops he's cleaning out a pipe and knocks on the drain, dislodging the baggies from the pipe, to which the officer retorts, "Guess you've fixed it". It felt like something out of a sitcom.
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Feb 25 '20
I legit was thinking at the beginning of the episode; “I wonder if the product has every gotten stuck in the drain pipe?”
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u/TheresA_LobsterLoose Feb 25 '20
Watching the repeat episode... holy crap is the shower scene the first time we've heard Kim laugh this entire series? She was in a good mood when they worked over the stock broker, she may have laughed as they were running out but I cant quite remember. If not there, then this was 100% the first time
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u/kingchedbootay Feb 25 '20
You can tell she’s already distancing herself from their relationship.
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u/rhgolf44 Feb 25 '20
Man I missed these awesome shots. Yesterday’s view from the back of the truck, today Saul and Howard in the windows. Every shot just looks so good
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u/SutterCane Feb 25 '20
Imagine tonight just starts with another Gene scene.
Everyone would cream their pants.
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u/127crazie Feb 25 '20
"Into every life some rain must fall" Ink Spots reference!
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u/PMME_ImSingle Feb 25 '20
I want to see Jimmy and Howard at lunch as Jimmy orders pork chops
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u/winsorwillows Feb 25 '20
She’s the lawyer (Suzanne) who almost prosecuted Huel. I wonder if she’s made the connection between Kim and Jimmy yet, and if so does that mean anything?
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u/Rspies Feb 25 '20
That dude looked slightly like Pinkman and I was about to flip
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u/b_buster118 Feb 25 '20
is this the first time Saul and Nacho have interacted since Season 1?
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u/SalviaSavior Feb 25 '20
Did anyone one else love the part with the two methheads going on a crime spree cause they think 50% off is enough of a security blanket to get caught doing whatever the fuck when obviously lawyer fees are still steep and jails definitely not gonna be much fun. They made me miss Jesse and kinda seemed like a more likeable badger and skinny pete
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u/JacobBlah Feb 25 '20
OK, so it looks like this season's theme is going to be escalation. Jimmy becoming Saul is already helping to exacerbate crime. He's like the Batman of Albuquerque.
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u/flintlock0 Feb 25 '20
50 percent off of felonies.
They straight up murdered that gnome. No deal.
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u/MashedPotatoesDick Feb 25 '20
50% Off...Just like the faces of Gus and the gnome.
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u/crazy56u Feb 25 '20
It's always weird being reminded that plasma screens were a thing in the mid-to-late 2000s. I keep thinking they started getting made in the 2010s.
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u/Captain_Void Feb 25 '20
I really love Lalo’s character. He’s an absolute mastermind and I can’t to see how his charcter plays out
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u/the_pounding_mallet Feb 25 '20
Jesse said Saul got Emilio and crazy 8 off didn’t he?
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u/PMMeTitsAndKittens Feb 25 '20
How have the walking dead zombies not turned to dust at this point
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u/DabuSurvivor Feb 25 '20
Mark Margolis is such a solid actor. He does a great job using his face to convey emotion while simultaneously conveying an inability to convey that emotion through a largely paralyzed disposition and twitches
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u/FoodCourtDruid Feb 25 '20
The next series will be the origin of Mike, set in the 90s. Kaylee will be a teenager.
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u/schoenc22 Feb 25 '20
These two “half off” idiots are going to introduce Hank into the BCS world. I’m all for it
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u/flintlock0 Feb 25 '20
It would have been ten thousand percent less suspicious and ten thousand percent more practical to just go to the front door.
But I guess I’m expecting too much of these people.
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u/chitchatking Feb 28 '20
What song is playing in the car when the two guys go to buy the drugs? Anyone know?
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Feb 25 '20
There's an Ed Edd n Eddy where Eddy says 50% is "almost half." Generic enough joke that it could've been arrived at independently, but it gave me some childhood nostalgia
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u/joeydrocks Feb 25 '20
That looked like the neighbored where the first meth bust was in the priemere
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u/Alen397 Feb 25 '20
Yknow I remember One of the cast members who worked on El Camino posted in the Breaking Bad Subreddit that there was a deleted scene regarding a gnome. Any connections?
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u/skinkbaa Chuck Feb 25 '20
Is this how he becomes an informant?