Better Call Saul 2x4 Full-Length Uncut Reaction
Added 2024-08-17 00:53:43 +0000 UTC
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I think when he held that gun again, it took him back to the memory of killing and he doesn't want that again which is primarily why he opted not to kill Tuco. I don't think he's overly invested in protecting Nacho from the cartel here.
Max Hassam
2024-08-17 03:59:15 +0000 UTCI think the writers intended that, from Mike’s interchange with the gun guy, we conclude that Mike was a Marine sniper on tour in Vietnam (referenced by the wooden stock warping in jungle conditions). This expertise is alluded to later in the season. Another great reaction to Chuck and Jimmy’s tortured relationship.
Greg Nelson
2024-08-17 02:54:34 +0000 UTCBCS S2 is set around mid 2003 I believe so we're still 5 years or so off of Breaking Bad. We know Tuco is in prison at some point in his life as Jesse's introduction to Tuco is via Skinny Pete saying him and Tuco were cellmates! I think you're the first people I've ever seen catch the Tampico reference, not just the Domingo/Krazy-8 cameo :D My interpretation of the ending is Mike not wanting to talk about why he doesn't want to pull the trigger. That plus him having been previously hesitant to take on too violent jobs from the vet suggests he does have a line at the moment. He killed the men who killed his son, but that was revenge. Not quite the same as being an assassin. I loooooove the Chuck & Jimmy arguments. I think they warrant re-watching as every line is a goldmine into the psyche of the characters. Chuck does want Jimmy to not be a lawyer. But he would never go about getting that outcome by illegal means. Jimmy thinking life is one big game of 'let's make a deal' regardless of the boundaries of the law - oh I could go on forever aha. The switchup of the feeling towards Chuck is crazy. Michael McKean, his actor, is an absolute expert at making a punchable smug face XD But, whilst he certainly is an "asshole" as Jimmy calls him, he's not exactly wrong much of the time...
Max Hassam
2024-08-17 02:29:41 +0000 UTC
