Better call saul season 2 episode 5 recap

Ina hypersensitivity-free Chuck replaces a dead bulb in his dining room chandelier without flinching. He puts on music, then makes his way to the kitchen to help his wife, Rebeccaprepare dinner. Jimmy arrives early, six-pack in hand, and is impressed by Chuck's house. Chuck invites him inside.

Jimmy McGill should be happy. He should be counting his lucky stars. What happens if you get everything you want right after you lose the very reason you wanted it? Jimmy is singularly unsuited to his new job, but he perseveres because he knows he should be happy and, more to the point, he thinks that he would let down Kim if he failed. It was so easy to lay the blame on Chuck, but Rebecca muddies the waters of just how much we can hate him.

Better call saul season 2 episode 5 recap

Chuck elucidates Jimmy's lifelong slippery habits. The more we learn about Jimmy McGill, about his chicanery and utter disregard for rules and professional etiquette, the more Chuck's contempt makes sense. As with Howard, who seemed like Jimmy's arch-nemesis for most of last season, it's not Chuck who's changing, but our perspective of him. Better Call Saul is one of the best dramas on television because it has no obvious heroes and villains, no one to really root against. Well, Tuco is pretty much a textbook villain, but everyone else, even Nacho, defies easy categorization. But the post-Tony Soprano landscape, piebald with gritty anti-heroes like long swaths of dandelions, is frustratingly single-minded in its depiction of middle-aged men having lapses of judgment and trying to redeem themselves. Think of the loudest, and thus most recognized, anti-heroes, the Walter Whites and Nucky Thompsons, or more recent ones like Richie from the aesthetically phantasmagoric Vinyl and whoever's still alive on Game of Thrones. They do bad things — like, really bad things, not just casually bad — and then stew in guilt until they manage to redeem themselves against the odds, or they just die. It's boring. Saul doesn't have the slam-bang-pow set pieces of the aforementioned prestige shows, and it doesn't have as much decadent scene-chewing, but it has something better: moxie.

Out of the dog house, wonders Chuck.

Now' Movie. Nic Pizzolatto vs. He has a good heart. Sometime in the recent past, Chuck Michael McKean prepares a dinner with wife Rebecca in their seemingly picture-perfect home. Jimmy has already guessed that Cliff has assigned Erin to keep an eye on him, and each of her actions seem to confirm his suspicions. At the courthouse, Mike speaks to his daughter-in-law on the phone, who happily tells him about their new place and how much safer it is. At the courthouse, Jimmy encounters an old colleague petty with a prior!

By providing your information, you agree to our Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services. A flashback to Chuck prior to his illness finds him living a very comfortable, quiet life with his wife Rebecca. Her solution, to drum up new business for the firm, seems to work… until Hamlin sticks her back in in the dungeon. With Tuco going to jail, it makes sense that another Salamanca would make an appearance, and seeing the bell-ringing stroke victim in his prime was a relatively pleasant surprise…until, that is, we remembered just how scary Hector Salamanca is. The writers and Rhea Seehorn have always been committed to crafting Kim as a character who stands out as a fully formed person, not just a potential love interest, and it was a thrill to see her really get a chance to shine here. How do we know that? He has a good heart.

Better call saul season 2 episode 5 recap

Chuck elucidates Jimmy's lifelong slippery habits. The more we learn about Jimmy McGill, about his chicanery and utter disregard for rules and professional etiquette, the more Chuck's contempt makes sense. As with Howard, who seemed like Jimmy's arch-nemesis for most of last season, it's not Chuck who's changing, but our perspective of him. Better Call Saul is one of the best dramas on television because it has no obvious heroes and villains, no one to really root against. Well, Tuco is pretty much a textbook villain, but everyone else, even Nacho, defies easy categorization. But the post-Tony Soprano landscape, piebald with gritty anti-heroes like long swaths of dandelions, is frustratingly single-minded in its depiction of middle-aged men having lapses of judgment and trying to redeem themselves. Think of the loudest, and thus most recognized, anti-heroes, the Walter Whites and Nucky Thompsons, or more recent ones like Richie from the aesthetically phantasmagoric Vinyl and whoever's still alive on Game of Thrones. They do bad things — like, really bad things, not just casually bad — and then stew in guilt until they manage to redeem themselves against the odds, or they just die.

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For now. She's a second-year attorney and easily the most annoying character on the show so far. Craft Considerations. Share: Share on Facebook opens in a new tab Share on Twitter opens in a new tab Share on Linkedin opens in a new tab Share on email opens in a new tab Comment: Comments count: 0. Submit Email. The stamps mangled his tongue, but he knows about the sponge now. Not exactly jerkish but annoying is Erin's supervision of Jimmy. Rotten Tomatoes. Chuck is changing a lightbulb, sometime before his electrical affliction. Develop and improve services. The Hollywood Reporter.

Two enterprising young men take full advantage of Saul Goodman's promotional rate for non-violent felonies.

Email address to subscribe to newsletter. Undoubtedly, his early bird quips and lawyer punch lines lack panache. Why do they bury lawyers under 20 feet of dirt? I really enjoyed the contrasts in music from scene to scene. I think I've used the word "usurp" in most of these recaps, but the show keeps doubling back on itself — it's as slippery as Jimmy. Jimmy pulls up out front. What do you call a lawyer with an IQ of 60? The drug kingpin who would one day blow Gustavo Fring to smithereens is still relatively spry at this point. Kim Wexler brought them in. Film review.