Doc Brown Posted May 10, 2017 Posted May 10, 2017 TV has given me probably the last great 1,000 acting moments, movies recently made 0 I feel like we're in the golden age of television shows ever since The Wire premiered. There's so many shows I haven't seen that I heard were great (Fargo, Sons of Anarchy, Peaky Blinders, Deadwood). I just wish there were more hours in the fricken day.
row_33 Posted May 10, 2017 Posted May 10, 2017 (edited) I feel like we're in the golden age of television shows ever since The Wire premiered. There's so many shows I haven't seen that I heard were great (Fargo, Sons of Anarchy, Peaky Blinders, Deadwood). I just wish there were more hours in the fricken day. Oz and The Sopranos were well up there for me by the time The Wire came around. Not interested in seeing Oz again, for some reason it made me lift more weights while working out and watching the show. Edited May 10, 2017 by row_33
boyst Posted May 10, 2017 Posted May 10, 2017 I feel like we're in the golden age of television shows ever since The Wire premiered. There's so many shows I haven't seen that I heard were great (Fargo, Sons of Anarchy, Peaky Blinders, Deadwood). I just wish there were more hours in the fricken day. no offense but it is all I can do to sit down to watch this show I don't see how folks watch so much TV!
row_33 Posted May 10, 2017 Posted May 10, 2017 no offense but it is all I can do to sit down to watch this show I don't see how folks watch so much TV! TV series viewing takes a few forms, usually I have watched the one episode each week as it showed up with years in between waiting for the next season. Most in my life like to binge watch, get through the entire Sopranos in a week or so... that would probably cause me irreparable damage.
eball Posted May 12, 2017 Posted May 12, 2017 Finally was able to watch "Chicanery" last night -- wow, what a brilliant episode. It was both joyous and deeply painful to see Jimmy finally "beat" Chuck.
gomper Posted May 12, 2017 Posted May 12, 2017 Flame away but this week's episode made this show come into its own to me. Brilliant television.
row_33 Posted May 12, 2017 Posted May 12, 2017 Flame away but this week's episode made this show come into its own to me. Brilliant television. Hard to disagree.
Buffalo Barbarian Posted May 16, 2017 Posted May 16, 2017 Just figured out that this season is in 2001, meaning that the show begins in 99. Howard brought over a bottle of wine to Chuck's that was from 1966 and then said it was 35 yrs old.
boyst Posted May 16, 2017 Posted May 16, 2017 Just figured out that this season is in 2001, meaning that the show begins in 99. Howard brought over a bottle of wine to Chuck's that was from 1966 and then said it was 35 yrs old.I did the same thing. Also just realized nacho was killed by Walt. Damn I'm alow
Max Fischer Posted May 16, 2017 Posted May 16, 2017 I feel like we're in the golden age of television shows ever since The Wire premiered. There's so many shows I haven't seen that I heard were great (Fargo, Sons of Anarchy, Peaky Blinders, Deadwood). I just wish there were more hours in the fricken day. All great in their own way. If you had to pick one - Fargo. I don't have enough superlatives. I'm in awe of the writing. SOA - Outstanding first and second seasons but thought it jumped shark afterward. IMO, didn't have an overall story arc. Peaky - elements of a great show, but story didn't work for me. A bit of a mess. IMO, would have been better to have a more engaging main character. Too many cliches and shallow characters. Deadwood - I liked individual episodes but I felt there wasn't an overall cohesion. Would have been a better (long) miniseries.
row_33 Posted May 16, 2017 Posted May 16, 2017 Welcome to Miss Lydia, in her own way the craziest person on the show.
row_33 Posted May 16, 2017 Posted May 16, 2017 Does it make a better plot if the German int'l company did not know what she was setting up with Gus at the new digs?
K-9 Posted May 16, 2017 Posted May 16, 2017 I did the same thing. Also just realized nacho was killed by Walt. Damn I'm alow Just to clarify, Walter didn't kill Nacho. He killed Krazy 8, whom Hector forced Nacho to kick the crap out of last night for being "light" on his earnings.
shrader Posted May 16, 2017 Posted May 16, 2017 Just figured out that this season is in 2001, meaning that the show begins in 99. Howard brought over a bottle of wine to Chuck's that was from 1966 and then said it was 35 yrs old. I know it's been on for two years, but has the timeline moved that much? I don't really get a feel for how much time has passed since the first episode. It feels like ages thanks to the way AMC schedules their shows.
row_33 Posted May 16, 2017 Posted May 16, 2017 I know it's been on for two years, but has the timeline moved that much? I don't really get a feel for how much time has passed since the first episode. It feels like ages thanks to the way AMC schedules their shows. It's no fun trying to find holes in a plot by mapping timelines or remembering the job someone said their parents did on an earlier show.
Taro T Posted May 16, 2017 Posted May 16, 2017 (edited) Just figured out that this season is in 2001, meaning that the show begins in 99. Howard brought over a bottle of wine to Chuck's that was from 1966 and then said it was 35 yrs old.Each season doesn't take a full year. The Breaking Bad timeline started w/ Walt getting his 50th birthday breakfast & ended w/ him having his 51st 52nd one. I'd thought it was 2002 for the start of this one but did hear Howard say the '66 was 35 yo. No way its taken 2 years to get from season 1 episode 1 to last night's episode so really doubt it started in '99 (except in flashbacks to Chicago which were likely earlier than that). Interesting to see that Lydia & Gus were working together back then. And it looks like Gus/Mike have a year to convince Jimmy to stay Saul when he'svallowed to practice again. Slow episode but set up a lot of stuff to happen moving forward. Wonder if Gale will show up to doctor Hector's pill & put him in the wheel chair? [Edit: Thanks to those that caught BB ending right after Walt's 52nd B-day rather than his 51st. ] Edited May 18, 2017 by Taro T
boyst Posted May 16, 2017 Posted May 16, 2017 Its going to be tough watching a year of jimmy not being a lawyer
row_33 Posted May 16, 2017 Posted May 16, 2017 Its going to be tough watching a year of jimmy not being a lawyer or will it.... Chuck has some final solution cooking that will kill him.
K-9 Posted May 16, 2017 Posted May 16, 2017 'Better Call Saul' is set 6 years before 'Breaking Bad' started, which makes it 2002 when we first meet Jimmy in season 1. Sounds like Gilligan and Co. may have overlooked that minor detail when Howard described the 35 year old scotch.
row_33 Posted May 16, 2017 Posted May 16, 2017 'Better Call Saul' is set 6 years before 'Breaking Bad' started, which makes it 2002 when we first meet Jimmy in season 1. Sounds like Gilligan and Co. may have overlooked that minor detail when Howard described the 35 year old scotch. best to rest the mind on silly stuff like that, time warps aren't worth pursuing...
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