I think for the grinding of the wall vs the pouring of the juice, is simply communicating that currently Kim’s life is rigid and hard, and Jimmy’s is easy and soft
Cast v Juice: Kim is getting off a cast that helped heal her while Jimmy is drinking very sugary orange juice that will give him diabetes, symbolizing healthiness vs unhealthiness. Bravo gould!
Oranges in the Godfather symbolized death through the life. Jimmy isn’t seen with oranges, but a byproduct. At the same time that Kim is starting to be cut free.
13:37 I believe that the "stress ball" is meant for Kim to readapt her arm to movements, since she is recovering from the car crash. I guess the contrast here is about movement: Jimmy is catching phones and quickly selling them with complete physical freedom, whereas Kim has somehow some obstacles that she's trying to overcome with physiotherapy.
0:47 I believe Better Call Saul to be the superior to Breaking Bad (Both 10/10 Masterpieces but BCS is so much more refined). But, I think that BB has to be watched first before BCS. Reasons: 1) There are many references of BB in BCS. These are more than just cameos and nods to the BB universe but rather important to understand the characters in BCS (notably Gus, Jimmy and Mike). Without spoilers, BCS is not simply a prequel but also a sequel as the audience are seeing many events after BB in BCS. A lot of BCS buildup is basically from what has happened in BB. If you dont understand at least a synopsis of key episodes in BB, you wont get the relevance in BCS. Essentially, watch them as they were aired, BB first then BCS. Even the writers and directors are filming the BCS based on this fact and nuances will be lost if you watch them not as intended. 2) BB is still a masterpiece of television. There is no reason to skip BB masterpiece for a BCS masterpiece. They are both 10/10 shows and you will be doing a huge disservice to skip one over the other. Both BB and BCS are lengthy TV shows and both need significant time investment. It is not the end of the world, so enjoy them at your own pace. If you really give me some hypothetical scenario where the world will be ending in 1 month and you really only have time for 1 show before the end, okay fine watch BCS, but all seriousness, just watch BB -> BCS at your own time and pace.
the cast vs. jucie shot could maybe be a subtle comparison of the cast (which kim got by working way too hard for her clients) and blending juice (one of the ways jimmy purposefully tried to fired from davis and main)?
I already knew about each singer’s audio channel corresponding with Kim and Jimmy’s side of the frame, but I NEVER noticed the feminine voice pervading on both channels! GOD I fucking love this show! And this video was fantastic! The “Something Stupid” and “Bad Choice Road” scenes are some of my absolute favorite and most rewatched in the show (I can never watch the latter without crying just a little). And yet, just like the aforementioned example, you pointed out so much that I never noticed! Thank you for making me love my favorite TV show even more ❤
Im just starting the video, but better call saul with wii sports resort music is what my dreams are made of Edit: dang the ocarina of time music at the end, wow
@@puggietaur ooh is from botw, sorry the song is based from ganondors theme from oot and I thought it was the original haha, great video btw, keep making these 🙌🏻
The orange juice reminds me of how he used the juicer to sabotage his job at Davis and Main, so it's associated with Jimmy feeling like he doesn't fit in at his job. For the cast, the car crash was a wake-up call for Kim that she has been so wrapped up in Mesa Verde when it isn't really her passion. So, the cast and juicer share the same symbolism, and show how they reject the job that they have and are unsatisfied. Not sure if how intentional any of this is, that's just the feeling I get.
One thing this never mentions is the rest of the music in the show. IT IS VERY GOOD. A lot of classic Rock and generally stuff boomers and early Gen X went head over heels with from Creedence and Chicago to legends revived with Fallout Ink Spots and singing Abba with Chuck. Deep Purple's Smoke on the Water is almost a leitmotif of Better Call Saul with how Jimmy is fixated on Richie Blackmore and gets a white Strat on which he keeps playing the main riff... it's kinda weird people not knowing him tho, as it's probably the one guitar player any music store employee knows. Jim just playing SotW is funny and relatable as I had friends who tried to learn guitar but rarely practiced at home so when it came time to jam, we just played the intro over and over, and some even made up words to sing over it lmao.
19:03 is probably just another reference to how overloaded Kim is since she got in the car accident that caused the crash because of how busy and distracted she was while jimmy has enough free time to make a smoothie which, as a smoothie maker myself, you wouldn’t be able to do if you didn’t have a metric ton of free time
I think the cast v juicer entry is showing how jimmy is feeling pressure to keep up with Kim while Kim’s job (which would appear more stressful) is allowing her to come out of her shell and feel more freedom than she had in the past
Something interesting is that Jimmy pours the wine with his palm pointed upward, which (in many cultures) is only done when pouring wine over someones grave - or in order to subtely communicate that someone is dead to you. Perhaps this - along with the wine's red colour - is meant to show how he is leading her to a dangerous lifestyle, or perhaps that he dissregards social order and pours wine however he wants.
A very important detail i think you hjaven't mentioned is wich direction jimmy and kim are facing in each shot, they are often facing a different direction highlighting the social distance that they are having.
I think they're both very good, but Breaking Bad has a few notable flaws while Better Call Saul doesn't have any (outside of the Kaylee age discrepancy which doesn't actually affect anything). Most important one to note is the "this is not meth" scene which was dumb on Walter's character, throwing an explosive at his own feet was not a good way to accomplish his goal, and also dysfunctional plot-wise as there's no way he walks out with just a bloody nose after standing over an explosion that blew the windows out. Better Call Saul has a few moments of convenience but nothing that's as big of an issue as the former. I'd also argue its character writing is better but I wouldn't hold that stance too firmly because it would take quite a while to argue since there is so much fantastic character writing in both shows
@@puggietaur On that I can agree, Better Call Saul definitely has masterful character writing. as for the explosion scene, I always just chalked it up to it not being a lethal explosion and just being a ton of pressure or something, and Walt most likely figured out the chemistry before doing it. However since it shattered the window it should’ve shattered his glasses.
@@puggietaur have you... actually got to the 6th season? Naw, I bet Breaking Bad would have also jumped the shark if they let it run that long, but COME ON, the prison bus scene and Gene in trash and for SOME reason vandalizing home instead of being careful, AND the whole blaming Saul of cop killing and accusing him of being lawyer to criminals as if that wasn't part of the job? Final season is one big flaw and it ends ridiculous, who the hell refuses a plea deal to prove a point to his ex?
I agree. First of all complaining about the explosion scene in BB renders it not as good as BCS doesn't make sense. They are both TV shows and like all TV shows and fiction you have suspension of disbelief. If we want to argue like that we can talk about the scene where Lalo goes into the travel wire place and somehow gets into the ceiling without making a noise and without falling through until the right moment and lands on his feet. The same way we suspend our disbelief with Omar in the wire in many of the things he does. I didn't like the ending to BCS either, not taking the plea deal and spending the rest of his life in prison just doesn't feel right for the character, I get its supposed to be him somehow redeeming himself in Kim's eyes, but it just doesn't feel like something the character would do, it's too extreme.
Don't know any special meaning but juicer vs cast saw reminds me of that transition in breaking bad where characters are washing blood off the floor and another puts fries into ketchup)))
If anyone watching this hasn't seen BB, you'd have quite an interesting experience of going from BCS to BB. The story consistency is really great. I think the ultimate watch order is Better Call Saul -> Breaking Bad before watching the final 4 episodes of BCS -> the final 4 episodes of BCS.
Hope someone reads this, but is there anyway to find the "Something Stupid" humming version, thats in the cold open for Bad Choice Road? I've looked a little bit for it on streaming services and even RU-vid, but to no avail. If someone could point me in the right direction I'd be so grateful cause I can't get enough of that song, and this show, probably my favorite things ever currently. Thank you.
19:17 I think there's no deep meaning in this scene - a cutter cuts a cust and a blender cuts oranges. The only deep meaning I could think of was that in both scenes violence (cutting) is used to satisfy the characters (Kim's hand is finally without a cast and Jimmy made himself some juice, which probably made him satisfied). This might be a reference to future scams of Jimmy and Kim, when they make bad things to satisfy themself. But I suppose this scene was made just to show that Kim's hand is now okay
19:15 what i could think off, its a contrast between healthy and unhealthy while kim actually heals from being unhealthy (overworking) jimmy is trying to be healthy but actually becomes unhealthy strength and weakness jimmy presses the orange juice, symbolizing his (arm)strength while kim gets her cast removed symbolizing her (arm)weakness what i also realized is that while jimmy is really concentrated doing the orange juice, Kim is lost in thoughts. maybe something about what matters to them/what they care about (priorities)? kim doesnt mind/cares getting her cast off,while jimmy is really putting his mind/care into making the juice especially the care could be interpreted Kim doesn't care about herself enough (cast from overworking),while jimmy cares about himself a lot (making healthy juice himself) we dont know what kim is thinking about,but it also could be kim is thinking about others while she should think about herself, while jimmy is thinking about himself while he should think about others maybe they dont make sense but its really fun trying to find any contrasts in this clip
I always thought it was dumb of Howard not to tell cliff that he was at the therapists and had a legible alibi for when Saul stole his car and impersonated him kicking a prostitute out of a car. This could’ve led to Saul getting arrested then leaving his fingerprints on the steering wheel also.
Howard didn't know that his car was stolen while he was at the therapist. And the more he blames Jimmy, the deeper a hole he digs for himself unless Jimmy gets caught. The car is undamaged and there's no evidence that it was stolen, Howard has no reason to even believe Jimmy stole his car rather than just having one that looks similar, it's extremely unlikely that on this shaky basis he would get the police to investigate fingers on his steering wheel. If he tells this to Cliff but can't prove it he just looks more like he's losing it one way or another. That's why he tries to sort things out with Jimmy personally
I was a big Saul fan during BB and watched every episode of BCS live first season. I seriously don't know how so many people call this show better than BB. It was a huge letdown, i mean a 9/10 when you're expecting 11/10 kind of letdown
i heavily disagree. i think every season including the first are 10/10s, the first season gets a bad rap for being "boring" but i couldn't disagree more
Please explain the stupidest scene in the entire series by a mile - The opening montage of season 5 episode 2, 50% off. I nearly stopped watching it was so annoying.
@@puggietaur the entire ending to the show was just bad for me. it’s one of the worst letdowns in a show i’ve watched in some time probably. the entirety of season 6 just felt rushed, like the writers saw how much of the timeline was left and just started peppering in as much as possible. the whole point of BCS was to show the transition of Jimmy to Saul and the beginning of breaking bad. and once they finally get to that point, they just skip right over it and go to the black and white future episodes. we were finally there, we had saul goodman ready to have his own adventures but no. we were robbed from that. what a complete waste. all the hype was that BCS ending was gonna be better than breaking bad and due it's not even close. breaking bad ended perfectly, with poetic justice and symmetry. this one just straight up sucked. they made Kim to be all innocent. she was the one who wanted hamlin to get screwed. i totally did not believe her sudden change. i also did not believe he would do that in the court. the only thing i did saw coming was him going to prison at the end and being like the man who could get things for the inmates. the whole 86 year sentence and sabotage made me think this season was a complete waste of time. this is the same guy who was going to beat a cancer patient with his dog ashes like 3 episodes earlier dude, and you want me to believe he's not going to accept the 7 year deal? like mr. gilligan, not all characters have to redeem themselves to be good or relatable. Saul could have accepted and he would still be loved as the anti-hero he is. and making his brother seem reasonable in the last episode? he was the worst brother ever and HATED jimmy, to a ridiculous point in which he didn't even tell to jimmy his mother's last words out of pure jealousness and hatred. juch bullshit men, 6 seasons for nothing. i just have to disagree with you dawg, bb was better.
this is a complete misread of the ending imo to the point where it'd take too long to explain. but as for not getting BB era saul, there is an entire show for that. it's called BB. this show was a prequel, and it shows us how saul reached where he was in BB, but also a sequel that shows the end of his journey after BB. it was never meant to also be in the middle. i think the final episodes have some of the show's strongest, and the finale wraps up everything fantastically, but explaining why would take far more than a youtube comment
I liked Better Call Saul more than Breaking Bad midway through, there's no "Hank and his wife" bull and you want Charlie to get it worse than the cartel, but the final season, oh BOI did it jump the shark, totally boring Gene scenes that have him act out of character (instead of being careful, suddenly, Saul is throwing around urns and does petty theft when he invades the house to photograph credit card info), but then the SHOW itself starts acting out of character for Gilligan stuff: the whole shtick of BB and BCS was antiheroes getting away with everything in the most ridiculous ways, suddenly it shifts genres and now we have a serious crime drama... Ending SPOILERS below: So Jimmy gets embarrassing scene losing everything (literally drops diamonds) in the trash, gets caught, and everyone does a "blue lives matter" speech telling him he's responsible for death of two cops (and no other deaths are mentioned, somehow only policemen count) because he... lawyered for Walt (imagine if LAWYERS were held responsible for their clients mess), AND instead of getting a plea deal he "confesses" (to Walter White's crimes, apparently), and gets like 750 years to... prove a point to his ex? AND THEN THE CRINGE CHANTING ON A BUS. Was any of that needed? BB had a _perfect_ ending, Walt gone smiling, exactly as he wanted, in a lab, doing what he loved... Jessie got his escape with (some) money in El Camino, and Saul, THE guy who is the sleaziest and most pragmatic of them all, suddenly does a 180 and ends up in prison for life??? For what, money laundering and bad ads?.. I think at that point either Peter Gould had a weird moral compass suddenly growing conscience (we glamorized fraud for 5 seasons, let's now be moralizing to viewers we just taught credit card scams), or police pulling the strings, kinda like they forced BB cooking to be unrealistic (understandable). You know how Better Call Saul should have ended? Emily the Criminal. Underrated film. But it GETS the ending. And what viewers want. They keep ruining con men by making them have bad endings without being cheeky about it. You know a good "bad" end for a similar character? Fargo season 2, Mike Milligan becoming a clerk. Gene Takavic staying at Cinnabon would have been just as good. But they HAD to arrest him since nobody else was smh.
Yeah I agree the final season really fell apart for me. All the Lalo stuff got incredibly silly with him being basically a super human dying to what can only be described as plot armor. And him killing Howard being supposed to be some sort of "consequences" for Kim and Jimmys scheme against him felt super contrived, like am I supposed to believe that Lalo just wandered in on Howard being there or that he hid and waited for someone to visit them? Either way its not connected and it didnt feel "earned" if you want to say it that way. And for a third point I dont even understand what the ending was supposed to mean so he gets the chance to get off basically scot free but drops that to no longer be "Saul Goodman" but then when hes in prison hes immediately back to that identity since that gets him rep from the other inmates? The series used to be pretty slow in its pacing and that was fine up it went lightning speed in the final season because so much needed to happen, that I feel like they would have needed another season to wrap things up, but I see why that wasnt really possible, I mean by the final season Jonathan Banks could barely walk straight anymore.
hard disagree, i think s6 is really good. jimmy's turn was a long time coming, it's the end of his arc over the whole show. he's been living as a coward ever since he became gene, and his arc over the gene era is becoming disillusioned about his saul era. he thinks that the saul era was the last time in his life he had "color" which is why the commercials he looks back at are in color when everything else isn't, but if you watch the intros over the course of the show they start losing color by the end because he has realized that the true color from his life doesn't come from that era and he doesn't want to be saul anymore. if he took the 7 years he'd have to live the rest of his life as saul, and he's tired of taking second chances and blowing them, the entire show has shown him that. so instead he takes the 86 years because he's not too far gone to want to continue to be hiding from what he did
when was lalo superhuman? he's always been quite athletic as shown in winner and something unforgivable, it's not like he ever does anything more insane than those 2 instances. and it's not plot armor that he dies, gus knocks out the lights so lalo can't see where he is then because lalo was shooting, gus can shoot at the muzzle flash to take him out
also lalo going in while howard was there wasn't because lalo waited, it was just unfortunate timing. it's not connected but that's the whole point, it's showing jimmy and kim that no matter how much precaution they take for there schemes, that doesn't mean the blowback will be as small as they expected. "a career setback. for one lawyer" was their initial idea and howard's death shows them that it was a mistake to believe that's all that would happen
Orange juice and cast removal are the same; loud tool used to remove the precious thing from the protective shell. Kim's life is higher stakes and more painful, while Jimmy's is simpler and sweeter (also brighter).
I take the cast vs juice shot as kim tending to an injury that she got from overworking, while jimmy makes breakfast- working hard vs taking it easy. the closeup of the blade approaching kim's arm is reasonably tense, while the most tense thing abt the juice closeup is how violently it pours. the show knows that comparing the two is a stretch, highlighting jim/kim's distance. thanks for making me think on this : -)
Also for the Cast V. Juice thing (bit of a stretch from me as well), it could be foreshadowing to S5, where the making of orange juice is seen as traumatizing to Jimmy, and violent, reminiscing on his Bagman / Bad Choice road segment. The cast could be seen in this way since Kim got it from Trauma, and that the saw isn't itself violent (it can't actually harm skin funnily enough) but just the use of the sound could be enough to send someone over the edge if they had trauma like that. Major reach, but I love discussing this show
I don’t think this is a stretch at all, it could easily be the case that Orange Juice always represented violence in the show but Jimmy never let himself make the connection until S5. (Like whenever you shrug and ignore an obvious danger sign) or it could just be that S5 turned the thing that represented peace into violence to show how it has now corrupted every part of his life
On the point about the window I could see some connection being made about Kim having a window to the criminal world while at that point Jimmy is already there
19:17, My theory about that scene is that they're actually polar opposites, Kim is getting her cast removed which symbolizes healing, while Jimmy is making orange juice, in a scene where Jimmy comes back from the desert he drops his cereal because of the noise the orange juice was making which reminds him of the trauma he experienced in the desert, therefore symbolizing damage. What an excellent piece of symbolizm that is definitely not a coincedence, Bravo Vince!
I usually don’t usually don’t notice this but was a really well written video essay. Like if I turned this in for a grade back when I had to still write essays for college I would get an A. Nice work.
I think if you're going to watch both, brba->bcs is the order you should do it. however, if you're not that interested in brba, that's when i would recommend just watching bcs without watching brba first
@@puggietaur then you won't know who Hank, Marie, Walter and Jesse are, you would miss a big part of season six. Definitely should watch brba before bcs
i think that's fine with a little bit of explaining. i'm showing my friend bcs when he hasn't seen bb and i'm just explaining who certain characters are if necessary, but even then for characters like hank you don't need to know exactly who he is to understand what's going on. the most important thing you won't get if you haven't watched brba is what's going on in the gene era, but it's possible for you to eventually figure it out or just have it explained to you
If you enjoyed the cover by Lola Marsh I highly recommend listening to the bands other music. Their music is right up my alley and if it weren’t for this show I wouldn’t have known about them. Great video by the way too!
My buddy could never get past episode 4 or 5 of breaking bad because he just hated Walter as a character from the jump for some reason. He is, however, thoroughly enjoying BCS. We’re about to finish season 2
Oh my gosh is this about Saul Goodman? As in the guy from both the hit show Better Call Saul, AND Breaking Bad? Oh my, what a delighted occasion to see the famous Puggietaur cover such a topic 😘
This may be a stretch, but for the orange juice scene, there’s a bit later in season 5 where Kim is making orange juice that reignites Jimmy’s trauma from the desert. Kim’s cast also represents a traumatic and life-changing moment for her, so maybe that’s the connection? I doubt that was planned, though. It’s possible they weren’t sure what the meaning of the orange juice was during the montage, and later they found a way to give that scene a more intentional meaning.
For the juice and the saw. I'm seeing it as a metaphor for how Kim who's simple having her arm healed up with a saw to relieve the discomfort. As Jimmys activities have him being in situations in which an arm meeting a saw could result in something much worse. Plus it's also what effected Jimmy when he returned from the desert. When he knocked over the bowl of cereal.
YOU SHOULD WATCH BREAKING BAD BEFORE BETTER CALL SAUL BBS is better but breaking bad feels necessary to really undesrtand a lot of the scenes Breaking bad is great on its own but I feel like watchin both is a surreal experience
@@puggietaur I feel like you don't really get the full experience if you don't watch breaking bad better call Saul is better but not by that much and braking bad is still a amazing show
I think the show reached a low point in the season where Saul took a year off. It heavily relied on Mike. But it felt like Saul’s story was out of juice
i disagree, i think season 4 is a highlight of the show. jimmy has some pretty interesting stuff in terms of how he's dealing with chuck's death (especially in its finale "Winner" which i would consider the best episode of the show)
BCS is still peak, wdym? If it’s someone’s favorite show, it’s totally valid. Doesn’t decrease the quality of this absolute masterclass of a show any less.
hard disagree. i know people think they're boring but they have pretty phenomenal character and thematic writing, like the rest of the show. season 2 is actually my personal favorite season and the one i would consider the best, i think it's super underrated. its first episode "switch" is a masterpiece and one of the best episodes of the show with a strong theme of how Jimmy is going to use the time he has, and he has a lot of development in that episode. the rest of the season has Jimmy go on a really awesome arc up through "inflatable," then the final three episodes have some really good stuff between him, kim, and chuck. i can understand not liking the first 2 seasons as much as the others but they are on par if not better
this is unrelated but I LOVE the finale. it was worth watching 6 seasons just for the finale. so emotional but not in a corny way and not because of emotional music. this show nailed everything so perfectly
