The following is a recap of the seventh episode of the third season of Better Call Saul, available on AMC in the U. S. and on Netflix internationally. Expect story spoilers.
In the seventh episode of the third season — Expenses — Jimmy (played by Bob Odenkirk) does community service, and Mike (played by Jonathan Banks) makes a decision about who he wants to work with. Expenses was written and directed by Thomas Schnauz. Continue reading “REVIEW: Better Call Saul – “Expenses””
The following is a review of the sixth episode of the third season of Better Call Saul, available on AMC in the U. S. and on Netflix internationally. Expect story spoilers.
In the sixth episode of the third season — Off Brand — Jimmy (played by Bob Odenkirk) gets ready for his sabbatical, while Nacho (played by Michael Mando) has a tough time keeping his family life and his work with Hector Salamanca (played by Mark Margolis) separate. Off Brand was directed by Keith Gordon and written by Ann Cherkis. Continue reading “REVIEW: Better Call Saul – “Off Brand””
The following is a review of the fifth episode of the third season of Better Call Saul, available on AMC in the U. S. and on Netflix internationally. Expect story spoilers.
In the fifth episode of the third season — Chicanery — Jimmy’s hearing takes place, and Chuck finds out the lengths to which Jimmy is willing to go to ‘win’ the hearing. Chicanery was directed by Daniel Sackheim and written by Gordon Smith. Continue reading “REVIEW: Better Call Saul – “Chicanery””
The following is a review of the fourth episode of the third season of Better Call Saul, available on AMC in the U. S. and on Netflix internationally. Expect story spoilers.
In the fourth episode of the third season — Sabrosito — Hector Salamanca (played by Mark Margolis) confronts Gus Fring (played by Giancarlo Esposito), while Jimmy McGill (played by Bob Odenkirk) plans to have Mike (played by Jonathan Banks) go through Chuck’s home. Sabrosito was directed by Thomas Schnauz and written by Jonathan Glatzer. Continue reading “REVIEW: Better Call Saul – “Sabrosito””
The following is a review and recap of the third episode of the third season of Better Call Saul, available on AMC in the U. S. and on Netflix internationally. Expect story spoilers.
In the third episode of the third season – Sunk Costs – Mike (played by Jonathan Banks) and Gus Fring (played by Giancarlo Esposito) discuss what to do about Hector Salamanca, and Jimmy (played by Bob Odenkirk) pleads not guilty. Sunk Costs was directed by John Shiban and written by Gennifer Hutchison. Continue reading “REVIEW: Better Call Saul – “Sunk Costs””
The following is a review and recap of the second episode of the third season of Better Call Saul, available on AMC in the U. S. and on Netflix internationally. Expect story spoilers.
In the second episode of the third season – Witness – Chuck (played by Michael McKean) lays his trap, Jimmy (played by Bob Odenkirk) and Kim (played by Rhea Seehorn) hire an assistant, and Mike Ehrmantraut needs Jimmy’s help to figure out who has been watching him. Better Call Saul co-creator (and creator of Breaking Bad) Vince Gilligan directed Witness, and the episode was written by Thomas Schnauz. Continue reading “REVIEW: Better Call Saul – “Witness””
The following is a review and recap of the first episode of the third season of Better Call Saul, available on AMC in the U. S. and on Netflix internationally. Expect story spoilers.
It’s finally that time of the year again. Better Call Saul, which is currently my favorite show on television, is back. You know, it’s funny. Before I had seen the show, I was extremely worried about Better Call Saul somehow retroactively hurting Breaking Bad. As we now know, my fears were unfounded as Better Call Saul has become not just a great spin-off show, but also my personal favorite spin-off show.
In the first episode of the third season – Mabel – ‘Gene’ briefly shows his true colors, Kim Wexler grows increasingly paranoid about her own work, Mike Ehrmantraut tries to figure out who’s been watching him, and Jimmy McGill has ten good minutes with his brother.
Continue reading “REVIEW: Better Call Saul – “Mabel””
The following is a quick review of Girlfriend’s Day – Directed by Michael Paul Stephenson
On Valentine’s Day 2017, Netflix released an original film from the mind of – and starring – Bob Odenkirk with a lean runtime of 70 minutes. As I am a fan of Odenkirk, it should’ve been easy to get through. It should’ve been a treat. But, somehow, it took me more than a week to get through and finish. Continue reading “REVIEW: Girlfriend’s Day (2017)”
Today I’m revealing the first half of the 2016 nominations for this blog’s IJR Awards (I’m Jeffrey Rex Awards, but you probably already guessed that). The two legend awards (Film Legend and TV Legend) aren’t getting any nominees, instead I’ll reveal the winners, or honorees, in the eventual IJR Awards 2016 post.
Continue reading “IJR Awards 2016: Nominations Announced, Part One of Two”
Testing Television is a new recurring series of posts. In Testing Television, I give you five intriguing pieces of news from the world of television entertainment, followed by the main topic of the show. Finally, under ‘Spotlight’, I highlight a show I highly recommend. As of right now, Testing Television is unscheduled, but it may get a set date every week or month, if the format works.
In this post of Testing Television, I ask whether or not the first season of HBO’s ‘musical’ period drama, Vinyl, was a flop. Also, I highly recommend the great sitcom [Scrubs], one of my favorite comedy shows of all-time. But first, here are the five pieces of television news that you have to know about! Continue reading “Is Vinyl a flop? – Testing Television #1”
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