Wild TWIST! Better Call Saul REACTION 1x9 "Pimento" Breakdown + Review | Our First Time Watching

[@jlilley73]

Rewatch that final scene from the start, and you can see the bitterness and despair in Jimmy's eyes, the sarcasm in his voice, all the way through. Now go back and rewatch all of Chuck's scenes this season, and you can see his true feelings in the acting -- particularly in the last couple of episodes, like when Jimmy tells Chuck about his law degree. Chuck's congratulations are so half-hearted. 😢

[@jlilley73]

What also stands out on rewatch is Jimmy's absolute loyalty to Chuck in public -- willing to "defend" him against perceived enemies like Howard and the doctor, entertaining all of his demands even though he know it's all in Chuck's head -- contrasted with Chuck's unwillingness to be loyal to Jimmy in regards to the practice of law. So painful to rewatch!

[@nerdymarriedcouple]

so true!!

[@QilinReggae]

And realizing Howard was being Chuck's middleman in the office scene after Jimmy passes the bar

[@Tone_Loc303]

Even though Jimmy took an online course and went with a correspondence school he still passed The Bar. What a gut wrenching scene. Better Call Saul is so good. Really enjoying your reactions.

[@nerdymarriedcouple]

definitely a sad ending to the episode 😕

[@andrewguenther988]

I think Chuck meant he isn't a real lawyer because he's crooked and has no ethics or morals. Passing the Bar may make you a lawyer in name, but a true lawyer swears to uphold the law and justice, which Jimmy definitely doesn't end up doing.

[@Derkosson]

The first hint the showrunner planted of this episode's twist was back in episode 5, where we learn that Chuck doesn't have Jimmy, his brother and main caretaker, as a 'contact in emergencies'.

[@xax888servo7]

You can really tell Howard feels bad for jimmy and hates what Chuck makes him do. Him calling Kim back to tell her the truth is the first hint he's really not a bad person.

[@soliopy]

This is my favorite S1 episode, it feels like the show takes a big step forward with Jimmy and Mike's stories and nothing is ever the same again

[@GMontag]

"Man Mountain" was the bodyguard for the girls brought to the welding shop in El Camino.

[@christpower5402]

@@GMontag Thanks. I didn’t realize that.

[@isaiahpavia-cruz678]

Chuck’s whistling right before the mask comes off mirrors Walter’s nonchalant whistling in the aftermath of Drew Sharp’s death after the train heist when telling Jesse he was supposedly devastated about the whole thing

[@LadyMoonboy]

Chuck not trusting Jimmy is sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy. By not giving him a chance to prove himself, Jimmy has no choice but to use some shady tactics and practices to get what he wants and this is what Chuck then uses as an excuse to not trust Jimmy. And it just goes on and on.

[@billiam8554]

"Slipping Jimmy with a law degree is like a chimp with a machine gun!" Such brutal, hurtful words...but looking at "Saul" during Breaking Bad...very true words too 😢

[@dripp_dropp]

only bc chuck made it true

[@lukeizabelle2131]

I'm sorry but had Chuck been fully supportive toward his brother becoming a lawyer, Jimmy could have changed for the better. Everybody deserves a second chance to become a better man and the fact that his own brother didn't want at all to grant him that chance, that just makes Chuck an asshole and a terrible human being. It is also hypocritical and contradictory from Chuck's part, because what difference it makes whether Jimmy wanted to become a lawyer or embark into another profession, If Chuck saw him as nothing else but Slippin Jimmy🤷‍♂ Chuck simply suffered from too much pride and ego when it comes to his profession and as we can see in future episodes, also from jealousy! This having too much pride and ego from seeing Jimmy being good at being a lawyer, reminds me even of Walter when he was pissed off at Jessy from seeing that he was gradually becoming better at making meth and that had the potential of becoming even better than him at it.

[@themoviechef9413]

@@lukeizabelle2131dude, chuck DID give jimmy a second chance. he got him out of jail when he did the chicago sunroof and fought off the charges that tried pinning him as a sex offender, all with the promise that he wouldn’t go back to what he was. even in this first season, he sets up the car scam, billboard scam, spills coffee on the police officer, and takes the kettlemens money. we just like jimmy more than chuck as the audience.

[@nadeeml9276]

Another excellent reaction. Loved the Mike scenes and absolutely incredible acting by Michael Mckean, the actor who plays Charles. Honestly, wish he was in more shows, cause that was fantastic. Looking forward to the next one

[@goodguykonrad3701]

Mike chucked the guns in the bin so they weren't just lying around on the ground. Once Mike is gone and Stephen Ogg's character is recovered, he can get them out of the bin again

[@force9446]

1:05 Walt said that to Gale when he was trying to explain why he was getting fired 😂😂😂

[@LorraineVirginie]

I immediately thought of that scene too hahaha. I’m classical, you’re jazz 😂

[@christpower5402]

Breaking Call Saul. 😂

[@paulbracamonte2334]

FYI about Price he doesn't technically have a hearing problem, but sometimes when there's a lot of noises he hears them as one big jumble. Again it's not that he can't hear because thats false he can.

[@Josh86_559]

8:39 that's Trevor from GTA-V

[@ghostofyourmom]

Lol, no it isn't. They're not going to cast a videogame voice... "actor" for a prestige show like this. Nice try, though 😝

[@paulymar5996]

No apologies for the delays are required. You guys are crushing it.

[@nerdymarriedcouple]

thank you so much!! 😊

[@CardboardNae]

Better call saul is amazing, i honestly love the first two seasons but it does get better in season 3 when they made it more cinematic, anyways good videos! Keep it up

[@jetpond7904]

Season 5 and 6 are insane

[@CardboardNae]

@@jetpond7904 those are amazing, as i said, I like the early seasons but damn it gets so good later on

[@jetpond7904]

@@CardboardNae WELL IM UNDER ATTACK RIGHT NOW BY AN ATTACK CHOPPER ON THE 51ST FLOOR OF A 91 FLOOR SKYSCRAPER SO MAYBE I JUST DIDNT COMPREHEND THE PART ABOUT YOU LIKING THE EARLY SEASONS BEFORE A SWARM FO BULLETS RUSHRD THROUGH THE WINDOW BREAKING MY GAMING COMPUTER. Anyways have a good day.

[@antonnovo695]

Jimmy passed All the requirements to become a lawyer and he did it on his own.A peer with Chuck? Nope, Jimmy is on a level higher.

[@EmperorYonatan]

Never turn your attention away from every detail on every scene because this series is not just the series you had seen before. believe when your viewers says " this is the best series ever written. " Trust me.

[@TheRepublican777]

The cast is great and I am sure it gets better but there was something special about the chemistry of the actors characters of Walt, Jesse, Saul Gus and Mike

[@cecillegravelle2590]

yes. please listen and watch with your 👀 super peeled.. you do not want to miss anything.. even though The Office is good, but please pay attention to BCS. P.S. this was not meant to, be rude.. but for your sake for , viewing.❤ and not missing great writing, directing ,acting ect...

[@basstian]

Rhea Seehorn (who played Kim) once made an interesting comment regarding the McGill brothers being two sides of the coin, with one of them convincing himself he's a saint and the other one believing he's never gonna be good enough. This is the point from which we all stopped hating Howard, and it was masterfully done. The writing was phenomenal. Hats off to all the cast: they made us love them or loathe them, but either way they made us *feel* something. Edit: I wrote something that wasn't a spoiler but just in case I'd rather comment on it later on.

[@TheMagicianBee]

Who’s this we/us you speak of? Stop being annoying. Speak for yourself.

[@timgardner3681]

The betrayal of brothers. Cain and Abel. Chuck and Jimmy. It's a boyhood grudge deep and powerful, but clothed in adult circumstance. Fascinating to watch. Great writing.

[@jek4837]

I know you recognize Pryce as the actor who also portrays the character Nate in The Office. His best role is as Colin Robinson in the show What We Do In The Shadows. He's an energy vampire/daywalker. Honestly, he could almost be an energy vampire in Better Call Saul too.

[@Sa199_]

I love your reactions guys Can't wait for the next one 😢

[@davismorgan99]

It’s so apparent that they wanted BB and BCS to be very different when you consider the first narrative antagonists of each show. In breaking bad you get Tuco. In Better Call Saul you get Chuck.

[@Funnysterste]

That interaction between Chuck and Jimmy alone is worth watching the show.

[@KC-pc8ou]

Breaking Saul? Better Call Bad? 😂

[@IgnisKhan]

31:53 Nailed it! That's exactly the thesis of this entire show. Breaking Bad was about a man deliberately turning towards evil; BCS is about a bad man desperately trying to be good while the universe refuses to let him.

[@Anderssisco]

The Guy with all the guns, that gets beat up by Mike is the character Trevor in Grand Theft Auto V. Also plays a role as Neagans second hand in The Walking Dead. Awesome video as always. 🙏

[@LorraineVirginie]

I believe that studies have shown even small dogs actually do deter break ins some amount. If only for the fact the barking could alert the home owners.

[@aledjango]

Mike meets Trevor and Lester, if you know you know

[@omalleycaboose5937]

Some people may say Chuck was right, that saul was inevitable, but I disagree, i think a supportive Chuck could have saved Jimmy from his eventual fate

[@Krayd-q5j]

I’m glad someone else made the Robert California connect with Chuck.

[@ElectricFury]

This is the episode that fully had me hooked on this show. It was a slower burn than Breaking Bad which took until episode 3 when Walt killed Krazy 8, but it's such a satisfying gut-punch to first time viewers to see the true spiteful nasty person Chuck is after hiding it and scapegoating Howard for the first 9 episodes. What's truely sad is watching how happy Jimmy was over the last 2 episodes when he finally got to work with Chuck, it's all he's ever wanted since straightening out in the mail room and choosing to become a lawyer, and Chuck choose not to give his brother a real chance to change and shot him down, which leads to a self-fulfilling prophecy of Jimmy becoming Saul, the exact kind of lawyer Chuck was afraid of Jimmy being.

[@cecillegravelle2590]

Btw. Bob Odenkirk tried out to be Michael in the OFFICE.

[@E71]

Howard doesn't deserve all the shit he gets.

[@MattMajcan]

this is the first really big turning point in the series.. this is so devastating

[@nerdymarriedcouple]

we can tell 😅😅

[@jspres86]

Yeah it's savage. But the thing is, we already know how it all ends. That's what makes this show unique. We already know who Jimmy becomes. So...was Chuck right? Was Jimmy going to become Saul no matter what and Chuck was justified in stopping him?

[@innercircle341]

If HHM make Jimmy a partner based on the class action I do not see Jimmy becoming Saul

[@stadthaus.7266]

It´s kinda the hen or the egg question or something like a self fullfilling prophecy maybe I mean, perhaps with more support instead of constant judgment, he would have ended up somewhere else

[@onkarkulkarni24]

Howard was never the bad guy, just Wrong guy who made wrong decisions and happened to be at wrong places

[@cecillegravelle2590]

yep the writers wanted us to despise Howard from the beginning.

[@michaelblaine6494]

“Don’t worry….I brought sandwiches”

[@mgtu2004r]

this is by far the best reaction to the show so far. I can't wait for the next episodes. Thank you so much. Huge respect from Russia

[@RJDough1313]

The reveal makes going back and watching Howard in the last scene and other scenes early in the season that much better/interesting now knowing true intentions

[@tibininin]

even though its brutal, chuck was right.

[@ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e]

That guy who mike took the guns from is beyond obnoxious 😂🤣😭💀

[@JoelAdams-j9x]

I think he was actually one of the Nazi bros low level assholes

[@twite5462]

Trevor from GTA?

[@MrFrankEast]

@@twite5462 The reason bro hates playing trevor

[@ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e]

​@@MrFrankEast 😭😭😭

[@steves9955]

Thevor and Michael meet😅

[@israymervalentin-arias6313]

Slow burn to others and to me as a series it rivals breaking bad as the better show. I loved watching this but in terms of rewatch value breaking bad is better for people and I get that.

[@NPA1001]

Has horrible as Chuck appears to be toJimmy… his diagnosis of Jimmy / Saul as as lawyer was correct

[@ForcesInMotion]

'Nother great reaction from you two. Fun!!! Watching you see the argument/confrontation at the end of the episode between Jimmy & Chuck was priceless. Yes, that scene is beyond brutal. And the way I see it, it's an absolutely essential/central episode to the entire series. Brilliant writing/directing/acting. Rock on...

[@ClownBaby893]

I feel like I agree with Chuck on the "Law is sacred" statement. Not that laws aren't unjust or can't be changed, but as a lawyer you should strictly follow the law and not try to take shortcuts. Now Chuck obviously went about not hiring Jimmy in the most underhanded way. He could have recused himself from the interview, and let Howard do it by himself (with no special treatment). Or he could have told Jimmy that he outright didn't want to hire him, that he should prove himself for X years as a Public Defender first. But he put the blame on his partner Howard just so he could keep a good relationship with Jimmy.

[@ЮлияЖизненко-н5л]

It seems like Howard would have hired Jimmy. He liked him a lot. Admired his wit. He told that to Jimmy later, expressing his regret of catering to Chuck's demands. Chuck would not let that happen.

[@anvil958]

There are three game voice actors in this episode. Not even one recognised by you guys. I thought you guys were gamers. 😅

[@tontonkarim2260]

Unpopular opinion : Chuck is right.

[@proflcr8779]

Chuck's actions were wrong, but his opinion is right.

[@hoodootheclown929]

Exactly! 💯

[@NoShiiitSherlock]

"Ive known altruistic criminals and bad cops. Even bad Priests, Honorable Theives. You can be on one side of the law or the other" and it doesnt say anything about whether you're a bad person or not.

[@MrCzerillo]

Mike is wrong.

[@Eric-wo8cz]

Really illuminates the dynamic between Jimmy and Chuck doesn't it.

[@NoShiiitSherlock]

@MrCzerillo SO WEIRD! I smell Bacon 🥓 all the sudden, and have this acute Rubber 🥾 Boot heel taste on my tongue 👅 How odd lol

[@NoShiiitSherlock]

@@Eric-wo8cz It does!!!

[@briangonigal3974]

@@MrCzerillo As a truly wise man will one day say, “Sois todos iguales.”

[@kobewankenobi248]

*It’s about to get really good. Man, I feel like I say that almost every video lol But you see Chuck’s true colors*

[@goodguykonrad3701]

The thing that often bugs me with this episode is the fact people will see how awful Chuck is here, but just refuse to think of the future. We've seen in this series how Jimmy breaks the law when he sees fit, and more importantly we know how this ends. He becomes Saul Goodman and we know he effectively weaponizes his law degree for criminal benefit. Chuck doing all this is so fucked up, but he does have a point.

[@briangonigal3974]

“Slippin’ Jimmy with a law degree is like a chimp with a machine gun!” Hate on Chuck all you want, he called it. The second most infuriating thing about Chuck is that he’s right. The most infuriating thing, and it’s already clear at this early point, is that if he’d just been the truly supportive brother he was pretending to be, he’s probably the one person who could have really helped Jimmy to change and become a truly reapectable, effective lawyer.

[@mattmerritt159]

Chuck is right. People get hurt, bc of Saul/jimmy

[@MrCzerillo]

I'm not on Chuck's side, but he is not wrong about Jimmy. We all know it from watching Breaking Bad.

[@poepidonidoepi7510]

Sure, but chuck being right also makes jimmy become what he is talking about. Morality paradox fr

[@jxsh03]

Unfair to judge him on where he ends up in the future while seeing what leads him there and made him that way. We have seen the ENTIRE season how hard he has been trying to be a straight path, legit good lawyer despite all the temptation, all the struggle, etc. His Slippin Jimmy nature is almost like a drug addiction and he has been trying so hard to get clean. So Chuck pretty much saying no matter what he does he is still Slippin Jimmy is so damaging. Its like judging a drug addict who is trying to get clean or has been clean for a while and assuming they will fail and relapse and telling them you dont believe in them.

[@josephsarto689]

How does it make him become what he’s talking about? Ed begley jr. Believed in Jimmy and gave him a chance

[@innercircle341]

I understand why Chuck doesn't want Jimmy at HHM. Fair enough. But at least be honest about it. That would give Jimmy the chance to take his case to other large firms. Revolting behaviour by Chuck. I would cut him out 100% out of my life. Betrayal is the worst

[@Homefront-gq7sh]

where is tlou? I need tlou😊

[@elbruces]

Chuck predicted Saul Goodman from all the way back.

[@ЮлияЖизненко-н5л]

He made it come true. If only he gave Jimmy a chance.

[@pattyg8464]

He helped create him, in my opinion.

[@innercircle341]

Do you think Jimmy becomes Saul if he becomes a partner at HHM? Chuck actually created Saul.

[@K4L3P]

​@@ЮлияЖизненко-н5л He already did give Jimmy a chance.

[@saiki_zx]

Do you think Jimmy would behave like he did at Davis&Main?​@@innercircle341

[@cleitonlima3699]

everything we saw in breaking bad, chuck wasn't wrong

[@Socragames]

I kinda had the feeling like better call saul might have been you guy's interest. Overall it seems like about 3 out of 5 people that liked breaking bad, like better call saul. I love it.

[@nerdymarriedcouple]

it's great so far for sure!!

[@kevinwalsh9704]

Breaking Bad was a show about changing a man. Better Call Saul is can a man actually change…….guess we’re going to find out

[@Tw1ce_born]

As Americans says "sticks and rocks can break my bones...." , but his words hurts the most...