Better Call Saul: Season 1, Episode 3 "Nacho"
Better Call Saul: Season 1, Episode 3 "Nacho"
February 16, 2015
Well, “Nacho” is a great episode. Fans of Breaking Bad were hit-and-miss on the first two episodes because of its mandatory setup, plus they thought it was slow and boring. Not me! I thought the first two episodes of Better Call Saul, while capturing the tone of the father series but standing on its own, continues down that righteous path. This episode is engaging, tense, and has a good sense of humor. Once again, the acting remains great as always. Bob Odenkirk really kills it as Jimmy, doesn’t he? The episode is also noticeable for the teaming up of Jimmy and our favorite Mike and really giving us an insight on the show’s main female character, Kim Wexler played wonderfully by Rhea Seehorn.
The episode starts off with a cold open. This show is good at those, huh? Chuck visits his brother in prison, and we learn more about Jimmy’s past this way. Flash forward to the show’s present tense. The last episode ended with Nacho Vargas telling Jimmy that, “he is in the game.” Jimmy is very fearful of Nacho’s scheme on robbing the Kettleman’s of the 1.6 million dollars that they embezzled. He tells Kim, their attorney at Hamlin, Hamlin, and McGill and also anonymously tips the Kettlemans. The next day, they disappear, and Nacho is picked up by the police after it was figured out that his van was parked out in front of the house. Nacho calls Jimmy as his lawyer and threatens him. It turns out that Nacho may be innocent after all. It also turns out that maybe the Kettleman’s may have kidnapped themselves. Either way, Jimmy is in trouble on both sides of the law. Jimmy also interacts with Mike, outside of parking stickers, for the very first time.
This is a fantastic episode that gives us more information about Jimmy and his past. We also see him impersonate Saul with the kind of slippery thinking he does here. There were some fine moments of humor. I liked the scene where he tips of the Kettlemans through a cardboard tube to bad results and when he quotes Kubrick’s The Shining when zipping down the Kettleman’s tents. If there was an episode that proved to fans this prequel is the real deal, this is it. I loved the first two episodes and I love this episode.
My Grade: A
February 16, 2015
Well, “Nacho” is a great episode. Fans of Breaking Bad were hit-and-miss on the first two episodes because of its mandatory setup, plus they thought it was slow and boring. Not me! I thought the first two episodes of Better Call Saul, while capturing the tone of the father series but standing on its own, continues down that righteous path. This episode is engaging, tense, and has a good sense of humor. Once again, the acting remains great as always. Bob Odenkirk really kills it as Jimmy, doesn’t he? The episode is also noticeable for the teaming up of Jimmy and our favorite Mike and really giving us an insight on the show’s main female character, Kim Wexler played wonderfully by Rhea Seehorn.
The episode starts off with a cold open. This show is good at those, huh? Chuck visits his brother in prison, and we learn more about Jimmy’s past this way. Flash forward to the show’s present tense. The last episode ended with Nacho Vargas telling Jimmy that, “he is in the game.” Jimmy is very fearful of Nacho’s scheme on robbing the Kettleman’s of the 1.6 million dollars that they embezzled. He tells Kim, their attorney at Hamlin, Hamlin, and McGill and also anonymously tips the Kettlemans. The next day, they disappear, and Nacho is picked up by the police after it was figured out that his van was parked out in front of the house. Nacho calls Jimmy as his lawyer and threatens him. It turns out that Nacho may be innocent after all. It also turns out that maybe the Kettleman’s may have kidnapped themselves. Either way, Jimmy is in trouble on both sides of the law. Jimmy also interacts with Mike, outside of parking stickers, for the very first time.
This is a fantastic episode that gives us more information about Jimmy and his past. We also see him impersonate Saul with the kind of slippery thinking he does here. There were some fine moments of humor. I liked the scene where he tips of the Kettlemans through a cardboard tube to bad results and when he quotes Kubrick’s The Shining when zipping down the Kettleman’s tents. If there was an episode that proved to fans this prequel is the real deal, this is it. I loved the first two episodes and I love this episode.
My Grade: A
Comments
Post a Comment