Written before Season 3: The Rise of a Divine Drama and the Lost of a Good Guy

Scot 2022-10-23 21:11:49

"Breaking Bad Lawyer", as a derivative play of "Breaking Bad", is in the same line as the main drama in terms of plot advancement and attention to detail, and further consolidates the camera language, performance style and narrative rhythm of the main drama. The whole shot is at the wallpaper level, the composition is exquisite like an ink painting, leaving a large blank, the narrative rhythm is not rushed but there is no redundant plot. In every respect it is a masterpiece.

The ending of Jimmy, who later became Saul Goodman, the audience can easily get the answer to his loneliness from the first episode of the first season. At the same time, it is possible that the story development of "The Lawyer" is beyond that of "Poison", that is, the old white After the story with Xiaofan ends, the story of Saul Goodman will continue. (The audience has the final say in the ratings of American dramas, but according to the quality of the current episodes, the main creative team has a lot of creative space to talk about the whole process of Jimmy becoming Sol Goodman and then becoming lonely.)

Although it is only a movie Derivative drama, but the quality is not inferior to the main drama, and you can even feel the ambition of the main creative team. If the core of "Poison" is the self-positioning and family crisis of middle-aged men, "The Lawyer" currently looks like a search and loss of self. At the end of the second season, Cicero Jimmy put on a ring and found himself on the surface, while Being Saul Goodman for the next few seasons should be kind of lost. The two cores, with different patterns, can achieve different greatness.

Tell me some of my feelings and thoughts.

1. Kim and Jimmy. The ending of the two must be tragic. The two like each other, but their ideas are completely different. From the bottom of his heart, Kim can't accept Jimmy's opportunistic behavior that violates the professional ethics of lawyers. To put it bluntly, the two are not the same at all. Another point is that in fact, Jimmy didn't try his best to chase Kim, he just mentioned a few words occasionally. I don't know if it was because of lack of self-confidence or some other reason. This relationship is because Jimmy didn't take that step. In my opinion, the problem is Jimmy.

2. Another H. The law firm is called HHM, Howard has an H, Chuck has an M, and who is the other H? It seems to be a slogan left by the writer.

3. Chuck. Various details surface that Chuck's illness and Jimmy have a direct cause, but the mystery is still in the third season. Chuck's feelings for Jimmy are very complicated. First of all, he despised Jimmy's professionalism and character from the bottom of his heart. Chuck did not think Jimmy was a qualified lawyer. At the same time, he attributed his father's failure to run a supermarket to Jimmy's petty theft and his mother When he died of illness, wanting to see Jimmy made Chuck jealous, and even Chuck's wife liked Jimmy, which made Chuck unacceptable. (Chuck's wife didn't come out later, it seems to be a thunder.)

4. Davis Main Law Firm. The impression left by Jimmy here can be said to be a mess, and the same is true at HHM. These two are the largest local law firms, which undoubtedly set up huge obstacles for him to become a regular lawyer in the future.

5. Jimmy and Mike. When Jimmy asked Mike to steal the Craig and his wife's embezzled public funds, what kind of changes did Jimmy and Mike have in their hearts. They were very curious about how Jimmy completely trusted Mike, how he talked to Mike, and how Mike would feel in his heart. fluctuation. But there is no such scene, sorry.

6. Lao Bai appeared. Although it is only on the set, and it is emphasized that there will be no old white in the third season, but what I think is that the story line of "The Lawyer" may surpass that of "The Poison Master". If you tell some stories after "The Poison Master", then Interesting, and Lao Bai is a supporting role.

When watching this episode, it always feels like a startup story, and there are a lot of things to learn from. It feels like a subtitle "Jimmy's Entrepreneurship Diary" haha.


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Better Call Saul quotes

  • Chuck McGill: Money is beside the point.

    Saul Goodman: Money is the point!

  • Saul Goodman: I'm number one on your speed dial right next to your weed dealer.