Jimmy identifies a new market for his talents; Mike vets a potential partnership; Kim drives a hard bargain.Jimmy identifies a new market for his talents; Mike vets a potential partnership; Kim drives a hard bargain.Jimmy identifies a new market for his talents; Mike vets a potential partnership; Kim drives a hard bargain.
Michael Mando
- Nacho Varga
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Did you know
- TriviaThis is first episode to show a flash-forward that takes place during the Breaking Bad (2008) timeline, specifically right before the episode Granite State (2013).
- GoofsFrom 23:58 -Jimmy is obviously trying to obfuscate the sales of the many cellphones he purchased but cash register receipts have printed on them the time/ date of sale.
- ConnectionsReferences Doctor Zhivago (1965)
- SoundtracksStreet Life
(uncredited)
Written by Joe Sample & Will Jennings
Performed by Randy Crawford & The Crusaders
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Episode 5 Quite A Ride Review: Quite An Episode Full of Great Performances
Over the course of it's 4-Season run, Better Call Saul has never felt more like Breaking Bad than "Quite A Ride", the season's fifth episode. Each of the three storylines get equal weight and attention, resulting in an altogether fantastic episode.
Kim/Howard Storyline: 8/10 The Kim/Howard Storyline is still by far the weakest of the three storylines that take up Better Call Saul's episodes every week, but it is certainly getting better. Depending on the episode, the storylines involving these two characters could come across as a bit boring, but in the case of this episode, it is quite the contrary.
Kim trying her hand at becoming a criminal lawyer is incredibly entertaining. Certainly she seems to be enjoying this side of the law much more. Just watching her communicate with different people who have committed crimes is so incredibly thrilling to watch and I hope that this storyline continues to get better and better, because it has been running a bit slow recently. However, one has to wonder, what happens to Kim and Howard that makes them not end up on Breaking Bad. I guess we'll just have to wait and see then.
Mike/Gus Storyline: 10/10
This storyline is without a doubt the greatest storyline currently on Better Call Saul. Watching Mike work more and more for Gus is so incredibly entertaining. We know that at some point Mike will be working full-time for Gus, but for now, we will wait in anticipation.
This episode certainly does a very good job of taking the viewer slowly back into the world of Breaking Bad by introducing the Superlab shown in Breaking Bad. Incredible cinematography is displayed as we see Mike try to find a person who can restore the lab. It's exciting to see where Vincent Gilligan and Peter Gould go from here in terms of this storyline.
Jimmy/Kim Storyline: 9/10
Normally I would give this sequence a 10/10, but this episode brings it down one point. We spend the whole episode showing great character transformation for Jimmy, by showing him go around town selling pay as you go phones to criminals. Stunning cinematography and acting from Bob Odenkirk once again as he sells the phones and runs into several thugs in a familiar Breaking Bad restaurant, Dog House. We are also treated to the first actual scene with Odenkirk acting as Saul Goodman in the beginning of the episode. The scene takes place in between two top-notch Breaking Bad episodes, Ozymandias and Granite State. Getting back to the current storyline, everything is going so wonderfully until everything goes down-hill for Jimmy. After making money from selling the phones to different criminals, he gets robbed by three teenagers. The scene was stunningly executed, but I felt a little bit robbed because we spent the whole episode with Jimmy finally scamming people, and acting like Saul, and then it all gets undone. I have no doubt however that this episode ended up with Jimmy closer to becoming Saul than he ever has been before, which is fantastic.
Overall, this episode was a great episode of Saul, really showcasing all of it's incredible, top-notch actors, all while retaining a good tone and pace, with excellent cinematography as well.
"Quite A Ride": 94% -two points taken off for Jimmy still not entirely transforming into Saul -two points taken off for backtracking Jimmy's transformation by having him get robbed (also telling guy that he still has the intention of continuing partnership with Kim, even though he's probably not going to do that) -two points taken off a little bit of a slow pace for Kim/Howard Storyline.
Kim/Howard Storyline: 8/10 The Kim/Howard Storyline is still by far the weakest of the three storylines that take up Better Call Saul's episodes every week, but it is certainly getting better. Depending on the episode, the storylines involving these two characters could come across as a bit boring, but in the case of this episode, it is quite the contrary.
Kim trying her hand at becoming a criminal lawyer is incredibly entertaining. Certainly she seems to be enjoying this side of the law much more. Just watching her communicate with different people who have committed crimes is so incredibly thrilling to watch and I hope that this storyline continues to get better and better, because it has been running a bit slow recently. However, one has to wonder, what happens to Kim and Howard that makes them not end up on Breaking Bad. I guess we'll just have to wait and see then.
Mike/Gus Storyline: 10/10
This storyline is without a doubt the greatest storyline currently on Better Call Saul. Watching Mike work more and more for Gus is so incredibly entertaining. We know that at some point Mike will be working full-time for Gus, but for now, we will wait in anticipation.
This episode certainly does a very good job of taking the viewer slowly back into the world of Breaking Bad by introducing the Superlab shown in Breaking Bad. Incredible cinematography is displayed as we see Mike try to find a person who can restore the lab. It's exciting to see where Vincent Gilligan and Peter Gould go from here in terms of this storyline.
Jimmy/Kim Storyline: 9/10
Normally I would give this sequence a 10/10, but this episode brings it down one point. We spend the whole episode showing great character transformation for Jimmy, by showing him go around town selling pay as you go phones to criminals. Stunning cinematography and acting from Bob Odenkirk once again as he sells the phones and runs into several thugs in a familiar Breaking Bad restaurant, Dog House. We are also treated to the first actual scene with Odenkirk acting as Saul Goodman in the beginning of the episode. The scene takes place in between two top-notch Breaking Bad episodes, Ozymandias and Granite State. Getting back to the current storyline, everything is going so wonderfully until everything goes down-hill for Jimmy. After making money from selling the phones to different criminals, he gets robbed by three teenagers. The scene was stunningly executed, but I felt a little bit robbed because we spent the whole episode with Jimmy finally scamming people, and acting like Saul, and then it all gets undone. I have no doubt however that this episode ended up with Jimmy closer to becoming Saul than he ever has been before, which is fantastic.
Overall, this episode was a great episode of Saul, really showcasing all of it's incredible, top-notch actors, all while retaining a good tone and pace, with excellent cinematography as well.
"Quite A Ride": 94% -two points taken off for Jimmy still not entirely transforming into Saul -two points taken off for backtracking Jimmy's transformation by having him get robbed (also telling guy that he still has the intention of continuing partnership with Kim, even though he's probably not going to do that) -two points taken off a little bit of a slow pace for Kim/Howard Storyline.
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