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Someone on another chat board posted an intriguing theory: That Maud Beaton is actually being impersonated by her "paid companion." That is the reason she was waiting out on the sidewalk when Oscar arrived to pick her up. He commented on that, and she shrugged it off. This theory makes sense only if Maud had been living in Paris for such a long period of time that no one in New York would remember what she looks like. Or that no one has even seen a photo of her. Conotocarious posted earlier: Google Cassie Chadwick, a real life historical figure. There’s some similarities to Maude. I think she is a scam artist. So there's historical precedent for this theory. The real life Cassie said she was the daughter of Andrew Carnegie.

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Thanks for posting this! I have never seen Breaking Bad. Yes, I know that’s somewhat unusual, but I’m not the only one in this position. And now I know that Gus gets killed! 😆

I have TiVo too. You can set up a Wishlist search for a show that’s not on within the two-week period. TiVo will record the show when it comes back on, and you can do a season pass then and delete the Wishlist. (When I forget to do that, it seems to record twice.)

This is exactly the weakness of Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and what keeps it from achieving the heights of something like Mad Men. All the ancillary MM characters were so interesting and well written. Every new episode added to their depth and complexity. In contrast, the secondary characters on Mrs. Maisel are inconsistent and cartoony. You have someone like Susie, who went to such care to figure out what to ask for in Midge’s contract, even assembling a humorous “brain trust” in the deli to suss out details about the weird ask, and then she doesn’t even sign the contract? She thought it was so important in one episode and inconsequential in another? That’s sitcom level writing.

Susie is a talented manager in some ways, with lots of moxie and the ability to win people over despite her brusque manner. But of course that’s overlooking deficiencies like not signing the contract and, oh, gambling away all your client’s earnings. Susie needs someone with the business smarts of Mrs. Moskowitz to set things straight! I speculate that Mrs. M and her baseball bat fill in the “Associates” part of Susie’s corporation name. I bet the writers could have fun with that!

Fun article in today's Times on BCS's crafting of the perfect con. Plus, the accompanying Inside the Writers' Room video covers this episode in detail and talks about conning the audience, too, into believing some of the more far-fetched aspects of the plot! https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/arts/television/better-call-saul-writers-room.html

The ADA was thorough in that she called the phone numbers. But why didn't she and her staff google the names and addresses of the letter writers? Were those names made up, or were they actual names of Coushatta residents? My impression is that the names were made up. OR were the people on the bus using their own names?

The amazing cold open, showing Saul ranksacking his office, was fun to watch. I have not seen BB, but I knew that we were being flash-forwarded into the BB timeline, a first for BCS. The scene played just like a deleted scene or an extra on the BB DVD. I know from the Insider podcast that the scene was actually filmed, as BB was, as opposed to BCS, which is digital. And also the BB set had been folded in half and stored, so they were able to reuse it. But more than that, watching the scene made me realize, What's to stop Gilligan and Gould from doing this again? They can add pretty much anything they want to the canon of BB. They can alter the future, so to speak. In past discussions about Kim, many viewers are sad because she doesn't appear in BB. People are wondering if she dies during BCS, or just disappears, to avoid some horrible fate. But now we know that she can be added to BB! We can see a flash-forward of Saul and Kim, together in the BB timeline. I rather doubt that Kim would be happy with the man Jimmy evolves into, but who knows what the powers that be can come up with? Maybe Nacho will even make it out alive!

Yes, thanks, Bryce! The torching had slipped my mind. There won't be much evidence left after that.

I love the show, but this episode had too many head-scratchers. It's okay if I don't know what's going on initially, but I like when things dawn on me gradually. It's a testament to how well this show is written. But in this episode, there are so many things up in the air. We're all debating if Chuck wrote the letter or not, and why Jimmy's reaction to it was so strange, and the reason why Kim decided to go to the courthouse. I guess all will be revealed in time! Patience isn't my strong suit, as you may have guessed. I'm also not a big fan of the cartel scenes. That's the reason I watched only three episodes of BB before giving up. It was just too violent and distressing for me. I liked BCS because I could watch great TV without all the violence, but now BCS is gradually catching up (which I guess is logical). Also, this one plot point seems a bit sloppy to me: We watched Arturo die of suffocation. (Yikes!) Then Gus's people took his body, kept it somewhat cold with ice packs, propped up it behind the wheel of a car and then shot at it, to make it seem that he was killed by gunfire. Would all this really fool a competent ME? Isn't it pretty obvious when someone dies of suffocation? And that the body was moved? Don't MEs look beyond the superficial? Or are we to assume the MEs in Albuquerque are incompetent and/or corrupt?

Maybe I'm missing something, but how is moving Kaylee and her mom into a "good neighborhood" in Albuquerque going to solve anything? Can't the Salamancas get there pretty easily? I agree with a previous poster that a bunker is what's needed.

I would like a gif of the wrath from the sky.

It just occurred to me that the barm scene would make a horrendous GIF.

Well, I didn't need to see THAT! Darren Star should take his Sex and the City money and go retire on a beach somewhere. Better yet, a deserted island. I would love to see the scene when Liza goes home and sees the wool scarf! How fast can she get that thing in the garbage?