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I am happy to see Madison back. Only thing that bothered me was all the masks. We're out of the fallout zone and people are still covering their faces? Why? The group of people hunting collectors (why are we supposed to dislike them? these are the kind of people our heroes would usually help) all wore hoods for what reason? When they all showed up dead I thought, finally, no more masks. But now all the PADRE people are wearing face coverings. WHHHYYYY???

Which is exactly why the franchising will fail lol

She reminds me of River Song.

Hey I'm from Halifax too! Cool!

Has anyone in either show had a happy ending yet?

Howard was left-handed? Never noticed.

Also, I guess there's no Roger Korby in this universe. The guy that T'Pring(Spock) punched? I know that guy. I had a screenwriting class with him. That was cool. So a thought struck me when Pike figured out how to talk to the new aliens. I thought, if Burnham had done it, would I have immediately thought "of course, Burnham does it all." I mean, I don't think so, because Pike has already proven that he will take others; suggestions and let them have the win, that he doesn't always have to be the one that saves the day. But still, I'm going to watch myself for that.

Agree totally. We know Saul continues to practice after these events, so consequences for him were minimal. But Kim could still pay dearly, and she kind of deserves to. Let's hope that comes to pass, for Howard's sake. And Chuck's too, frankly. Jimmy really deserves that one, so here's hoping Gene eventually gets it for that, one way or another, delayed though it may be.

Blanks at close range can still do damage, more than just powder burns. Just ask Jon-Erik Hexum. Oh wait, you can't

Directly to blame, no, that's all Lalo. But contributed to his death? For sure. Wouldn't hold up in a court of law, but a civil suit? I think he closed it (click), but didn't lock it. After all, he only expected Howard to speak his peace and then leave.

Well they do eventually

At least this bridge doesn't catch fire during a battle lol

Maybe it was an indication of the effect of the drug on Howard's judgment? Without it, perhaps he wouldn't have made that choice. It does seem out of character. Speaking of Howard's character, I finally watched that video about Howard as an object of displacement for Jimmy and especially for Kim. Even Chuck, to an extent, although he used him more as a proxy in his battle with Jimmy. Makes me wonder if he would have put Kim in doc review if not for Chuck. Maybe Chuck wanted to get rid of her altogether as punishment for associating with Jimmy, and doc review was a compromise that Howard negotiated on her behalf. We'll never know now of course, unless it comes out incidentally in some conversation Kim has with someone at HHM. But if that were the case, wow, talk about tragic. Speaking of, it makes this whole thing even more tragic, that Howard has had to pay the price for other characters' deep emotional issues that were never even about him.

I have a slightly different take. I think Kim's soul corrosion started with her mother. I think that's the person Kim has been for a very long time, but she fought it until associating with Jimmy started to expose her true self. Jimmy is her cancer diagnosis (sorry for another Walt parallel).

A few days ago I read a really good article on this very topic. https://collider.com/anson-mount-captain-pike-star-trek-masculinity-explained/

So then...sometimes a cigar is just a cigar?

Very much agree with this. He seems to effortlessly switch back and forth between being authoritative and approachable. He's fine with Ortegas joking around as a pilot, but as soon as she got negative he shut that down, using La'an as a proxy to enforce what he'd just advised her, so an effortless twofer. Great job.

I thought it was more along the lines of giving up. I don't feel he was thinking specifically about hurting Jimmy, but that he felt Jimmy had wounded him. Fatally. No point going on.

This show is a delight. I don't care about the recycling, TNG did it and we all got over that. So far I'm handling the odd retcons and contradictions, it's worth it to get the rest. Although I did find myself weirdly distracted by Spock seeming to sweat more than everyone else, when it should have been the exact opposite: he was always cold on the Enterprise, since Vulcan is much hotter than Earth. But everything looks so bright and shiny and beautiful, and most of the characters are lovely at best, tolerable at worst, so fuck it.

I just watched that video that Peter posted in Kim's thread that compared her to an addict when it comes to chasing the high that grifting brings her. I hadn't looked at it that way before but it makes a lot of sense when trying to explain her progression over the series. It also suggests that her plot was against Howard was less about revenge and more about targeting a representative of the class of person she hates. I think another video called it displacement, though I haven't watched that one yet. That makes Howard's death even more tragic, that the "wrong-place-wrong-time" aspect applies not just specifically to Howard intersecting with Lalo, but also more generally with Kim. If she had ended up at a different law firm, she might be doing this exact same thing to one of those partners. After all, Howard doesn't seem so different from Cliff or Rich.

I agree with the suggestion that Kim parallels Walter White, I've thought so for a while.

I agree with this. From what I've seen, here and in the wider online community, most feel Howard was a flawed but decent guy who did his best under sometimes trying circumstances. Did he make some mistakes? Who doesn't? But I can't think of a single time he acted out of pure malice. The closest he came was his final speech, and that was after a long and stressful series of experiences.

No, no I said I thought they would call Mike. Jimmy knows he's a fixer, and Kim just met him so he'd be top of mind.

We're spinning too hard on this. G&G shows follow character logic religiously. If I put myself in Jimmy and Kim's shoes, knowing them and their circumstances, I would wait for Lalo to finish his business, and then I would call Mike. I just can't see it going any other way. Occam's Razor.

Maybe something along the highway, intended for long haul truckers and the like?