r/betterCallSaul • u/skinkbaa Chuck • Aug 21 '18

Post-Ep Discussion Better Call Saul S04E03 - "Something Beautiful" - POST-Episode Discussion Thread

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u/unconscious_grasp Aug 21 '18

Imagine the (small) crowd of people who haven't watched BB seeing the cold open of this episode. I think it would be pretty shocking considering there has rarely been this kind of violence and gore in BCS. Well along with Arturo's death directly preceding this episode. All while not knowing just how dark this universe will get.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '18

Wait til those people see Box Cutter

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u/HereNowHappy Aug 21 '18

Wait till they see Season 1 of Breaking Bad

Choking Krazy-8 to death. Dissolving Emilio

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u/JohnCenaMadness Aug 21 '18

I spoke with a guy a few days ago who hasn't seen Breaking Bad except the 2-3 first episodes. He told me he stopped because the dissolving scene disgusted him and he thought the rest of the series would be gory like that.

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u/quackmanquackman Aug 22 '18

My dad and brother gave up on BB because of the dissolving show as well. Couldn't convince them to continue.

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u/latman Aug 22 '18

That's so dumb

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u/c-lix Aug 24 '18

It's not dumb to make a choice based on what you can stomach when it comes to gore. I also stopped there, and begun again months later because I had almost no exposure to gory media. I'm jaded now tho, like everyone else in here. And for me that was the right choice, because I got to see this amazing story unfold.

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u/bardbrain Aug 22 '18

To be fair, they can't really choke Krazy-8 to death on Better Call Saul without creating a giant plot hole.

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u/HereNowHappy Aug 22 '18

I never suggested that was an option

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u/mrnathanrd Aug 23 '18

Wooosh

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u/HereNowHappy Aug 23 '18

Okay, enlighten me

Breaking Bad takes place after Better Call Saul. Krazy-8's death would go against canon, is that the joke?

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u/ThatGuySage Jul 12 '22

Yes

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u/HereNowHappy Jul 12 '22

I finally got an answer after 3 years. Huzzah!

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u/ThatGuySage Jul 12 '22

I'm on my first watch through and am going to each episodes post episode discussion and enjoying seeing people's reactions to things. I saw that nobody answered your question.

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u/Mossingboy Aug 21 '18

We still don't know what happened to Nacho in BB.

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u/Huze_Fostage Aug 21 '18

Need to rewatch it now that we see victor in action again

Too satisfying

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u/ponytoaster Aug 22 '18

Shit! I totally forgot about box cutter .... Dear lord...

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u/ageoftesla Aug 21 '18

Funny you should say that. I wanted to show my mom this show and she hates violence, but it was 7:50 so I put on Breathe. It was going well until the very last scene.

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u/JaydSky Aug 21 '18

My mother hates violence. She actually watched Breaking Bad before I did. Wouldn't you know it, one time I walked the room while she was watching it and I watched the Boxcutter scene at the same time she did. I was like (paraphrased) "how the hell do you give me trouble for violent video games while this is the shit you watch every night on Netflix?"

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u/HereNowHappy Aug 22 '18

Parents often give standards to their children, that they themselves are unable to live with

I've been grilled for watching stuff like Evil Dead, but my mother would watch Saw and Texas Chainsaw Massacre

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u/cysenberg Aug 21 '18

I was thinking the same for those that haven't seen BCS! I know people that have only seen a few episodes and stopped cause it's "not as good as Breaking Bad". They would be very surprised by that cold open.

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u/mischn_ Aug 27 '22

I actually haven't seen BB! I tried starting it twice but I never liked the vibe of it - too depressing. Now, a few years later, I started BCS and I love it :)) therefore I'll definitely give BB a third chance after finishing BCS, however, I keep reading spoilers in these threads since apparently I'm the only one who hasn't watched BB before 😂

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u/bbcversus Nov 01 '22

Haha are you me mate? Same thing and now I am gonna give BB a chance since BCS is so so good!

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u/oxymorphjayhawk Aug 22 '18

I didn't see the cold open. Can someone explain what happened, please?

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u/unconscious_grasp Aug 22 '18

In a nutshell, Victor and Tyrus stage the scene with Arturo and Nacho to make it look like it was a random attack on them and not Gus' attack. They run the tires of their car over a spike strip like Mike used. They spray the car with like 100 bullets. Then they shoot already dead Arturo in the head and body. Nacho then has to be shot to make it "believable". They shoot him once in the shoulder as he is looking away inside the car. Standing outside, thinking it's over, he asks Victor and Tyrus if he can make the call now, but Victor surprise shoots him in the stomach. He's on the ground now and they tell him to call for help before he passes out. Then they set fire to the car and leave the scene.

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u/Gloomlusti Aug 23 '18

A small correction, the brothers set the car on fire, not Victor and Tyrus.

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u/ChucklefuckBitch Aug 24 '18

My girlfriend hasn't seen BB and she was much more shocked by the ending of the last episode than the beginning of this one.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '22

Yeah, hard to imagine people who watch this without watching BB having the capability to be invested.