Better Call Saul (Season 5)

STORY – 1
DIRECTOR – 1
ACTOR – 1
MUSIC – 0
CULT – 1

 

VERDICT – 4/5

 
PROS –
1) Gus Fring taking out his frustration on Lyle, one of his puny employees of Los Pollos Hermanos. This will go down as the best scene of this season.
2) Mike’s character getting better with every passing episode.
3) Lalo Salamanca as another fearful member of the Salamanca family.
4) Hank Schrader & Steven Gomez coming back for a cameo.

 
CONS –
N/A

 

QUOTE –
Mike: I don’t think fear is a great motivator.
Gus: A dog who bites every owner he’s had…can only be disciplined with a firm hand.Or… put down.

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)

STORY – 1
DIRECTOR – 1
ACTOR – 1
MUSIC – 0
CULT – 1

VERDICT – 4/5

 

PROS –
1) The movie gives Jesse a much needed proper ending.
2) This movie is ominous in nature from the very first minute. The audience knew what was coming to them.
3) Vince Gilligan’s directorial debut film sticks to its roots with character-driven lengthy Tarantinoesque sequences.
4) Robert Forster as Ed the Disappearer played his parting shot.

 

CONS –
N/A

 
QUOTE –
Heisenberg: You didn’t have to wait your whole life to do something special.

Preacher (Season 4)

STORY – 1
DIRECTOR – 0
ACTOR – 1
MUSIC – 0
CULT – 0

 

VERDICT – 2/5

 
PROS –
N/A

 

CONS –
1) So far the worst season of the series. There was not a single sub-plot in the entire series worth watching. I’m clearly done with Preacher now.
2) The climax was rushed and unfulfilling.

 
QUOTE –
God: I made you in My own image.A little thanks would be nice.
Preacher: Thank You? For what? Kids with cancer? The Kardashians?

Better Call Saul (Season 4)

STORY – 1
DIRECTOR – 1
ACTOR – 1
MUSIC – 0
CULT – 0

 

Verdict – 3/5

 
Pros –
1) Great finale! Jimmy’s character is fascinating and a matter of study. Someone who enjoys crime and mischief; someone who’ll always cut corners. He may look like a victim every now and then however his true self will remain Slippin’ Jimmy.
2) Werner’s death scene is now bigger than Gale’s death scene in Breaking Bad.
3) Mike’s no-nonsense character is now getting iconic.
4) Huell’s rescue plot.
5) Ep.7 brilliant split-screen time jump sequence between Jimmy and Kim. Frank and Nancy can’t be much prouder.

 

 

Cons –
N/A

 

Quote –
Kim: “What?!”
Jimmy: “S’all good, man!”

The Terror (Season 1)

STORY – 1
DIRECTOR – 1
ACTOR – 1
MUSIC – 1
CULT – 1

Verdict – 5/5

 

Pros –
1) The sheer production value of this entire miniseries is amazing.
2) Great background score
3) The vicious psychopathic character of the imposter Cornelius Hickey
4) Tuunbaq: The supernatural creature and its final battle.
5) Cannibalism: This sub-plot is not for the weak-hearted.

 

 

Cons –
N/A

 

Quote –
Captain Crozier: Friend. Mother. Lover. All the things they say a ship is to a captain, and they miss what really matters. Confessor. This ship knows everything about me.

Preacher (Season 3)

STORY – 1
DIRECTOR – 1
ACTOR – 1
MUSIC – 1
CULT – 1

Verdict – 5/5

 

Pros –
1) Best season so far. While most of the season 2 was spent at Denis’ dilapidated house, this season was at Angelville. Probably the best supernatural black-comedy on TV right now.
2) Exciting new characters like Satan and Allfather were introduced however Betty Buckley as Marie “Gran’ma” L’Angelle and Colin Cunningham as T.C. will take the top spot.
3) Each episode was better than the previous one with the story unfolding with new subplots and new characters.

 

Cons –
1) “Les Enfants du Sang” – this entire sub-plot for Cassidy was boring.

 

Quote –
TC: What’s a Genesis?
Featherstone & Tulip: A band!

Preacher (Season 2)

STORY – 1
DIRECTOR – 0
ACTOR – 1
MUSIC – 0
CULT – 0

 

Verdict – 2/5

 

Pros –

 

1) Pip Torrens as Herr Starr – One hell of a interesting character
2) Noah Taylor as Adolf Hitler – One particular reason why I’ll wait for watch Season 3
3) “Humperdoo”

 

Cons –

 

1) The plot-story left for season finale could have been wrapped up within 10 episodes.

 

 

Quote –

 

Jesse: I didn’t sign up for this shit.
Herr Starr: Spoken like a true Messiah.

Better Call Saul (Season 3)

STORY – 1
DIRECTOR – 1
ACTOR – 1
MUSIC – 0
CULT – 0

 

Verdict – 3/5

 

Pros –

 

1) The show can be called “Better Call Mike”
2) With the presence a major chunk of Breaking Bad Characters – the show is at times better than it’s predecessor.
3) Slow paced and still riveting
4) Courtroom drama

 

 

 

Cons –

 

1) The story is more or less at the same place after 10 more episodes
2) Mediocre finale

 

 

 

Quote –

 

 

 

Gus Fring: Would you care to know why I stopped you from killing Hector?
Mike Ehrmantraut: Like you said, it wasn’t in your interest.
Gus Fring: A bullet to the head would have been far too humane.

Preacher (Season 1)

STORY – 1
DIRECTOR – 1
ACTOR – 1
MUSIC – 1
CULT – 1

Verdict – 5/5

Pros –

1) Dominic Cooper : no longer a “Karl Urban doppelganger”
2) Joseph Gilgun as Cassidy
3) “Arseface”
4) Jackie Earle Haley as Odin Quinncannon
5) Peephole massacre ; one of the best action sequences
6) Subtle Texas humor
7) Ratwater and Hell ; the description of hell as a never ending cycle.
8) Appearance of “God” in finale
9) Genesis

 

 

Cons –

 

 
1) Could be wrapped up in less than 10 episodes

 
Quote –
“Go To Hell , Eugene ! “