S5E1

Magic Man

Better Call Saul · 2020-02-23 · 55 min

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from 20 comments

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what happens

Now doing business as Saul Goodman, Jimmy unveils an unorthodox strategy for client development that tests Kim's tolerance of his new legal persona. Lalo searches for the mysterious Michael, only to discover a problem within his own operation.

how it went

Left to right is this episode — its opening to its closing minutes. This is the one span the comments were always describing.

FUN

how good a time it was

MEANINGFUL

how much it moved you

Read from 20 comments — 6 said when.

Not enough to put a number on. The shape below is drawn from what there is, with the widest uncertainty band we use — it is the start of an answer, not one.

Not enough people said when to name this shape. The line is what the evidence draws, not a finding.

Hover the curveDrag across the curve to see what people said at any point.

height: how intense it got, 0–100
gold above: how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
tension rail: how much was still unresolved
grey haze: how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it

openingending

what people actually wrote

Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.

Reddit20 read

“What a fantastic start to the season.”
RE4PER_▲ 708about 0–15% inread it ↗
“The gene opening was crazy”
NCSUGrad2012▲ 682about 0–15% inread it ↗
“That entire conversation had me saying "fuck off, just go away!" to that dude, he was such a persistent pest lol.”
127crazie▲ 654about 0–15% inread it ↗
“Easily the best cold open of the Gene saga. Absolutely fantastic first episode. It's great seeing Jimmy happy and in his element.”
DDough505▲ 555about 0–15% in

who made it

directed: Bronwen Hughes
written: Peter Gould

guest cast

Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.

Robert Forster as Ed
Don Harvey as Jeff
Roland Buck III as Bobby
Morgan Krantz as Ron
Sasha Feldman as Sticky
Max Arciniega as Domingo Molina
Spenser Granese as Arlo

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