syncing the dopamine…
S5E8
Bagman
Better Call Saul · 2020-04-06 · 55 min
FLICKFEEL
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from 22 comments
COMMUNITY
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nobody yet
YOURS
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what happens
When a simple errand for a client goes sideways, Jimmy is pushed to the limit. Mike takes measures to contain the wrath of the cartel. Lalo gets an unexpected visitor.
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
7
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
82
how much it moved you
Read from 22 comments — 7 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.
Reddit22 read
“I knew from the second Saul poured some water to clean off his shoe that shit was going to go seriously wrong.”
Skyclad__Observer▲ 2,315about 0–10% inread it ↗
“Had me dying lol.”
MetalGearSora▲ 1,848about 50–75% inread it ↗
“As soon as Lalo asked what business Jimmy had telling Kim about his stuff, that's when shit became real.”
therealDiggyTurtle▲ 1,816about 60–80% inread it ↗
“physically anxious seeing 2 people suffer in a desert for 40 minutes”
Colorado2Cool▲ 1,452about 33–66% in
who made it
- directed
- Vince Gilligan
- written
- Gordon Smith
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
Gabriel 'G-Rod' Rodriguez as Jefe
Kenneth Trujillo as Matador
Corey Michael Eubanks as Tiburón- CConrad R. Padilla as Eye Shot Mercenary
- AAlgin Mendez as Reloading Mercenary
Christopher M. Campos as Falling Mercernary
Orion Carrington as Correctional Officer