There's been some new details surrounding Better Call Saul Season 6 Part 2, including
character trailers and some first reactions to Episode 8 which has been shown early.
The premiere of the second part was shown at the
Tribeca Film Festival and multiple viewers who were there have shared their non-spoiler
thoughts on the type of episode we are going to be
getting.
And the new trailers for Kim Wexler and Lalo Salamanca signal that the final stretch of
episodes for this fantastic show, will be more tense than we could ever predict.
I'm going to be discussing all the details from these new reactions and trailers as we
get closer to the release of Season 6 Part 2 on July the 11th.
There will be spoilers from Part 1 in this video too, so if you haven't seen the
first 7 episodes of Better Call Saul Season 6, then I would recommend catching up before
watching this video.
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But without further a do, lets dive into the reactions and trailers for Better
Call Saul Season 6 Part 2.
So starting with the early reactions to Better Call Saul Season 6 Episode 8, we get a flury
of spoiler free impressions out of the premiere, which was shown at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Some of the reactions on twitter came from a mixture of critics, entertainment insiders
and also fans of the show who made it the event.
Pretty much all of those who aren't critics also
shared images and proof of them being at the event which included the a lot of cast and
crew in attendance.
So what did they say and what are the general impressions for this next
episode.
Well, starting with Film critic Matt Neglia, he said in his review that, "BETTER CALL SAUL’s
mid season premiere wastes no time as it stuns with one of its most intense & best
episodes yet.
Vince Gilligan’s filmmaking is impeccable, deploying new cinematic techniques the show
hasn’t seen before.
Striking & unpredictably shocking.
Coming July 11th."
Viewer The Atom Chode also said "BetterCallSaul Midseason
Premiere REVIEW: DARK.
CRAZY.
Vince Gilligan does it again!
This isn’t just another spinoff, it’s one of the BEST episodes in TV history!
Great emotion & action too.
A fitting end to Saul’s journey, while also setting up what’s next."
Rachel Tolleson also stated "no one is going to be prepared for the midseason premier of
better call saul."
Viewer Drake added, "I just got to see the premiere of the last half season of Better
Call Saul at the Tribeca Film Festival and WOW WOW WOW if this is how the last
run of episodes is STARTING I don't know if I'm ready for how it ends!"
Cheryl Wang also wrote, "Better Call Saul mid season premiere @ Tribeca.
The way this show is written and shot is always cinematic so there’s no better experience
than finally watching it on big screen, not to mention the fantastic creators writers
and cast are here too."
Little Jungo put, "When I say that Better Call Saul is one of the greatest
shows on television if not THE greatest show I meant it.
That mid-season premiere has made me sicker than any other show on television
or cinema.
Jaw-dropping, leg bumping, and heart stopping."
And finally, Slash film wrote a whole article on their thoughts from the episode, stating
that, "Better Call Saul" does not disappoint.
It remains one of the most cinematically satisfying shows on TV, with Gilligan even throwing in
a few visual tricks and flairs that serve to ramp up the tension even more.
But with a midseason finale this intense, I can only imagine that things are going to
get darker and more troubling from here."
In the article they also add that characters clash in
satisfying and terrifying ways, once again praising Vince Gilligan for the directing
and Gordon Smith for the writing.
I mean we knew that with these two working together we would be in
for a ride, but it seems that none of us are prepared for what's in store in Episode 8.
And this is only one of two episodes being directed by Gilligan in the final 6 left.
He apparently directs the penultimate episode too, so there's
plenty of turns left in the pipeline.
There were also some reactions on reddit following this screening, but some had spoilers in the
comments so I didn't want to discuss those ones here too.
But the main takeaway is that most of them seem to be in line with what the reactions
I've read out before have said.
So it looks like were in for a ride with Episode 8 and I really can't wait to see what goes
down.
It's still 3 weeks away, and I must say the wait is killing me to see what's in store.
But at least by the looks of it, we won't be let down with what the cast and crew are
putting to screen.
The cast who were at the event also described the second half of season 6 in
different ways and Rhea Seehorn said, "I'm hoping that the viewer will find it as thoughtful
and provocative and intelligent as I did".
And Bob Odenkirk further teased a new character being introduced and that they will be played
by a well-known actor too.
He said "there's a character coming along, a new character, a scenario that's so cool,
and it's played by one of the great actors of our day".
No idea who that could be and who the new character is but it is pretty awesome to hear
that we've potentially got someone coming in and Bob is excited
about the scenario surrounding that figure.
Maybe it's someone in the Gene timeline like with how they used Walter's confrontation
with Jack at the end of Breaking Bad.
Not entirely sure, but it does sound very exciting.
What we can take away from this is that the crew, the cast and all the people who've seen
the firt episode, are super excited for us all to get the chance
to see it come next month.
But moving on now to the short character trailers that AMC have released for Season 6 Part 2
and we get those surrounding Kim Wexler and Lalo Salamanca.
The kim Wexler one was released a few days ago and it was a short teaser that
highlights Kim Wexler's corruption with an image of a blood-spattered candle.
The Take the oath trailer focused on the constant image of the
candle from Episode 7 with Kim reciting the Attorney's Oath as a voice-over.
When she finishes reading the oath, the flame flickers as if it's being blown out, and it
serves to indicate that many of these legal vows have been broken
by her and Jimmy during the Howard scam.
On another side it could also be hinting at Kim's fate, whether that be her death or the
end of her legal career.
What it does show is that whatever route they do take with her character, that it won't
be a positive one in the current future state of things.
Of course, many fans have been concerned about the character's
fate when considering the brutal nature of Breaking Bad's world, and also the fact she
never appears in that series.
And with both Nacho and Howard already biting the dust, it makes Kim
dying all the bigger possibility.
Her fate will of course be revealed in the next 6 episodes and actress, Rhea Seehorn
also added to the tension in her interview with variety last
week, saying that, "maybe the question isn’t whether Kim dies — but what happens if she
doesn’t?
Death is not the only tragic end”.
Like other viewers, I've been saying for a while that
I think Kim's fate doesn't have to be a gruesome death and I think the more appropriate option
would be to focus on the end of her career and
maybe her going to prison in the fallout.
And I think the Gene timeline will be linked to what Jimmy could do to help Kim after all
that goes down.
Of course, they might take the route of killing her or another unexpected route
instead but I just think this late in the game with everyone talking about her dying,
that would be way too predictable.
What we do know is that something bad is going to happen and
it will result in her not being around during Breaking Bad and Jimmy being the person he
is in that show.
There's a lot to answer in six episodes but the showrunners have done a great
job with everything so far, so I trust them when it comes to the fate of Kim.
We'll have to see but this trailer and the recent interviews
with Rhea Seehorn do suggest more and more that her end will be more focussed on the
destruction of her career and status rather than in death like Nacho and Howard.
And based on the reactions on reddit to Episode 8, it seems
like her destination will be a big focal point in the all the tension surrounding Lalo killing
Howard in Episode 7.
And speaking of Lalo Salamanca, we did also get a new brief trailer for his character
in a similar way to what we had with Kim.
The focus shifts in that teaser to the deadly cat-and-mouse game between Lalo, Gus & Mike.
Of course, Lalo has a lead on Gus Fring's secret meth lab, but Mike has a read on Lalo
due to a mistake he made.
And now that Lalo has re-entered Jimmy & Kim's lives in a very big
way with ending Howard's life, a final standoff between them all is well on the way too.
The footage in the teaser is of the lights going
out in the meth lab with Lalo saying, "Now...
what to do with you".
We don't know who he's talking to, but I'm guessing it would either be to Jimmy in his
apartment following the shocking death of Howard, or to one Gus Fring's
men.
My guess would would be the first option, but as I said, I think this is all coming
down to the standoff between Lalo, Gus and Mike.
My theory and some others who've talked on Reddit boards have predicted that Lalo will
be killed in the Meth lab and buried under the floor, in turn, explaining the bond between
Gus and Mike in Breaking Bad and also allowing for
Lalo's buried body as a sort of legend for the work that eventually goes on there.
How creepy would it be, knowing that Lalo is literally buried
under the feet of Walt and Jessie as they cook for Gus in the superlab.
We know that Gus left the gun in the lab a few episodes ago, so he suspects it will end
there himself.
And now with AMC releasing this teaser of Lalo talking
over the footage of it, it makes me more confident in this potentially being an outcome.
Still, like with the fate of Kim we can't know for sure
what will happen, and for all we know, Lalo may still be alive later into the Breaking
Bad timeline.
I don't think that would make sense because Gus would still be worried about the fall
back of that and he has plenty to deal with already in the Breaking Bad timeline.
But still, anything is possible and with all of these reactions and recent cryptic trailers,
I'm really looking forward to seeing what they do with
all of these remaining characters.
But that was my video discussing all of the new details for Better Call Saul Season 6
Part 2.
By the sounds of it, these final episodes are going to be the most tense this show has
ever been and much of the cast and crew are highlighting
that it's unpredictable, yet fitting for what it's all been building towards.
I personally think by the last episode or final 2 that
we'll get to all the Gene stuff we've been waiting to see unfold, meaning that the next
few episodes will really wrap up this current timeline surrounding Jimmy's transformation
into Saul Goodman.
But the questions surrounding the fate of Kim and Lalo are still a mystery, and the
showrunners have really done a great job of keeping that under wraps.
I guess we'll start to see the final path of their arcs
come episode 8 and the early reactions are really pointing towards that being the case,
with a lot of dramatic turns apparently going down.
But what do you think will happen in the final 6 episodes of Better Call Saul, and are you
excited for Episode 8 after these early reactions and new teasers.
Let me know down below in the comments section.
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