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I think there is a gap between vids coz of one thing: we cant say goodbye to this world. 😞

For some reason the way you speak -- the accent or the mannerisms -- puts me in mind of Adam Ragusea. it's like you two were related. Just had to get that out there. In any case, these series of reviews for BCS are fantastic.

He’s so profound yet eloquent and hi EQ and IQ

He sometimes sees more than the people who made it

Come on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Already ❤ jeez

This guy is SO GOOD at picking up on symbolism and subliminal-like (at least that how I see it) messages within the episodes.

4 months now. How soon is "real soon"? All jokes aside, I am deeply indebted to you for you analysis, it just gave me new ways to look at storytelling in média. Thank you.

The original Price is Right is better.

Brilliant analysis!

A reminder popped up yesterday in my head. What an about the Basement. Me is lucky ive seen it now. At the comments it was already 3 months ago!😮

I can’t wait for the Waterworks breakdown.

Oh man, I saw this channel recommended onReddit, and I'm really glad I did. It felt as though I was hyper analyzing every second of this show and kept getting more and more impressed. I come here to find even more incredible details I haven't even considered! You know how to satiate my analytical thirst. I can't wait to see the next episodes!

Don't forget the 90s version with Doug Davidson!

I never forget to check in. I’m 3 months late but what a treat

I was not expecting this video to be so intelligent and insightful. Nice

I so enjoyed the opening of Barker's Price is Right. I never realized the meaning behind it all, but always thought to myself, whoever thought of this really enjoys what they are doing. The focus on the set and lights was a great touch. It definitely made me want to be there. Its a lost art that you don't see as much today.

great analytics! thanks

My favorite part of this entire show, is from when it begins, to when Bob says, Let's take a look at the first item up for bid on The Price is Right. The pricing games are fun, as is the big wheel, but my most absolute favorite part is what I first described. I love it when the doors open and he comes out. Like I'd run out to the living room, just to see that whole thing play out, and then go off and do my own thing for rest of the day.

For me, I think the show lost a little something when it moved from CBS Television City to Haven Studios in Glendale. The stairs at CBS that contestants ran up on in order to get on stage don’t exist at the new studio and it kind of takes a bit of energy away from the show.

This is a wonderful case of how television tells a story through camera angles. Marvelous insights indeed. Would love to see more of these.

Same typeface as GTA.

MAN, THIS GUY IS SO ON POINT. IM AMAZED!!!

Just a comment… the slightly earlier episodes had a longer rear camera/studio light intro from behind, they were amazing. About half way from when Bob figured it all out. 1982-3

Bob Barker was the star of the show. To me he came across as the proverbial car salesman that's trying to sell you something (the show) despite giving things away in the process. Bob always had an aura of "the untouchable star" that most of the time he kept in check. But once in a while he would say something that showed his true arrogance. Drew is the host, not the star. He's just like the guy next door that's there to play the game with all of us. He's goofy, he's awkward, he laughs at his own jokes way too much. But there's no arrogance like Bob had. Drew doesn't come across as a salesman.

Battlestars came from the same company which produced Hollywood Squares. Battlestars was more of a spinoff then a ripoff of Hollywood Squares. RIP Alex Trebek.

John, thank you for this breakdown. So happy to have stumbled across it! Only a handful more to finish the series. Please finish the journey that we're all on with you!

This would’ve been so cool if it came trye

Man, I'm all about getting the most out of an episode or a series, but damn, I can't imagine turning each episode into a college thesis with 40 hours of video editing on top of it. How many times did you have to watch each episode to come up with all this?

So glad I found this CZcams series to deepen my understanding of my favorite addiction. Brilliant analysis!

Absolutely the best BCS analyses on CZcams

Never noticed that the scene of Jimmy and Chuck getting back to their room is not in blue. Every other flashback in the whole show is in blue. So it not being blue, indicates that is “the present”. That is what is still going on in Jimmy’s mind

great breakdown, was a bit of a boring episode for me but your analysis made me see how intentional and purposeful this show is even at its lows

This is over analysis if I’ve ever seen it. Damn! You took your time to analyze how the hosts of “The Price is Right” are introduced to the viewer? MY WORD!

Obviously, John has a lot to break down in Season 6, given how visually and emotionally rich those last few episodes are. But I would LOVE for him to go back and break down older episodes of Better Call Saul. Show the directorial and literary choices that make those earlier episodes so strong.

I've gone on such a journey watching these over the last couple of days. Literally can not wait until the next installment.

no there was a price is right before bob bill cullen did the price is right from 1956 to 1965

I think only half of Kim's story is true. She has learned from Jimmy that the best lies have a hint of truth. Yes, she likely moved around a lot as a kid and didn't have a lot of stability. But the bit about her bare, frozen feet? Like she doesnt own any shoes at all? That was the step she took that made her story unbelievable even to the older gentleman she's trying to trick. Kim knows how to be like Saul in theory, but isnt quite there in practice.

Literally had to pause during the Lightning Bolt/Chuck analysis. Fantastic interpretation I am OBSESSED with these breakdowns. Well done.

The misogyny in this show isn't blatant or obvious in the way a lot of other suit-oriented shows try to be. The men around Kim claim to support her professionally, but as a human being they still look down at her and expect her to fall in line. They remove her autonomy and assume that another man is making her choices for her. They remove her humanity and re-create her in their minds as Lady Justice herself. Kim is a Good PersonTM so she will naturally do As The Law Says and what is Right, regardless of her own personhood. Nobody sees Kim as she is, just as the men in her life want her to be. I think that's why she takes part in becoming Slipping Kimmy and creating Saul Goodman, to assert herself as her own person with her own goals (all of which become tools to punish herself later when it goes to shit.)

I love the use of blue and yellow/orange in this show. For me, the blue flower shows that Nacho's essence was that of goodness. Though he was planted in a sea of dead yellow and browns (the cartel, working around the law), Nacho is a blue flower. He had a good heart that survives despite how his environment did not support that. Kim and Jimmy's fishtank is blue, with that little hint of the yellow goldfish to show that not everyone is all good or all bad. There's a bit of both that blue and yellow in all our characters.

"This is about Jimmy becoming his rival, and fucking him at the same time." That's poetry right there.

14:37 mayhaps you will say this later but Howard also knows that jimmy is messing with him but can't prove it

It’s CRIMINAL he’s only getting 10k views after over a month. The best saul analysis bar none. I cannot wait for the next episode. It’s like the show is airing again. :)

hooooh we're back baby, how exciting

This guy delivers the goods...hes like a TV savant

Okay, John. I don't want to sound ungrateful - I'm so thrilled with all of the basement breakdowns, but now hungry to see your takes on the second half of Season Six. I must have Ological closure. Any chance of that happening? Namast3...

i feel like i gain an IQ point everytime i watch an ological vid

Yes!!!!! I’ve been watching reruns of this channel to get my bcs in depth analysis fix! These are the best! Maybe do “severance “ next … trying no to look a gift horse in the mouth lol

RAHHH LETS FUCKING GO I LOVE THESE VIDEOS

We’re so happy you’re back and take all the time you need to drop the next one. One thing I noticed about the earring scene is Kim seeing her mom for who she truly is was like Saul seeing his dad become a sheep in S2 ep7 and promising to never be on that side of the game