#basement breakdown

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Basement Breakdown: Better Call Saul S04E10 “Winner” “This week, John Teti analyzes: The meaning of Jimmy’s drunken rant about symmetry; Kim’s ‘mastermind’ mentality; Why Kim wanted Jimmy to read Chuck’s letter; and Why Jimmy made a different choice.”

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Basement Breakdown: Better Call Saul S04E08 “Coushatta” “This week, John Teti analyzes: Kim’s quest to tell her own story — rather than have it told for her; How the show’s cinematography established Suzanne as a formidable nemesis for Kim; How Kim exploits Judge Munsinger’s weaknesses to perfection; Echoes of Natalie Wood in Rebel Without A Cause.”

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Basement Breakdown: Better Call Saul S04E07 “Something Stupid” “This week, John Teti analyzes: The fantastic split-screen montage that opens the episode; The rapidly diverging paths of Kim & Jimmy; The saddest half-fade-out in TV history; The most ominous rainbows in BCS history.”

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Basement Breakdown: Better Call Saul S04E06 “Piñata” “This week, John Teti analyzes: Cinematography that leaves us wondering which way is up; The implications of Jimmy’s bright red track suit; A commercial that foretells Jimmy’s fate; Three glimpses of possible futures for Kim; and Kim’s drink preferences.”

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Basement Breakdown: Better Call Saul S04E05 “Quite A Ride” “This week, John Teti analyzes: The ‘Street Life’ montage (John’s obsessed with it this week); the surprising debut of Saul Goodman on BCS and how it frames the episode; the Walter White parallel in Jimmy’s faux-death; and much more about, as John puts it, ‘this montage!!!!!’”

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Basement Breakdown: Better Call Saul S04E04 “Talk” “This week, John Teti discusses the telling details of Jimmy’s CC Mobile ‘purgatory;’ Contrasts in framing between Jimmy’s lowest moment and most hopeful moment; Breaking out the ‘critical color wheel!’; and a brief history of Mike Ehrmantraut’s cement-smoothing exploits.”

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Basement Breakdown: Better Call Saul S04E03 “Something Beautiful” “This week, John Teti shares some beautiful things he found: The color theory and film history behind Kim's gaze through the windows of a bank branch; The meaning behind the gloomy final shot of the episode; The playful framing of Gus Fring's chemist buddy Gale - Vertical lines, horizontal lines, diagonal lines… John loves lines!"

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Basement Breakdown: Better Call Saul S04E02 “Breathe” John Teti and Gus Spelman (formerly of Polite Fight on A.V. Club) analyze: All that swoopy camera movement in Jim and Kimmy’s kitchen scene; the implications of the Bavarian Boy figurine; Blue and gold everywhere!