Every time I check ratings on BCS episodes I find trolls who (all season) have been writing poor reviews and giving unreasonable ratings to BCS episodes... and today Jim Mullen Tate (TheFearmakers) is the first. He gave this episode 5 stars (better than the 4 and 1 star ratings he gave earlier episodes). But all inferior to his lofty 7-star rating he gave 'Daddy's Home 2'.
This is a penultimate episode, so it has a specific role. And it does everything you could ask for in that role. There's 3 primary story-lines going this season - the Cartel, the Germans/Mike, and Jimmy/Kim. And when in any other equivalent show has each different story-line been compelling all at the same time?? I can't think of one, especially to this degree. All 3 are beginning to pay off in unique ways, and we're still not through with the season. Some scenes are lighter, some are darker, some are more dramatic, some are more intense... which serve to balance and compliment each other in an incredible way. I have to say... Gilligan's directing and the unspoken motivations he can paint with the camera in any scene is always worth noting. This show has tons of depth - which I've always said. It doesn't ever tell you what's happening... the most important aspects of the story are shown without any dialogue. We already knew what was boiling in Jimmy & Kim's relationship before it all came to a head here. But it never spoils the aftermath. There's a fine line where the actors/writers/director can crank up the drama, just to the level that's appropriate for that character's circumstance. And it's so difficult to watch sometimes, because it looks so real. It feels like a situation I've been in before, which ultimately makes me root for the characters even more.
Lalo continues to prove to be an excellent addition and I think the key to the future of the BB and BCS universe. He's a type of character we haven't scene, and Tony Dalton does a killer job of showing Lalo's personality on the surface, while still projecting a lavish amount of evil subtext, which seems to be a giant wrench in both Nacho's and Gus's current plans. It appears to me that he may be the link between Jimmy's and Nacho's world, and may even play a part in the future Gene story-line. Time will tell.
I think to any objective standard that this show is unequivocally superb. But in my mind you have to have some level of real depth to fully appreciate the themes and the subtle, visual ways they're presented through the characters. Jim Mullen Tate's final analysis of the episode is that it's "mostly just filler, and hardly seems like the head-in to a season finale". Hah, well that's pretty comical. Jim, I don't know what you're looking for. "Daddy's Home 2" is always there if you can't find anything meaningful or real or compelling here. If you have depth, you'll love this show. It's as simple as that.
This is a penultimate episode, so it has a specific role. And it does everything you could ask for in that role. There's 3 primary story-lines going this season - the Cartel, the Germans/Mike, and Jimmy/Kim. And when in any other equivalent show has each different story-line been compelling all at the same time?? I can't think of one, especially to this degree. All 3 are beginning to pay off in unique ways, and we're still not through with the season. Some scenes are lighter, some are darker, some are more dramatic, some are more intense... which serve to balance and compliment each other in an incredible way. I have to say... Gilligan's directing and the unspoken motivations he can paint with the camera in any scene is always worth noting. This show has tons of depth - which I've always said. It doesn't ever tell you what's happening... the most important aspects of the story are shown without any dialogue. We already knew what was boiling in Jimmy & Kim's relationship before it all came to a head here. But it never spoils the aftermath. There's a fine line where the actors/writers/director can crank up the drama, just to the level that's appropriate for that character's circumstance. And it's so difficult to watch sometimes, because it looks so real. It feels like a situation I've been in before, which ultimately makes me root for the characters even more.
Lalo continues to prove to be an excellent addition and I think the key to the future of the BB and BCS universe. He's a type of character we haven't scene, and Tony Dalton does a killer job of showing Lalo's personality on the surface, while still projecting a lavish amount of evil subtext, which seems to be a giant wrench in both Nacho's and Gus's current plans. It appears to me that he may be the link between Jimmy's and Nacho's world, and may even play a part in the future Gene story-line. Time will tell.
I think to any objective standard that this show is unequivocally superb. But in my mind you have to have some level of real depth to fully appreciate the themes and the subtle, visual ways they're presented through the characters. Jim Mullen Tate's final analysis of the episode is that it's "mostly just filler, and hardly seems like the head-in to a season finale". Hah, well that's pretty comical. Jim, I don't know what you're looking for. "Daddy's Home 2" is always there if you can't find anything meaningful or real or compelling here. If you have depth, you'll love this show. It's as simple as that.