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Better Call Saul – Season 5, Episode 2 50% Off

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Better Call Saul – Season 5, Episode 2

50% Off

Aired Feb 24, 2020

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Jimmy's promotional stunt has unintended consequences; Nacho takes extreme measures to earn Lalo's trust; Saul is a success at the courthouse but still has yet to win Kim over; simmering with rage and self-loathing, Mike loses his temper.

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"50% Off" is no bargain chapter, settling the season into Better Call Saul's familiar pace while taking big strides in coalescing the series' parallel worlds.

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Bob Odenkirk

Saul Goodman

Jonathan Banks

Mike Ehrmantraut

Rhea Seehorn

Kim Wexler

Patrick Fabian

Howard Hamlin

Michael Mando

Nacho Varga

Giancarlo Esposito

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Kenny Herzog

New York Magazine/Vulture

02/25/2020

4/5

As the show nears Breaking Bad's timeline, it's even more thrilling (and tragic) to see the whole arc of characters like Mike and Krazy 8.

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Donna Bowman

AV Club

02/25/2020

A-

It's a masterfully choreographed and edited action scene, punctuated by the offhand comic energy of Lalo casually watching it all unfold.

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Steve Greene

IndieWire

02/25/2020

B

Even with seasons' worth of groundwork being laid elsewhere -- on a show that typically delights in showing its work -- "50% Off" seems a bit more mechanical than usual.

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Jade Budowski

Decider

03/17/2020

It's simply another bulletpoint on a long list of things that Better Call Saul does wonderfully. What a treat.

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Lauren Coates

Culturess

03/02/2020

The writers of Better Call Saul and Mando have formed Nacho into a deeply complex figure, and "50% Off" made it abundantly clear that, at his core, Nacho is just a scared son trying to save his father.

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Kevin Lever

Tell-Tale TV

02/25/2020

4.5/5

A spirited return to a status quo, but with Jimmy now riding off to a massive challenge and Mike now lost to his misery, this is becoming a grim status quo.

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Synopsis

Jimmy's promotional stunt has unintended consequences; Nacho takes extreme measures to earn Lalo's trust; Saul is a success at the courthouse but still has yet to win Kim over; simmering with rage and self-loathing, Mike loses his temper.

Director: Norberto Barba
Executive Producer: Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Mark Johnson, Melissa Bernstein, Thomas Schnauz, Diane Mercer, Gordon Smith, Alison Tatlock, Ann Cherkis, Bob Odenkirk, Princess O'Mahoney, Trina Siopy, Jenn Carroll, Alecia Weaver
Screenwriter: Alison Tatlock
Network: AMC
Rating: TV-MA (L)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date: Feb 24, 2020

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