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Wherein we relive what must have been perhaps Jimmy's finest moment as Brother Chuck vouches for him at the Bar and then crushes a karaoke duet, Werner makes a break for it for a rendezvous with his wife, with Mike in hot pursuit and Lalo in hot pursuit of Mike (RIP MoneyGram dude), Jimmy ramps up the fake mourning on the year anniversary of Chuck's death, apparently with Kim's full support, in order to garner sympathy for his case to become a lawyer again, Lalo has a phone call with Werner, Jimmy writes big checks and hands out scholarships in his pursuit of reinstatement, Werner admires the stars in New Mexico, Jimmy ostensibly lectures a scholarship loser with a battle plan that is really Saul's, Mike becomes fully Gus's bitch, Gale checks out the half-completed SuperLab and offers to whip up a little something-something, Jimmy's gives the speech of his lifetime at the appeal hearing, successfully conning "those assholes" into believing what he said about Chuck, Kim turns out to be one of those very asshol

Wherein Kim and Jimmy Do It Again in Beautiful Downtown Lubbock, Lalo and Nacho pay Gus a visit and Lalo makes an odd proposition, the Germans blow stuff up, Jimmy's long-awaited hearing doesn't go as rehearsed or hoped, Werner suffers a touch of angst and a potentially terminal case of homesickness, Mike does what Mike does, Jimmy and Kim have a massive blowup as Kim finally gets it through to Jimmy that he must let the dream of Wexler/McGill and we finally learn the story of How Hector Got His Bell...

Endgame Podcasts dials in Better Call Saul S4E8 - Coushatta Written by Gordon Smith Directed by Jim McKay Wherein we return to a regular, plot-oriented cold open as Jimmy embarks on his journey to Coushatta in order to mail-bomb the judge in Huell's case per Kim's devious strategy, which succeeds completely and gives Kim another taste of how the other half lives even as she slides into a stupor of boredom at a Mesa Verde meeting, the Germans finally get their night out on the town, with the surprise that Kai, while indeed getting into trouble, isn't the one who gets into the MOST trouble, and we get the return of Nacho (yay!) who appears to have moved up a notch in the Salamanca organization and now boasts an nice house with matching house-hoes and yet seems interested only in stockpiling enough cash for him and his father to split to Canada, and we finally, FINALLY meet Lalo...

Endgame Podcasts' Post-Emmy Rage Special Television's second Golden Age draws to a close as the 70th annual Emmy Awards piles heaps of dirt onto its grave in a self-congratulatory, pretty much lily-white clusterfuck and in the process drawing the lowest ratings ever for an Emmy telecast and generating more than enough controversy and INCORRECTLY AWARDED EMMYS for EndGame hosts Misha and Jambone to have plenty of beef with the whole sordid affair. Tune in as they lay into the show, the winners, the losers and the utterly unconscionable snubbing of Keri Russell and the miserable season of the show that did win Best Drama. This is a no-holds barred rage fest and anyone even slightly familiar with EndGame Podcasts will know the reason why, and most likely agree!

Endgame Podcasts dials in Better Call Saul S4E7 - Something Stupid Written by Alison Tatlock Directed by Deborah Chow Wherein the artsy cold opens continue with a split-screen time-jumping montage of Jimmy and Kim's relationship slowly devolving over the course of 8 or 9 months, Mike speaks German, the Germans take longer than anticipated on the Big Dig, Jimmy ruins the party for Kim, Kim collects trophies, Jimmy shops for a new location for his law practice, Hector ogles a nurse, Gus notices, Huell gets arrested, Kim has a plan, and we finally learn that if you need to call, buy from SAUL GOODMAN...

Endgame Podcasts dials in Better Call Saul S4E6 -  Pinata Written by Gennifer Hutchison Directed by Andrew Stanton Wherein we time-travel again for the cold open, this time bouncing back to the days when Kim and Jimmy worked in the HHM mailroom, while in the current timeline Howard gives Jimmy the check for $5,000, Jimmy gives Howard some tough love, Kim gives the banking account to Schweikart and Cokely so she can handle more PD overflow cases, Jimmy uses his fast cash for another round of cell phone flipping but takes precautions to ensure a different outcome this time with the Three Youths, Mike sets up the living quarters for the Big Dig crew, Jimmy weeps more for one of his elderly clients than he did for his brother, and we learn a little more about what a sick, twisted, evil little fuck Gus really is

Endgame Podcasts dials in Better Call Saul S4E5 - Quite A Ride Written by Ann Cherkis Directed by Michael Morris Wherein we bounce forward in time to the Breaking Bad Endtimes to witness Saul bugging out of his famous office, Jimmy's cell-phone idea begins to pay off, until it doesn't, Kim takes on some PD cases and in the process, perhaps intentionally or at least subconsciously, fumbles a big Mesa Verde play, and we learn what last' week's Big Ask by Gus to Mike was, as Mike oversees the recruitment of the engineer that will dig the hole which will ultimately become Gale Botecher's, and then Walter White's massive subterranean meth lab....

WARNING: This podcast contains unrestrained spoilers and references to future episodes and events - listen ONLY if you are completely caught up on the ENTIRE SERIES! Wherein EndGame hosts Jambone and Tsar Misha get their trading game on as they take an in-depth look back at the first three seasons of the Showtime hit Billions. This week they look at Axe melting down, Chuck sniveling, Wendy smirking and a big insight into the life/lives of the World's Cheapest Multimillionaire, Dollar Bill Stern, in our review of events in Season 1, Episodes 5-8.

Wherein Mike talks, Jimmy gets a new job to counter Kim's suggestion he see a shrink to help him deal with Chuck's death, Mike talks, Victor sets up the proprietors of the Meth Courtyard Motor Inn, Mike talks, Jimmy bounces a ball and finds Inspirado from Ira, Mike talks, Kim feels a bit of wanderlust for the trenches of the courthouse, Mike talks, Nacho and the Cousins (well, mostly the Cousins) seek vengeance at the Motor Inn thanks to Victors setup, Mike talks, Gus counsels Nacho, Mike talks, the Cousins hightail it down to Mexico, Mike talks, Anita and Mike flirt shamelessly in the diner, Mike makes cement, Gus summons Mike, and we learn that the Ask is....

Wherein few words are spoken as Nacho becomes Swiss cheese, Mike declines an offer from Jimmy, or was that Saul, The Cousins arrive to save Nacho by pulling a South Park homage and taking him to the Skeeviest Vet in the ABQ, who fixes Nacho but blows it when Jimmy, or is that Saul, approaches him for a Hummel thief hookup, Kim returns to work for a Mesa Verde now on steroids and aiming to conquer the West, Jimmy sells Ira on the Hummel job but has to come rescue him, Gus's subterfuge appears to succeed as Juan Bolsa OK's Gus finding a local supplier, Kim gets upset at Jimmy's reaction to Chuck's letter, Gus visits Gale Boetticher (!) to get the lowdown on the local meth quality, and we learn that if it weren't for Jessie Pinkman, Gale could very well have gone on to a successful career at Axe Captial....

WARNING: This podcast contains unrestrained spoilers and references to future episodes and events - listen ONLY if you are completely caught up on the ENTIRE SERIES! Wherein EndGame hosts Jambone and Tsar Misha  are joined by a very special guest, the one and only FBI Mail Robot, for an insightful and enlightening interview before they dive3 into the episode, continuing to seek some degree of solace for themselves and for all fans of the show, now that The Americans has ended, by looking back and exploring the many character arcs and themes that resonate throughout the entire series, noting how events in each season both echo and foreshadow events to come in subsequent seasons, from the pilot to the Series Finale. This week they look at Season 3, Episode 8 - Divestment.

Wherein host Slippin' Jimmy Jambone returns from vacation in time to plumb the depths of Jimmy's manic/dual personality issues that seem to be developing in the wake of Chuck's death, Kim throws it down bigtime against Howard, who seems a shadow of the man he was when the series began, Lydia's indignence over Mike, you know, doing his actual fake job grows until she is unceremoniously smacked down by Gus, Nacho tries to assure his dad that it's all over, but when he tries to represent the Salamancas in negotiations over that extra kilo his partner gets bagged and tagged by Gus and Nacho learns he has a new boss, and we learn that the Cousins aren't mute, they just don't like talking that much, unless it's about neurophysiology....

Wherein host Slippin' Jimmy Jambone takes a vacation, leaving host Misha Salamanca and special guest Dysonsphere to ponder the events of the Season 4 premiere, including an increasingly paranoid Cinnabon Gene, the smoldering physical and emotional aftermath of Chuck's self-immolation leading to a very silent Jimmy for most of the episode, Nacho's struggles to get rid of the evidence of his surreptitious swap-out of Hectors pills under the increasingly suspicious eye of Gus Fring, the apparent completion of Howard's 180 degree turn from villain to sympathetic character, Mike's loss of a windbreaker and a whole lotta his ill-gotten cash and the ensuing Take Your Ehrmentraut To Work Day montage,  Howard's confession to Jimmy regarding who bears the guilt of Chuck's death and the Kim-Side-Eye earning change it brings in Jimmy's demeanor, yet leaving us hanging on perhaps the biggest question in the entire Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul universe - who the hell is Bobby H. and why does he want Tina to keep reaching

WARNING: This podcast contains unrestrained spoilers and references to future episodes and events - listen ONLY if you are completely caught up on the ENTIRE SERIES! Wherein EndGame hosts Jambone and Tsar Misha  continue to seek some degree of solace for themselves and for all fans of the show, now that The Americans has ended, by looking back and exploring the many character arcs and themes that resonate throughout the entire series, noting how events in each season both echo and foreshadow events to come in subsequent seasons, from the pilot to the Series Finale. This week they look at an episode that somehow only took 45 minutes to podcast about, leaving them shaking their heads and acknowledging that even a show like The Americans has its place-holder episodes, Season 3, Episode 7 - Walter Taffet.

WARNING: This podcast contains unrestrained spoilers and references to future episodes and events - listen ONLY if you are completely caught up on the ENTIRE SERIES! Wherein EndGame hosts Jambone and Tsar Misha get their trading game on as they take an in-depth look back at the first three seasons of the Showtime hit Billions. This week they lay the foundations with analysis of the main characters and a review of events in Season 1, Episodes 1-4.

WARNING: This podcast contains unrestrained spoilers and references to future episodes and events - listen ONLY if you are completely caught up on the ENTIRE SERIES! Wherein EndGame hosts Jambone and Tsar Misha are again joined by @Dysonsphere as they all continue to seek some degree of solace for themselves and for all fans of the show, now that The Americans has ended, by looking back and exploring the many character arcs and themes that resonate throughout the entire series, noting how events in each season both echo and foreshadow events to come in subsequent seasons, from the pilot to the Series Finale. This week they look at an episode that makes they all agree is one of the most tightly written episodes of the season, and maybe of the entire show, Season 3, Episode 6 - Born Again.

WARNING: This podcast contains unrestrained spoilers and references to future episodes and events - listen ONLY if you are completely caught up on the ENTIRE SERIES! Wherein EndGame hosts Jambone and Tsar Misha seek some degree of solace for themselves and for all fans of the show, now that The Americans has ended by looking back and exploring the many character arcs and themes that resonate throughout the entire series, noting how events in each season both echo and foreshadow events to come in subsequent seasons, from the pilot to the Series Finale. This week they look at an episode that makes both Jambone and Misha's list of favorites, Season 3, Episode 5 - Salang Pass.

WARNING: This podcast contains unrestrained spoilers and references to future episodes and events - listen ONLY if you are completely caught up on the ENTIRE SERIES! Wherein EndGame hosts Jambone and Tsar Misha, joined by first-time guest Jasmine from @damnfinetv, seek some degree of solace for themselves and for all fans of the show, now that The Americans has ended by looking back and exploring the many character arcs and themes that resonate throughout the entire series, noting how events in each season both echo and foreshadow events to come in subsequent seasons, from the pilot to the Series Finale. This week they look at another of Misha's favorites, Season 3, Episode 4 - Dimebag.

Wherein Misha, Jambone and Lady Jen of House Stark try their best to make their way through the exhausting season finale and unscramble Bernard's scrambled memories of just what the fuck happened in the Forge, or the Door, at which point in time, in the elevator, in the Forge, on the beach, poor Elsie, wait is that Ford, The Man in Black lends a hand, in the elevator, wait what, in the elevator, killed Dolores, fucking Sizemore, on the beach, Bernard's scrambled memories, on the beach, with Ford, I killed them all, Mave's Revenge, in the elevator, Akecheta, gesundheit, I killed you all, Logan in the Matrix, in the Forge, a library of lies, on the beach, in the seaplane, in the thing, is it now?

WARNING: This podcast contains unrestrained spoilers and references to future episodes and events - listen ONLY if you are completely caught up on the ENTIRE SERIES! Wherein EndGame hosts Jambone and Tsar Misha are joined by self-proclaimed extraction expert and frequent guest DysonSphere, seek some degree of solace for themselves and for all fans of the show, now that The Americans has ended by looking back and exploring the many character arcs and themes that resonate throughout the entire series, noting how events in each season both echo and foreshadow events to come in subsequent seasons, from the pilot to the Series Finale. This week they look at one of Dyson's favorites, Season 3, Episode 3 - Open House.