Best Quality Vacuum
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- Nov 7, 2026
About the podcast
Every other Saturday, Gary Butterfield and Kaye Ross look back at some of the best television dramas of all time... Breaking Bad and its related works. We recap each episode and provide our thoughts, along with our usual jokes and stuff. If you like the show, please consider supporting our network, Duckfeed.tv, by going to http://patreon.com/duckfeedtv. RSS Feed: https://www.patreon.com/rss/80117?show=1689796
Episodes 126
Best Quality Vacuum 124: Wine & Roses
With “Wine and Roses” we’ve rounded the bend into one of the finest seasons of television ever aired. The first half of Better Call Saul’s sixth season is a magnificent fakeout, putting our attention on the …
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With “Wine and Roses” we’ve rounded the bend into one of the finest seasons of television ever aired. The first half of Better Call Saul’s sixth season is a magnificent fakeout, putting our attention on the final boss of grifts and pranks that is Kim and Jimmy’s plot against Howard. But there’s Lalos about, and nobody is aware of how everything will collide.
Best Quality Vacuum 123: Season 5 Wrap-Up
Season 5 of Better Call Saul is really good, and we’re still surprised that the DVD features are… also good? They decided to start making them informative! We also read your responses to Season 5, and get ready …
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Season 5 of Better Call Saul is really good, and we’re still surprised that the DVD features are… also good? They decided to start making them informative! We also read your responses to Season 5, and get ready for the final season.
Best Quality Vacuum 122: Something Unforgivable
Season 5 wraps up with a bang as Kim gives the finger guns and completes her transformation into Slippin’ Kimmy… set on staying with Jimmy and ruining Howard’s life. Speaking of ruined lives, uh oh Nacho! And …
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Season 5 wraps up with a bang as Kim gives the finger guns and completes her transformation into Slippin’ Kimmy… set on staying with Jimmy and ruining Howard’s life. Speaking of ruined lives, uh oh Nacho! And Lalo’s not doing great either.
Best Quality Vacuum 121: Bad Choice Road
The cash is in the bag, and the bag is in the courthouse. Lalo walks free and Jimmy gives him a made-up story about what happened in the desert. But the desert follows Jimmy home as he struggles to process the …
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The cash is in the bag, and the bag is in the courthouse. Lalo walks free and Jimmy gives him a made-up story about what happened in the desert. But the desert follows Jimmy home as he struggles to process the carnage he saw, and Lalo outsmarts Gus’s entire operation before making it Jimmy and Kim’s problem. The uninterrupted 16 minute final scene is one of the tensest stretches of this show, so come listen to us gush about it.
Best Quality Vacuum 120: Bagman
With a little help from Mike, Jimmy has managed to do the impossible: get bail release for Lalo “Jorge de Guzman” Salamanca after the grisly murder of Fred Whalen. One hitch in the plan is that the $7 million …
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With a little help from Mike, Jimmy has managed to do the impossible: get bail release for Lalo “Jorge de Guzman” Salamanca after the grisly murder of Fred Whalen. One hitch in the plan is that the $7 million dollars in cash needs a ride, and that results in some… complications. Does this pseudo-bottle episode keep working after its spectacle wears off?
Best Quality Vacuum 119: JMM
This episode is a very strong argument for having initials that can’t be twisted around to make a motto that will haunt you for the rest of your days. The Jimmy and cartel plot lines collide as Lalo enlists him …
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This episode is a very strong argument for having initials that can’t be twisted around to make a motto that will haunt you for the rest of your days. The Jimmy and cartel plot lines collide as Lalo enlists him to arrange for bond, so he can escape being imprisoned for the murder of Fred Whalen. The problem is? He has to pick up the money.
Best Quality Vacuum 118: Wexler v. Goodman
This standout episode of season five sees the culmination of Jimmy and Kim’s plot against Kevin Wachtell… even if Kim tried to pull the plug at the last minute. This leads to a blow up with a very unpredictable …
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This standout episode of season five sees the culmination of Jimmy and Kim’s plot against Kevin Wachtell… even if Kim tried to pull the plug at the last minute. This leads to a blow up with a very unpredictable outcome that gives us a lot to chew on.
Best Quality Vacuum 117: Dedicado a Max
Mike did a whoopsie and nearly got himself killed, so Gus kidnapped him to Mexico to heal him or make a very important point. Meanwhile, Kim and Jimmy start putting together a plan to save Mr. Acker's land.
Best Quality Vacuum 116: Namaste
When Howard sweeps in to give Jimmy the job offer he's waited more than a decade for, Jimmy has a... paradoxical reaction. Meanwhile Kim, Kim enlists his help with the Acker situation, and Gus sacrifices a lot …
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When Howard sweeps in to give Jimmy the job offer he's waited more than a decade for, Jimmy has a... paradoxical reaction. Meanwhile Kim, Kim enlists his help with the Acker situation, and Gus sacrifices a lot of money to get the DEA off his back. Also, we argue over whether or not Mike was trying to commit suicide by dude.
Best Quality Vacuum 115: The Guy for This
Someone call Powerman 5000 because we’ve found out what it’s like when worlds collide. Following a cartoonish affair last episode, Jimmy’s plot and the cartel plot run straight into each other as Lalo reaches …
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Someone call Powerman 5000 because we’ve found out what it’s like when worlds collide. Following a cartoonish affair last episode, Jimmy’s plot and the cartel plot run straight into each other as Lalo reaches out to Jimmy to help clean up the mess with Krazy-8’s arrest.
Best Quality Vacuum 114: 50 Percent Off
What harm could deep deep discounts cause? There’s no way they could set off a chain reaction that leads directly or indirectly to the creation of a Heisenberg, right?
Best Quality Vacuum 113: Magic Man
Season five begins with the (legal) creation of Saul Goodman, an alter ego Jimmy creates for his new law practice that lets him finally step out of his brother’s shadow. But Kim isn’t very happy with this, or …
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Season five begins with the (legal) creation of Saul Goodman, an alter ego Jimmy creates for his new law practice that lets him finally step out of his brother’s shadow. But Kim isn’t very happy with this, or Jimmy’s more brazen scheming. Meanwhile, Gus and Mike deal with the aftermath of Werner Ziegler’s escape, and Lalo’s new suspicion about their plans.
Best Quality Vacuum 113: Magic Man
Editor's Note: Due to an upload error, this is being uploaded out of order. Whoops!Season five begins with the (legal) creation of Saul Goodman, an alter ego Jimmy creates for his new law practice that lets him …
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Editor's Note: Due to an upload error, this is being uploaded out of order. Whoops!
Season five begins with the (legal) creation of Saul Goodman, an alter ego Jimmy creates for his new law practice that lets him finally step out of his brother’s shadow. But Kim isn’t very happy with this, or Jimmy’s more brazen scheming. Meanwhile, Gus and Mike deal with the aftermath of Werner Ziegler’s escape, and Lalo’s new suspicion about their plans.
Best Quality Vacuum 112: Season 4 Wrap-Up
In this episode we say auf wiedersehen to season 4 by talking about the scant special features and deleted scenes on the DVDs, and we read your responses.
Best Quality Vacuum 111: Winner
Whether or not Jimmy actually misses Chuck, or feels bad about what happened between them, is all up for debate. What’s not up for debate is that Jimmy has to put on a big sad smile and stage the biggest …
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Whether or not Jimmy actually misses Chuck, or feels bad about what happened between them, is all up for debate. What’s not up for debate is that Jimmy has to put on a big sad smile and stage the biggest display of grief ever. And speaking of grief: we lose Werner Ziegler too soon.
Best Quality Vacuum 110: Wedersehn
We hope you’re ready for some really big emotions! Kim and Jimmy’s inability to talk to each other blows up in their faces as Jimmy gets rejected for his BAR reinstatement. Meanwhile, we’ve got Lalos about …
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We hope you’re ready for some really big emotions! Kim and Jimmy’s inability to talk to each other blows up in their faces as Jimmy gets rejected for his BAR reinstatement. Meanwhile, we’ve got Lalos about, poking into Gus’s business, which is a big problem because Werner’s gonna make a break for it.
Best Quality Vacuum 109: Coushatta
If Jimmy wants to be a lawyer again, he needs Huell to not go to jail for lightly sandwiching a cop. Therefore, we need to commit some mail fraud. Meanwhile Werner Ziegler seals his fate, and Nacho has gone …
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If Jimmy wants to be a lawyer again, he needs Huell to not go to jail for lightly sandwiching a cop. Therefore, we need to commit some mail fraud. Meanwhile Werner Ziegler seals his fate, and Nacho has gone full Party Jesse mode.
Best Quality Vacuum 108: Something Stupid
Jimmy gets jealous over Kim's office, Mike tries to solve a workplace dispute, Gus is pleased with Hector's progress and ends his treatment.
Best Quality Vacuum 107: Piñata
Mike deals his outburst at therapy, Kim loses interest in her Mesa Verde work, Jimmy gets into the party decorating business.
Best Quality Vacuum 106: Quite a Ride
Jimmy starts a side hustle. Kim is loving pro bono work. Mike starts his new life... under the ground.
Best Quality Vacuum 105: Talk
Jimmy is really good at selling cell phones, Gus has Victor make some moves, Mike calls out a fake at his support group.
Best Quality Vacuum 104: Something Beautiful
Dr. Caldera sees a new patient, Gus keeps the drugs flowing, Jimmy convinces a friend to get into collectables with him.
Best Quality Vacuum 103: Breathe
Jimmy looks for a new job, but gets interested in figurine collecting instead. Kim has some harsh words to share with Howard. Gus explains to Nacho the terms of their agreement.
Best Quality Vacuum 102: Smoke
Jimmy mourns. Howard mourns. Mike makes himself at home at his new job.
Best Quality Vacuum 101: BCS Season 3 Wrap Up
And we're already halfway through Better Call Saul! Buckle up, cowboys!
Best Quality Vacuum 100: Lantern
Kim needs some recovery time, Hector says his last words, Jimmy sets the record straight for the Sandpiper residents.
Best Quality Vacuum 99: Fall
Jimmy has to remind his former clients he is not currently a practicing lawyer, Howard suggests Chuck moves on from HHM, Irene gets a new pair of shoes.
Best Quality Vacuum 98: Slip
Jimmy gets a new guitar. Mike starts working for Madrigal. Kim takes adds more work to her already full plate.
Best Quality Vacuum 97: Expenses
Saul shoots another commercial. Jimmy is out of money. Mike takes a new job.
Best Quality Vacuum 96: Off Brand
Jimmy can no longer practice the law. Saul starts shooting commercials.
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