"Marco" didn't grab me as much as "Pimento" did, but any show that has lines like,
"Sorry I called you a pig fucker" and
"It’s like watching Miles Davis give up the trumpet. It’s just a waste, that’s all I’m saying” is the kind of funny
and smart television I can't give up on too quickly.
The bingo hall monologue was both protracted and painful. It's Bob Odenkirk baring Slippin' Jimmy's soul and I felt as uncomfortably weirded-out by his meltdown as the geezers watching him. The way they play with time on Better Call Saul is really daring for TV where every moment someone is speaking or doing something. Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould are willing to risk boring the audience with extended periods of silence and speechifying.
For me it works. It works brilliantly.
Slippin' Jimmy took a giant step to becoming Saul Goodman and I for one am all-in for the journey.