BETTER CALL SAUL: FIVE-0 A LAWYER'S POINT OF VIEW

LET THE AUDIENCE FINISH THE STORY

I ripped the following quote from a Rolling Stone article.

"You know what happened," Mike says to his daughter-in-law at the end of the episode. "The question is, can you live with it?" He then turns and faces toward the camera, as if asking the audience too. It's a haunting question, since we know what the answer is.
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We already loved Mike, we knew he was a former cop, but we never knew what motivated him.  We found out in grand fashion last night exactly why Mike is Who He Is.  There are so many great articles on the web that delve deeply into the creation of the Mike.  All I want to do is point out what the story tellers did.

As Mike is speaking to his daughter-in-law, he asks her a rhetorical question.  She knows the answer, but she doesn't say it. Mile then turns to us, and I don't know about you, but I answered "yes."

The directors got it spot on.  As a trial lawyer and story teller, we want to leave our audience on the edge of their seats.  One storytelling tactic is to let not overstate it: don't ask the one question to many, don't hammer the final nail in the coffin. Empower the jury to take the nail out of your hands, and use their hammer to shut down the State's case.

P.S., I watch Matlock on YouTube sometimes, but not for his fashion sense.