The Official "Better Call Saul" Season 6 Thread (Final Season)

[Woodrow]

no she was just worried for him…y’all are overanalyzing that scene to the point of it being absurd…he didn’t want to leave her alone with lalo and she didn’t want to leave jimmy alone with him either…that’s it

what could/probably will lead to their breakup tho as a result of this is that she was willing to carry out the deed even tho there was an opportunity to get help from the police…I think she’s going to come to terms with what she’s become or will become due to her love for jimmy (then you couple that with howard’s death/what their lives have turned into)…but there should be no misconception about him trying to save her by getting her out of the apartment…he wanted her away from lalo and she understood that…this wasn’t some sinister well-thought out plan by “saul” to throw her under the bus…it was a desperate plea from a man attempting to save his wife…luckily for them lalo couldn’t care less which one of them went over there

yup. we've been shown time and time again that jimmy has two true soft spots: one was chuck, and the other is kim. at this point, kim is probably the only person he wouldn't sell out to save his own skin. she's also his moral compass, which is why he's been so conflicted ever since SHE started breaking bad.

he pushed her to be the shooter because he wanted her to run, and he was willing to sacrifice himself to keep her safe.

she went and tried to shoot gus because she thought it was the only way to keep jimmy alive.

there is no way jimmy sells out kim to save himself in that moment. after seeing what lalo just did to howard? also, the first thing jimmy did when lalo entered the room was subtly put himself between lalo and kim.

 

[Woodrow]

Nah, the way Howard fukked over all those old folks, he absolutely deserved to die too.

 

[Fctftl]

To clear up any confusion with Saul and Kim last night, this is straight from showrunner Peter Gould himself

AVC: Let’s get to Jimmy and Kim. When he’s trying to convince her to leave the apartment, he’s trying to save her life. And there’s a moment where he’s looking into her eyes, and it feels like he’s not just relieved that she’s agreed to go, but is he almost assuming that this is goodbye?
PG: Oh, yeah. Jimmy feels whoever stays behind in the apartment is going to die. How can you trust Lalo Salamanca? Even if Jimmy or Kim can accomplish this task he’s given him to start with, then it eventually falls to Kim, when they come back, what’s really going to happen? Jimmy knows he’s sacrificing himself at that moment. And interestingly enough, you’re seeing Jimmy trying to work an angle even with Lalo in the apartment. At first, you think it’s obvious, but then you realize he’s trying to trade his life for Kim’s, and he wants her to be safe.

Peter Gould on Better Call Saul's jaw-dropping midseason premiere

Better Call Saul's co-creator breaks down the big Lalo twist as season six returns with episode eight

www.avclub.com

 

[Woodrow]

To clear up any confusion with Saul and Kim last night, this is straight from showrunner Peter Gould himself

Peter Gould on Better Call Saul's jaw-dropping midseason premiere

Better Call Saul's co-creator breaks down the big Lalo twist as season six returns with episode eight

www.avclub.com

i get that he's saul goodman, and saul goodman is 100% weasel. but you really haven't been watching if you think he'd sacrifice kim's life to save himself.

 

[Wig Twistin Season]

i get that he's saul goodman, and saul goodman is 100% weasel. but you really haven't been watching if you think he'd sacrifice kim's life to save himself.

Exactly. How long did he put up with Chuck’s insanity, judgement and jealousy out of love? Saul isn’t loyal to many, but when he is loyal he’ll go through hell or even die for you. He was down for Marco until the end too.

 

[Dylmatic]

How are some of you missing that Lalo sent Kim (didn’t really matter if it was her or Saul) to Gus’s home to draw security from the laundry building?

His plan wasn’t actually to have Gus killed on his front door step. He knew that wasn’t going to be easy with the security detail and definitely not for a virgin shooter. He knew whoever he sent was a dead man/woman.

His plan was to record the facility, show the evidence to Don Eladio, rise from his perceived death like a phoenix from the ashes and gift Don Eladio the meth lab while moving farther up the cartel ladder. Gus showing up was a surprise to him, but he had the drop on them.

Also, NO there’s no tension over Saul sending Kim. He gave her the “save yourself” look and showed he was willing to die so she could possibly escape and go on without him, but she showed her loyalty in that moment. She was willing to kill for her man. In the end, the stress of knowing that they’re in the game and the possibility of violence that will always lurk in the shadows may drive them apart, but not the fact he sent her or that she was willing to go.

The look on their faces at the end goes back to Nacho’s conversation with Saul early on where he told him “the sooner you realize you’re in the game, the better off you’ll be.” Saul and Kim now know they are criminals. That’s where we are. No more denying it.

And the moment Gus learned that Saul "talked Lalo out of it" about sending him instead of Kim is when he realizes something ain't right and decides to go to the lab.

 

[jackswstd]

Gus is one smart muthafukker. He baited Lalo into dying where he was so adamant about finding out what pouring concrete on the south wall was. Having said that, Gus’s hate for the Salamanca’s ended up being his own undoing. It’s amazing storytelling how Gilligan paralleled Gus and Walter into basically being the same person. Walter used Gus’s hate for the Salamanca’s against him, while he used Lalo’s hate of him to outmaneuver him.

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

Gus playing 5D chess when he planted the gun earlier in the season

If he pulls up at the nursing home on his

Gus made his crib a trap home, rather than a trap house. Don't ask me how.

Mike looking at the grave like at the end, knowing the wicked and the just get killed by the game alike.

Seeing a top boy lawyer, and a psychopath drug dealer, in a hole together about to get sealed into the foundations of the superlab - it makes so much sense why there was so much fukkery in BB, surrounding that place. It's like some 'built a housing complex on ancient burial ground' shyt.

 

[ShaDynasty]

Gus playing 5D chess when he planted the gun earlier in the season

If he pulls up at the nursing home on his

Gus made his crib a trap home, rather than a trap house. Don't ask me how.

Mike looking at the grave like at the end, knowing the wicked and the just get killed by the game alike.

Seeing a top boy lawyer, and a psychopath drug dealer, in a hole together about to get into the foundations of the superlab - it makes so much sense why there was so much fukkery in BB, surrounding that place. It's like some 'built a housing complex on ancient burial ground' shyt.

True. I'm rewatching BB S3 atm, and now I'm gonna keep thinking about the dead bodies under the lab

 

[Wig Twistin Season]

And the moment Gus learned that Saul "talked Lalo out of it" about sending him instead of Kim is when he realizes something ain't right and decides to go to the lab.

Yep. He knew there was no way Saul was talking Lalo out of anything after a failed attempt on his life and that it was just a ploy to get things moving in the direction Lalo needed them to move so he could access the laundry.

 

[Woodrow]

Exactly. How long did he put up with Chuck’s insanity, judgement and jealousy out of love? Saul isn’t loyal to many, but when he is loyal he’ll go through hell or even die for you. He was down for Marco until the end too.

if he were to do something like that, it would have to be earned. something would need to happen to change who he is fundamentally, or how he sees kim.

i wouldnt put it past the writers to present this as a precursor to some type of "WTF!?!?" moment down the line that confirms their relationship has changed forever. but as of right now? nah... that is jimmy's ride or die.

 

[aceboon]

well deserved

 

[beenz]

great episode as usual

knew that gun that gus hid in the lab would come into play eventually.

 

[FaTaL]

What makes you think that?

They gotta end her arc quickly and get to gene/saul

 

[TheNatureBoy]

well deserved

Finally