Better Call Saul 6x9 Reaction: Fun and Games

The final season is here!! Hope you enjoy as I react to and review Better Call Saul Season 6 Episode 9 "Fun and Games"! #BetterCallSaul #BetterCallSaulSeason6
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[@victorsullivan9107]

“What’s done can be undone”, Jimmy says while standing in the exact spot Howard was killed. This is brutal

[@TheOnlyAndEgg]

Jimmy McGill was killed right where Howard was

[@edsfilmicforays5733]

'What's done cannot be undone.' Lady Macbeth - Act V.i Macbeth. The BCS writers only borrow from the best.

[@schmuck.on.wheels]

@@edsfilmicforays5733 Immediately what I thought of too, Jimmy and Kim do have a bit of a Macbeth/Lady Macbeth dynamic (Lady Macbeth is made of sterner stuff).

[@musliboy2430]

@@schmuck.on.wheels and towards the end, Kim seemed more evil

[@SidPhoenix2211]

The last look between Mike and Gus was "a little hate is okay. So long as you know who you're working for."

[@ObscureOutlaw]

Holy shit dude… this fuckin show

[@PERC_-ANGLE]

Not really.. looked more like a silent thank you from Gus.

[@dog-eared6991]

@@PERC_-ANGLE it 100% is the hate thing

[@MFBloosh]

@@dog-eared6991 It's a little bit of both, but Mike could never hate Gus as much as Gus hates Eladio. Mike is by Gus' side until the very end, and even rushes back to get rid of Walt as soon as he hears about Gus' demise. You think Gus is gonna jump up and help Eladio? Nah, the exact opposite happened. So there's levels to hatred, but there's also a mutual respect between Gus and Mike. Almost like an everyday Employee/Employer relationship where they get on each other's nerves, but at the end of the day work perfectly together and benefit from each other. Gus didn't get no benefits from Eladio, only blood.

[@elusiverogue5303]

No? It’s more of respect than anything.

[@bendover04me]

The implication that Howard committed suicide in an open, serene, and scenic place when in reality he’s buried in an unmarked dark shallow hole under the lab with his murderer is just fucking depressing.

[@themoviedealers]

As we see from the pictures at the memorial service (taken from Patrick Fabians own Instagram) Howard was outdoorsy sometimes so that spot for suicide would not be out of place. Perfect frame up once again. And the police have zero suspicions, aren't going to anything. The whole possibility brushed aside by one line from Mike.

[@TrueRetroflection]

Hurts even more, knowing that Fabian is/was an avid surfer

[@SunilMathew4]

Chuck's dead, Howard's dead, Kim's no longer a lawyer. Now Jimmy can use his 'World's Greatest Lawyer' mug and actually believe it's true.

[@mlgamings6110]

I love how when Kim breaks up with Jimmy. It's not "this was all your fault" or "you were a bad influence on me." Kim recognized that she was just as responsible for everything as Jimmy was. She was a player. They were the perfect couple for each other. But the worst couple for the rest of the world. So Kim tried to do the 'right thing.'

[@kevinmalone584]

If anything Kim was worse. Jimmy got her to that point but Kim had more evil schemes. Atleast she’s more self aware tho

[@deuce5546]

It's the perfect climax for the character

[@hinasakukimi]

​@@kevinmalone584 idk about people continuing to say kim was 'worse', jimmy did become a 'friend of the cartel' after all. i think the main difference between them is that kim's evil scheme had *really* flimsy motivations e.g. howard bruised her pride and unintentionally hurt jimmy. like... that's hardly a good justification. she's actually somewhat similar to walt in that way. she had to create some moral justification when really it was just 'fun' (until it wasn't).

[@carlosandres7006]

They were poison. Zafiro añejo

[@madz3531]

@@hinasakukimi but jimmy never chose that they kept threatening him and even if he had a choice all he did was his job which is being a lawyer and helping clients even if they were "bad people"

[@TomJones-wx5on]

The cut from the breakup to current Saul is the saddest thing I've seen in months. You can draw a straight line from Jimmy's sadness to this insane character he's using to constantly be moving and drown out his sorrow. It makes the BB Saul much sadder to watch.

[@prettyteeth]

Easily the best transition in the series. Just perfect.

[@jeannielumley2478]

and how he mentions his xanax guy.. and how he needs it today. made me sad

[@DoubleMonoLR]

Howard was utterly innocent and murdered in the episode immediately prior..

[@vincecxf]

@@jeannielumley2478 exactly what I thought

[@1trumantucker1]

Love how Kim tells Howard’s wife that she noticed him snorting something a year and a half ago….same amount of time Howard says things changed with his marriage….

[@paulbarrette4271]

Planting the seed that Cheryl was partially responsible for the supposed addiction and suicide. Brutal.

[@alliecohen6238]

And then saying "you were his wife, you would have known" - knowing they were estranged and not sleeping together or getting along. Twisting the corkscrew and making Cheryl feel the weight of guilt. Kind of like how Jimmy let Howard sit with the blame for chucks suicide. But Kim is even more brutal and more gut wrenching. Jimmy talks of his jealousy for Howard, using actual truth and people's emotional connection to the truth, to manipulate people. Kim uses lies to manipulate and the truth to try to set herself free, or punish herself.

[@pencil6965]

Evil

[@oliver-04]

Don Eladio’s impression of Hector was so funny💀 «ding ding ding ding» and then Bolsa just looking over at him

[@kentinson1670]

Even Bolsa isn't sure to go along or just stay silent. Eladio is just that unpredictable

[@TheGrimHHH]

Jimmy says in the beginning of the episode that one day they'll wake up and realize they haven't thought about all the bad stuff that happened. That lines up with the cut from Kim and Jimmy breaking up to him living as Saul Goodman full time. He woke up and didn't think about Kim at all, being Saul Goodman is his way of coping with losing everyone he cared about. Brilliant writing. PS: We're waiting for your Mr. Robot reactions on YT, Brandon. 👀

[@cliffendicott7832]

Jimmy's line in the break-up scene, "You make me happy," was devastating.

[@CraigKostelecky]

The line that hit me harder was Kim's, "I love you too, but so what?" :'(

[@schmuck.on.wheels]

@@CraigKostelecky Yeah in an interview, she said in that take Bob Odenkirk's delivery of "I love you" felt so desperate and emotionally raw that she struggled to say her line in response. Such a perfect scene.

[@freem8son86]

I think you're spot on about the abrupt cut representing that it was the first day that Jimmy woke up without remembering everything that happened.

[@JohnathanLaFey]

“one day you’re gonna wake up, take a shower, brush your teeth go about your business” brutal

[@hugosinclair1273]

my favourite detail is that the "Let justice be done, though the heavens fall" line is something that Chuck says in season 3 of the show. Although that abrupt cut emphasises that it was losing Kim that made him full Saul, him using a phrase he picked up from his brother is a reminder of what set him on this path, and that he has become exactly what Chuck was so afraid of. What a masterpiece man

[@themoviedealers]

A chimp with a machine gun.

[@therealwelfin]

What a sick joke

[@alliecohen6238]

Mr Varga also reminds us not to confuse justice with revenge. So if justice is to be done though the heavens fall -- what is justice here?? Or is justice ever done? When Chuck says it he believes it. When Jimmy says it it's him using it as a shiny tag line in his tacky facade as a lawyer. If chucks belief and use of that line was true blue (or true golden) then Jimmy's use of that line is as gold plating, looks like the real thing on the outside but the facade is shallow and covers up the junk

[@eighthdoctor]

1:56-2:00 - Love how they did this with the blood being mopped up then the cut to some sort of red (tomato?) sauce, just like they did in the _Boxcutter_ episode of BrBa where they were mopping up Victor's blood then the next shot was Jesse swirling a chip/fry around in ketchup. 😉

[@christucker7655]

yeh and the shot also looked similar to the shot of Walt cleaning up emelios body after he got dissolved in acid

[@SamboNice]

Gotta say, your reactions are so much more interesting and insightful than the majority of other channels on KZbin, always look forward to these.

[@PERC_-ANGLE]

On God man. So many others basically just repeat what happens in the episode lol. It’s so cringe

[@ghxstleader485]

Nothing beats L&M though.

[@daniloassis8958]

Brandon the GOAT for real, always wait for his reactions the most. but Nikki & Steven and Jimmy Macram are pretty great too

[@mojdoj]

He’s decent, and a pleasant personality. He also misses a lot of subtext. LM Reactions make some truly insightful commentary!

[@BoojieD]

I like how he doesn’t overplay the reactions. He also gives just the right amount of cinematography appreciation

[@miss.brun0]

How abruptly it cuts from Jimmy’s argument with Kim to Saul in his lavish mansion, waking aside a hooker, is so well done. No time to process. No time to know what happened. The viewer is firmly in Saul’s shoes. No closure (at least yet). Unanswered questions. So many. And it’s perfect. I wouldn’t have it any other way. It is so befitting of Saul and this show’s tone to go “yup, this traumatizing life event happened. Saul and Kim ruined a man’s career, got him tragically and pointlessly murdered, and broke up. So anyways; Better Call Saul! Haha!!”

[@PikesvilleAl]

No it is chicken shit writing. A total cop out

[@williamdavis8076]

@@PikesvilleAl I was also somewhat disappointed, but you don’t have to be rude about it. You can just say you didn’t like it.

[@miss.brun0]

@@PikesvilleAl jeez

[@miss.brun0]

@@PikesvilleAl also I have to completely disagree. What would they put in between those two? Kim would leave, and that’s about it. We don’t need a bunch of montages of Jimmy dealing with it. That’s not the kind of person he is anymore. Someone else in the comments said “we can draw a straight line from Kim leaving Jimmy, to Jimmy fully becoming Saul as a method of coping with everything he’s lost.” I think many people forget how sad Jimmy is deep down. Saul isn’t sad. Jimmy is. Saul was born out of Jimmy’s desire to shove down his emotions and his heart. Jimmy wouldn’t have to take the beating of life. Saul could take it for him. Giving the viewer nothing to see, nothing to grasp, just jumping immediately, puts us in Jimmy’s shoes. He didn’t take time to compartmentalize. He didn’t take time to grieve. In his own words, he woke up one day and realized he didn’t think about it at all. Any of it. He shoved it all down and fully became Saul Goodman. A sleazy, filthy facade over the face of a good hearted, troubled man.

[@bryjam]

​@@PikesvilleAl How is it a cop out? What more is there to explain? Everything has been set up for Jimmy to become Saul Goodman. As soon as Kim leaves, Jimmy is gone. No further explanation needed.

[@brownsey1]

Gus's wine scene was great. Complete flip on what we've seen from him more generally. The fact he sits there clearly contemplating his past, and Max's death, and then abruptly leaves, shows that he can never really get close to anyone again. He's in this game for vengeance and to be King. Maybe if he was King he could have a relationship again, but the blood red wine made him think at that moment.

[@watchfighting571]

im pretty sure he said he had a wine like the one they were talking about at home, to get the guy to go home with him. But it went over the guys head completely, so he just gave up on it and left. Was it common knowledge before this that gus was into men btw? cus it took me kinda by suprise.

[@flackorms]

@@watchfighting571 it wasn’t “common knowledge” per se but most fans assumed so after the eladio/hector flashback with gus’s “business partner” in season 4

[@schmuck.on.wheels]

@@watchfighting571 I don't think it went over the guy's head at all. His response was implying that he'd love to join him on the "special occasion", Gus just decided to back out after reflecting on revenge mission.

[@brownsey1]

@@watchfighting571 I think it's been spoken about since Breaking Bad times but wasn't common knowledge. It personally went over my head when watching Breaking Bad initially, although lots of things do 😅, but it became apparent in Saul. I did a rewatch of BB recently and it's heavily hinted in the scene where Max gets killed. Hector makes jokes about them being gay and Max even pauses briefly when explaining what Gus is to him.

[@benedikth.9803]

Yeah, too bad it was cut from this reaction

[@SidPhoenix2211]

Vince Gilligan didn't do this episode, but he will be writing & directing Episode 12. Michelle MacLaren (she directed the highest number of BrBa episodes, and a few BCS episodes) is returning to direct the next one (written by Alison Tatlock). Thomas Schnauz is writing & directing Ep. 11. Peter Gould is writing & directing the last one. GOAT'd lineup

[@hunterwolff-schollmeyer3902]

All three creators of this universe get one last hurrah. Vince and Thomas came up with Breaking Bad like 20 years ago and Peter Gould of course created Saul Goodman and has run this show in addition to being heavily involved in Breaking Bad.

[@SidPhoenix2211]

@@hunterwolff-schollmeyer3902 pretty sure that Peter Gould was working at BrBa since S01. Thomas Schnauz joined a little later in S03, I think But yes, your point stands. All prominent figures in the BrBa verse

[@Cyborganna]

I hope they're brave enough to use the Breaking Bad intro, or at least have it glitch into the BCS one..... ...... I'll weep if they do!💗💗

[@hunterwolff-schollmeyer3902]

@@SidPhoenix2211 I corrected it. But thank you. And I vividly remember an interview where Vince Gilligan said he had Tom Schunaz came up with the idea for Breaking Bad when they were just joking around many many years ago.

[@SidPhoenix2211]

@@hunterwolff-schollmeyer3902 yeah, i believe you are right. they were in-between jobs and discussing this article about this guy who started cooking meth to make money. and then they discussed and jokes about getting a big RV and cooking meth in it.

[@b0zzman]

"I love seeing him like this" me who is uncontrollably sobbing that Jimmy is dead and that he is now just a husk of a man

[@basstian]

The director was Michael Morris, who previously worked on House of Cards, Preacher, 13 Reasons Why and others. He did five Saul episodes in total, all of them masterpieces: Quite a Ride (the one that kicks off with a time-jump to BrBa, even shot on film), The Guy for This (re-introducing Hank and Gomez), Wexler v. Goodman (with a similar scene in their apartment, but that time it'd ended with a proposal), Wine and Roses (S6 premiere) and this one. An extraordinary artist.

[@mem1701movies]

A lot of reactors start off normal then start going overboard and “acting.” They really get insufferable. This guy has stayed the same and seems genuine.

[@CraigKostelecky]

I love the collective knowledge and passion from the fans of BCS. This is how well they have narrowed down the timeline jump. This is copied from the wikia: "After the time jump, as Saul is driving into his office, it is stated in the radio that the S&P 500 rose by 5 points the prior day. If you narrow down this period to November 1, 2004 - November 30, 2005 (based on the license plate expiring in November, 2005), the only day the S&P 500 rose by exactly 5 points is February 10, 2005. Therefore, the next day when he’s driving into work would be February 11, 2005." So that would be 33 weeks (8 months) after Kim left and still almost 4½ years until Saul meets Walt and just over 5 years before Saul becomes Gene.

[@comeatmebro8120]

Small correction: Saul meets Walt in 2008 so it would be around 3 ½ years before they meet

[@CraigKostelecky]

@@comeatmebro8120 Whoops. My spreadsheet was looking at the starting date of the episode and not the ending date when it did that subtraction (and I didn’t even think to check it)

[@comeatmebro8120]

@@CraigKostelecky No biggie, it's such a minor thing that it probably wasn't even worth pointing out

[@CraigKostelecky]

@@comeatmebro8120 I’m glad you noticed or else I wouldn’t have noticed the error in my spreadsheet.

[@maceomaceo11]

What I find very clever from the writers is completely annihilating fan fiction theories. Everything fans made up about Kim, they applied to Howard. No, Kim won't die. Howard died at the hands of Lalo. No, Kim won't secretly be behind the scenes in BB. That is also Howard, he was there the whole time.

[@johnolson3270]

I love that the first shot we get of Saul after they break up shows he’s been balding. No matter how much he’s been trying to hide behind his new persona, that stress is still very much present

[@Jaesee]

I've been thinking for ages now about exactly when and how Jimmy was fully going to embrace Saul and we'd transition towards the Breaking Bad timeline, and even though it's not what I initially expected, this is the perfect and saddest moment for it to finally happen. Just seeing him lose the love of his life, followed by the time jump is just heart-breaking. People have said that this implies that the persona of Saul Goodman we see in BB is now recontextualized as a coping mechanism for losing Kim and for the guilt he feels for everything that has come of being Jimmy McGill, and I really truly believe that. Just absolute writing perfection, I am awestruck

[@paulbarrette4271]

Poor Jimmy - after him and Kim go their separate ways it seems like he has no one he can be himself and be close with. Even just getting out of bed he immediately goes into Saul mode.

[@glf84421]

Did you notice how happy Francesca was at the beginning and how sad she was at the end?

[@TuffSpecialistYT]

Michael Morris should direct every episode of TV ever

[@MzCastorama]

I never cried so much over a cut in a tv show than when we moved to "present" Saul. You can feel the emptiness of his soul and hearth through every furnitures of his grotesque house.

[@urmintrude]

Gus drinking wine with the waiter was my favourite bit of the episode

[@hughmungous1539]

The speech Jimmy gives to Kim about realising you can forget is the same one Mike gave to Jimmy back in season 5. Cool characterisation I thought.

[@John__Dough]

The reason it jumped so fast to the future after the breakup, is because the heartbreak from the breakup transformed Jimmy 100% into become Saul. That’s how he deals with tragedy and heartbreak. Saul’s persona is just a front to suppress all his emotions so he doesn’t have to deal with the pain.

[@paulcarlsen5787]

The poetry of them being responsible for HHM changing their name!

[@danielcunningham8038]

Jimmy ultimately destroyed every bit of his brother's legacy.

[@henry_b1230]

So digusted with Kim after what she told Cheryl at Howard's wake, yet I thought that breakup scene was heartbreaking ;_;

[@TigerNightmare]

People seem to forget that those lies, of which their survival is dependent on, also take a toll on both Kim and Jimmy. It's why she chooses to leave.

[@MrChumpus]

Howard's wife didn't give a F about him until he "died". F her BS

[@carlosandres7006]

She poured like nothing a beautiful cup of coffee he made so committed to her. When I think of that I feel less bad for her.

[@pencil6965]

The breakup scene made me happy

[@rockstarrzz7171]

The last scene with Jimmy and Kim is one of those great moments when waiting week to week, instead of binging, is actually a good thing. Having that time to reflect that that whole era is just...over. Their relationship and everything that caused it's downfall. If I binged it all (assuming it was released) I don't think would have had that lasting impression, that time to think about it. It wasn't that impactful when watching it but, but thinking about it afterwards, I can't get it out of my head, it's so heartbreaking and leaves me feeling so empty. There was no neat bow connecting absolutely everything to smoothly transition into BB-era, just a sudden cut. We had all been eagerly awaiting the moment for Jimmy to turn into Saul, now we finally have it, and we just want to go back. Unbelievable writing.

[@metalmugen]

Exactly. The binge format hurts both the people producing the show and the people watching; sure, binging a show gives you a quick fix but in the long run I always regret it because shows end too fast that way.

[@idhunepijl1404]

A lot of people are talking about the Kim/Saul break up but I think that Gustavo wine scene was the best one. So sad and very telling.

[@hinasakukimi]

it says a lot about the writing that even despite me knowing exactly how much of a scumbag gus is, i was still rooting for him to just... give up this shit and go find happiness. but i know how his story ends, so of course it can't happen like that.

[@comeatmebro8120]

He cut it out of the reaction sadly. Which probably means he didn't get the significance of it

[@thelunchtabletalkers7358]

Fun fact the quote at the end, "Let Justice be done, though the heavens fall" was said by Chuck during the Bar hearing episode.

[@Srananbloke]

This was Hector’s Chicanery-moment there at Eladio’s place. All tracks covered by Gus, and surprisingly enough Lalo as well when he faked his own death and only told Hector of all people he was still alive. And similar to the Chuck and Howard stories; I think Eladio believes Hector to some extent, but there is nothing you can do about it without proof. But unlike Chuck and Howard, Hector had just his dingdingdings to make his point 🔔

[@localsassboi]

11:20 "its over, let the healing begin" damn... and the next scene is them breaking up, the writing is amazing

[@LupusLifestyle]

"Bro, did we jump way forward?" Lol! That's what I said. Gonna miss this universe. We need a prequel/sequel or whatever 😭

[@ScalexCzech]

All the Howard's photos at HMM are Patrick Fabian's personal and vacation photos from his Instagram.

[@mario_gabriel]

From the beginning we always wanted to see Jimmy turning into Saul, and now that we got it I just feel sad, it's heartbreaking how hurt Jimmy is, he's just using Saul as a permanent distraction from all the things he's been through. And it also feels sad because it's the end of an era, it seems like we're completely done with the BCS main timeline, and it kinda makes me feel nostalgic thinking about Chuck's house and Jimmy interacting with him and Howard, etc.

[@pogchamp2131]

"I didn't wanted that because i was having to much fun" "I did it for me, i liked it, i was good at it"

[@phillipwong9959]

Its like i am eating an amazing meal watching the end of this series. At the beginning I thought i had so much enjoy. I couldn't wait to dig in and get my hands into it and now we have four episodes left its like i am savoring every last bite.

[@ericforsyth]

You made me look up Michael Morris, thanks for that! He's a British director who (among a lot of other things) directed five episodes of this show: Quite a Ride, The Guy For This, Wexler v. Goodman, Wine and Roses and this one. All five have 100% approval ratings on Rotten Tomatoes. Just reading the synopsis of all those episodes and thinking back to them, I'm inclined to agree.

[@TheEpicSpire]

that line that jimmy says to kim, Mike told him. when Jimmy asks mike if he'd ever be able to get over the "bag man" situation, mike tells him that

[@ChickenWings103]

Really love your reactions, Brandon. Really enjoy your genuine investment in the content and how you break things down

[@sushi777300]

This is such a masterpiece No elaborate explanation necessary, the viewer just gets it

[@ELou825]

Love your videos man! Funny how much enjoyment I can get from watching someone else watch an episode I’ve already seen.

[@GARCATCH_]

He skipped the wine scene 😂😂

[@recurrenTopology]

Yeah, confused by that omission.

[@ericforsyth]

The one I wanted to hear his take on most

[@TylerNorCal]

Yeah i feel like that's one of the most important scenes there is for his character, dont know why he cut it out.

[@NightSkyJeff]

Nothing on the Gus wine scene?!

[@idhunepijl1404]

That scene really impressed me. The unspoken pain and even hatred for the world that you could see eating him up was so sad.

[@NightSkyJeff]

@@idhunepijl1404 I think he got an inkling of an idea for his revenge on Don Eladio.

[@LumilusD]

Am I the only one that thinks of Alf on that final shot of Saul tapping the desk with his fingers? Ha!

[@latecore_]

why cut out the wine scene with gus???? was eagerly awaiting your reaction to that. makes an already deep character even deeper

[@ACIDOLATTlCO]

Yeah I was wondering that too, I had to scroll quite a lot to find this comment

[@latecore_]

@@ACIDOLATTlCO glad you agree, kind of odd to leave that one scene out. one of Giancarlo's best in my opinion

[@GeneralVeers]

Yeah same. I like his insight and reactions to things, but he’s the only reactor I’ve seen who has cut the wine scene out.

[@owenyoung9915]

Yes Brandon! Thank you good sir, I’ve been waiting on this one 🤙

[@sashachornyi2611]

I like the Tarkovsky style camera used on Brandon - BRILLIANT JOB! Deep and soulful review you feel attached to. I'm gonna miss this show so much.... It's a wonderful feeling to know 4 more episodes left, 4 weeks of waiting for the happy hour!

[@samuelmcgovern]

Jimmy’s optimism is him quoting Mike, who told him that very process of coming to terms with the consequences of ‘bad choice road’

[@thirdhandlv4231]

My excitement for your reactions is the same as your excitement for new episodes, great content and reactions keep it up!

[@robdavis4777]

My favorite reaction guy… I have been waiting on this. Thanks 👍🏽

[@bigal480]

I love the story telling they laid out when saul opened the drawer at the end and there were zero burner phones in it, he hadn't started breaking bad again yet.

[@joaquinbaume1291]

i loved the fact that Cliff Main was there at the funeral scene, his reaction to the whole thing was like "this is weird", it really shows the contrast within a normal person and... Jimmy and Kim lol specially Kim, she was so cold and calculated

[@Jared_Wignall]

Excellent episode and it gave us a good amount of information regarding things going on in Breaking Bad, such as what happened to Kim and why Jimmy/Saul acts the way he does in Breaking Bad. Great reaction Brandon, keep up the great work and take care!

[@perfectenrager]

One of the saddest episode of this show for sure.

[@Quarthon]

There are a lot of theories about what happens to Gene, mostly all bad. One thing a lot of people are forgetting is that he has a bag full of diamonds. That has to be of real importance for what fate has in store for him, and possibly Kim. Could they re-unite and run away together for a "happy ending"? Kind of like Walters bittersweet ending.

[@wasabiithink9601]

I have a feeling we will definitely see kim again

[@SaulGoodman-w2x]

Don Eladio: Just remember who you are working for? Gus: Like I don't already know that? Are you calling me stupid?

[@oldcat7]

This episode gave us an entire new perspective for how we view Jimmy, Mike, and Gus. Gus cannot live a normal life due to his stark need for revenge. Gus still feels pain from Max's death and will stop at nothing to pursue his vengeance. The revenge factor bleeds into Mike who gets a dose of reality from Papa Varga. Mike seems like a decent guy to us, but to the average person he's just another criminal. Mike still feels the agony from Matty's death but also Werner's death. He tries to be the good samaritan but instead he receives more and more pain. Then we have Jimmy who loses the person that was keeping him afloat in terms of staying as Jimmy, at least what was left of him. Kim leaving is the final piece of the transformation puzzle. Jimmy toed the line with the law, but Saul steps over the line. All three characters go into Breaking Bad with significant losses. Losses that shaped them into the people they probably should have never become. Ridiculously great writing of course, but wow is it tragic. Better Call Saul showed the backstories, Breaking Bad shows the transformations. Chef's Kiss 🤌

[@oliver-04]

Good job analysing, this is pretty well written

[@markrowe1979]

This will go down as the 1st episode in one of the greatest quintet of TV episodes ever

[@DJGraham1995]

Seems like everyone is missing the painted portrait that Walt saw a few times is hanging right behind Jimmy on the bedroom wall as he was talking in the beginning before the title card

[@PERC_-ANGLE]

It’s just an Easter egg. Doesn’t mean anything .

[@LucasLima-vt8vl]

I just realized, what Jimmy says to Kim at 3:02 is a callback to what Mike said to Jimmy in S5E9

[@Kaotic318.]

The man that plays Nachos dad is an amazing actor!

[@ryanbuckley5529]

I like how you suggested that saul waking up in the “flash forward” was the first time he woke up not thinking about his past.

[@cabezonsken1929]

loved this video brandon likes movies

[@SoulSearcherr]

This felt like the Ozymandias episode of better call saul everything just falls apart

[@coreyw2124]

When he’s on the phone getting dressed Sauls talking about adding what he thinks is another public masterbator to his schedule, which is what he thinks Badger is charged with when he first shows up in BB, so this is suppose to be the morning before he meets Walt and Jesse. At least I think it is anyway

[@Fnelrbnef]

I really hope they didn't feel they had to rush these episodes just so they could throw in Walt and Jesse for fan service. I don't care about them, tbh. I don't get why they spoiled it either. So weird.

[@CraigKostelecky]

Nope. This scene was in 2005 and Badger won't meet Saul until 2008. But I do think that the writers wanted to call back to that and show how dirty Saul's clientele is.

[@schmuck.on.wheels]

@@Fnelrbnef Yeah I really hope they naturally fit into the narrative, and it's hard to imagine it not feeling a little forced but they've shocked me many times before. And yeah, I also thought it was weird that they revealed the cameos, apparently Bryan Cranston was surprised by that too. I'm guessing it was AMC's decision to draw in viewers, and not anyone directly working on the show. Can't blame them too much, BCS's viewership has been depressingly low compared to BB.

[@Fnelrbnef]

@@schmuck.on.wheels Yeah, it has. AMC ofc want their dollars, but feels inauthentic to me in a way, to drop that info before. Would've been a delightful surprise if we didn't knew. - Sometimes, it's right to let things grow organically. I bet in ten years, Better Call Saul has cult status and is viewed by a lot more people. Creds to AMC for sticking with it though.

[@kapelski104]

The last shot happens just before Walt comes in and Saul makes the joke about finding D.B. Cooper

[@NoahCaple]

Pretty cool parallel I noticed, at 3:04 Jimmy tells Kim one day they'll wake up and realize they didn't think about it. In an early season Mikes daughter-in-law tells Mike she went to work and realized at some point in the day she hadn't thought about her husband once. EDIT: actually it was S04E04 'Group Therapy' when Mike and Stacy went to the group therapy session

[@schmuck.on.wheels]

Similar sentiment for sure, but then also Mike said the exact words Jimmy says in Bad Choice Road, when Jimmy is dealing with trauma from the desert.

[@NoahCaple]

@@schmuck.on.wheels Youre right i totally forgot about that! So it went from Stacy to Mike to Jimmy to Kim, thats really cool

[@Stardust-tr4is]

That last scene in his waiting room matches the scene in BB when Walt first went to see Saul. You can hear him coughing in the background.

[@cjcaday3812]

Just realize kim saying "im having so much fun" is so mean of her since shes screwing around someones life and now died because of them

[@oAPXo]

I think the gate between Mike and Nachos Father is spot on what you said, it made me think Mike THINKS he's clean and doing good by telling nachos dad, but he's tainted by being in the business now. Even if we think its a good deed, as the dad said, cartels are always the same. Makes it even more sad to know his fate in Breaking Bad, he wanted out but there's no way out once you cross to the other side of that gate.

[@brianstanton6026]

I've never been hurt more by a TV relationship then I was at this episode. This show is just a masterpiece of acting and it's gonna be really sad when it ends.

[@samuelmcgovern]

That shot of Gus looking into the very pool that Don Heladio would fall down dead in

[@matthewhearn9910]

Sort of a thesis statement for the whole series. The different ways the characters seek what they see as justice for what they've suffered, putting everything else they hold dear on hold (Gus going so far as to deny himself any distraction that might allow him to move on with his life). Nacho's dad undercuts all of this by calling out Mike on it, and in the end Kim's response to all of this is that she can no longer make "justice" - in her sense the legal profession - her life.

[@schmuck.on.wheels]

This is a really great point. I would just say that the issue Kim has is maybe less that she's made justice her life, but that she's made herself the arbiter of justice. For a while now she's differentiated (somewhat rightfully so) that there's a difference between legal justice and moral justice (see: Mesa Verde vs. Edward Acker), and she's tried to help those who are "deserving" (and had no problem hurting those who aren't, like Howard). And I think she's reached a point where she's like "who am I to pass judgement on people?".

[@Awesomeness42102]

I love how in the scene at don eladios house, every single one of those characters die in breaking bad but its still an amazing scene

[@snnnaaaaaakeeeee4470]

Yesss been looking forward to this!

[@VirtualSatyr]

Here's a fun fact. David was played by actor Reed Diamond. Reed and Giancarlo Esposito were both in Homicide: Life on the Streets. I think they actually partnered up in the movie.

[@marioporcu1]

ding ding ding ding ding ding Don Eladio was hilarious in that moment

[@MrChumpus]

So glad you added $5 patreon. I will be joining on the first. I appreciate your efforts and reactions

[@TheRadScientist_]

3:22 this frame is amazing. jimmy is “in the dark” with an enlightened background. So basically he’s optimistically plowing ahead into the darkness, while kim Is entrenched in darkness with the light shining on her upper body, signifying her thoughts that we later see in the episode

[@andrewstephens5885]

I love your mind, but homie they just have to light the actors.

[@TheRadScientist_]

@@andrewstephens5885 so how you chose to light the actors has no significance? There is a clear contrast of light in that scene and it was definitely intentional. Brush up on your cinematography man.

[@LMarti13]

You know it's a good episode when you cry during * reaction videos *

[@neezduts69420]

the fence between manuel and mike represents the divide between good father and bad "father"

[@FreshBro8]

God I was waiting for this reaction. He is going to FREAK.

[@jollyrayda]

I don't think I have dreaded the ending of a show as much as I have this... There's just not anything like it, and while I can see how it will be perfect, I don't want it to end...

[@liamgallagher3833]

I am so excited for the last 4 episodes

[@HaronYoungerBro]

3:05 - that's what Mike told Jimmy back after the desert. Just in case you didn't recall this :)

[@travisgray8376]

We jumped 8 months into the future to February 11, 2005

[@jonathanb1406]

It paints Saul from Breaking Bad in such a different light seeing what's led him to be fully in that persona here. From the moment it cuts to the future he's basically 'on' as Saul non-stop like it's a coping mechanism, as if stopping will see him fall back in to being Jimmy and the miserable memories that come with it.

[@MontgomeryWenis]

So yeah, that ending is in 2005, still years before Breaking Bad.

[@Drforrester31]

It always felt like Kim was just enjoying the ride and her admitting that when breaking up with Jimmy was very refreshing. Anything else would have felt out of character

[@ashketchup7354]

What did you think of the scene with Gus and the sommelier?

[@65-avadhut61]

lmao how can you be happy seeing sayl goodman rn

[@polabairz]

The flash forward was Saul's first day he never thought about her. He woke up, brushed his teeth and went to work, and for the first time, Kim wasn't on his mind. You can forget.

[@ThePoleDancingBears]

I love how in every scene, jimmy has kim on his right. And in the future he has his earpiece filling his right ear, filling that emptiness with saul's pompousness. Brilliant stuff