Old Tom Morris said:

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You seem to be missing a critical difference - we aren't saying it's the smartest, most careful thing to show his face. We're simply saying that this is how his character operated throughout the series. It was dumb to bring Jesse in. It was dumb to try to kill Hector personally. Those things got him killed. He was cautious. But not perfectly cautious. He got his hands dirty in running his business. That was his character.

And you're right, it is an extremely complicated project. All the more reason for him to feel like he needs direct involvement.

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I think it's out of character. At first he wasn't going to do business with WW because he was associated with a junkie. It was only WW's persistence and the quality of his product that made Gus change his mind. Gus knows WW cannot turn him in because WW would himself go to jail. They are in on it together.


There is no reason to believe such relationship between Gus and the manager of this construction project. This guy could quote a price, meet Gus, start work, then a month down the road become suspicious that it's for some drug activity and turn Gus in. Especially if he is afraid that he might get killed afterwards. Unlike WW or any of the other thugs, the construction guy is not at risk to go to jail because all he's hasn't been doing anything illegal. Unlike meeting WW, the cousins, cartel, etc. having this guy knowing that Gus is into illegal activity puts him at high risk.

This guy is european and wore a hood to the site. The last guy worked for the cartel. These aren't straight guys. These are guys in the business.

A straight guy is going to get hanky about this strange project. And unless Gus is never ever planning on visiting this place even after it's complete, then that is a much greater risk. It's not like he has to meet the builder face to face to be at risk.

Old Tom Morris said:

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This guy is european and wore a hood to the site. The last guy worked for the cartel. These aren't straight guys. These are guys in the business.

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Plus we saw the first guy wear that hood on a 500 mile van ride from Denver. Presumably the 2nd guy had a similarly long ride. They definitely aren't under the impression this is clean work. Both scenes went into great detail to show that neither "interviewee" were surprised. First guy knew to walk to a certain rental car and then to immediately answer the phone in the center console.

the builder is dirty. these guys are all dirty. he just has a different skillset. Like some are cooks, some are muscle, some are dealers, some are doctors, some are corporate professionals, etc. These guys happen to be engineers/construction. All dirty. When a guy cites that he built tunnels for the cartel as part of his resume, I don't think you have to worry about him seeing you on tv and thinking you might be up to criminal behavior. He knows the type of work he's in for.

Zombie Jon Snow said:

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did you notice the condescending tone and the satirical tone of the "questions". Apparently not.

It's called mocking you.

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I don't care. I'll answer anyway as a way to inform you guys about the realities of life. Consider it a public service.

Welp, ok then. Back to fun stuff....

So, what are the chances Jimmy gets back at those kids that mugged him?

What are the chances Kim gets tired of and permanently loses Mesa?

Jimmy is definitely going to get those kids back. I have faith.

Texaggie7nine said:

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Welp, ok then. Back to fun stuff....

So, what are the chances Jimmy gets back at those kids that mugged him?

What are the chances Kim gets tired of and permanently loses Mesa?

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Wasn't Kim the defense attorney for one of those kids? That seems to be too much of a coincidence to not go anywhere. I suspect that somehow Jimmy/Kim will figure that out and either Jimmy will get sweet revenge forcing that kid to land in prison for some other unrelated crime or that the kid will tell Kim that Jimmy was selling those phones making Kim ask Jimmy WTF?

Also, I think Kim wants to be a defense attorney. She appears to want to defend the "down trodden" rather than a huge corporation (as if that is somehow more virtuous.. but I digress). As soon as she found out that Mesa Verde was expanding all over the place, she changed her outlook.

I kind of thought that at first, that one of those kids that mugged him was the kid she just defended, but then I figured it wasn't. I need to go rewatch that scene.

I don't think so, but the credits have great names for the three:

• Peewee
• Scooter
• Skippy

Robert C. Christian said:

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I don't think so, but the credits have great names for the three:

• Peewee
• Scooter
• Skippy

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Ha. But I don't see a character listed that would have been Kim's client.

Texaggie7nine said:

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I kind of thought that at first, that one of those kids that mugged him was the kid she just defended, but then I figured it wasn't. I need to go rewatch that scene.

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Now you are spreading doubt in my mind. I will have to rewatch too.

I don't believe one of them was one of Kim's clients, but maybe. I don't see Jimmy letting the mugging go. I think we are in for a clever revenge scheme for sure.

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What are the chances Kim gets tired of and permanently loses Mesa?

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She told the lady at Mesa it won't happen again. Could mean she got the Atticus Finch thing out of her system. Or it could mean it won't happen again because she's decided to take her career in a different direction.

I mainly took her reaction to the Mesa Verde expansion to be that it was unrealistic dreamer stuff that would create mountains of uninteresting work for her.

Texaggie7nine said:

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I kind of thought that at first, that one of those kids that mugged him was the kid she just defended, but then I figured it wasn't. I need to go rewatch that scene.

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It seems that the general consensus on reddit is that it was a different kid.

Texaggie7nine said:

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I kind of thought that at first, that one of those kids that mugged him was the kid she just defended, but then I figured it wasn't. I need to go rewatch that scene.

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I thought the middle kid was the one she defended.

Doesn't seem to be. But someone rewatch it and let us know.

Texaggie7nine said:

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Welp, ok then. Back to fun stuff....

So, what are the chances Jimmy gets back at those kids that mugged him?

What are the chances Kim gets tired of and permanently loses Mesa?

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Seems pretty obvious to me she's gonna end up messing up with Mesa Verde again. Looks like her passion is indigent criminal defense. Not much money to be made there (remember how jimmy was at the start of the show?) but for some people, money doesn't matter I guess. Realistically speaking if I had the choice to drown in huge six figure salaries and hate the Work versus making 32k as a public defender but loved it... I think I'd still go with the former. But that's just me.

Never thought about jimmy going after those kids. Possible.

Unless he returned with a gun/muscle at that moment, I'm not sure how Jimmy could get his money back. They probably split it 3 ways and spent most of it within a day or so. Seems to me, the best he could do is screw them over.

Or what if Kim ends up defending them after all

Texaggie7nine said:

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Or what if Kim ends up defending them after all

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I could see that happening. They get arrested at that dog place, Kim is assigned to defend them, she tells Jimmy, who figures out that they are the kids who mugged him.

I can see Kim deciding to screw them over for Jimmy or having a situation where Jimmy wants her to, but she feels a sense of honor and refuses.

What an incredible open. So strong

Ah damnit I was post 666

Unfortunately I saw Huell's name in the opening credits so I knew he was coming at some point. But it was still great to see him take off the mask. I was waiting for Jimmy to ask for his money back that the kids stole from him previously.