The more I think about this episode...the more I love it. This was fantastic. Very much feels like the weight of 6 years collapsing in around Saul, and felt like this whole run of BB/BCS coming to a head.

This is the best episode of this season for me.

Seemed clear to me he was plenty upset even before she hung up, and that just put him over the edge.

rucker said:

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Have a nice life . Jimmy did not deserve her

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I mean, the Howard thing was more on Kim than Jimmy. And for much of the show Kim was far more cutthroat than he was.

It wasn't my favorite, but it's almost impossible to argue against how wonderfully constructed it was.
Kim's life on the redemption arc, I was thinking in those first few scenes that this is the anti-ozymandias.
Then you get Jimmy, who was completely self destructing and going full Ozymandias. The contrast was great.
And it was brought to full relief in the divorce papers scene. It's the first time Kim got to see what he had become, and set up why she was so rough on the phone with him, at least in part.
Then you come out of that scene to the Aaron Paul scene. Which was great. And they gave Kim, what to this point anyway was the most consequential line of the series, because it pretty much defines it all when she says "when I knew him he was".
And you close with a solid cliffhanger on Jimmy now, giving an acting legend the honor of blowing up his whole life.

Man that guy has it made. Go to Kim's house, watch a little tv, have a few drinks, eat tater salad with friends, have sex with Kim, then home for a good nights sleep.

Oh and I know I'm posting a bunch on this ep, but the other striking thing is the robbery scene.
Jimmy was casually going to use the ashes of the guys dead dog to knock him out or kill him. How far had that dude fallen at that point? And it made the phone cable scene that much more plausible, which was a great setup.

All the Salamancas are gone.

JD Shellnut said:

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Man that guy has it made. Go to Kim's house, watch a little tv, have a few drinks, eat tater salad with friends, have sex with Kim, then home for a good nights sleep.

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Username checks out

torrid said:

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Watching the episode again, with Mr. Yep and the dead-end job. Make me want to poke my eyes out.

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That's how I picture life in Florida, although with more mullets and jorts. Working at a sprinkler company and arguing about mayonnaise.

Great episode. No telling what happens next week.

JD Shellnut said:

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Man that guy has it made. Go to Kim's house, watch a little tv, have a few drinks, eat tater salad with friends, have sex with Kim, then home for a good nights sleep.

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Yep.

Saul being a dick while signing divorce papers

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Kim being cold and detached over the phone


That phonecall was what sent Gene into a self destructive binge, but it was the fruit of seeds he planted years before. Saul's choices lead to his downfall.

I chuckled seeing the machine that replaced Mike in the parking booth.

And let's get one thing straight, Miracle Whip is NEVER an acceptable substitute for mayo. Hell, it's hardly edible.

Thought it was a great episode but what made Carol Burnett's character go from watching cat videos to suddenly thinking Gene was some conman from Albuquerque? I thought he handled the phone call well with her so that seemed like a bit of a stretch. Maybe I'm just nitpicking.

johnnyblaze36 said:

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Thought it was a great episode but what made Carol Burnett's character go from watching cat videos to suddenly thinking Gene was some conman from Albuquerque? I thought he handled the phone call well with her so that seemed like a bit of a stretch. Maybe I'm just nitpicking.

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She saw them all lurking around in the garage the night before.

johnnyblaze36 said:

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Thought it was a great episode but what made Carol Burnett's character go from watching cat videos to suddenly thinking Gene was some conman from Albuquerque? I thought he handled the phone call well with her so that seemed like a bit of a stretch. Maybe I'm just nitpicking.

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He was talking about the difference in bail in the two states/cities and it clued her in that he had been there and was familiar with their bail rules (as well as Nebraska's). That got her curious and it wasn't a big leap from there.

All she had to do was Ask Jeeves.

Stat Monitor Repairman said:

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Saul gave her that laptop didn't he?

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Jeffy did after the big department store heist.

Ask Jeeves got Saul's ass.

I enjoyed tonight's episode.
But I got to tell you, I was so tensed up when the receptionist put Gene's call through to Kim I noticed that I didn't breath from the time Kim stood up to close the blinds until she peeked out to make sure no one was listening in.
For whatever reason, that was the most intense minute of television I've seen in a long time.

Know Your Enemy said:

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All she had to do was Ask Jeeves.

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If she can look up cat videos, she can look up Saul videos. I knew that laptop would do him in.

It's definitely burned and he's asking for a Hoover max extract Pro.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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And let's get one thing straight, Miracle Whip is NEVER an acceptable substitute for mayo. Hell, it's hardly edible.

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Here’s what you’re gonna do: You’re going to make the Potato Salad with Miracle Whip. You’ll use it the same as Mayonnaise—exact recipe. No more. No less. You’re gonna serve it, you’re gonna eat it, and you’re not gonna say a damn thing.#BetterCallSaul @rheaseehorn #TalkingSaul pic.twitter.com/BeYZBtv9G1

— Glenn Rubenstein (@GlennRubenstein) August 9, 2022

oragator said:

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And I guess I was the only one who didn't even recognize Kim until her name plate showed at work. They did a great job of really changing her,

Bob's three words to describe the finale were "hard won truth".

Gilligan said fans should get their depends ready.

So many directions it could go now, gonna be fun.

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How in God's name did you not recognize Kim before then? I literally have no words to describe how oblivious you could be to not recognize that that was simply Kim with brunette hair. Do you have macular degeneration or something?

Also, as an aside…brunette Kim>>blonde Kim.

Albatross Necklace said:

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Saul being a dick while signing divorce papers

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Kim being cold and detached over the phone


That phonecall was what sent Gene into a self destructive binge, but it was the fruit of seeds he planted years before. Saul's choices lead to his downfall.

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Saul had every reason to be a dick. Kim pushed him into the Howard scam, then decides to leave him because of it and broke his heart.