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Better Call Saul: S6, Episode 9 (Fun and Games) - Patreon Version

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Helly R

I dunno if my heart can take this today :'(

N.T. Stars

I love this episode, especially Gus's scene with the sommelier. It's one of the only times on both shows where he shows vulnerability, and it rounds off his character super well. I'm pretty sure that when his smile fades, he's remembering his partner Max and all the things that still have to be done to avenge his death. So he can't imagine a free and exciting life with a handsome sommelier, even though he clearly wants it. He's on the "bad choice road" until the day he's blown up.

Helly R

Showrunner Peter Gould said the question they kept asking themselves was "What problem does being Saul Goodman solve?" and here we get our answer. Gut-wrenching ending to the main show timeline, but part of me is def happy Kim got out of there. I saw great quote somewhere about 506 (Wexler vs Goodman where she was about to break up with Jimmy before suggesting they could get married) which was "She wasn't ready to give up Jimmy so she gave up herself". Here she at least makes the first step in finding herself again by realising what she had become. Earlier seasons Kim would be absolutely horrified about what she did to Cheryl here. She knew it subconsciously of course, because she has a moral compass and is a smart cookie, but regrettably it took someone dying for her to realise it.

Mantis

I always felt like those final scenes with Saul were meant to be understood as being the same day that he went to the lockup and hooked up with Badger. He mentioned in his phone call that he was going to have to deal with another public masturbator, and that is what he initially told Badger that was what he thought he was defending him for before he found out it was for dealing meth.

Daniel

I love that from the very first episode the show makes viewers think "Is this when he becomes Saul?!" multiple times, but when it finally happens its just so depressing. Losing Kim made Jimmy numb himself so much that he has to be Saul Goodman every waking moment.

penoyer79

all i'll say is this show wraps up beautifully. with Vince Gilligan at the helm you are in good hands.

Max Hassam

This show is kind of a love story. The relationship between Kim & Jimmy has been built on and developed since practically the beginning. They've hooked up, lived together, had troubles, made-up & got married; yet here in episode 57 is when we get the first "I love you" and it's in effort to prevent a break-up. The hard cut to Saul is brutal. Really shows that all that was keeping Jimmy from going full Saul mode was Kim. With her gone, even with everything that went on, he doubles down on his façade and becomes a caricature of himself. The writers have suggested that living as Saul is his way of stepping outside of his actual life so he doesn't have to think about all the tragedies that have gone on in it. And so he's Saul from the minute he wakes up, even in the shower. The Gus half of this episode is brilliant. Really well sets up the relationships & background for when we meet him again in Breaking Bad. It's heavily suggested that Gus & Max (his partner in Breaking Bad to whom he has a fountain dedicated in Mexico) were lovers. I think the scene with Gus & the sommelier is him relaxing after his battle with Lalo, and even flirting a little bit. But he realises that to achieve his long term plan, he needs to avoid attachments that can be harmed or used as leverage against him, so despite his heart's wishes, he leaves. The mission always comes first. In Breaking Bad Mike does seem to have quite a bit of loyalty toward Gus. Mike gets rougher and Gus gets more reserved in the intervening years and so they sort of level out. Mike is on Gus' payroll full time, but he still does extra work for Saul & people have wondered why. I presume it's because the work he does for Gus is more intense & brutal, and so the PI work he does for Saul balances it out. He even says to Walt "yeah well, I enjoy it" at one point. That's more like the Police work he did for decades. The shady business with Gus pays the bills but isn't really what he actually likes. I say all this simply because of the last look that they shared in the underground tunnel. Is interesting to look back on.

David Caine

"Let Justice be done, though the Heavens fall." It's what Chuck said just before the disciplinary committee hearing to try to disbar Jimmy. And yeah, what we saw in Breaking Bad, the gaudy showy shyster act, comical like a clown show as Saul worked his magic, an incredible, indescribable sadness festered under the surface, inside the heart. For both Kim and Jimmy, both actively paying the price of their sins. Look up the poster for season 4 of the show or key art of that season, you will know it when you see it, this episode reminded me of it. Absolutely and completely embodies the soul and meaning of the past six seasons. And we have reached that point, time to find out their fate.

Andrew R

I'm late to this one, but to me the scene with Jimmy and Kim talking to Howard's widow is misunderstood (intentional writing). Kim and Jimmy aren't just trying to cover up their harassment of Howard. They have to cover up how and who killed Howard. I.E if the Salamancas hear they saw Lalo during the night of his disappearance they are dead whether the Salamancas or Fring kills them. If someone wants to argue they need to turn themselves in and live with the consequences, fair enough. But I don't think they were being monsters and toying with Howard's widow.