I’m going to do something a little different instead of a straight recap for the Better Call Saul season 5 finale. I hope you’ll forgive me. This episode is mainly about two things. First, we see the rivalry between Gus Fring and the Salamancas finally coming to a head. Gus is hardly in this episode, […]
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Better Call Saul 509 — “Bad Choice Road”
The opening scene mirrors the one from episode 407, “Something Stupid.” Again they use a split screen to show Kim and Saul starting their day, but on this day, they’re not in the same room. Saul is walking in the desert with Mike. Kim is smoking and has clearly not slept. Kim’s side of things […]
Better Call Saul 507 — “JMM”
Wow, I really wasn’t sure what would happen next after last week. What we got in Better Call Saul 507 was a rather unemotional courthouse wedding. Jimmy calls Huell to be a witness, and he brings a disposable camera. Jimmy tells Huell it’s just a legal arrangement, so if he gets into trouble, she can’t […]
Better Call Saul 506 — “Wexler v. Goodman”
It’s hard to decide who the winner is in Better Call Saul 506. Wexler v. Goodman. Fring v. Salamanca. McGill v. Hamlin. Maybe the answer is, nobody won. But first, we need to talk about the opening scene with young Kim. It seems the story she told Mr. Acker a few episodes ago about her […]
Better Call Saul 505 — “Dedicado a Max”
There are lots of great call-backs to previous episodes in Better Call Saul 505. Not only is the episode’s title a dedication to Max Arciniega, the other hermano of Los Pollos Hermanos, but some old friends of Jimmy’s show up to add to the fun, and another Goodman is called upon to tend to Mike’s […]