Yes I agree you are correct. The obvious message from the scene on the plane was that Jimmy's fake story about having more information about Kim to spill to the authorities, was motivated by the news that she was in big legal trouble. Therefore it was natural for viewers to expect that whatever last card he played, would be to save her from that trouble.

However it was misdirection... his real motivation was to get her to the hearing so she could see in person that he was still Jimmy, and not totally gone to the dark side.

The fact that he came up with this idea after hearing of Kim's legal troubles was just coincidental, I guess. I agree it's a bit lazy as it all felt like a plot machination to bring Kim and Jimmy together at the end. In reality, why would Kim travel all the way to NM for his sentencing hearing, just because she heard he was going to give some more info to the cops? Especially when she had already confessed everything. It doesn't make much sense, it wasn't even a trial. She wouldn't have been there.

That being said it's kind of a nitpick because they HAD to bring them together one last time, somehow. No way would have been perfect.

they made it clear over and over and over (including at least twice in that place scene) that kim probably wasn't going to face any criminal consequences, just that cheryl could sue her. yes the scene was a bit of a misdirect (unless jimmy said something that might help her, but i don't think so). cheryl may still choose to sue kim, we don't know. i doubt kim cares too much.


thinking about it now, on the plane jimmy probably was gonna spin some saul lies in order to "save" kim, but changed his mind in the courtroom. there was a moment that paralleled his bar reinstatement hearing, when he pulled out the letter from chuck and lied to get his way, but this time he went with the truth (obviously getting that idea from what kim did). saul could have got 7 years, but jimmy took 86.

Did my post last night actually post? Saul kinda-sorta saves Kim by saying she had nothing to do with Howard's death and makes it slightly harder for Mrs Hamlin to sue in civil court if it matters.

The Rule of BCS = Saul ruins everyone he touches. Chuck declared that in their final scene, (chronologically). Kim is a problem for the writers because she is Saul's right shoulder angel and they would really piss off the audience if they left her in a ditch. So they really hedged with the character. She's stable but not thriving, mostly safe from the police but under suspicion, helping the needy but not as a lawyer etc. G&G will have to put their foot down if and when they are asked about her spinoff.

The name of the show is not Jimmy and Kim so this is not really objectionable even if a buzz kill.

They have some version of it but probably not that strong. My state caps the homestead exemption at $150,000 while Florida appears to have no limit.

also, the "misdirect" is basically diffused within the plane scene

- oakley tells jimmy that kim is prob fine legally
- jimmy relieved
- oakley tells jimmy that kim might get sued by cheryl
- jimmy concerned, thinks while oakley is in the bathroom
- oakley returns, jimmy says he has more to trade
- oakley tells him that saying more could **** up kim
- jimmy say mmm mmm good ice cream

so the "misdirect" they established is that jimmy thought of something new (like what?) to sell out kim for ice cream ..... sorry if you fell for that

I'm not really sure from a civil liability standpoint that Kim's moral blameworthiness in Howard's death matters; I can't see how there would be a good cause of action against Jimmy or Kim in relation to the death itself. They didn't take any action that would create a foreseeable risk that Lalo Salamanca would murder him.

I assumed that the civil liability would all be defamation stuff, which could be considerable by itself given the totality of Howard's circumstances.

This is a complete swing and miss.

Firstly the messaging from the Lawyer is not everything's fine, its everything fine legally in a criminal sense but Kim could still be potentially totally screwed in civil court and owe everything in perpetuity etc.

Its a clear expression of dramatic peril.

Which Jimmy obviously reacts to with concern for Kim.

Secondly, Jim is hardly going to hear that Kim is in peril and think yea nows the time to win the ice cream, which if he had a way of doing so, he would have done so previously, so its super duper obvious that is him just bsing the lawyer.

Oh yeah, keep forgetting to mention. If you didn't see the "Talking Saul" episode a couple weeks back, Gilligan tells a nice story about how he got Carol Burnett to play her part. Pretty funny and, as he said, "the most Hollywood way possible."

yes, which is why, unlike you, i never thought that was going anywhere

i thought the coming clean thing was more about the time machine / regrets stuff they set up earlier, not about getting kim off, which there was nothing criminal to get her off from.

Wtf are you talking about, that whole scene is why Jimmy changes it up from 8 years or whatever.

It absolutely went somewhere, it just left a bit of a vacuum when it got there which has utterly **** all with his comment about ice cream.

Huel was in an episode in an earlier season where he got a fake write in campaign for his freedom from shill ballots. As he was 3 bills or heavier in the first series I suspect he was told to drop weight by his doctor as he looked about 30+ pounds lighter for the appearance on Better Call Saul.

Great breakdown/recap

Reminds me back when Jimmy 'broke down' in front of the malpractice insurance lady, a poster or two actually questioned whether he was acting to screw Chuck.

Kim's situation she put herself into didn't really make sense so his rescue can be odd in turn.

Just caught up with the second half of the season. Wow, that was... terrible? There's no reason for this to go beyond 10 episodes besides Gilligan wanting to jerk off at himself, just like there was no reason for Lol Camino to exist.

Every BB character appearance felt completely artificial just for the fanwank. Kim's entire story made no sense whatsoever. The entire Omaha storyline was a total wtf. So many poorly written / directed scenes where we're left guessing what the intention was.

I have some sympathy towards criticism about the writing, but the acting, cinematography and direction are elite level.

The cinematography was mostly gorgeous as usual (although I'm not convinced the black and white was such a great idea), but there were a lot of nonsensical / poorly presented scenes that it's hard to not blame the director(s). A prime example being the bus scene in the finale -- I had no idea if the inmates were shouting "Better Call Saul" because they were somehow idolizing Saul or because they couldn't wait to kick his ass. Both options made about as little sense.

The whole court scene climax was pretty nonsensical as well. More of a writing issue here, but I thought they suffered from pretty serious FPS in so many key scenes. As in putting 100% of the effort into making the scenes look as gorgeous as possible, and in the process forgetting what they were actually trying to say.

How is this the fault of direction?

They were clearly pro-Saul, I don't think that is debatable. The scene was designed to show us that Saul wasn't going to get murdered in prison. He can live out his prison life providing legal counsel in exchange for not getting shanked.

Loved the finale and I thought the black and white looked gorgeous.

Yeah, saying you couldn’t tell if they were pro Saul is just trying to find fault with the show where it doesn’t exist.


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Filming in b&w is a lost art. Watch any old Twilight Zone episode and you can count the leaves on the trees. BCS was maybe a 3rd generation 7-11 security cam.

that makes sense for sure.

I read it different tho. I saw it to mean, like others have mentioned, that he is Saul. or a part of him is Saul. he did all that, he told the judge to call him Jimmy. he told the fellow prisoner to call him Jimmy. but hes still Saul, at least on some level. he cant run away from or erase that, bc its who he is.

and ya I thought that was one of the parts that really made sense and hit.

yeah I didn't get why they emphasized that cheryl could take everything kim had, what could she even have? she didn't get the sandpiper money and had the sprinkler job in FL

and cheryl is filthy rich anyway, not like kim is gonna write a book titled "If I did it" and she can get the proceeds

also with Saul it was a nod to the fact that those inmates are "his people"

Well I suppose they can take what little she has. I know she didn't get the Sandpiper money but she was a successful corporate lawyer for a while, she must have had some savings. Also can't they garnish future wages, etc?

I think the civil suit was really just a way to show that Kim won't get to essentially apologize to the wife and admit her involvement to the authorities, and get off scot free with a clean conscience. She will still face consequences of her own, even if not as severe as Jimmy's.

They should have held back showing Kim's confession to Mrs Hamlin. From Jimmy's perspective;

He finally gets a # for Kim
Call ends in why don't you confess?
He gets arrested, Sauls his way to a 5 yr plea offer.
Saul plays Hamlin card for ice cream.
Saul learns Kim already confessed, card worthless.
Saul is on plane, learns Kim is going to be sued.
Kim is saved by a clever scheme from slippin Jimmy!

problem is we already knew it wasn't a secret anymore. Add that to how he only saved her from an embarrassing civil lawsuit. I wonder why they didn't use the more expected story line where Kim gets arrested for Howard's death only to be saved when Gene appears at her trial. I guess G&G didn't do that because it is the expected ending.

lol wtf is this