re: (OT) Better Call Saul final season...April 18th

And let us not forget that Kim and Jimmy are still legally married.

Just to review the terms of the vacuum cleaner sale:

-a couple nights ago Kim was willing to shoot a stranger in the face for Jimmy
-and then at Howards law wake, she doubles down on the cocaine scam and twists the knife in Howard’s wife’s back by lying in such a diabolical evil way as to make a widow feel guilty for not being aware that her own husband was struggling with addiction and in need of help.
-but the very next day she has an epiphany that it’s bad to do such things, and so she rips up her law license, ends her marriage, and packs her shite up and goes to walk the straight and narrow somewhere where she has no friends or family or means of income ??
-and a broken heart turns Jimmy into Saul??

Funny that many people thought Kim might have to be vanished by the disapearer vacuum cleaner guy. But they decided just to sell us a vacuum cleaner instead.

Yes, it was obviously an improvisation by Kim to shut down and distract the widow’s questions about Jimmys harassment of Howard. But it was also obvious that Kim couldn’t resist going above and beyond this for some sick evil thrill. By leaning in at last minute and saying “Oh but you were his wife, you would have known better than anyone, who am I to say Howard snorts smack?” knowing full well the issues that Howard and his wife were having in their marriage .

It was unnecessary and evil. She couldn’t resist tormenting a grieving widow and planting a seed of guilt in the widows mind that she should have been there for Howard in his time of need. That she could have saved his life if she’d been a better wife. And now she’s shattered further and will be tormented and tortured by this thought for life. All of this from a seed planted by the actual psychopath soulless bitch who was the one that actually got Howard murdered. How do you not see this?

Yet. Doopity doopy doo…. 12 hours later, Kim has supposedly seen the light and realizes it was bad to do that and quits cold Turkey on being a shite human? Whatever

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It sounds like you think this was a copout or an illogical resolution but I think it makes perfect sense. Theres' been a slow build over YEARS that has now finally come to a head.

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That's the problem I have here. They do this exact same slow burn over and over for YEARS with Kim, then at the drop of a hat, make a nonsensical change in a literal split second.

-they slow burned Mesa Verde forever. Then out of the blue one day, Kim stands up from her desk, quits, and walks out. (Oh, okay, i guess).

-they slow burned Kim's concern over jimmy losing his morality after Chuck's death forever. Then one day out of the blue, while confronting him about screwing her over behind her back, she asks him to marry her. (Huh? What? okay. alright i guess)

-they slow burned her as the moral compass for more than half of the series, then in the final season, she goes from harmless scamming of douchebags on a whim in a bar to wanting to ruin and destroy a colleague's life with a 19-stage multi-layered scam plot that requires treating it as a full time job to actually pull off. (Uh. Hang on. Wait just a minute here)

-And of course this last episode after slow burning her law career and the identity she carves out for herself within it for 6 freakin seasons, she suddenly quits the law altogether out of the blue in the middle of a case no less. (Huh? Again? Nope. Not buying. You did this too many times. Wtf?)

None of these things are very believable imo when you start to look under the hood and add up how many times they did the exact same cop out with her. Every time they needed to shift some pieces to make the two shows fit together, they just had Kim do some impulsive non-sensical thing out of the clear blue to tie up the loose ends. WHich I guess is a necessary thing in a prequel. SInce we already know what the other characters do in BB, the Kim character is the only chess piece they can constantly change and manipulate as they figure out the story and try to fit everything together.

I will give them major credit for one thing about Kim the character though. They made so many of the show's fans fall so head over heels in love with her that it blinded them to all of this. Even though after 6 seasons, none of us still know who or what she is. So, that's a pretty genius thing to pull off imo. They kept her as a blank slate for almost the entire show and everyone bought it no matter how many times they shifted who she is.

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hat's the problem I have here. They do this exact same slow burn over and over for YEARS with Kim, then at the drop of a hat, make a nonsensical change in a literal split second.

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I know it sounds sudden but when you have this situation building up to crescendo how should it end? Just as slowly on the backside as the build up? I don't think you can do that once the shite hits the fan.

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-they slow burned Mesa Verde forever. Then out of the blue one day, Kim stands up from her desk, quits, and walks out.

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she no longer wanted to do that type of work. We'd known already that she preferred to help out the little guy. Pretty impulsive and strange to just quit like she did but the move itself isn't crazy.

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they slow burned her as the moral compass for more than half of the series, then in the final season, she goes from harmless scamming of douchebags on a whim in a bar to wanting to ruin and destroy a colleague's life with a 19-stage multi-layered scam plot that requires treating it as a full time job to actually pull off.

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that's our buildup. She loved the thrill and she loved to con. The stakes rose but it's not crazy that she would continue escalating down this path. Like an alcoholic that only drinks on weekends, then daily but only at night, then daily but not at work, then at work but only on lunch, then full blown daily from the time you wake up. You look at the end result and say "wtf happened here?" but you could see it ramping up over time.

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-And of course this last episode after slow burning her law career and the identity she carves out for herself within it for 6 freakin seasons, she suddenly quits the law altogether out of the blue in the middle of a case no less.

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That was head scratchign and I dont' know why she did that, I imagine the writers will let us know. Perhaps after the realized the stakes were higher than she wanted she is wiping the slate clean altogether.

There is some far-fetched stuff this season but I think it's still good writing. These were difficult arcs to wrap up. Nacho, Lalo, and Kim had to go; and we know Gus and Mike had to survive. I think it would have been kind of interesting to keep Howard alive; then have Howard end up outing Gene somehow. It's always hard to create an ending on these shows with such intricate plots.

So just got caught up. I was 2 episodes behind.
Put me in the WTF category on the Kim exit.
I mean the entire series she was a main character and they write her off the show with that?
We are breaking up then the next scene is clearly many months or years after (Because now he has some huge house and hookers). Just seemed like a give up to me (unless they do some flash back or something we havent seen yet) just seems like a BIG chunk of story line is missing between breaking up and now he has this huge house, hookers etc.

Also what was the point of the "Wine" scene with Gus and that restaurant. Maybe I forgot a connection from previous episodes but seemed like a huge time waste.

Again love the show but the last episode had me scratching my head a bit.

Ok that makes plausible sense (The wine scene) and can see that because you can see him smiling and enjoying the conversation, etc.

Also I guess the "time jump" is a year later (or so) as his plate has Nov 05 on it. So they skipped a year.

Like you said I cannot imagine they dont at least fill in some key data points between those two scenes. Maybe not though.
Still a great show.

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We are breaking up then the next scene is clearly many months or years after (Because now he has some huge house and hookers). Just seemed like a give up to me (unless they do some flash back or something we havent seen yet) just seems like a BIG chunk of story line is missing between breaking up and now he has this huge house, hookers etc.

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I took it to mean that 1) Jimmy boy got the sand piper millions from the early settlement. 2) That this (and not any Walter white drug money) paid for his Cadillac/Mara lago/gold toilet/etc and 3) That Kim took the pro bono high road and didn’t take any of it because she changed on a dime and now walks the straight and narrow and is to righteous now to accept “blood money”

I actually really liked the time jump and leaving Kim behind though. It comforting to me to know they still remember what the name of the show is . It’s Better Call Saul not Better call Jimmy and lame arse nonsensical unbelievable Kim.

It’s also pretty clear from the time jump to wherever we are that they want us to believe that the whole Saul thing in BB is all an act. A coping mechanism to keep from ever having to think about his role in Chucks and Howard’s deaths or how Kim rejected him and ic cold admitted to him that she was only with him for “fun”.

It’s pretty brilliant to think about. In BB, Saul was basically comic relief. A dirtbag that was so confident and hilarious in his dirtbaggery that you couldn’t help but like him. But now they’ve made it clear that it’s all an act. And Saul is probably the saddest character in the entire franchise now. A born loser rejected by any and everyone that hes ever cared about. So he decides to just embrace and embody the person they didn’t want him to be. And to turn it all up to 11

Looks like we’ve got our first full Gene episode.