Better Call Saul
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Hes not Jimmy McGill.
And hes certainly not sad ole Gene Takovic.
Hes the chimp with the machine gun.
And with that, theBreaking Bad/Better Call Sauluniverse comes full circle.
In Better Call Saul, were introduced to Saul when Brandon Mayhew (Matt L. Jones), a.k.a.
Badger, is pinched in a sting operation for selling meth to a cop.
This sends Walt and Jesse into a panic.
(Saul gets $50,000 for arranging it.)
Thats why you hire acriminallawyer to get you out of jams like this.
When Saul Goodman became Gene Takovic, however, he had to quit cold turkey.
There are still moreBreaking Badechoes.
Like Walter White at the beginning of that show, Jimmys ostensible problem is money.
So he needs to use his illicit talent to raise the money he lost.
The management track at Cinnabon isnt getting it done.
Then again, does he really need the money?
Hes a single person with a deliberately spartan lifestyle in an extremely affordable area of the country.
Uglier than even his two-bit partners, one of whom ultimately doesnt have the stomach for it.
Now that Saul Goodman is back in action, Jimmys distance from his own humanity has widened once again.
Burners:
Outstanding sendoff for Tina Parker as Francesca.
The chances that Kim herself is on the other end of the line rejecting him seem slim.
Jeffs reaction to Jimmys proposal (So were back in business?
Oh hell yeah!)
is akin to Michael Jordan asking some guy from the YMCA to play on his pick-up basketball team.
He gets to learn at the foot of a master.
Smart to bring Walt and Jesse back in such a limited way.
This isnt their show.
Theyre just a piece of Jimmys story, however pivotal.
This article has been updated to remove an error.
