Better Call Saul
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It all started with the ice-cream cone.
Then a car pulls up next to him on the sidewalk.
Nacho more or less has him tossed in the back seat.
In the opening of the next episode, the melting ice cream attracts a swarm of red ants.
This, as we say in the business, is symbolism.
He will be Lalo Salamancas lawyer and thus a cartel lawyer.
Lalo Salamanca is the ant at the top of that sugar cone.
And in Hit and Run, the other ants are swarming in kind.
Hes a cartel lawyer now.
Hes also making more mischief.
At best, other shows would have covered the entire plot against Howard in a single episode.)
(The cold open, set to the Associations Windy, was an instant classic.)
Cliff is outside lunching with Kim.
Hes starting to buy the story theyre telling.
If theres a lesson to Saul Goodman, its that sometimes you become the role that you play.
And here, Kim Wexler fakes her way into something real.
She might have backed her way into a backer.
One is a path to legitimacy, one to illegitimacy, even if they share a common starting point.
But the question remains: How long can their personal relationship survive their professional departure?
When this elaborate plot on Howard is over, what will be left of their partnership?
Such questions are deferred for now.
Theyre hungry, and the Taco Cabeza is a short walk away.
Which makes his ultimate fate all the crazier.
Whatever that therapist is getting paid to listen to Howard talking about his dreams, its not enough.
Kim isnt the throw in to get rattled necessarily.
But the news that Lalo is alive and might seek Jimmy out is unnerving for her to hear.
Hemet a memorably bad end.
