Better Call Saul
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That was the assurance Jimmy gave Howard mere minutes before Howard was shot in the head.
Yes, hes suffered serious professional embarrassment due to Kim and Jimmys scheming.
But still, he would dust himself off and survive.
He would be fine.
The question then becomes, What next?
What you talk of is revenge.
My boy is gone … You gangsters and your justice.
Youre all the same.
That last part stings, but its an important reminder of who Mike is.
Thats a kind of pain that Mike cannot answer for, other than to promise more violence.
His goodness is only relative to the vipers in his sphere.
To an upstanding, hard-working citizen like Nachos dad, hes not much better than a common gangster.
Within that world, however, theres some flexibility.
Eladio chooses to send poor Hector off to bed, dinging his bell in protest.
Eladio knows that Gus hates him over what happened to Guss partner, but an earner is an earner.
With the Lalo matter settled, its time to go back to making money.
Cliff has witnessed Howards raging fake drug habit on multiple occasions, after all.
Now Cheryl gets to be snagged by the same prank.
In an episode full of unsustainable fictions, this is the most tantalizing one: that nothing ever happened.
No one will come for Kim and Jimmy its Mikes job to ensure that.
But can they live with it?
Can they return to a spotless apartment and pretend the floor wasnt once pooled with blood?
The look on Kims face in that montage says no.
Hes Saul Goodman 24/7 now.
This was the truest fate, and the Emmy-nominated (finally!)
Rhea Seehorn nailed the moment as usual.
Giancarlo Espositos darkening expression is something to behold.
Gross has acquitted himself well since.
I love you too.
This is not true.
Mike also lost his son, who was murdered by corrupt cops.
I regret my lapse of memory.
