Better Call Saul
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So you were always like this.
This is the line.
If these men were mere monsters, they wouldnt be so compelling.
But both shows are about breaking bad and how there isnt an easy way back up that slippery slope.
After five seasons, Walts monstrousness became chillingly second nature.
Thefinale ofBreaking Baddid not offer redemption for Walt.
I liked it, he said.
It cuts to the heart of who he really is, and its not redemptive in the least.
Last weeks episodeofBetter Call Saulsuggested a similar pessimism about Jimmy McGill.
He saw it as a golden opportunity.
And thats before hes ready to play his trump card, the previously unknown homicide of Howard Hamlin.
It changes him when change seemed impossible.
Hey, thats the answer!
Theres a whole lot of elephants in the circus.)
Your honor, Id like to petition to withdraw from this case, Oakley tells the judge.
Not a chance, she replies.
And if she doesnt issue her confession the way she did, Jimmy takes his sweet plea deal.
But its Walt who cuts through the bullshit, which is incredible given his bullshit artistry.
What would you do differently if you could?
The problem with regret is that its not anything close to a time machine.
Regret cant change anything that happened.
It wont raise Hank Schrader or Howard Hamlin from the dead.
But its not meaningless, either.
Hes gone back and changed his path, just as Chuck would have wanted.
He was always like this.
But hes not like this anymore.
Surely the kid has a story.
Money is an interesting wrinkle in this episode because it comes up in two of the time-machine discussions.
Later, Walt seethes over his own billion-dollar company getting swiped out from under him by Elliott and Gretchen.
It seems fair that Jimmy is finally caught trying to flee the police like an ordinary guy.
Things didnt go as planned for either of them, though Walt is obviously the more curious case.
Great to see Kim back at work, offering her legal services to the central Floridians who need it.
People professionally worried about her need to worry no longer.
Few shows in television history have been as artfully filmed asBetter Call Saul.
Ill miss its images perhaps most of all.
