It’s going to be fascinating to see just how that happens, and whether that occurrence will blow away another chunk of Jimmy’s already damaged morality. Now obviously arriving at the events of Breaking Bad there was no significant other in Saul’s life, especially not one as level-headed and fundamentally decent as Kim, which tells us that at some point these two will part ways permanently. The truth about Chuck’s intentions still obviously stings, yet Jimmy seems to have found a form of solace with Kim, with whom he shares a genuine liking and an easy chemistry. So what will eventually turn Jimmy? It feels too early in a hopefully long run to speculate, but watching him get closer with Kim makes me wonder if there isn’t a second major betrayal looming around the corner. It’s incredible storytelling from the best in the business. It certainly has those elements, but by and large Better Call Saul is a slow, thoughtful and moving drama that somehow turned one of the funniest characters from Breaking Bad into the most tragic, creating a situation where the last thing we as the audience want is to see Jimmy become Saul.
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Coming into this series there was probably a certain amount of expectation that it would be a more comedic, fun show replete with black humour. What is so clever about this show is how it subverts our understanding of Saul Goodman and what we thought we wanted from him. For now, Jimmy decides to take the more prestigious job he had seemingly rejected and, after drunkenly sleeping with Kim, seems closer than ever to an actual healthy relationship.īut Better Call Saul is a tragedy, a masterful one that uses our knowledge of how this story will end to imbue every decision Jimmy makes with a certain weight and portent, a lingering knowledge that no matter how hard he tries he will one day give up completely.
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Sure, he was happy to keep scamming people and even managed to bring Kim in during a highly entertaining sequence where the two of them take full advantage of a sleazy scumbag they meet in a bar, but Jimmy’s desire to better himself is not gone, and his assertion last year that doing the right thing would never stop him again was revealed to have been more of a momentary blip on his journey rather than a full blown turn.
Instead he left the smallest, most pathetic sign of who he really was, the person who he misses so much, and the same person who crafted the downfall of Jimmy McGill, a once good man.īecause no matter how much the Season One finale seemed to suggest that Jimmy was one name change away from being Saul Goodman, Switch quickly demonstrated that his inherent morality was not about to disappear so quickly.