If Gus had any intention of killing Kim she would not have made it out of his house.
Better Call Saul, the TV series
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If Gus had any intention of killing Kim she would not have made it out of his house.
I don't think Gus would want to kill her. I think he only kills when it is really needed. That is why he would let them live but only as long he feels they don't become a threat. When she leaves she becomes a unknown element and one with a conscious who clearly doesn't like what happened. He could see her being a danger of going to the cops or the Feds.
Saul on the other hand has gone full Saul. He has been corrupted and is someone he can control thus Jimmy is no longer a threat and even a asset because he would eventually help Walter on Breaking Bad.
Saul on the other hand has gone full Saul. He has been corrupted and is someone he can control thus Jimmy is no longer a threat and even a asset because he would eventually help Walter on Breaking Bad.
Why would they? They were more concerned about Kim and JImmy's behavior the morning after. They wanted them to act like nothing happened until after the car was found. Kim didn't quit and walk away until after the memorial service which likely was more than a few days after (it would have taken them a bit time to decide that Howard was dead...not the moment the car was found). As Howard had a close professional relationship with Kim since she worked in the mail room, supported her all those years, it wouldn't have looked odd to most people if she walked away after her mentor started taking cocaine and apparently committed suicide several states away on a beach, at that point.
It would have looked suspicious if Kim walked away that morning after Howard was killed. That was something Gus and Mike wanted to avoid, as it would potentially put some heat on them. Otherwise...no.
We also don't know exactly what Kim told the Legal community including whoever she'd report to at the courthouse, the nature of her leaving, all that.
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Lot of that depends though on what Kim does after she walked away. At least when she was with JImmy and going about her job it was a familiar routine and easy to keep track of. Now she is off to who knows where. She becomes something of a loose cannon and maybe they would feel the need to kill her at that point.
I think we might even be reading Jimmy becoming full Saul wrong. I am not sure he would give up on her so easy. Jimmy doesn't quit so easily when he wants something. I could see him going and searching for her only to find her dead. Once she is dead he finally gives into the Saul personality having lost the last thing in life he actually cared about.
I think we might even be reading Jimmy becoming full Saul wrong. I am not sure he would give up on her so easy. Jimmy doesn't quit so easily when he wants something. I could see him going and searching for her only to find her dead. Once she is dead he finally gives into the Saul personality having lost the last thing in life he actually cared about.
No. After Kim leaves him, that's the end of Slippin' Jimmy, he has no reason to hang onto a legitimate life. Hence the time jump to what is pretty much just before Breaking Bad begins: He's in full Saul persona, he has the Statue of Liberty balloon, he has the office, he's waking up wasted next to random hookers.
We already know Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul are appearing--though I hope they find a better bald cap for Cranston than what they used in El Camino--so it's pretty much assured that we're going to be seeing some BB events from Saul's perspective. For all intents and purposes, Jimmy McGill is dead.
I think Kim saved her life when she pointed at the other man who matched Fring’s general description and said “Shoot him”.
Basically confirming she had no idea who Fring was.
She is also a person with enough blood on her hands that outing Mike would involve explaining she was involved in a massive fraud scheme and then became accessory to murder, and Mike, a man who looks for any excuse not to murder people not named Salamanca, knows her to be a savvy intelligent woman.
Basically confirming she had no idea who Fring was.
She is also a person with enough blood on her hands that outing Mike would involve explaining she was involved in a massive fraud scheme and then became accessory to murder, and Mike, a man who looks for any excuse not to murder people not named Salamanca, knows her to be a savvy intelligent woman.
I really think they could leave the end of genes story ambiguous and have a limited series based on Kim's story covering her leaving Jimmy to the end of BB
They already re-cast the cab driver, they're not leaving Gene's end ambiguous. I'm fairly certain that the last episode will be his trial.
I still have this notion of a really downbeat ending whereby Gene is working behind the counter at Cinnabon and Kim comes in. They share a look, a nod, and then she walks away again, back to her own life, leaving him to his mundane existence.
I still can't quite figure out if I want Jimmy to get away with it and for he and Kim to reconnect.
I still can't quite figure out if I want Jimmy to get away with it and for he and Kim to reconnect.
I wonder if they would end it with Jimmy and Kim both getting caught and going to prison. I could see both of them back in the courthouse but this time not as lawyers but as criminals standing trial. The idea of going from lawyer to criminal makes some sense to me.
Fraud for sure. What she and Jimmy did to Howard was a crime. Also she knew about some of Jimmy's scams and his deal with Lalo were his trip to the desert. Nothing from Breaking Bad though. Jimmy would have a much bigger rap sheet.
Wait, what? When did that happen?
Damn. That would be so cold and heartbreaking.
...I would not be surprised if that's the ending Peter and Vince go with. After all, Vince was originally going with a much more sacrificial, sad ending for Jesse in El Camino until he was talked out of it.
https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a40541621/better-call-saul-jeff-recast-season-6/
Yes it would be heart-breaking. The question is does Jimmy deserve a happy ending after the things he's done, the things he will do?
Huh, I completely missed that news. And I can see why I didn't catch the change in the teaser because I still don't see where he shows up in it. Sorry to see Don Harvey doesn't return since I really like him in the role.
Speaking of that teaser, I think we've seen all of that footage already. We're in completely in uncharted territory now.
Indeed. I think that's the most important question this show has been asked since day one.
They wouldn't be able to prove it. Hell, it would have been huge leaps of faith for investigators to make such conclusions about Kim, especially if they somehow decide to go after Kim after the events of Breaking Bad....Absolutely nothing to go on.
If Howard had survived that night, and had Kim investigated right away, perhaps, but not with Howard dead and still walking free during the time of Breaking Bad.
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