The scheming conman has the one-upmanship spirit still resolutely stirring him forward. The panel vehemently delivers a resounding sentence to Saul: there is no way he is seeing daylight again in his life. He walks past Marie Schrader, who makes a surprise guest appearance on the show. He is brought in front of a panel of government lawyers. Where is this finale heading toward? With his fake moustache off and the air brought a bit to the front, we see a familiar sight. Still, he is not ready to accept defeat and give up. Because this is definitely making it to the news. “Think what representing me would do to your career?” He is, of course, referring to the media attention his private law firm will get for being involved in the case. Saul propositions him in the most bizarre way. This is where we say goodbye to Gene and Saul emerges from within. He calls Bill Oakley, his old nemesis from the courthouse from the DA’s side. Something clicks and he demands another phone call. He hits the metal door in frustration and is wincing in pain as he spots a message on the wall. Is this feeble end really the sheepish conclusion to his “heroic” tales and war stories? He also apologizes for not coming to work and asks Kritsa to call the management: they would need a new manager. Like a respectful professional, Gene calls his workplace in the mall and asks if they opened up okay. The officers watch a video of Gene as Saul while he waits for his phone call. His shuffling around attracts the attention of officers and he is caught. To the best of my memory, he ran a vacuum cleaning store and Gene had taken out a similar business card. My best guess is he wants to call Ed Galbraith, the Disappearer. The chase ultimately leads him to a dumpster, where he wants to do something with his belongings that isn’t too clear. He goes to his house and escapes out the back when he sees officers arrive. Marion stands at the window and reads out the make, colour, and number plates on Gene’s car. We jump to the present where Gene is on the run. There can’t really be anything that Jimmy wouldn’t change, is there? Regrets and choices are a running theme in the finale – a sort of nostalgic turning of the clock by our most cherished characters in the shared universe. But we will get to see more of this in the episode. So when Jimmy says they’re rested and does not want to take the conversation forward, Mike simply complies. He would have been a billionaire in the present.īut this isn’t an honest answer. Common stocks of the company have increased in value by more than a 1000%. Investing the remaining amount of money into Berkshire Hathaway on the day Warren Buffet took over the reins. When it is Jimmy’s turn, his first bite at the cherry is one wish that millions of us wish for every day. And then, some years from that day to check in on his family. March 17, 1984, is when he would go back to that he could stop himself from taking his first ever bribe. Mike responds with an answer – Decem– but quickly changes his answer. What would he change in his life that we know so little about? “I say, we take $6 mil and build a time machine”. Mike suggests it is not theirs to take, prompting Jimmy to start a “thinking experiment”: what would Mike do if he did indeed take off? Not biting. While resting and refreshing, Jimmy proposes they leave with the money. They are run ragged by the desert heat and finally hit an isolated well. Mike and Jimmy have just been able to escape the deathtrap with the $7 mil. We start episode 13 of Better Call Saul Season 6 with never seen before footage from season 5 episode 8 of Better Call Saul, “Bagman”. Remember when I wrote in episode 10 how that was the day Jimmy died? Well, this certainly is a rebirth of sorts but more sincere and honest and ambiguous. Season 6’s end is nothing as flashy or grandiose as Breaking Bad’s was. That and a sense of uncompromising belief that every moment in their lives worked as a function of their choices and led them to another moment. The human connection remains the most compelling factor in each’s storytelling. Their shared universe is populated by serious-minded, everyday people with slightly extraordinary problems. It is not just a companion piece to Breaking Bad in form and spirit it is a moral, ethical, and regal extension. Better Call Saul has finally come to a close.
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