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Saul knows his “ customer base” and he’s not going to be threatened into moving to a nicer neighbourhood. The man questions him about the moral aspect of his work. He’s confronted by a cop who got his card from a drug dealer. It’s a successful venture, at least to an extent. Seeing him with a knife, in hindsight of Breaking Bad, is forever unnerving.Īlready using his new pseudonym, Saul’s on the street hawking his phones to those in need of secrecy from Big Brother. I wonder if he’s going to take further measures to keep Hector in his state. Fring notices the old man knock over his cup and recognises it as manipulation, not a spasm. She brings video of their latest session, during which Mr. She can only tell him of the “ incremental improvements” of her patient. He only wants to know if it’s the same Hector he’s always known. Bruckner, like he always does with close associates. After a column falls over, tensions amongst the crew are beyond high, and Mike knows this is trouble.Īt home, Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) cooks for Dr. This takes us over to where Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) is looking after things during the construction phase, as the engineer and his team make their way over to the laundromat where they’re building the soon-to-be meth lab. Construction’s not without setbacks. We get a nice sliver of “ No Aloha” by the Breeders before segueing into a version of the classic folk tune “ Big Rock Candy Mountain” by Burl Ives. He’s applying his conman game to Kim’s boss Rick Schweikart (Dennis Boutsikaris), kind of mocking him as part of the bourgeois class with mentions of a “ private chartered jet.” Not a good look. And this starts him drinking, which gets him talking, then suddenly everybody’s listening to him ramble. More than any of that, he continually sees how much better of a person she is than him. By himself, Jimmy slips into Kim’s office and compares it to the smaller place he was looking at earlier, like they’re in competition. He’s charming and chatty and he pulls out all the stops. He tries his best to play the witty, likeable significant other, not wanting to make his lady look bad in front of everybody. That evening Jimmy’s going with Kim to a big function at her new office.
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However, he’s more aware than anyone realises, manipulating the nurse into bending over for his pleasure and proving his mind remains crafty. Maureen Bruckner (Poorna Jagannathan) is working with Hector Salamanca (Mark Margolis) to try and get him back to decent health. He isn’t trying to sell Kim on this, rather he’s showing Huell (Lavell Crawford) around the place for when they get into business together.Īt the hospital, Dr. He’s determined to make the place upscale and classy. He does his best to sell it, despite a few setbacks including a nasty bathroom. Jimmy’s got an office space he thinks is perfect for his newest venture. Perfectly this ends in the opening sequence with Kim lying back to back with Jimmy, as she fades into the dark next to him. Excellent visual of seeing the couple start out at the bathroom mirror together, only to see them literally grow gradually apart until they’re wholly divided across the screen. They’re already living basically separative lives. This is perhaps the widest we’ve seen it yet. The divide between Jimmy and Kim opens further all the time. Point being, he’s always doing the bare minimum, not concerned wit getting anywhere from the right hard work but just any hard work- even if it’s illegal. Kim is busy getting things done in the world of law while Jimmy keeps hawking his cellphones and hatching new plans to get himself ahead. This is our first glimpse of the Saul Goodman business cards, too. We get a split view of Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) and Kim (Rhea Seehorn) in their daily lives, as the latter’s moving on up in the world, and the former seems to be determined to go as low as necessary in order to get what he wants out of life. * For a recap & review of the next episode, “Coushatta” – click here * For a recap & review of the previous episode, “Piñata” – click here