Better Call Saul: The Long Goodbye to Jimmy McGill

Better Call Saul: The Long Goodbye to Jimmy McGill

There were six seasons of a series that without a doubt, and against all prejudice, managed to establish itself among the fans of the series that gave rise to it and also add new followers on its own merit. A prequel that in turn worked as a sequel, but that also managed to give other points of view to the already known story. That and much more did Better Call Saul one of the best series of the last times.

What would you do if you had a time machine?

Going to what was the final episode titled “Saul Gone” (translated as “There is nothing left”), after being discovered by Marion (Carol Burnett) Saul tries to make a getaway that is quickly deactivated by the police. After being trapped in a dumpster and experiencing a minor meltdown, Saul is Saul again. He is willing to use all his cards to get his way and shows off all his tricks so that the system works in his favor. For a moment it seems that it will, but once again Kim (Rhea Seehorn) reappears to change everything.

Better Call Saul It was in a certain way a trip in time, the past and the future of breaking bad, the question What would you do if you had a time machine? is the common thread of three flashbacks that bring Mike for the last time (Jonathan Banks), Walter White (Cranston) and Chuck (Michael McKean) Jimmy’s late brother. These three scenes, excellently conceived within the structure of the episode, serve to further highlight Kim’s importance to Jimmy. In the end it wasn’t all about the money, Jimmy wasn’t always like that and at least in the end, if he was there for someone beyond himself and that’s Kim.

Saul Goodman’s Last Dance

Seehorn’s is one of the most interesting characters in Better Call Saul, perhaps the fact of being an original creation of the series within this universe gave it a freshness that other characters at times lacked due to the fact that they already knew their destinies. Kim was always the vehicle for the public to see Jimmy and not so much Saul, and his appearance in this latest episode only confirms this.

There is no doubt that the death of Howard (patrick fabian) was a turning point for the relationship between Jimmy and Kim, it was what separated them but it was also what somehow brought them back together at least one last time.

Better Call Saul

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Subjectively I must say that Vince Gilligan Y peter gould In these fourteen years they have given us a story that is on the podium of the most important fictions in the history of television. Be supposed to Better Call Saul It is the farewell, but if we know something in this industry, it is that a goodbye, no matter how long it may be, can never be definitive. Meanwhile we have three high quality products left to enjoy and revisit as many times as we want.

Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad and El Camino are available on Netflix.

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