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Yeah, I noticed that, too. Also, when you click on the Instagram link the video has the song, “A Man Without Love” by Englebert Humperdink, playing. Interesting choice of music— but it may not mean anything at all. I do find it interesting that Audrey is transitioning more masculine with the hormones and top surgery than I originally thought they would as non-binary. I realize that one could be more masculine-presenting while still identifying as non-binary, but as @LilyD posted above, I ‘m a little surprised Audrey took the more drastic permanent step of top surgery. At any rate, I hope Audrey is happy with their decision and their transition journey.

I think Lalo is searching for proof that Gus wants him dead because of his suspicions about Gus’ operations (the super lab, which will squeeze out the cartel ‘s meth trade)? Lalo’s intuition is telling him that Gus’ “construction project” and the attempt on his life are somehow connected. There is a lot of “willing suspension of disbelief” involved when watching the Lalo storyline. Same goes for the Saul and Kim revenge on Howard storyline. I try to not let it affect my enjoyment of the show, though. It is fun to come here and read everyone else’s thoughts about the likelihood of events happening in real life the way they are portrayed in the episodes.

My grandson has an LP boy in his kindergarten class. He never mentions anything about the boy’s stature or his (slightly) bowed legs. Our grandson lives with us so we regularly hear him talk about kids in school, how his day went, etc. I would imagine as Jackson gets older, particularly middle school age, he will encounter more teasing and bullying, but at this age it’s likely minimal. I don’t see a big deal that Zach and Tori are moving 45 min. away from the grandparents at all. They all have vehicles and driver’s licenses.

Right, I was also thinking that Howard may be taking other medications that may have adverse interactions with the animal drug. Howard may even have an allergic reaction to something in the drug. Kim and Saul are taking a big risk by drugging Howard (among many risks). On another note, anyone notice the obvious foreshadowing when they cut from a shot of Kim and Jimmy kissing to the scene where Caspar is splitting logs? Or am I reading too much into it?

I get your point, Kim didn’t ask for Howard’s advice about Jimmy. But Howard ‘s intentions, while flawed in their basis, were those of someone who thought they were helping. He wasn’t trying to hurt Kim, he just assumed (wrongly) that she needed to know about Jimmy —yes, a little patronizing and irritating—but not evil.

But Kim in turn wants to advise her clients about what they should and should not do as well? Doesn’t Kim feel the “poor”need her guidance and protection? She and Jimmy lied to her client with the pregnant wife to get him to take the guilty plea. Would Kim appreciate it were it done to her? Kim is lying to Jimmy about Lalo to “protect” him— she’d rip him a new one if Jimmy did that to her. Now, I’m not saying that Kim shouldn’t advise her clients to do the best thing legally according to her knowledge of the system. But Howard probably thought he was looking out for Kim—the hard-working, by-the-book Kim that wanted out of the mailroom. He was wrong. So, Kim resents him, doesn’t like him, OK. But the hatred? It ‘s as if she’s using Howard as the receptacle of all her anger and frustration at the unfairness in the world. And that, in itself, is not fair.

Yes, Kim is the most intriguing character this season, imo, therefore the discussion here does tend to focus on her more than the others. We have been given plenty of background on Jimmy, we know what motivates Mike and Gus, and Lalo is a straight-up psychopath/sociopath. I couldn’t help but say, “yep!” When Kim was recounting to Cliff what HHM has given her. She seems to take that help for granted, or even resents the help she got. Also, yes Kim had a rough childhood— but she has brains and beauty. Who is to say that some of the pro bono clients she helps aren’t going to view her the same way that she views Howard, et al? She is a pretty, blond, white educated woman who will be telling them what’s best for them, what they should do— something Kim herself hates others to do to her.

Sehr interessant… it is amazing what they can di with cgi these days— It really looked like they went to Germany (or somewhere else in Europe).

Both Jon and Kate have their faults, but when Kate basically threw Colin away, that put her in the “monster” category for me. Colin may have serious issues and needed help, but Kate didn’t visit him regularly nor try to find a way for him to come home for visits on occasion. She wouldn’t even tell Jon where he was.

I remember reading that book too sometime ago. I was dissatisfied with the outcome, so I came here to see if Candy was worth watching—but I’m thinking probably not. Candy should not have gotten away with self-defense considering the amount of blows she inflicted on Betty even after Betty was incapacitated, imo.

I didn’t catch that it was an alternate location, the episode was so dimly lit—but that makes sense.

Well, that’s the explanation they gave in the show— it was in season 5, episode 1, “Magic Man.”

Lalo was told by Gus that the gigantic underground space he showed him was a cooler for his chicken. I would imagine that the equipment and machinery for cooking and storing meth and the ingredients for production would be very different than for keeping chicken cold. Maybe Lalo is looking for other guys/companies who worked on or supplied equipment for the project to get proof? Actually all Lalo would need to go to Hector or Bolsa is proof that the space is not being built for the chicken business to arouse suspicion and investigation into Gus’ activities.

Oh Lalo, you psychopathic wily minx, how did you find Werner’s widow? The Lalo scenes were the most interesting parts of this episode for me. This character can be so charming, so gentle and sweet with the little dog—and yet you don’t know if he’s going to murder someone in the next minute. The boxing match was kind of comical— but it didn’t really advance the story. Even before Kim said that something else was coming, you knew the match didn’t end things. And Kim— still a bit of an enigma. She wants to be Robin Hood, but her actions may result in unintended and undesirable consequences. She should tell Jimmy about Lalo. She is actually not protecting Jimmy by withholding this information, imo.

The thing that bugged me about the show, (even though I generally liked it,) was that no one on the panel seemed to be permitted to say they knew the answer and that’s why they voted bs or not. I mean, if one knows the answer to a question and the contestant gets it wrong, it doesn’t matter how good of a bullshitter they are—I’m voting bs. So it can help a player by how much trivia he/ she knows— even though one can win a lot of money by bs-ing. Also, the last panel players should have some incentive to be accurate— such as a cash prize of $500 or $1000, for the most accurate.

My pet peeve about the term “gaslighting” is that it is sometimes over-used to justify one person’s perception of an event over the other’s. Just because one party’s interpretation, perception, or opinion of an event or statement differs from another party’s does not necessarily mean “gaslighting” is happening. My adult daughter has used this term on me recently when she quoted me as saying something I did not say. I repeated my original statement verbatim back to her and said I was confused as to why she interpreted my statement differently. She then accused me of gaslighting her. I felt as if she was using the term to shut me down and discredit my own recollection of a statement I had made only a few minutes before.

A couple of things in this episode sort of took me out of the moment— when Saul was taking the “Patients Only” sign out of the ground and sticking back in, I thought, no way would that happen irl. That dry, hard ground would make it next to impossible for Saul to get it far enough down for it to remain standing for even two seconds. (I know—nitpicking — but it bugged me.) The other thing that I noticed was the coloring of Bob Odenkirk. It may have been the lighting but even when he was in the “Howard” disguise he looked a little off—particularly his lips. I couldn’t help thinking about his heart attack. This episode was a tad too slow for my taste. Saul has already embarrassed Howard with sex workers — why do a repeat? I did enjoy the walkthrough of Gus’ lair, though. I, like Kim, want more. More Kim, more Howard, more Lalo. I hope not too much is rushed in the series finale.

Good article, but for me, the jury is still out on whether Kim is “our hero” or not. I’ll have to see what the rest of the series brings.

I agree, the glasses look way too big for their face. All I focus on are the glasses (and the whiskers). The picture is reversed, so I see there is a wedding band type ring on Audrey’s left-hand ring finger. I wonder if they are already legally married and are going to do a ceremony for the show?

I wonder also how Jason has any legal "authority" regarding Kylen's medical care. As for the production team of the show, can't one of the producers pull Jason aside and try to talk sense into Kylen about the danger she and her unborn child may possibly be in? They set up scenes and interfere to get storylines--someone, anyone should have called an ambulance, imo.

I, too, have wondered what Mike meant by "Do it" and enjoy reading everyone's take on it here--including yours. That's part of the fun here. I'm still not sure what my final opinion is because so many different posts are very convincing.

I don’t have much to add to the great discussion here regarding Mike’s “Do it,” except that I, too, took it at face value at first. I am open to the different interpretations suggested here, though— so now I don’t know what to think. Not that it really matters, what’s done is done. I can only imagine what goes on it the writers’ minds when creating the story— is there one writer per episode or is there a collaboration?

Count me in as not fully understanding Kim’s motivation to risk everything to get back at Howard. Jimmy was perfectly fine with letting Howard feel the guilt over Chuck’s death, even though he knew the truth. Then Jimmy went on to feign fake sorrow at Chuck’s memorial and in court—so I don’t have a big problem with Howard saying that Chuck committed suicide. He did. Howard was at least going to therapy and work through Chuck’s death. Was Howard a sanctimonious douche sometimes? Yes. I get that Kim does not like Howard, that she holds a grudge. However, to plan to ruin his career, while risking her own? After all Kim went through to become a successful lawyer, to become one of them, to risk throwing it all away? I don’t know. I agree that grief and love can make people do crazy things, but I’m going to need a whole lot more insight/backstory about Kim for it to be satisfying for me as a viewer.

I did wonder why Nacho didn’t at least take out Bolsa or anyone else before taking his own life? He knew Mike was there to take him out anyway if he was rushed by the twins?

Yeah, it would really annoy me if they tried to make Kim still Saul’s wife going forward into the BB years, but who knows what the writers have come up with? I hope it’s some crazy plot twist, like Kim is in hiding with Lalo on some Central/South American beach.