EdwinSorrow

I would like to recommend everyone this fascinating Twitter thread by one of my favourite writers on the finale - absolutely the best analysis of the show I've ever read. As someone who loved the finale, this thread captures what worked about it far better than I ever could, and puts into words why Jimmy's confession moved me so much. For those who hated the finale, well, hopefully this at least gets you to understand the other side a bit more.

I've spent the past few days thinking about this finale. A beautiful and poignant ending that not only stuck the landing, but elevated the entire series in my eyes. Odenkirk did his best acting on the show (and of his career, of course), shifting personas from the weaselly Saul Goodman to vulnerable and introspective Jimmy McGill, while still making his personalities feel like the distinct sides of the same human being. He was beautifully played off of as always by the moving Rhea Seehorn, whose silent facial acting in the courtroom scene I'd say was even better than her performance in Waterworks. I don't know that I'd say I have a preference between this and its predecessor (which I'll need to fully rewatch) but this finale cemented Better Call Saul as a show that, even if never quite as addictive as the pulp entertainment of Breaking Bad, was the more thoughtful and challenging drama.

I don't entirely follow. Are you suggesting Seehorn was lying about Kim's fate, the way Garfield lied about not being in No Way Home?

A few days late, but this was a very good episode. The cross-cutting between the BB and Omaha timelines really drove home what a self-destructive loop Saul has created for himself. His nature has condemned him into doubling down on his past mistakes rather than learning from them and trying to grow. Reminded me a little of the flashbacks from the final season of Boardwalk Empire (though BCS integrated them somewhat more successfully). Random notes: Disappointing to hear from Tom Schnauz that the writers never got around to showing the first time Saul suggests murdering someone. That is a major, major difference between Jimmy and Saul in my eyes, a trigger that I had been waiting for this show to pull since the very beginning. Wouldn't it be far more impactful to see how far he's fallen to see him actually agree to have someone killed rather than simply witness how sleazy and shallow his personality became? Haven't read the thread in full, so IDK if someone raised this question before, but: Should we be wondering how Gene got in touch with the criminals they were selling the ID's to? Underestimate Carol Burnett at your own risk.

Interesting interview with the actor Pat Healy, who plays Jeff the cab driver. https://thereveal.substack.com/p/an-interview-with-pat-healy-part

Heh. No pun intended.

Yes, the stuff after the cold open near the start of each episode that shows the "Better Call Saul" logo and displays the "Created by Vince Gilligan & Peter Gould" credit. I'm not theorizing anything in particular, just expressing curiosity. I think gallimaufry's theory that it simply goes to white after episode 10 is interesting.

Far from the biggest question I have regarding the show's future, of course, but I'm curious to see what happens with the title cards starting from episode 11. BCS only has 10 title cards (1 for each episode in the previous 10-episode seasons), so will there be new ones, or will the show ditch them entirely?

Just a gorgeous episode, engrossing and moving. I initially had problems with how anticlimactic and predictable Lalo's fate felt, but I've now come around on seeing the tragedy in him dying and being buried in the very lab whose existence he was obsessed with proving. That cold open was probably my favourite of the series so far.

Don't think anyone has posted this yet: This Is Us gave BCS a shout-out. https://old.reddit.com/r/betterCallSaul/comments/w0g0qm/a_nice_bcs_reference_in_this_is_us/

That looks like Odenkirk to me. His hair is just made to look like the way it was in BB.