I love where they placed this in the series. They show her taking a big risk that could have had a huge negative impact on her life, for a worthless "reward" - costume jewelry. Literal junk. And then they show her taking a way bigger risk with potential for a major negative impact on herself in that last season. And as soon as they said "necklace and earrings" I knew it was the one we'd seen the whole time, and that it had to be garbage. The gold is locked in the counter cases. It was a nice way to show she was fooling most of the other characters, and some of the views, into thinking she was committed to an upwardly mobile professional lifestyle when she wasn't at all.
I don't that she was fooling everyone the whole time. It was a constant conflict in her life to do the right thing, yet be drawn to the other way by her nature. It was the back and forth and changing good and bad tendencies between her and Saul which was the story here.
I also don't agree she was faking her professionalism and diligence the whole time, it is true she did the scams because it gave her a thrill, but she wasn't devoted to this lifestyle. She did it mostly to gain validation from Jimmy, who was in many ways similar to her mother. It's a circle
One of my issues with the show was how late into the show we finally learnt about Kim's upbringing... she is the co-star of the show and only the final season(s) we see flashbacks to why she is who she is... they should have been a bit more interspersed throughout the show's run imo
I think that revealing her past late in the story is meant to pull the rug to give us a whole new perspective on Kim’s character, “subverting our expectations” after we saw her as a “moral compass” for four seasons straight. But in the end, it doesn’t even matter because it went back to square one by putting Kim back to the pedestal as a moral compass anyway. Jimmy redeemed himself because of Kim. Jimmy, being a man-child that he is, will never learn to have a conscience by himself or even acknowledge that Kim is also responsible for Howard’s death as much, if not even more than him.
We already had our expectations subverted by the reveal of how much Kim got a huge thrill/high being bad with Jimmy by doing cons since season 2... that was a perfect time to show these reveals of her past, and serve no real purpose but to feel forced for hte last season... which does discredit to Kim as a character as a CO-STAR and arguably as popular if not more than Saul himself in his own show @@nont18411
@nont18411 You do know there is no evidence to go after Kim, especially that its been years since Howard's death. That's the whole point she confessed to Cheryl and why she is going after Kim with her lawsuit.
@@diegov2631 Dang! She resembles Kim so much I wasn’t sure! So believable as Kim’s mother. If it’s not Kim then awesome casting and a fantastic actress!
What’s even the point of making Kim’s hometown being Nebraska if in the end, Jimmy will never know she was from there and it has no payoff what so ever? I mean, Ed picked Nebraska for him. A state that was supposed to have some significance to Jimmy because it’s Kim’s hometown but in the end, it reveals that none of this matters because Kim’s already in somewhere else (Florida) anyway. Wouldn’t it make more sense if Kim was originally from Florida? It would fit more with her “symbolic punishment” of after all time in ABQ, Kim just got back to square one in the place she hates. Long story short: I’m not a fan of Kim being someone from Nebraska because it was there only to “subvert our expectations” and teased the audience about possible reunion between Kim and Jimmy that never happened. It leads to nowhere like Marie’s kleptomaniac plotline in Breaking Bad.
kim was supposed to be from a nowhere town, and nebraska fits the bill. the fact that jimmy also ends up there is simply a bit of irony from the writers. I don’t think there’s supposed to be a “point”
I thought it was there to give the two characters yet another overlapping experience in life. In many ways they were the same spirit with two different bodies. The story wouldn't have had the same impact if she was from a culturally different place with a different experience and accent than he was.
But not our kimmy.... couldn't be precious Kimmy
STEALING THEM BLIND! AND SHE GETS TO BE A LAWYER?! WHAT A SICK JOKE!
Slippin' Kimmy! One after Slippin' Jimmy! As if I could ever make such a mistake!
I SHOULD HAVE STOPPED HER WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE!
SHE DEFECATED THROUGH A SUNROOF
She'll never change. She'll *never* change! Ever since she was 9, *always* the same! Couldn't keep her hands out of the merchandise shelf!
I can’t believe how much the actress for Kim’s mother looks like an older Rhea. Perfect casting
I know! Didn’t they do some magical casting there?
Thanks for pointing it out!
All the best!
@@annenelson5656The casting of Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad is perfect
Yeah, very similar huh?
I thought she was her sister or something
When they're walking out of the store together I almost would've thought it was Rhea herself if I didn't know better.
The fact it's a different actress playing her mom yet sounds similar to Kim.
Casting directors have never failed when choosing actors
@@omegajrz1269 Well except for for Kaylee Ehrmantraut.
@@ARCJ78 why did you sayed that??
@@Cobbido Kaylee's age is inconsistent between Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul
@@omegajrz1269Walt Jr. Except if we are supposed to question whether he is Walt’s son, which I don’t think we are
What I love about this is that Kim's mother is basically Kim, but with Saul's quick thinking, love this idea.
Saul's father was a sheep. Kim's mother was a wolf.
You're giving petty thieves too much credit.
@@MediadosHis father really was food though. An easy target that failed to see the bad in anyone.
saul: wolf in sheep's clothing
kim: sheep in wolf's clothing
@@darkgenie3167Think its the opposite actually.
@@TheBeastInBlack how so?
This is the moment Kim became Marie
Can we talk about how well the girl did playing a younger Kim??? She nailed ever expression
No wonder she likes Saul, her mom is basically Slippin Jimmy.
Kim and Jimmy is like Bonnie and Clyde in terms of scamming people.
And Howard was right when he confronted them only he was at the wrong place at the wrong time
@@DaScorpionSting He said indirectly that to them.
I didn't know that the U2 singer was a criminal 😂
Bono and Clyde 😂
🤔
I love how aggressively 70s this scene is
Aggressively 70s!!!!!!!🤟🤟🤟🤟
The clothes were 80s
@@wenaldy Early 1980s at least.
Better times....
Did anyone else think it was Rhea Seehorn playing Kim's mom when they first saw this?
Was it not?!
@@jaeminnxtiedemann6543 Nope! That's Beth Hoyt, who (interestingly enough) has also played Skyler White in The Key of Awesome sketches.
@@SimBol1216that's crazy
I honestly thought it was her, or are you being funny?
I love where they placed this in the series. They show her taking a big risk that could have had a huge negative impact on her life, for a worthless "reward" - costume jewelry. Literal junk. And then they show her taking a way bigger risk with potential for a major negative impact on herself in that last season. And as soon as they said "necklace and earrings" I knew it was the one we'd seen the whole time, and that it had to be garbage. The gold is locked in the counter cases. It was a nice way to show she was fooling most of the other characters, and some of the views, into thinking she was committed to an upwardly mobile professional lifestyle when she wasn't at all.
I don't that she was fooling everyone the whole time. It was a constant conflict in her life to do the right thing, yet be drawn to the other way by her nature. It was the back and forth and changing good and bad tendencies between her and Saul which was the story here.
I also don't agree she was faking her professionalism and diligence the whole time, it is true she did the scams because it gave her a thrill, but she wasn't devoted to this lifestyle. She did it mostly to gain validation from Jimmy, who was in many ways similar to her mother. It's a circle
🤔
Interesting that Kim's mom refer to "Kim" as "Kimmy" (which of course rhymes with "Jimmy")
Greatest casting decision of all time.
She looks and sounds like Kim man that’s perfect casting
Slippin' Kimmy
really liked the thing that the mother's vocal expression are so similar to Kim when she grows up.
butter corn salt
beyond cold soup 🥣
best crash shop
Better console
Breader ball ball
Bird crash ship
Slippin' Giselle
maybe that's why Kim loves Jimmy so much, he reminds her of her mom :)
One of my issues with the show was how late into the show we finally learnt about Kim's upbringing... she is the co-star of the show and only the final season(s) we see flashbacks to why she is who she is... they should have been a bit more interspersed throughout the show's run imo
I think that revealing her past late in the story is meant to pull the rug to give us a whole new perspective on Kim’s character, “subverting our expectations” after we saw her as a “moral compass” for four seasons straight.
But in the end, it doesn’t even matter because it went back to square one by putting Kim back to the pedestal as a moral compass anyway. Jimmy redeemed himself because of Kim. Jimmy, being a man-child that he is, will never learn to have a conscience by himself or even acknowledge that Kim is also responsible for Howard’s death as much, if not even more than him.
We already had our expectations subverted by the reveal of how much Kim got a huge thrill/high being bad with Jimmy by doing cons since season 2... that was a perfect time to show these reveals of her past, and serve no real purpose but to feel forced for hte last season... which does discredit to Kim as a character as a CO-STAR and arguably as popular if not more than Saul himself in his own show @@nont18411
@nont18411 You do know there is no evidence to go after Kim, especially that its been years since Howard's death. That's the whole point she confessed to Cheryl and why she is going after Kim with her lawsuit.
We did get a whole monologue on her youth back in season 2.
@@Carlos-ln8fdPeople don't notice things because they don't want to
Brilliant casting from Kim's Mum; same tone of voice and cadence.
I know it’s not her but she really reminded me of Jane Kazmarik who played the mother on Malcolm in the Middle
Who acted alongside Bryan Cranston... it all comes full circle lol
Bad boy, kimothy
Was that Kim playing the mother?!
Nop. She's a different actress with a similar voice to adult kim's actress
@@diegov2631 Dang! She resembles Kim so much I wasn’t sure! So believable as Kim’s mother. If it’s not Kim then awesome casting and a fantastic actress!
@@diegov2631the voice sounds uncannily like Rhea Seehorn, tonal quality and cadence.
Marie would’ve loved her
Can u do "I'm lawyer not a criminal"?
...
Ok there Monkey D. Dragon
What’s even the point of making Kim’s hometown being Nebraska if in the end, Jimmy will never know she was from there and it has no payoff what so ever?
I mean, Ed picked Nebraska for him. A state that was supposed to have some significance to Jimmy because it’s Kim’s hometown but in the end, it reveals that none of this matters because Kim’s already in somewhere else (Florida) anyway.
Wouldn’t it make more sense if Kim was originally from Florida? It would fit more with her “symbolic punishment” of after all time in ABQ, Kim just got back to square one in the place she hates.
Long story short: I’m not a fan of Kim being someone from Nebraska because it was there only to “subvert our expectations” and teased the audience about possible reunion between Kim and Jimmy that never happened. It leads to nowhere like Marie’s kleptomaniac plotline in Breaking Bad.
kim was supposed to be from a nowhere town, and nebraska fits the bill. the fact that jimmy also ends up there is simply a bit of irony from the writers. I don’t think there’s supposed to be a “point”
Nebraska's a big place, it's like saying "How could two people live in Ireland and not know each other?"
How could Vince do that? No bravo for him today!
It has nothing to do with it
I thought it was there to give the two characters yet another overlapping experience in life. In many ways they were the same spirit with two different bodies. The story wouldn't have had the same impact if she was from a culturally different place with a different experience and accent than he was.
Deece wawse aye gewd seen, becaws Sawl wawse een eet! Sawl ees allwais fonney! Eye lyke Sawl
tf
Is this Dutch
@@Rateptaker Whawt