Why Better Call Saul Has The Perfect Ending
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- I review, breakdown and explain Better Call Saul Season 6 and discuss why Better Call Saul Had The Perfect Ending. I explain the characters such as Jimmy, Kim, Gus and Mike, react to the appearance of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman whilst also looking at the connection to Breaking Bad.
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What did you think of The Better Call Saul Ending? Comment your thoughts below!
It was phenomenal!
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I enjoyed both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, but the ending to Better Call Saul was far from great. It felt forced, almost contrived to fit what the writer's wanted rather than how the character was behaving. Jimmy should have accepted his 7 year sentence. When released, we see him living a great life until the cartel picks him up. They put a bag over his head and drive him to an open grave. We hear a gunshot and see his hand with the ring he likes to wear when conning people. A bit of blood flows by the ring as the show ends. SAUL GONE.
Sucked. Lazy and out of character.
@@henrythegreatamerican8136 What Cartel? They all dead, son!
I get it though, I wish the whole series was Saul being a comic relief scumbag like in BB. Why does he need to have a tragic back stroy. It doesn't really fit with his character in BB.
@@MrDream-zm1pw Cartels don't just die when the head gets chopped off. There is no way the rest of the cartel would just walk away from all that money and power. The point is, the cartel would eventually find out he was released from prison. And the cartel would be the furthest thing from Jimmy's mind when being released after 7 years, so he'd be caught off guard.
Did anyone else notice, the man who had cancer that Jimmy robbed. In his bank statements, he had $737,000. The same amount Walter White said he needed initially to provide for his family once he passed.
Yeaaah, great one noticing it man
really? thats really cool
Good eyes
Yeah, I thought it was just me who noticed 😄
Did you notice he has the cocobolo desk?
Walter: the man who died
Jesse: the man who got away
Saul: the man who confessed
Never looked at it that way until your comment, but yeah. Jimmy took the weight, for basically everything. They even imply that without Jimmy there would not have been a Heisenberg. If that's so, then Vince Gilligan deserves even more credit for brilliant writing than i gave him already, being able to let the audience look at a whole new narrative to the story, without changing anything about how it happened.
Jesse confessed as well to Hank And Gomey, but things went awry after that.
Heisenberg: the man who knocks
They all went into a form of isolation. Jesse went to Alaska where not many would go.
and Jimmy is the only one who saw the inside of a jail cell…..although Jesse hasn’t go through hell for 8 months before he found peace and freedom
Cant believe you didnt mention the final flashback with chuck. Jimmys dropping off food for chuck and chuck offers jimmy help / guidance on his cases, jimmy turns down the offer and tells chuck that hes only interested in helping so he can lecture and tell him that hes doing things wrong. Chuck tells jimmy that if he doesnt like where hes heading its never to late to change your path. Jimmy asks chuck “when have you changed your path?” mocking and hinting that maybe chuck is the one that needs to change. Chuck tells jimmy that they always end up having the same conversation implying that jimmy never changes and probably never will. The scene ends with the time machine book on the counter which refers to the time machine question “do you have any regrets? If you could go back in time what day would you change?” Doesnt say it but im sure this is the day jimmy regrets and would go change
(Flashback happened the night before the first episode, bc jimmy mentions he’ll bring chuck his favorite newspaper in the morning, in the first episode jimmy stops by to drop off chucks favorite newspaper)
Yes
I know!! This Flashback was so important because, as you mention, shows the REAL moment Jimmy regretted.
That's one of my favorite scenes in the entire series, for me, I agree. Says so much without spelling it out. If only Jimmy hadn't bailed as soon as things got real.
I thought that when it showed the time machine in chuck's house it was implying that chuck had regrets and things he wanted to change, maybe showing how he and his brother aren't so different after all. I feel like that makes sense because in the end in the final courtroom scene jimmy finally changes and gets rid of slippin jimmy, which is what chuck said he could never do. So it might show that chuck wasn't right about jimmy not being able to change and how chuck might have only thought that people can't change because he couldn't change himself (hence his regrets)
FUK CHUK
I loved how Kim pretending to be Jimmy's lawyer in the final scene has a double meaning behind it. Throughout the show she was the only one who truly believed there was good in him and defended him to everyone who looked down on him, be it Chuck, Howard, Suzanne Ericsen, or even Lalo. In the end, Jimmy's final con was making sure Kim knows her faith in him wasn't in vain and he truly was a good person at heart.
Their relationship was great also. While they were together kim was for some time the only thing that prevented jimmy becoming saul. When she left, then he got completely lost and become a new, different person
Idk if I'd use the word con, but it was definitely his final and most important play, because it was also the truth.
Brilliantly noted!
My favorite visual storytelling happens in that scene. They stand there smoking in the light of the window. The window casts shadows of bars on the entirety of Jimmy, but only on half of Kim. I feel like this is ripe with meaning, but I'd rather let people put their own meaning to it than list my opinion of it here.
and it’s truly perfect because as a viewer you too start to fully believe that he is at heart just a horrible character. It really is only Kim.
Wonderful.
The final scenes also showed that Jimmy isn't Walter. While Walter didn't really redeem himself and eventually died as Heisenberg, Saul Goodman died for Jimmy McGill to live, but not in freedom, not free from consequences, not free from his actions but locked up, yet free from Slippin' Jimmy. It showed that the two main characters whose journey's we saw were similar yet very different. Jimmy might never see freedom again but he is free from Saul, he redeemed himself, Walter never really came back, he died as Heisenberg and that's a very interesting and very powerful way to go about things in my opinion. I loved the ending just as I loved the show.
I think walter did redeem himself, his biggest regret was always that he gave away his company. And therefore not getting the credits he felt he deserved. For him it was never about the money but more about the status it gave him. The entire show it haunted him, and for him being heisenberg he felt like he redeemed that part of himself.
With Jimmy it was different, he was always kind of already saul by nature (as walter stated in the last episode by , so you were always like this...). Thats why Chuck never really could fully trust him. But Chuck was like his moral standard. So when Chuck died Jimmy his moral died with him, becoming what he inside always wanted to be (Saul). And Kim leaving was the final straw.
And her returning in the end brought back his morals so bringing back Jimmy. But without a person guiding him, inside he will always be a Saul by nature.
Walt died as both Heisenberg and Walter White though. He finally accepted that he never did it for his family, he sacrificed himself to save Jesse, he avenged Hank, and he gave all his money to his son (his original goal).
@@quantommy i always felt like he died more as heisenberg, the sacrifice part had also a lot to do with the cancer coming back and him feeling the need to controle things (even afther his dead, by manipulating his older "friends " by giving his son the money he made himself). The heisenberg side of him made him feel more like people respected him ( this was wat he wanted most inside i feel). But in the end when it all collapsed and he saw the damage he done thats when he wanted to set things straight knowing he would die anyway.
But him dying in a meth lab feeling at peace always gave me heisenberg vibes.
But the fact everyone fews it different says a lot about how good these shows are!!
his actions as gene were really nonsensical to his character yes soul goodman is a scammer and a deceitful guy but not to the point were he he steal from a cancer patient and try to ruin people life completely the writers painted him as heartless criminal in the last 3 episodes just to redeem his character at the end in the most nonsensical way by choosing a life of imprisonment just to look good in the eyes of the woman he love
walt could never be redeemed. walt died of cancer. only Heisenberg survived.
In my opinion, when the prisoners chant "better call saul" and say "its better call saul" is because the character of Saul is dead, but his brand and the impact he made through his brand still remain, and is ultimately the way most people will remember him.
I don't think the character of Saul is completely dead, we still see inmates calling him "Saul" in prison as they pass him by. Showing us that while Jimmy redeemed himself, it is still Saul who is in prison. Jimmy has always had "Saul" as part of him, and I don't think there is any way for him to get rid of that alter-ego, like Chuck says in the early seasons that "Jimmy has a good heart, he just can't help himself".
He can't kill Saul Goodman for good, or the part that it represents, but what he can do is let Jimmy be the one who seal's his fate (be confessing and putting him behind bars) and for him, that is redemption enough.
Kim will remember him as Jimmy though. And thats what matters
I disagree. When the inmates chanted "Better Call Saul," it represented the death of Jimmy. Despite Saul being an alias, Saul is who really is. As much of a scumbag Saul was sometimes Jimmy was far worse. Every time he tried to be Jimmy; he used his gifts to hurt people. Yet, as Saul he helped the downtrodden people and marginalized people Jimmy would have screwed over. Jimmy smirked a little, which indicated he appreciated the inmates admired him. No matter how much he tried to kill Saul, people know Saul is his real personality. Saul is where he belonged, he went there voluntarily, and he set the terms, in typical Saul fashion. This was the "good" ending for Saul, atoning for his past as a talented lawyer but paying for the crimes he committed along the way, as Saul.
Another dynamic is that the prisoners know him as Saul and call him by no other name, while the general public has vilified Saul, in favor of Jimmy. Saul will never be a good person in their eyes. Yet, prisoners and criminals have nothing but praise for him. For example, Jesse praised Saul for helping his friend, during the last episode. Saul is at peace in prison because he feels he deserves it, deep down, and has never felt "good enough" to be a legit lawyer. It's drab, bitter-sweet ending, like Breaking Bad. Just as Walter died a horrific death that ruined his legacy, he died happy knowing the person he loved escaped harm, and he died doing what he loved. Saul "died" because he can never be a lawyer again, but he was able to save Kim, and he "died" on his own terms.
@@mauricea.tillman4956 I was kinda with you until you said "Saul helped the downtrodden people" and "Jimmy was far worse"
First, it is established in the story that the vast majority of people Saul got off were criminals, most of whom far deserved prison. He was always able to get them off through a mistrial or a hung jury.
On the second point, I dont see how you found that Jimmy is worse, since a large part of the story is the fact that James McGill was beginning to become a real, great, by-the-books lawyer, a public defender. This changes when Chuck makes him see himself differently, and tells him that he will never be more than Slippin Jimmy. Even though Jimmy was a flawed person (Which is a large part of the story) he still was alright morally. Saul on the other hand is a shell of Jimmy, he's a complete front, someone who became rich by becoming intertwined with terrible people, and befriending them. Just like he says in his confession, Walt couldn't have done it without him, and he did it because it made him a ton of money.
Yeah, they didn't looks at him and see Saul Goodman, instead they see Better Call Saul, the hero they called on the TV that save their assess countless times, now they see only the deeds he've done, not the character Saul Goodman
The next series will be called "The 'Saul' Shank Redemption", where Saul breaks out of prison after serving 20 years.
Better Rim Kim
@@Johnxein doesn’t read right 😅
@@ayandazulu8014 and
@@Johnxein better fuck chuck
Meets Kim on a Mexican beach. The irony.
I think Marion being the person to take Jimmy/Saul/Gene down was fitting as he had been underestimating and taking advantage of seniors throughout the series. He thought that her ability to use the internet wouldn't evolve past watching funny cat videos and was therefore not prepared in any way to be outmanouvered by her.
so true!!
Heheh and it ended up being a mistake too! Jeff isn’t coming out of jail anytime soon I’ll tell u that XD
Okay but to be fair the thing that made her think to look up saul’s commercial was him merely mentioning bail laws in new mexico? Come on
@@DuskLegend she looked up "con man in new Mexico" 😅
@@DuskLegend I agree it was too smart to be true but they hinted it before that.
Once she offered Saul drinks and he immediately left to have them with her son and she looked disappointed. Then other time she saw them all together in the garage late at night arguing about something so when Saul told her about jeff's detention (and jeff calling him first for some reason) he was very suspicious and his knowledge about laws in Albuquerque (when he told her he's never been there) was an extra.
I'm not kidding - the last scene when Jimmy does that "bang-bang" gesture to Kim... it broke my heart. That small gesture tells more than a thousand words. It meant something like "you go girl, the world is yours. You're smart, beautiful and now... truly free of your bad past". Outstanding finale.
Reminds me of UP... "Thanks for the adventure - now go have a new one!"
Why is she free of her bad past now? She confessed but still is getting no punishment and gets to walk free because Saul is taking all the blame. She's just another Skyler.
@@moondawwg Well, this moment is something like a fresh start for her. She confessed, got rid of that nasty feeling of remorse. Yes, Saul took all the blame, but for her this seems to be a new beginning.
@@moondawwg nonsense - they made it clear that Cheryl Hamlin is instructing lawyers to sue Kim. Nothing Jimmy did in court will stop her from being sued.
@@moondawwg Kim really didn’t do much, she pulled schemes, and she tormented Howard with jimmys plan but in the end, she never killed anybody, she never got anybody killed, she never hurt anybody.
Of course Jimmy's last big moment would happen in a courtroom. Why did I ever imagine that wouldn't be the case? I love how this show served all of these characters with a perfect ending. Kim was destroyed by Howard's death, which was in a way Howard's own redemption. Howard was always the innocent victim of the people around him, of course he would be killed by someone he didn't even know existed, Howard had always been in the wrong place at the wrong time. Lalo also got a proper sendoff, even though he was the expert chessmaster, every bit the equal of Gustavo Fring, Lalo's luck simply ran out, and Gus was just a tiny bit more paranoid and prepared, which made all the difference. Gus managed to get one over on Hector Salamanca one last time, leading to one of the most unexpectedly funny moments with Don Eladio mocking Hector's bell. Nacho's heroic sacrifice saved his father from the fallout of Nacho's life of bad choices, the only thing Nacho had been trying to do since we were introduced to the character. Mike Ehrmentraut continued to discover the depth of the well he had fallen into when he became a dirty cop, and finally realizes that there is no justice, no redemption coming for him. He is on a path that ends at the barrel of Walter White's gun, and even if he doesn't know the details, he knows the broad strokes. But Kim's path was the most satisfying for me. The kind of funny glimpse into her pathologically pedestrian existence in Florida was the antithesis of Saul Goodman's response to grief and loss. She became a non-person, in a non-relationship, with a non-life. She put herself in purgatory to punish herself, in the most mind-numbing nothing of a life she could create around herself. And when Jimmy threw it back in her face that she had done the same thing he did-that she had not come clean about Howard-that woke her up, and the Kim we knew started to come back to life.
What a great show!
Kim volunteering at the Legal Services Office in FL brings her back to life, certainly. I am curious how she moves forward. THAT should be Vince Gilligan's (et al) next great show.
this is very well said.
Well put out man! I agree with you
A show like no other. The craftmanship on this show was impeccable. Storytelling at it's finest.
ENDING I HATED JIMMY COULD OF DONE 4 YEARS , KIMS FAULT FOR COMING FORWARD AND ADMITTING SHE DESERVES LIFE !!!
The entirety of the BB universe could now be looked at as the tragedy of Jimmy McGill with a Walter White interlude.
I've just finished watching saul before breaking bad, that's how i see it 😂
Youth, Cancer, Age
also Jessy, who is the cause of all troubles
@@xxxbrenorxxx How is Jesse the cause when Walter is the one who blackmailed him into cooking with him in the first place?
Still waiting for that Tuco spin off.
In the last Walter White flashback, I think he's the one who's "always been like this". His whole life is shattered, his family broken and traumatized forever, and all he can regret is giving Grey Matter to Gretchen and Schwarz. Unbelievable.
Bravo on this comment
The point is, if he wasn't tricked out of grey matter, nothing would have happened the way it did.
They were both deflecting in that flashback. Watch again when he thinks about Regrets he first looks at the watch Jessie gave him.
@@nubskr he wasn't tricked, he left after breaking up with Gretchen
Walter White still had humanity in him, but really wasn't a good person
he was always like that, I agree, but you can see he did have honest regret about (probably) killing Jesse
The more I rewatch, the more I appreciate this ending. Jimmy willingly facing the consequences of his actions like a man is the very first step to possible redemption.
Jimmy literally underwent through an entire character development in one episode and it didn't feel rushed. That's impressive on the writers' part.
It was such a great ending wasn’t it!
I don't think the entire character development necessarily happened all in that one episode. Jimmy did try to get on the straight and narrow once he arrived in Albuquerque under Chuck's guidance. The whole first season showcases how he wants to look better in the eyes of Chuck even if he isn't quite there yet. Then over the course of the following seasons he gets deeper and deeper into the game and faces some serious consequences along the way. Chuck, Howard, the loss of Kim and then the aftermath of being Walter Whites lawyer for two years. Him witnessing and knowing all the terrible things that they did. All of that would have been too much for the season 1 Jimmy McGill in Better Call Saul to handle and I believe the guilt just finally caught up to him. The truth will set you free and Jimmy finally had enough demons to make himself feel like a prisoner. He had to let his skeletons out of the closet or they would've eaten him alive. It's really beautiful how they ended it. I can't believe how well made this spin off was. Easily the best spinoff to any franchise I can think of.
Writing branching out into the realm of fantasy. No human in history had given up a lighter sentence in favor of a longer sentence just to be a good guy,
@@maynardbecker4613 So you're saying there has never been a criminal in human history that has turned themselves in? Sure you wanna Google that result?
@@maynardbecker4613right. What idiot works his way from 30 to 7 years, then fuck all that up for 86!
I believe that the ending was, while still being about the redemption of Jimmy, also about Saul flippin' off to the US Legal System by first reducing his immense punishment to nearly 7 years and then actively choosing to be imprisoned for a proper time on his own terms.
He also chose to get caught.
Such a savage way to go down
Excellent observation 👌🏻
Also showing his true character man who is good at heart
That's how it should have ended. Where he threw his ex under the bus and then telling her "Deal with it, Kim." Then he takes the 7 year sentence. End credits.
Saul Gone is a masterpiece. Something else to mention, it's subtle, but I think it has relevance in the show, Kim's hair styles. There was the ponytail blonde Kim the lawyer, all business, very capable, very smart. Then there was the brown haired Kim with bangs that couldn't even decide on which mayo to use in her potato salad, living a very bland, boring life as a shadow of who she once was. Then in the finale, Kim's hair is slightly different, shorter, a little more stylish, almost with a film noir quality, especially in the light streaming in from the windows up against the wall smoking with Jimmy. It seems her hair reflected different sides of her character, and in the end, she was stronger, not the blonde ponytail she once was, but a new Kim, more mature and wiser from all she'd experienced going forward.
What are 'bangs' in someones hair??
@@davidbrittain3212 when hair is cut to cover the forehead usually just above the eyebrows, it's called bangs. A quick google search will show many examples.
And Jimmy was a new man--James. He even looked more like a man. Jimmy always looked like a boy, with his hair hanging in his face. And he acted like one, too.
@@skatefan9495 Yes, James does look more manly, and he's taking his sentence like a man. Great observation!
@@davidbrittain3212 "Bangs" are also known as "Fringe" in some countries. It's the hair cut short across the forehead.
In Breaking Bad, Saul suggests to Walt the option of turning himself in, going to prison with his head held high, and probably running the joint. Not sure if Vince and Peter were intentionally foreshadowing, but it's another nice tidbit
no, that made sense seeing as he had CANCER. he started the question with 'how much time do you have left even,' i'd like anyone here to send 2 weeks in ADX and call the ending perfect.
The next series will be called "The Saul Shank Redemption"
When saul, walt and jesse were having meetings I always thought and asked myself how this would end. The answer was either they get away with it, either they die, or either they get caught. Jesse got away with it. Walter died. And Saul got caught. What a masterpiece.
In my head canon, Jimmy becomes a MUCH better man in prison, helping prisoners with literacy and with their legal defenses. One of the things that makes Jimmy so fascinating is that, while he has NO moral compass whatsoever, he's actually a brilliant lawyer, and passionately devoted to helping his clients. This will serve him well in prison because he'll finally be someone people can respect.
The prison bus scene is in my opinion one of the most important scenes in the entire series and provides a nice contrast between the personalities and fates of Walt and Jimmy. Walt was always selfish, bitter and egotistical, constantly blaming other people for his lot in life, confessing in the end that he only did what he did because 'it felt good'. His biggest regret in life was not putting his wife and kid through so much pain, it was walking out of the chance to be the owner of a multi-million dollar company. In the end, he gets what he wants: for a short time, he was the sole head (not even one head of three!) of a business that was making him millions of dollars a week. Through his ingenuity, he finds a way to leave millions of dollars to his family. And when he dies, he's surrounded by what he holds most dear- cold, unfeeling machines, the tools that catapulted him to the top of the world.
Jimmy on the other hand deeply cares about winning the approval of his peers, especially his brother. You get the sense that part of the reason he became a lawyer in the first place was precisely to win Chuck's respect, which he never quite does. What he does do, however, is, at least for a short time, win the love of a beautiful, intelligent woman who he ends up essentially signing away the rest of his life for, who he doesn't even get to BE with for 86 years (or the rest of his life, really). She's free, he's not, and she's most likely gonna find some other guy on the outside. Jimmy knows this, and yet chooses to take the fall. This sort of selfless love is something that Walt simply wouldn't be capable of.
I interpret the prison bus scene as a sort of epilogue to Jimmy's life. In contrast to the stereotypical "FRESH FISH" prison welcome scene, Jimmy's welcome is truly a warm welcome to what he himself knows is one of the shittiest prisons in the USA. He is condemned to spend 86 years in prison- 86 years among the sort of people that he has spent virtually his entire legal career fighting for. He has finally won the admiration of his peers, arguably to an even greater degree than he first wanted: instead of having Chuck treat him as an equal, he's surrounded by people who look up to him as a protector and role model. While Chuck and his colleagues probably only ever get pats on the back from other people in their circle, maybe a fancy gift every so often from one of their many wealthy clients, Jimmy permanently wins the respect of people who would have had nowhere to go had it not been for him, people who may have done indefensible things and yet who Jimmy chose to defend anyway, and at least in that sense, he's become a better lawyer than Chuck. It's a much quieter ending than Walt's, but a far more profound and satisfying one- he accepts the consequences of his actions, he visibly overcomes his main character flaw (through his slickness he could've gotten a comfy, short prison sentence but gives this up for the world to see at his trial), and he finally gets the respect of his peers, a respect that Walt couldn't have ever dreamed of.
You sir are a wordsmith with the keenest eye
Had a tear in my eye reading that .. fresh from watching the episode last night..
@@frisbeethenail same bro same
This is probably the best way I’ve seen someone explain the ending of breaking bad and better call Saul
The only person who was selfish was, The Vacuum repair man "Robert Forrester" for dying of cancer before he could complete the filming of his character as the writers originally envisioned. RIP R.F.
When it’s all said and done, I’ve come to this conclusion. Walter, even though he wasn’t a criminal for a majority of his life and tried to be a good person, really wasn’t one. Deep down he was a bad person. Selfish and egotistical. Willing to kill if he had to to get his way.
Saul was essentially a criminal since childhood a “wolf” but deep down was always a good person. However, both characters went down a path that consumed them. In the end Walter died because of his selfish, egotistical ways. While Saul was able to recognize his selfishness and ego and let go of it. Hence, bringing Jimmy back to life.
100%
Yep. He wasnt a good person, but was too weak to act upom what he wanted. After he gained power he went crazy lmaoooo.
Sheeet, a 'good' guy faced difficulties in life and he turned evil. The 'bad' guy faced similar situations and finally accepted the consequences. Sounds like real life
I disagree, to an extent. Here's why.
Walter wasn't a bad guy. Walter faced dire circumstances that made him adapt. A good man could never survive the cartel life. Walter needed to become "Heisenberg" to build a reputation his new peers respected and trusted. However, Jimmy never needed to become "Saul Goodman" but chose to. All Jimmy needed to do was the right thing and his life would have turned out just fine. Jimmy's older brother always looked after Jimmy, but Jimmy was not a good person. He ripped people off for a living, until his family cut him off. Jimmy became a lawyer to earn his brother's respect. Yet, he took easiest road possible, by attending a low-tier college, and barely squeezing by his bar exam. He left his brother little to be proud of. Then, his brother undeservingly made Saul a partner, at his firm, which was one of the nation's most prestigious firms. Saul screwed it up because he couldn't do the right thing. He ruined his brother's legacy, destroyed the firm his brother built, and publicly making him look senile. Walt's path was much different.
Walter did the right thing his entire life but was dealt a bad hand. He was dying of cancer and his insurance wouldn't pay it. He worked a job that only paid the utility bills and put up a modest savings. With a few months to live, Walter didn't have a choice. He should have taken the money from his former partners. Pride was Walt's mistake, unlike Saul, who lacked pride. He needed to feel like he was still a man and protect his family and taking his former partners' money was degrading, considering they stole his intellectual property from underneath him.
Observation:
Jimmy had an over-privileged adulthood, while Walt lived a meager life a high school teacher could afford.
Jimmy had an easy life but chose evil, while Walt was forced into it after getting in over his head with the cartels. At that point, he could never get out.
Jimmy was a charming compulsive liar, while Walt had a dry personality and was often offensive in his honesty.
Jimmy's selfishness adversely affected everyone; Walt's selfishness affected the people closest to him.
Jimmy helped himself at other people's expense, while Walt helped other people at his own expense, at least earlier in the show.
Jimmy didn't like getting his hands dirty, while Walt worked and ran a two-man operation for two seasons.
Walt genuinely wanted to be good person, while Jimmy just wanted people to think he was a good person.
Saul may be a good person, but let’s face it. A good person ain’t worth shit if they’re spending life in the slammer.
15 years of this universe. Damn that hit me hard. BCS/BB are great shows
15 years building up to that ending!
I found BB only a month ago, and have watched all of BB/BCS in binge mode.
Would have so much fun if I were be dying of curiosity in next episodes
@RishabhBerry you had the chance to pace yourself and enjoy, lol. This is what happens when you're an addict for great story telling lol
Breaking Bad is about a man who goes through hell and loses his way.
Better Call Saul is about a man who goes through hell and finds his way.
Such a beautiful, poetic ending for one of the greatest cinematic universes ever created.
El Camino is about a man who went through hell and finds his own new way.
It was Howard going through hell.....becoming a better man, all to get shot in the back of the head.
@@justinkempkes1313 well said
A powerful line for me is when in his courtroom admission he says, “Kim left but I was the one who ran away.” It’s like the Saul Goodman we know from BB came about from him not allowing himself to feel the pain of losing Kim. His plunge into the Saul persona was ultimately based on this act of denial
I agree. I think that was the most powerful line in the whole series.
Great observation. I think his denial was two-fold, first starting with repressing his grief over Chuck's death which began his descent into Saul, then losing Kim which led him to fully assume the persona.
@@kaylaisnothere4397 I agree with that 100%
I absolutely see Saul Goodman as being born out of Jimmy turning his back on what Chuck really meant to him. It’s like his personality was splintered by that. And then his full commitment to being that person, even to himself, was something he resorted to after Kim was gone from his life. Denying himself that pain and no longer having Kim to keep him grounded
I think Saul ending up in jail with the people he helped defend doesn’t really symbolize the end of Saul; since jimmy “had always been like this,” the only place he can survive, free of guilt, is in a place where he cannot escape ‘ slipping jimmy’. His half smile when the prisoners are chanting his name on the bus, represents that. He is now with people who are not afraid of who he really is. And to them, he was a good person.
ONE OF THE BEST SHOWS I HAVE EVER SEEN!
I don’t understand how people wanted him to get away with it. I mean, obviously, I was rooting for him too, but this universe is all about choices and consequences. Even respectable and somewhat honorable people like Mike got them, and even victims like Jesse had to pay for the sins they knowingly committed. Jesse’s sins mostly came from his involvement with Walter, so he deserved to escape after going through hell first.
Both Walter and Saul had their fun at the expense of others, but sooner or later, they had to pay. Jimmy was escaping consequences for his entire life, and in the finale he both proved he was smart enough to do it again, but mature enough to finally accept the consequences after an entire life of dodging them.
No. Jesse definitely deserves to be in prison.
@@luliu4572 He technically was in a prison.
@@luliu4572 Or dead. He's not a saint.
@@luliu4572 Jesse was essentially barely a highschool graduate with a meth addiction, that got groomed into making the worst possible choices because Heisenberg was always pushing him for more, Jesse wanted out of the game many times but was always forced back in by Walter White. I think he (as a character) deserved a clean break to try to make something else of his life, but from a legal perspective, sure, he should be in prison, but from a character perspective, we feel that he had other potential that he never got to explore.
@@AK-jm1sc yea like he never really cared about money past needing it to get by, he wanted to leave a number of times. I think his biggest fault was his loyalty to Walter. Killing for Walter was crazy, Walter treated him the worse out of everyone- with exception of his murders and poisoning. And while Jesse wasn't necessarily a good person all the time he had a conscious and was generally empathetic. when he was his worse it was always after something Walt related or someone he cared about died. which isn't an excuse but Walter was a cancer in his life.
The last episode of BCS is really like a Christmas Carol. The flashbacks were basically the 3 ghost that visit him.
Mike was the ghost of the present
Chuck the ghost of the past
Walt the ghost of the future
Oh great point. Didn't thought of that.
@@rhyswong8976 yeah i watched the other podcasts proclaiming this same theme too
Everyone said the same thing. Be honest.
I like how the episode started with gene, then went to Saul, then finally jimmy at the end. Kind of mirrors his transformation (and I like how Saul took up most of the screentime in the finale) because that's who we saw the most of throughout the show
The mirror of cigarette scene that started the series and ends the series made me feel this warm feeling of 'things are bad and they may never be good again but thats fine'
I love the fact that he got his sentence down to seven years, but then decided to confess to everything and accept the consequences.
I hated this fact. Doesn't fit the character. Which is the point, I know. But 7 years is already a very long time... And you can't be an honest, upstanding citizen working for a better and more just society from inside those walls. A better ending would be him spilling all the truths he knew in a book or something after the sentencing. And showing him working to help people in an honest way when he got out. Something like that. It would make a lot more sense I think.
It kinda ruined the ending for me personally
@@kill3rs529 I liked it ending, I see what people are saying that he was finally owning up to the bad things he's done all his life. I still wish he got the 7 years and got to be with kim. Writing it in a book and helping others sounds like a good idea too, but honestly his credibility as Saul or Jimmy is gone i think. I feel like he would have to change his name again, and that's something I think he realized too, that he can't keep running.
When he was talking to Kim again and he said, "For good behavior, who knows" like he could maybe get out sooner (86 years is ALOT to cut down tho) that kindaaaa gave me a little hope this could be a bit of an open ending where he somehow does get to be released early with parole or something and still be with Kim haha.
@@nu3971 yeah I thought that as well I think I'm in the minority for sure it was just a bitter pill to swallow
@@DethSymphony do you have some alternative ending ideas? Cuz I literally can’t think of anything else. Maybe taking the 7 year deal, but choosing to stay inside after he gets released by committing a harmless crime because prisoners acknowledge and respects him..
sounds like good alternative for me too but the problem is how to protect Kim
My take when he asked Mike and Walter "What would you change if you went back in time, any regrets?", it's not about the current situation as he was capable of fixing it as we've seen in the finale (he always was the smartest man in the room). The writers may have been sending us a message that if you regret something you do not need a time machine to fix it and as an example when Saul was asked what he would change were in fact things he couldn't change anymore and in the end he owned up to his mistakes and tried to fix them as much as he could while proving that he didn't need a time machine.
To summarize if you are running away from something do not dwell on regret and the need of a time machine, but own up to your mistakes, repent and at the same time prove you are capable of change.
100%
Well put
He actually originally asked Mike about a time machine. Mike went with it and said 2 dates, correcting himself with the second point in time. He said he'd never take his first bribe as a cop. Once he said that, he followed up with how he would just keep going into the furure to check up on people. Jimmy responds with how he would pump 500k from the money they were carrying in the desert into a bank, and come back to the present with billions of dollars from interest. Mike asks him "you would use it for money?"
Then, when asking Walter what he would change with a time machine--Walter gets mad at Jimmy, saying you couldn't change time, you're talking about past regrets. And Walter gives his regret about selling out his company to his 2 business partners who snagged his billion(s) dollar company. Jimmy gave his regret that he fell wrong in a slip-n-fall scam at a store and actually did get pretty injured, saying his knee will never be the same. Walt shames him for it and asks "you've always been like this, havent you?"
These memories, as well as Heisenburg and Jesse showing him his grave in the desert, are memories that Jimmy would revisit before outing himself to everyone in the court room, as well as himself for once.
@@yocake12 I agree completely, yet Walter was offered to come back and work with them in his prior company and refused cause of his ego.
this gives me motivation
2 months since the show ended and I still miss the show how could they let it end like that 😭
I know, I still miss this how!
@@BrainPilot just finished it 😢
@@Quincy_010_ same idk why but its sad ash😢
Bummer ending, honestly. Would’ve liked to see saul/jimmy redeemed another way. Kind of depressing, tbh.
@@DuskLegend That’s why I like it so much. It’s real and it hurts. People like Jimmy and Kim don’t really get a good ending after what they’ve done
The ending was amazing. So poetic and beautiful and even sad. Jimmy was the only one of the fab four that was not a murderer. Even Jesse has blood on his hands. I think the ending was great because Jimmy still has hope. His fellow inmates love him and so does Kim who is now back in his life. He will likely die behind bars but at least he isn't alone.
He suggested killing Badger, he suggested killing Jesse too
@@BocalokaTV But didnt do any killing himself
Maybe should he be granted parole, which i wish for-he might pass away in his bed next to Kim who still loved him dearly but had to run for a bit, hehe.
he basically killed chuck , he bsaically killed hamlen too, and he destroyed countless lives around him just saying lol
Jimmy led to his brother death. But Howard was all on Kim when Howard said Chuck was the only one that knew Jimmy she knew he was right. Her death would have made the perfect ending.
Mike and Nacho's dad discussing revenge and justice was poignant too. Both fathers who had lost their sons, and one of whom chose to take revenge and saw it as justice and the other who doesn't think revenge and justice are the same
This comment deserves more likes, hope it will, as that is a brilliant observation.
the scene with kim and jessee killed me. Within all the characters that were in :the game" in breaking bad both kim and jesse are truly good hearted so seeing htem connect just warmed and hurt my sould
2:53 I think this as a send off for Mike but I also really like his actual last scene aka the flashback scene they gave him in the finale telling Jimmy about his regrets of taking his first bribe. Shows you that he didn’t intend for things to turn out the way they did and he would do everything differently if he could
Why cant every show have such great writing and directing ??? What an amazing show this was !
3:52 “Slight involvement”? She was the mastermind behind the plan that resulted in Howard’s character assassination that forced him to confront her and Jimmy at their apartment that night, and if it weren’t for that fact: Howard wouldn’t have been there when Lalo confronted them.
came here to say this
YES thank you for saying this
My thoughts as well. It’s even worse that she basically got off Scott free.
@@Martha-iz9lr she might not be in prison but she certainly hasn’t got away scot free. We saw what her life had become in the last couple of episodes - she couldn’t form an opinion on anything, even whether to use miracle whip, she had a non-relationship and a job that wasn’t fulfilling. She confessed to her involvement in Howard’s death and faces a civil suit where she may lose the little she has left. I think she suffers more than enough for what she did. Yes, her plotting against Howard was cruel and undeserving, but Kim was ultimately a good person - she enjoyed standing up for the little guy and was a more honest lawyer than Saul. Even the plot against Howard was intended to get money for her pro bono startup.
The final was great. James redeemed himself by acknowledge his wrong doing and being honest with his feelings. No more jimmy, no more Saul, no more gene. I know rhea seehorn believes Kim and jimmy will be in touch but my feeling after this finale is they won’t ever meet again.
Agree, she used her bar card to pose as a lawyer visiting, not to become his lawyer. She went there to say goodbye.
Imo there is and will always be Saul. He is currently living life as jimmy and Saul in prison. He’s surrounded by criminals who completely admire him, and he enjoys it, so I think there will always be an aspect of Saul that lives with him
I think its better if thats the last time they see each other... it has a sense of finality
After all Chuck was right. Although he was a dick to Jimmy but he was right. He was slipping jimmy
I think there are some visual clues that this is the last time they are face-to-face. The fence and distance in between them, as this video pointed out. Also, that Kim's moving forward and away from Jimmy as the corner of the building puts a wall between them. Brilliant film-making, IMO.
There’s so many nods/references to old episodes I loved in the finale. When Jimmy is talking about Chuck committing suicide in the courtroom, the camera pans to the Exit sign and you can hear the electricity buzzing through it (referencing the shot from the court case between Jimmy and Chuck that eventually led to his suicide)
It really was the perfect ending!
Saul's confession was the legal equivalent of suicide.
Jimmy talking specifically about a Time Machine with both Mike and WW is a reference to his biggest regret which is what he did to his brother. This is shown in both the flashback with his brother reading The Time Machine when Jimmy goes to see him and is irrelevant confession in court highlighted by poor Bill his co.
I kinda wish we got one more scene with Mike and his granddaughter. One of the bigger tragedies for me in BB is that all Mike’s money is taken and his work was basically for nothing. And Mike’s last scene in the finale of BCS is tough too (much like Chuck’s last scene later) because he knows he picked the wrong path years before all these events.
The idea that one choice (or a few choices) puts you on a road forever… that’s pretty dark. That’s the idea I took from BCS, at least. You can regret, but nothing can be undone.
His daughter in law and granddaughter were awful. Especially the little girl. Annoying as he** and a terrible actress
Season 6 was absolutely incredible from 1st episode to the last especially the one where Lalo walked in and shot Howard in the head. I don't think any of us knew that was going to happen. I was in complete shock. This episode was so good I had to rewind and re-watch A few times for that scene to really sink in. The end of Nachos story was incredible as well.
I honestly thought the black and white was to show separate timelines the before and after walter. With the way you put it makes more sense, life was lacking meaning for Jimmy, his love, his money, his career, his brother, his life all gone. Draining the world of all its colour, but you know what one day hell wake up and go about his day not realizing that the colour has returned and at that moment hell know he can let go.
Literally just finished the last episode several minutes ago and I really loved how you broke all of this down. The contrast between Jimmy and Walt as characters is so brilliantly poetic and captured incredibly well. Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul are forever television’s greatest imo.
I really think this was a wonderful ending. I had the idea that Jimmy would die in a similar fashion to Walter, but I'm really glad he found redemption, he was about to murder Marion but I'm glad his inner voice told him not to; after being caught it was a wonderful twist how it seemed he was going to get dirt onto Kim to get reduced sentences but actually just wanted to have her around, it was a true beautiful redemption, and he ended up being somewhat happy in jail, at least he had recognition from the criminals, cause he was a criminal lawyer, lol.
I’m honestly glad he didn’t stoop so low like killing Marion or putting Kim into deeper trouble just because of ice cream. Because that would feel like Breaking Bad but just with Saul all over again.
Like how Walt becomes a monster
As much as Saul wanted to pay the price to live again as Jimmy, his fellow inmates won't let him do that. The respect he gets inside the prison comes from his history as Saul, and you know that their conversations with him will rekiindle the Saul he wants to shrug off. So he may be a little wiser, but he's trapped as Saul.
In which kind of mood to the point of him taking the 87 years because he was Jimmy and not so honestly kind of weak in my opinion the last three episodes of the series were weak
@@thetechlibrarian you're incapable of deep thinking.
@@kalelvigil1510 it wasn’t that deep the last 3 episodes where pretty much predictable
@spelunkerd good point 🤔
@@thetechlibrarian I thought it should have stopped at e9. That was a perfect ending spot to me.
I couldn't agree more and that is why I've watched the series finale three times already and I just finished rewatching the series again after the finale. Thanks for the explanation of the ending I didn't get all that on my own.
Brilliant video! You helped me understand the depth and profundity that I deeply felt watching the ending in an even deeper way. Thank you.
You've used the perfect words to explain the intention of the series and the emotion behind every decision and every pannel, great great great analysis, good job
Thanks a lot! Glad you enjoyed the video!
I loved the finale and the entire series!
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Great video!
Was a great final series! Glad you enjoyed the video
The perfect ending literally. There are no words to describe the wonder of this show, the best show ever written really by a country mile! Whoever would like to learn how to write drama, they need to watch Better Call Saul! What a journey it has been with these amazing characters. Thanks to the geniuses Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould for creating this unique universe! Thanks to the incomparable Bob Odenkirk for playing Jimmy/Saul/Viktor so brilliantly in such a sublime and intelligent way with so much charisma, charm, heart, and soul. Thanks as well to the brilliant Rhea Seehorn for bringing so much swagger, honesty, and emotion to the character of Kim, her performance was unforgettable really. This all in addition to all the other amazing actors who did brilliant performances throughout the last seven years playing truly well written characters from Howard to Mike, Nacho, Gus, Lalo, and all the other characters. The real heroes of this show are truly the writers though, they have created an original well crafted world with an incredible attention to detail for every single dramatic element of the story, just absolute brilliance, no words would do them any justice really! Saul may be gone, but will never be forgotten!
Totally agree 👍 with all you have written. Stunningly well made and well acted.
One of the greatest TV series of all time DEFINITELY top 3 and we all know what other show is in there as well.
@@russellsilva9128 and the fact that bcs makes breaking bad better is the icing on the cake. definitely my favorite show ever made
Viktor? You mean Gene?
@@hullabaloo5026 gene viktor takovic??!?!?!!!!
Love these kind of analysis videos. They really allow you to appreciate the deep poetic storytelling
Glad you enjoy it!
There are so many shots that I want prints of to hang on my wall. Simply stunning cinematography
Great video and totally agree.
The last episode has the perfect name. With Jimmy in prison he can never be Saul Goodman again.
What I loved from the marketin campaign was that picture with the title of the last episode, "Saul Gone", with the background of the grey prison and with the BCS logo but just with the Liberty Scales like saying that justice will always be served no matter how long it takes (or that Jimmy choose justice for Kim over Saul).
Also Gus walking out of the restaurant was to me him choosing to not have tides with people that could endanger his revenge against the cartel.
Most shows have a protagonist that has to struggle and then they eventually win in the end. Jimmy had been winning every step of the way because he constantly got away with everything, which is why him finally losing and facing the consequences of his actions is so perfect.
Anti heroes don't get happy endings....
Unless they're women.
The confession is such a good scene. Starting with the name on record as Saul and ending by preferring Jimmy again.
Saul was a persons that Bob Odenkirk believed Jimmy only broke once or twice in Breaking Bad. What this show established is why Saul existed, and that confession is what killed him finally. So yeah, there was a death in that final episode. Jimmy finally took Chuck’s advice that he can change course. Loved it. One of my favorite dramas ever.
At first watch i thought he was up to something when after he confessed, he decided to tell them his name was Jimmy. I thought he was playing a multiple personality disorder game or something
I can see why it's satisfying. Of course Walter only confessed to his ex wife in private. Saul bared his soul in a court room where the consequences are a hundred times worse.
I thought the only use of color for the “Gene Pakavic” story was the commercials reflected in his glasses! Excellent read with the flame lighting his last cigarette with Kim! Color (or lack thereof) is so powerful in this and Breaking Bad!
You probably covered this but I love the inflatable man being gray when he visits Marco in Chicago, but when he gets inspired by the red one while working at D&M.
Loved the “time machine” theme, where we visit the 3 ghosts of Jimmy’s past. Jimmy has the rest of his life to relive these memories
The visuals, the dialogue, the action and lack their of. That is writing and television at it's very best.
Well done. Beautiful analysis. Thank you
Thanks a lot - glad you enjoyed the video!
Great video, loved how you touch on every aspect, loose end and detail!
Glad you enjoyed it!
ive said it before and ill say it again ill watch anything vince touches from here on out hes shown how consistent he is with 2 separate shows that has hundreds of hours of story
Perfect season finale. I loved the times he would ask throughout the episode, "If you had a time-machine, what would you do". This ties in perfect on how his life ended up. You can't undo what you did in the past, but you have the oppurtunity to determine your outcome. :)
Me too I thought that it really ties with the whole show. Different life paths you choose in life makes you who you are today.
He inly regretted missed criminal opportunities. He was a sociopath
Great video!! Thank you for all your videos for this season! So glad I found this channel, made the season even that much better
Thanks for sticking around for all of the videos! Glad you enjoyed the videos
A beautifully conceived, written and performed piece of art.
After he confessed and takes his deep breath it would’ve been cool if color came back
I can not believe no one got an Emmy in this show!
It's surprising isn't it. The second half of the final season should make the noms for next years!
Excellent video of the final episode, really enjoyed this.
Glad to hear it!
Great show !! Sad to see it end ❤
We need a Better Call Saul film with Jimmy in prison hustling and helping fellow inmates with their cases.
And then exposing the wardens evil corruption and escaping through the sewage
@@NitpickingNerd wait, that seems familiar🤔
Sounds boring
What we needed was not for this character to have that ridiculous Ending that the writters gave him. He shouldn't have been the whipping boy for his girlfriend that dumped him, nor should he have let the system that has corruptly done millions in take him down. I'm sorry but I hated this ending
@@fredstriker2042 you missed the entire point of the ending, letting saul get away with 7 years or finally accepting that no matter what you'll never change. so you accept your place in life in prison and say goodbye to the person you love after you redeem yourself to them and claiming the ending he knew all along he deserved but just now came to terms with it. it's called gaining your humanity back
Perfect? I was pissed at the writers! Saul didn’t have to spend the rest of his days in jail to get redemption. He could’ve done this as a free man, on a personnal level, changing his ways and all that….
Good video. Great insight.
I loved this series, more than BB. It was perfect to me in every way. Odenkirk is an underrated, dramatic actor. Can't wait for his new series to begin next month.
Wait what??
Honestly BCS hits different than BB , BB was more like crazy action scenes and funny fiction but BCS is rather like a slice of life. Story is damn realistic that it felt like slippin jimmy was a real con man and indeed there are and there were many slippin jimmies in the world.
Big respect to directors and creators of this universe , best series I have ever watched.
@@ligdjumvidja8294 I 100000% agree. It's so realistic.
My biggest question is how are the directors going to make me hate Saul when he is such a likeable guy. I didn't hate him but I definitely have a huge distaste for him after this last season.
Well the only way is to see it from the point of view of his victims, like Howard
@@mmehdi3437 that's a great point. We all felt bad for the old lady and all the others...
The last Episode made me dislike him wjem he tried to bash the cancer sick dude with the vase, and when he was very agressive towards the old lady.
The saddest part for me is the simple realization that his brother was right about him.
Even though he was a dick.
This is super late, but I think in the Gus scene what I got out of it was that he felt attracted to the sommelier at the winery and it was one of those moments that are similar to Mike's where you realize you haven't thought about a person (Max) who was important to you but has passed away. Then he made the decision to choose revenge rather than move on. Rather than him making a conscious decision not to put people he cares about in danger.
I’m glad I came here … this explanation gave me closure .. thanks
Glad you enjoyed
Kudos to you, I enjoyed this explanation very much. It allowed me to understand the ending a lot better.
Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Throughout the series, Jimmy uses the "Jimmy" side of him to win people over, all while actually being Saul in truth and "winning" against them. In the finale, he uses the "Saul" part of him to get Kim come and see that he's now truly Jimmy. And he doesn't "win," really, but he does in a way that has more meaning. Winner takes it all, and Jimmy had everything taken from him, but he ends the show with what he needs.
I really think this ending for Jimmy is pretty much the happiest ending possible for him. Yes, he's in prison for the rest of his life, but he's the rockstar of the place, so it's the easiest time possible while at the same time giving him "atonement" for his crimes. His conscience is clean, he's free of the Saul Goodman person which has been 86'ed, and he's mended the one relationship he cared about. Living as Gene was more of a true prison for him than his actual jail cell will ever be. I see this as the "Anti Vic Mackey" ending.
One month into his sentence when he realizes he ain’t gonna get no steak dinner and pussy anymore. He’s gonna say fuck this atonement bullshit and think what kind of an idiot am I.
Kinda poetic, Saul said “one of us 3 are going to prison” or something like that and he’s the one who ended up locked up.
Thanks for clarifying why he confessed. I couldn’t understand it before. Thanks for video
Kim Wexler is one of the best characters we have ever seen I truly believe.
Lalo is yet another absolute favorite. Gus Fring, again, never seen such a depth of character in a villain. Wow!
Just finished a 3rd watch and ugh, this show is just... wow wow wow
I'm gonna miss it so much
Legacy is not leaving something for people. It’s leaving something in people.
-Peter Strople
Saul might've died, but Jimmy still lives on in our hearts.
What a ride! Goodbye, Better Call Saul.
Ironically Saul lives on in criminals hearts lmao
Just finished my binge watch if this series and I’m so sad it’s over.
Bro, thank you from the bottom of my heart for spoilering the final episode with that thumbnail, you legend you...
You could also interpret the ending that no one ever really changes. Kim starts off good, gets sidetracked into bad with Jimmy) Saul, but in the end genuinely owns up, makes amends and goes back to helping others. Whereas Jimmy starts off as a con man (slipping Jiminy), tries to change for the good (become a lawyer) to get the respect of his brother (but never does), so turns into Saul, tries again to change as Gene, but again slips back into slippin Jimmy, and ultimately end up in prison as a result, where ironically, he is finally respected for who he is and has been all along.
Great point! it's like he ended up where he belonged.
You'd think he might have grown a bit more cautious after all he'd been through. But greed got him in the end.
It was a perfect show. I didn't want it to end but the ending was still satisfying. That's the sign of a great show. The closer left me wondering what would happen to the characters. Did Saul ever get out? Did Kim live a clean life afterward? Did she ever see Saul again? Everything was up for interpretation, after Kim walked away.
Not such thing as perfect by definition. First 4 seasons were meh.
@@disco.lemonade "Perfect" isn't theoretical, although subjective in this case. However, the emotional attachment some of us have with the characters is a sign of the show's greatness, even at the low points of the franchise.
@@disco.lemonade the first 4 seasons were amazing.
@@jacksonhansell3796 If that's amazing to you...
@@disco.lemonade they were amazing. literally everyone agrees. just look at ratings. they are examples of expert storytelling and character development. not their fault you need constant action for something to be entertaining.
Very well explained.
I liked how in the first episode you meet Saul in breaking bad whilst out in the desert and being threatened he mentions Ignacio and Lalo and this was back in 2009 in season 2 so It makes me wonder how much of this was planned out and thought about from the very start.
I think Jimmy ended up more free then Kim by the end of it, Kim still seem a bit spaced out, Jimmy seem to be truly alive again.
Who would feel alive knowing they've got 20 or 30 years more then a death in jail.
@@jasewildheart jimmy seem to be doing ok, he's found an innee peace,
@@alanaspinall7147 can't be that much inner peace in the world to be able to serve life lol.
@@smitty02345 well even when he was free he was not truly living.
@@alanaspinall7147 True.
I think it’s interesting to look at this from the aspect of reform. Obviously, prison is supposed to be part of the reform system. What’s interesting here is that Jimmy elects to go to prison. This means Jimmy is already reformed when he gets to prison, and even more interestingly, means that part of the post-reform is accepting consequences even after corrective personal action despite being unlikely to repeat the behavior.
I like your analysis of this show. You asked for a suggestion for another show to cover. This one is now very old but has room for deep analysis. It is a sci-fi program from the 90's called Babylon 5. Since you apparently like thinking about fiction, I think you will find this one exceptional.
Loved this.
Walt vs Jimmy. Walt faced 'himself' eventually when he mentioned to Sklyer that he loved doing what he did and he felt good about it. Basically, Walt didn't have many regrets (except leaving the gray matter company). In contrast, while not showing it explicitly, Jimmy was always full of regret. Even Chalk knew this when he mentioned that you do something bad and feel remorseful afterward. In the end, however, Jimmy's regrets prevailed glamourous and 'exciting' life of Saul, and he came clean with what he has always been. Also, Walt was always whining that the world has betrayed him and his talent has been wasted, and so on. But in reality, it was all his fault and nobody owed him anything. He was just an asshole. However, the world wasn't so kind to Jimmy. He had been looked down on frequently (by Chalk, Howard, etc). He was betrayed a few times ( e.g., Sand Pieper crossing). So in Jimmy's defense, there were larger external factors pushing Jimmy to become Saul (not that he wasn't responsible. He was an adult after all). But for Walt, not many such factors, and the major catalyzer was his giant ego.
Perfect show and great analysis.
I like also how he meets his own fate. Walter dies, Jesse is free, Saul....faces the music. He falls into a middle ground of consequences and survival. He didn't get away with it, but he found redemption. Walter got away with it and died. Jesse is free...but will carry scars and lost all of his old life. All differently haunting and bittersweet ends. No one got away clean, but they all got something uniquely them.
I couldn’t bear to watch the last season because I knew it would end so badly! I mean in a heartbreaking way. I am grateful for all these opinions and this analysis.
With how amazing the finale was, I would’ve loved to hear his theme one last time, maybe even in full for the first time. Not only would it oppose the ending of Breaking Bad in terms of tragedy in the music where Saul would end in a bleak hopefulness for the future with his theme. It would also have a sense of symbolism where letting the song play in full would allow Jimmy to let all parts of his life as Saul and Gene finally come to the forefront in acceptance of his life and it’s consequences in full rather than cutting them off from each other like the theme. Coming full circle in accepting who he his, completing his journey as the song finally finishes
Like in the episode Granite State of BB. It was bone chilling
It was a great show. From beginning to end. One of the best endings ever.
Totally agree with you on that!
Oakley is hugely underrated as subtle comic relief in the last episode
I like that Jessie gets away, that Walt does, and that Saul, morally right in between, gets something in the middle. Very well done