Tobias Funke said:

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Who was the skeezy looking dude they were handing over the IDs/credit cards/etc to? Did I miss something?

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I don't think so. Just generic identity/financial thief guy

Tobias Funke said:

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Who was the skeezy looking dude they were handing over the IDs/credit cards/etc to? Did I miss something?

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You didn't miss anything. He just a sleazy guy that buys the identity info from them.

I watch almost everything with subtitles. None of this was subtitled

Also, of all the people I could've guessed to show up in this episode, Buzz from Home Alone wouldn't have been on that list.

Complete Idiot said:

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I initially guessed the phone booth conversation (I assume we hear the audio in final 2 episodes) was pertaining to one of the following, in decreasing order of likelihood

1) Kim talked to him and said she had to tell the authorities about call
2) Kim talked to him but said she never wanted to see him
3) Whoever took the call wouldn't let him talk to Kim

But after thinking about it after episode, I think the most likely thing is someone told Saul she was swept up in the investigation and sent to jail.

All money, gone. Kim, in prison. Life boring and a mess. Nothing to lose.

And I was wondering how writing staff would handle an ending for Saul, it seems they love him as a character and they gave Jimmy so much depth throughout the series. But showing him having zero quit in stealing from a terminally ill guy, a guy who did not come across as an ******* at all, kinda tips the writers's hand I think.

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What if he was told Kim is dead.

Wildmen06 said:

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Complete Idiot said:

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I initially guessed the phone booth conversation (I assume we hear the audio in final 2 episodes) was pertaining to one of the following, in decreasing order of likelihood

1) Kim talked to him and said she had to tell the authorities about call
2) Kim talked to him but said she never wanted to see him
3) Whoever took the call wouldn't let him talk to Kim

But after thinking about it after episode, I think the most likely thing is someone told Saul she was swept up in the investigation and sent to jail.

All money, gone. Kim, in prison. Life boring and a mess. Nothing to lose.

And I was wondering how writing staff would handle an ending for Saul, it seems they love him as a character and they gave Jimmy so much depth throughout the series. But showing him having zero quit in stealing from a terminally ill guy, a guy who did not come across as an ******* at all, kinda tips the writers's hand I think.

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What if he was told Kim is dead.

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Would have made him cry more than mad, but the reaction seen would be possible. I just don't think the show writers send her out like that.

Knowing what we know now, I'm surprised Mike works for Saul. Figured he would be making a killing being Gus head of security.

Also, the transitions in this episode were so spot-on.

When the shot of the shallow grave in the desert transitioned to Gene in bed...*chef's kiss*

Pignorant said:

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Cranston looked and sounded like Walter White.

Aaron Paul… not so much.

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That's because he played Jesse Pinkman.

Looked like he could be related to Paul Giamatti

Some more B&W scenes for the goobers on the thread. At least you got some color scenes.

Another fantastic episode. Didn't care for what AP was doing with that voice, but at least he dropped a "yo" for us. Didn't realize Kim was down in Florida! Seems like they had a lovely talk…

Liked the flashing back and forth. Is this Slippin Jimmy trying to save up enough to try and flee down to FL for Kim!?

Also- I got the bingo for not one but TWO Yacht Rock songs "Brandy" by Looking Glass and Summer Breeze during the karaoke scenes.

Know Your Enemy said:

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JD Shellnut said:

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Know Your Enemy said:

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JD Shellnut said:

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Knowing what we know now, I'm surprised Mike works for Saul. Figured he would be making a killing being Gus head of security.

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He's doing both.

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Yes, I literally just said that.

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So what don't you get then? Why he's doing both? He's trying to earn money for Kaylee.

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Like I said, with him being the head of security, I figured he would be too busy and making way more than enough money to not have to run errands for Saul.

cr0wbar said:

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Some more B&W scenes for the goobers on the thread. At least you got some color scenes.

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Not everybody is a Gilligan-fart-smelling- fanboy.

This episode did a great job of documenting Saul in the BB world, the transition after everything came crashing down, and setting up some possible endings to Gene's story.

We definitely needed last week's episode to set up this week, but that doesn't mean I needed a whole hour of an elaborate Slippin' Jimmy caper last week. They somehow managed to pull off this week's caper using only about a third of the airtime.

GreasenUSA said:

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Who is the actor who played the mark who has cancer? He is familiar.

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Kevin Sussman aka Stuart from Big Bang Theory

I initially thought the first guy (karaoke scene) was someone they were going to steal the barbiturates FROM.

Throughout all the Gene scenes, across the entire run of the show, I've always felt and have hoped that Jimmy had finally been "humbled" in a way that at least made him remorseful. To the point where, even after everything he's done, I've felt a bit of empathy for him, seeing him so sad and alone. And because of that, I've always wanted him to get *some* kind of bittersweet ending, where he's not "saved" or cleared or free or anything along those lines - he still has to pay for his crimes - but at least finds some kind of relative peace again, be it via a brief encounter with Kim, or he gets a better, more fulfilling job, or something along those lines.

But that changed tonight.

Or, at least, I thought it did.

Because, like many here have been saying, for most of the episode I had this sense of dread and a resigned acknowledgment that Jimmy truly can't let Saul go, that this is who he'll always be, that he's going down the same poor-decision-road yet again, etc. And that no, he's not going to find any kind of solace, he's going to get his comeuppance, for good this time, be it via jail or death.

But what if that's what they *want* us to think.

Because they obviously obscured/muted that Kim phone call for a reason, if he even managed to get through to her at all and wasn't just talking to someone who knew her. And what if the reason they obscured it from us is because Jimmy's not going after all that money just to save enough to go down and see her in Florida, after she rebuked him, but he's collecting all that money to HELP her in some way?

In other words, Jimmy's either up to old tricks, in order to show up unannounced on Kim's doorstep, even though she doesn't want to see him, and this all ends horribly - or - Jimmy is up to his old tricks, but it's somehow to do something GOOD this time, and potentially even help Kim out in some way.

The only thing that makes me think it's the former is the whole cancer thing, seeing as f/cking over a guy with cancer feels like a bridge too far, even if Jimmy were to ultimately be using the money for good. So, my gut says Saul has won the fight for Jimmy's soul, and now we're just watching a slow motion car crash, but my heart still has hope that there's something bigger and more hopeful at play here.

Don't know how it will play out but Carol Burnett is suspicious of Gene now.