1 Genius Detail Proves Better Call Saul’s Gene Still Loves Kim

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An excellent Better Call SaulEaster egg proves Jimmy McGill's love for Kim Wexler endures — even into the Gene timeline. Now confirmed as taking place in October 2010, Better Call Saul's black-and-white era chronicles the immediate aftermath of Breaking Bad, where Saul Goodman is living in Omaha, Nebraska under the alias «Gene Takavic.» Because Saul left Albuquerque in a hurry and is supposed to be a totally different guy, reminders of his past are in short supply. Saul Goodman's old house and office were littered with nods to Kim Wexler (the desk, the landscape painting, the tequila bottle stopper, etc.) but Gene's world is bleak and empty.

And now audiences know why. Better Call Saul season 6's «Fun & Games» revealed how Kim broke up with Jimmy after their scheming resulted in Howard Hamlin's death. Better Call Saul's flashforward heavily implies she hasn't graced Jimmy's life since — that Kim left Albuquerque and stayed away for the next six years, missing Breaking Bad entirely. The way Saul Goodman surrounded himself with Kim's belongings proved he still loved her during his Heisenberg years, but one small detail confirms those feelings still haven't subsided by Gene's timeline.

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While Gene is wandering around Cottonwood Mall in Better Call Saul season 6, episode 10, he carries a KC Royals lunchbox. First seen in season 3, the lunchbox is a subtle-but-direct reference to Kim Wexler, who often wore a KC Royals shirt to bed in Better Call Saul's prequel  timeline. All that remains of Gene's former life is a small shoe box hidden in a vent, but by using a KC Royals bag - a team Gene himself holds no connection to whatsoever — to carry his sandwiches, Kim