Better Call Saul Casting Trick Makes Kim's Mom Flashbacks Even Better

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Here's how perfect casting brings a whole new meaning to Better Call Saul season 6's Kim Wexler flashback. Her name may not be written above the door, but Rhea Seehorn's Kim has become every bit as important to Better Call Saul as Saul Goodman himself. The Breaking Bad prequel has gradually peeled back Kim's layers, but only delved into her past on one occasion - Better Call Saul season 5's «Wexler vs. Goodman,» where Kim's mother was exposed as an irresponsible and uncaring parent.

Better Call Saul season 6 revisits Kim's past with «Axe & Grind.» Set sometime around her season 5 flashback, a young Kim is caught shoplifting by a store detective. Her mother arrives and chews the youngster out, dropping classic parental buzzwords like "disappointed" and "should know better." Kim gets off with a warning, but when mother and daughter leave the store, their dynamic totally changes. Kim's mom actually displays pride in her daughter's audacious theft, then reveals she swiped the earrings her daughter was caught stealing in the first place.

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As you'd expect from Better Call Saul, the flashback is wonderfully written and directed (none other than Giancarlo Esposito sits behind the camera), but what really makes this scene pop is the actress playing Kim's mother.

The actress playing Kim's mom in Better Call Saul season 6 is Beth Hoyt. Known for Inside Amy Schumer, Dead To Me and her work with YouTube channel The Key of Awesome, Hoyt also voiced Pepper Potts in Marvel's What If...? animated TV show. The actress first portrayed Kim's unnamed mother in the initial Better Call Saul season 5 flashback, but that scene took place at night while the character