Better Call Saul Just Set The Stage For The Greatest Finale In Years
Better Call Saul’s finale is almost upon as. After seven years of phenomenal television, the Breaking Bad prequel is approaching its final hour, and none of us know what to expect.
Jimmy McGill is on the verge of going to prison, Kim Wexler wastes away at a dead-end job in Florida, while all remaining remnants of the Heisenberg empire have crumbled away into nothing. Much like the show’s fleeting monochrome aesthetic, there is so little life left in these characters that one of the few things left to root for is their eventual downfall.
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It’s a different kind of tragedy compared to Breaking Bad. Jimmy and Kim deserve to suffer, or at least repent for previous sins that have seen people killed as a consequence of their actions. We see this with Kim in her new life, and how throughout the penultimate episode she never makes a single decision for herself. When a colleague asks what flavour ice cream she prefers she refuses to answer, while she even puts together a tuna salad sandwich using miracle whip because she’s too afraid to tell her new boyfriend that he made a mistake. Speaking up or making herself known has only ever resulted in disaster, so this new life is a chance for her to stay in her lane and never once rock the boat.
It’s a miserable existence, with a single phone call from Jimmy being all it takes to bring the past back into view and cause her to take action. She returns to Albuquerque to admit her past crimes and make amends with anyone who will accept her. Most of those people are either dead or have moved on, leaving our two protagonists behind to sleep in the bed they’ve made. It’s a hard episode to
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