Better Call Saul Just Set Up The Gene Timeline’s Happy Ending
WARNING: Spoilers ahead for Better Call Saul season 6, episode 9
Better Call Saul's «Fun & Games» leaves Jimmy McGill in a dark place, but promises a happier ending ahead for the Gene timeline. Better Call Saul season 6 brings the story of Bob Odenkirk's Jimmy McGill to a close… twice. On one hand, there's the pre-Breaking Bad narrative set around 2004; on the other, there's «Gene Takovic» working at Cinnabon after running away from the wreckage of Walter White's busted meth operation circa 2010. Both demand their own separate resolutions.
Better Call Saul season 6, episode 9 more or less resolves the prequel timeline. Gus Fring orders construction on the superlab to resume, the Howard Hamlin case is settled thanks to some stomach-churning deception from Kim Wexler, and Jimmy's marriage dissolves when the specter of Howard's death (and the weight of responsibility for their role in it) becomes too much to bear. A time-skip then shifts Better Call Saul considerably closer to Breaking Bad, with Saul Goodman's office, fashion sense, car, and general demeanor all falling in sync with Walt and Jesse's era. All that remains now is for Better Call Saul to reveal what becomes of Gene Takovic, and thanks to «Fun & Games,» all signs now point towards a happy ending for Jimmy McGill's overall Breaking Bad universe journey.
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Kim successfully navigates Better Call Saul's prequel narrative without dying or getting thrown in jail, and that alone is conducive to a potential return in Gene's timeline. And although Kim breaks off their relationship, she does admit to still loving Jimmy. Their romance didn't go stale - Kim just believes their union is too destructive to
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