Better Call Saul’s Wendy Return Continues A Breaking Bad Hank Joke

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Better Call Saul season 6's latest Breaking Bad cameo makes a hilarious running gag out of a memorable Hank Schrader scene. As Better Call Saul's final season creeps closer to the Breaking Bad era, even more classic characters are entering the spinoff. In «Hit & Run,» we get David Ury's Spooge turning up at Jimmy McGill's lawyer office, but more integral to the plot is Wendy, once again portrayed by Julia Minesci. A recurring character throughout Breaking Bad's earlier seasons, Wendy is a meth addict, a sex worker, and an associate of Jesse Pinkman's.

Wendy makes her glorious spinoff debut in Better Call Saul season 6, episode 4 («Hit & Run»), as she's hired by Jimmy and Kim for the latest phase of their Howard Hamlin scam. Wendy's task is to get kicked out of Howard's car (driven by a tanned, wig-wearing Jimmy), make a scene, then rendezvous with Kim who'll pay her fee and provide a lift back to the motel. The performance goes perfectly — but almost failed before it began. When Jimmy first picks Wendy up, she's too busy buying a root beer from the vending machine. After Jimmy's protests (and the promise of an entire crate full of the stuff), Wendy leaves behind her hard-earned quarters to jump in Howard's Jaguar.

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Wendy's fruitless quest for root beer is much more than just a comedic riff between Bob Odenkirk and Julia Minesci or a narrative device to ramp up tension as the clock on Howard Hamlin's therapy session ticks down — it's a genius callback to Breaking Bad season 2. In «Bit By A Dead Bee,» Hank questions Wendy over the movements of Jesse Pinkman, suspecting he was involved in Tuco Salamanca's murder. Wendy opens her interview