Better Call Saul Season 6, Episode 9 Ending Explained
Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Better Call Saul
The sixth and final season of Better Call Saul has been a rollercoaster so far, and the Better Call Saul season 6, episode 9 ending put the story in overdrive. When Better Call Saul first premiered on AMC, it felt like a decidedly different beast than its predecessor Breaking Bad. The spinoff had a bit of a lighter touch, and since it focused on lawyers, spent much more time on the legal side of New Mexico. As time has gone on though, Better Call Saul has become more and more like Breaking Bad, with the suspense and tension steadily ratcheting up.
This progression really took hold when Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman first became a "friend of the cartel," exemplified by his representation of volatile gangster Lalo Salamanca. Lalo roped Jimmy into criminal activity that just kept getting more dangerous, yet the monetary rewards involved served as a signpost for why Saul Goodman ends up the lawyer he does. When life is a struggle, someone like Jimmy will do whatever it takes to rise above, law or no law.
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With Lalo offed by Gus in episode 8, it looked like Kim and Jimmy might be able to move on and rebuild, but Better Call Saul, season 6, episode 9 wasted no time in establishing that would not be the case. Their relationship is now over, and the path is fully cleared for the rise of Saul Goodman, «criminal lawyer.» It remains to be seen where Better Call Saul's final four episodes will take the story, but the ending of season 6, episode 9 left a lot worth unpacking.
Over the course of Better Call Saul season 6, it was clear that Kim seemed to be breaking bad herself. She was compromising her morals and ethics with
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