Better Call Saul Season 6 Gene Episode Explained By Writer
Better Call Saul season 6, episode 10 writer Alison Tatlock discusses the decision to return to the post-Breaking Bad timeline for an entire episode. Last week's installment saw perhaps the last of Kim Wexler who, overwhelmed by the guilt of her role in Howard Hamlin's death, surrenders her license to practice law and finally parts ways with Jimmy McGill, sparking his complete transformation into the unscrupulous criminal lawyer, Saul Goodman. Though many expected the next episode to pick up there, the beloved Breaking Bad prequel/sequel series continues to keep viewers guessing.
Written by Tatlock and directed by Michelle MacLaren,Better Call Saul season 6, episode 10, «Nippy,» instead returns to its post-Breaking Bad timeline with Jimmy living under the guise of Gene Takovic, a Cinnabon manager in Omaha, Nebraska. Picking up after he is recognized by the unsettling cab driver, Jeff, and cancels his second extraction with the Disappearer, Gene takes matters into his own hands by returning to his old Slippin' Jimmy ways. He begins by befriending Jeff's mother, Marion (played by Carol Burnett), and subsequently offers the cab driver a chance to get in "the game." The rest of the episode follows an elaborately planned department store heist executed to near perfection, which successfully buys Jeff's silence and reenergizes Gene.
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During a recent interview with THR, Alison Tatlock discussed the decision to bring back everyone's favorite Cinnabon manager for the first time this season in episode 10. After Jimmy and Kim's emotionally charged breakup and the subsequent time jump to a Breaking Bad-era Saul Goodman in episode 9, Tatlock felt it
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