Better Call Saul Season 6 Trailer Confirms S5 Ending's Kim Theory
If Better Call Saul season 5's ending suggested Kim Wexler was leading Jimmy McGill down a darker path, the new Better Call Saul season 6 trailer confirms it. Across Better Call Saul's five seasons thus far, Jimmy McGill appeared very much the archetypal bad influence upon Kim Wexler. Working at the prestigious HHM law firm, Kim was the studious, talented professional making a rapid ascent up the legal ladder. Jimmy was the hapless joker coaxing Kim to indulge in his less-than-legit chicanery, and although she clearly enjoyed the rebelliousness, Jimmy always seemed to be leading Kim by the hand...
Better Call Saul season 5's finale shockingly asked whether Kim might've been doing the leading. Kim gradually ingratiates deeper into Jimmy's criminal lifestyle throughout season 5, and shows shocking calmness when dealing with a volatile Lalo Salamanca. The more Kim proves herself the World's Best (Criminal) Lawyer, the more she seems at home in New Mexico's underworld. When the final moments of Better Call Saul season 5 arrive, Kim suggests she and Jimmy take down Howard Hamlin for good, shocking even her con artist husband. Kim's idea forces Better Call Saul viewers to reconsider who the relationship's bad influence really is. All this time, it looked like Jimmy was dragging Kim back from an honest legal career, but is Kim now the one encouraging Jimmy to let his inner criminal hang loose?
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The Better Call Saul season 6 trailer confirms those suspicions. In the trailer's most meaningful exchange, Jimmy recites the line, "The wicked flee when no man pursueth," to which Kim replies, "You think we're wicked?" This difference in perspective
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