Better Call Saul Theory Reveals Jimmy Wants To Get Caught By Howard
Is Jimmy intentionally trying to get caught in Better Call Saul season 6? The criminality of Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) and Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) has gradually intensified throughout Better Call Saul, and season 6 brings their con crusade to its crescendo. The husband and wife partnership are targeting former boss (and former friend?) Howard Hamlin, partly out of revenge for always being a condescending and insufferable idiot, and partly because damage to Howard's professional reputation will force his law firm to settle a long-standing case in which Jimmy has a stake. A $2 million stake, to be precise.
Thus far, Jimmy & Kim have planted fake drugs among Howard's possessions, falsified complaints of «incapacity» from disgruntled clients, and staged an uncomfortable altercation with a sex worker. The ploy is working. Howard's fellow legal bigwig, Clifford Main, is now convinced he's working alongside a drug addict, and the next phase of Jimmy & Kim's plan seemingly involves impersonating a retired judge called Rand Casimiro.
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During Cliff Main's intervention in Better Call Saul season 6's «Black & Blue,» Howard Hamlin figures out Jimmy McGill is framing him — the drugs, the accusations, the Wendy incident — all of it points McGill-ward. Howard secretly arranges to confront Jimmy at a boxing gym, and it's here he drops the line, "You didn't even try to hide your tracks… You want to get caught." Jimmy is too busy mocking Howard's offer of a fight to answer… but is there merit to Howard's theory?
If Jimmy McGill secretly wants his Howard scam exposed, maybe that's because he felt skeptical about the operation since day one. Even though we've watched
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