Better Call Saul: When Is The Jimmy House Flashforward Set?
Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Better Call Saul season 6, episode 1.
Better Call Saul season 6, episode 1 begins with a flash forward showing what appears to be Saul Goodman’s (Bob Odenkirk) house, but just when in the timeline is that scene set? Opening with a scene set in the future is nothing unusual for the Breaking Bad spinoff, but Better Call Saul season 6 does put a new twist on the old tradition. Instead of opening with a black-and-white sequence charting the exploits of Gene Takovic after Breaking Bad, it begins with an almost dreamlike scene showing a house being raided.
The five-minute scene plays without dialog, but nonetheless offers some clues as to what’s going on — in particular, various items such as pill bottles, a cardboard cutout, and a sign with his name confirm this house belongs to Saul Goodman, and perhaps Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn), with the tequila bottle top at the very end hammering the point home. It’s clear the scene spells trouble for at least one of the duo, but Better Call Saul doesn’t explicitly state when the flash forward to Jimmy’s house takes place, instead leaving it as a tantalising tease of what’s to come.
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Much of Better Call Saul season 6, episode 1, «Wine and Roses,» follows on directly from season 5’s ending, as Jimmy and Kim plan to take down Howard Hamlin [Patrick Fabian) while Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton) plots his revenge against Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito). The Jimmy’s house flashforward is obviously well into the future from the current events of the show (which are likely still around 2004), but just how far isn’t clear. Two main possibilities arise, though. The first is the scene at
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