Giancarlo Esposito Breaks Down Better Call Saul's Season 6 Kim Flashback
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Better Call Saul season 6
Giancarlo Esposito, one of the stars (and directors) of Better Call Saul, breaks down the Kim Wexler flashback from season 6, episode 6. The Breaking Bad prequel series returned to AMC screens last month with a two-episode premiere kicking off its sixth and final season. Esposito's narcotics distributor Gus Fring began season 6 by cleaning up his failed assassination attempt against the acting head of the Salamanca family, Lalo (Tony Dalton), and has since set up an extensive surveillance network awaiting his rival's eventual return to Albuquerque.
Meanwhile, Jimmy McGill (now practicing law under the name Saul Goodman) and his loyal confidante Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) have started executing their plan to ruin Howard Hamlin's (Patrick Fabian) career. Though much of their master plan remained a mystery early on, it has become more apparent with each passing episode. By planting seeds in Clifford Main's mind with numerous past incidents, Jimmy and Kim plan to use a psychotropic drug on Howard to provoke a «Chicanery»-style outburst from him at the Sandpiper case hearing, causing him to appear deranged and inept in front of the court. An unexpected broken arm almost jeopardizes the scheme during the episode's final moments, forcing Jimmy and Kim to alter their plans.
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In an interview with Variety, Esposito discussed the Better Call Saul season 6 episode titled «Axe and Grind,» which the actor directed. The episode was rather Kim-centric as it began with a flashback to her stealing a pair of earrings as a child and ended with a "moment of doom” for the character, says Esposito. He broke down
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