How Kim Points Out Mike’s Biggest Better Call Saul Tragedy
An innocent remark from Kim in Better Call Saul season 6 points out the real tragedy behind Mike Ehrmantraut's character arc across both shows. Jonathan Banks' Mike has countless connections to New Mexico's criminal underworld in Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad, but hasn't yet had opportunity to meaningfully interact with Rhea Seehorn's Kim Wexler. That all changes in Better Call Saul season 6's «Hit & Run,» when Mike has two henchmen tail Kim just in case Lalo Salamanca makes contact. Kim notices, and their exchange is predictably sizzling, with the lawyer plainly frightened by news of Lalo's survival, and Mike intriguingly admitting Kim's "made of sterner stuff" than Jimmy.
Perhaps the most fascinating line in Mike and Kim's long-awaited Better Call Saul collision, however, comes at the very end. Just as Mike leaves the El Camino diner, a spark of recognition fires in Kim's mind. Suddenly, she recalls, "I do know you… you worked in the parking booth at the courthouse… you're the attendant?!" Mike solemnly replies, "I was..." before walking out the diner door and bringing the scene to a close.
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Better Call Saul viewers are, of course, fully aware of Mike's gig as a courthouse parking attendant, but Kim's line brings his evolution (or devolution, depending on your position) into stark perspective. Thanks to Breaking Bad, audiences dived into Better Call Saul knowing Mike would eventually become a criminal handyman, but season 6's «Hit & Run» highlights Kim's point of view. The man who once took her change every time she turned up to court is now sending armed men to tail her, dragging Jimmy on a near-death trek through the desert, and working for some
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