Jimmy & Kim’s Howard Plan Had A Hidden Better Call Saul Purpose
Jimmy and Kim spent months planning their Howard Hamlin scam in Better Call Saul — and not once did either realize what they were really setting up for. By the end of Better Call Saul season 5, Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) had reawakened a dormant criminal instinct inside Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn). Encouraged by past scam success, Kim suggested their next target should be the insufferable Howard Hamlin (Patrick Fabian). Jimmy eventually agreed… but not without reluctance.
Across the entirety of Better Call Saul season 6, part 1, Jimmy and Kim executed a ruthlessly effective smear campaign against Howard. Planting drugs in his golf locker, artificially dilating his pupils before an important meeting, and spreading rumors of a cocaine habit, Jimmy and Kim successfully convince New Mexico's legal community that Howard Hamlin is a drug addict. In doing so, they force his law firm, HHM, to settle a lucrative case for which Jimmy and Kim receive a large cut. As the devilish duo anticipates, Howard invades their apartment enraged, but whereas Jimmy and Kim expect him to finish unloading, return home, and sleep off the booze, Howard actually ends up dead courtesy of a surprise visit from Lalo Salamanca. As revealed by Better Call Saul season 6's «Point & Shoot,» Mike arranges Howard's car and possessions to appear as if he took his own life.
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Neither Jimmy nor Kim ever realized that by scamming Howard Hamlin, they were actually, very steadily, building the perfect cover story for his death. The fictional drug addiction Jimmy and Kim convinced everybody Howard suffered from depicts a man spiraling out of control, dangerously close to the edge, and relying on substance
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