Back at home, our hero and his not-actually-intoxicated accomplice smoke a bong and lament that their schemes are barely paying the rent. After an elaborate negotiation over what is obviously a fake Rolex, Jimmy leaves with over $500 of his acquaintance’s cash, though the stranger is convinced that he’s the one who tricked Jimmy into giving up a valuable watch in exchange for a comparatively tiny sum of money. They happen upon a wallet stuffed with cash and soon find its owner, a portly gentleman in a suit, semiconscious next to a dumpster. “Hero” is framed by two classic Jimmy McGill cons: The first one takes us back to the ’90s, where “Saul Goodman” lures a new drinking buddy into a dark alley. (And judging by my Twitter timeline, I’m not the only one.) The flashback not only explains the joke behind the alias, but also reveals that its use dates back to the Slippin’ Jimmy era.
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Kevin says he is disappointed in Kim and that she can get a better man than Saul.Mike gets to see his granddaughter again after his little outbursts two episodes ago.But what it also showed this scene is how Saul feels he is invincible, diminishing Howard’s offer to a top firm as “small”. This explosion was incredible, and it just shows how much pent up anger and upset Saul had from within him. Saul then explodes and says the job is too small and that is going way beyond him. Howard apologises for Saul being in pain and Saul gets suddenly emotional - “you kill my brother and you say you’re sorry”. Howard states that weird is how bowling balls have been thrown at his car and prostitutes turning up to restaurants and approaching him. Saul claims the entire ordeal is getting weird. Saul is being all vague, so Howard says the offer is off the table as Saul seems upset. Howard approaches Saul timidly and asks him if he has considered his offer yet. Saul has no idea the hole he is creating for himself.īetter Call Saul Season 5, Episode 7, “JMM” closes outside of the courtroom, with Saul looking guilty, observing the upset family again. The judge agrees to the bond and sets it at 7 million, cash only. Saul dismisses the risk and says Lalo is deeply tied to the community with a lovely family. The prosecution wants the judge to consider Lalo as a flight risk.
Saul then kicks into action and claims witness tampering by a private investigator. In court, Saul is observedly guilty because the family of the murdered man at Travel Wire is there and are all sobbing. Gus is such a hard character to gauge and fully understand - sometimes I wonder if he is worthy of his own series.Īs we approach the end of yet another good episode of Better Call Saul, we see the outcome of Lalo’s demand for bail. Afterwards, in a hotel room, Lydia and Peter fret over Lalo who is commanding orders from prison. He updates the board of the business his success and new product lines. Mike wisely states that Lalo is not out of the picture then.Īnd then there is Gus who is operating everyone like puppets. Mike wonders what the rush is, and Nacho then reveals that Lalo wants to burn down Gus’s business.
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Kim is happy that Saul provided full disclosure.īetter Call Saul Season 5, Episode 7, “JMM” sees Nacho still fretting over Lalo and tells Mike now that he is out of the picture, he wants out. Kim asks Saul if he wants to be a friend of the cartel and he says no. After a hard day’s work, Saul and Lalo initiate celebratory sex for getting married but as the clothes are getting stripped off, Saul wants to adhere to their deal and tells Kim about Lalo who wants bail and that he’d be a “friend of the cartel”, which means a lot of money.