Better Call Saul
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Show business is killing him.
Jimmy McGill, a.k.a.
Saul Goodman) pays homage to Scheider inAll That Jazz.
He doesnt have to be Gene Takovic.
He gets to be Saul Goodman again.
Saul gives him life again.
Heres how Saul explains the game:
Its the one youve been watching your entire life.
Putting it all on the line and winning big.
Of course, Jimmy is the only one playing the game here.
Nippy is about the pleasure he derives from working those atrophied Saul Goodman muscles back into shape.
If I died tonight, he says, my landlord would pack my stuff.
It would take him three hours.
And Cinnabon would hire a new manager.
Id be less than a ghost; Id be a shadow.
Id just be nothing.
Everything he tells Frank in that moment is true.
For now, it feels great to be Saul Goodman again.
We have only a few episodes left to see what this means for his future.
Burners:
Burnett is such a pro.
Of course his Gene is immediately sipping wine and making meat loaf with Marion.
Hes the son she wished she had.
(The high five they exchange over Sammy Hagar is a particular delight.)
(He also directed 2017sTake Me, which happens to feature OHeir in a supporting role.
Ill tell you whats crazy: 50-year-old high-school chemistry teacher comes into my office.
The guy is so broke he cant pay his own mortgage.
One year later, hes got a pile of cash as big as a Volkswagen.
This is Saul taking these boys for a ride.
My favorite of the stolen-goods rhymes: Six, swaggy sweat suits in the mix.
Update: An earlier version of this recap confused New Hampshire for Vermont.
We apologize to the Granite State.
