Warning: full spoilers for the episode follow...
Well that was a bit of a heartbreaker. On the whole, Better Call Saul has balanced the drama with bursts of hilarity - as Breaking Bad did. What’s surprising is just how much pathos there is on this series. The writers’ lull us into a sense of ease with a comedic sequence followed by a placid - yet ripe with weird sexual tension - scene between Jimmy and Kim, when it hits us like a wave. Laid bare is Chuck’s insanity, and Jimmy’s refusal to abandon him in it.
As much as we’ve been witness to it each week, Jimmy’s compassionate –yet willfully blind – response to his brother was wrenching. What struck me is that Jimmy is struggling with an impossible ethical conundrum - in some ways, even more so than Walter White. Walt was never truly wresting with a moral quagmire – he simply didn’t want to get caught.
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