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Speaking of Chuck, I can't stop thinking about this scene. It's the clearest read of Jimmy in the whole show, and an awful premonition of what's to come. You have to wonder how much of what Saul and later Gene became was an inevitable result of Jimmy's nature, and how much of it was just him swallowing Chuck's poison.Sometimes Chuck had a point but Chuck was also terrible and often his points came from ugly sources.
I agree with all of this, but! I also think it's very comparable to the BB finale. Both endings were as happy as they could possibly be, given the circumstances, as both characters came to terms with their inner conflict and found self-absolution through the consequences of their actions.What a contrast to Breaking Bad’s finale. Far less bloody, but it hurt a lot more to watch. Walt got to tie up his loose ends, kill Jack and company, and make peace with Jesse. Jimmy is caught by a sloppy scam, and the only thing he can do to try and make amends is to give a terrible performance as his own lawyer.
The end of the last great drama on cable.
What a contrast to Breaking Bad’s finale. Far less bloody, but it hurt a lot more to watch. Walt got to tie up his loose ends, kill Jack and company, and make peace with Jesse. Jimmy is caught by a sloppy scam, and the only thing he can do to try and make amends is to give a terrible performance as his own lawyer.
The end of the last great drama on cable.
Of course, there's the irony that while Jimmy is all that remains, a flawed person with good qualities, few people outside of Kim will see him as anything other than that ridiculous TV criminal turned accessory to awful crimes. Oh, the other criminals like him and some probably form genuine friendships with him where he is Jimmy but... I mean, nicknames stick and Saul sticks. He has to live with his mistakes and the hurt he created and he has this mark that is a name. It's not some awful curse but it's going to be there forever.“Saul as prison celebrity” is exactly how I wanted the series to end, and I’m so glad it did.
As for his performance, I think he 100% planned to corner the prosecution into that deal, but the moment he heard Kim confessed, Saul vanished and Jimmy was all that was left.
I'm at a bit of a remove but I remember enjoying the death scene. But more than that, I love the nature of what is done with the body (though it was already floating around as a fan theory for a while). Tony Dalton deserves to be a star after this. I really hope his character in the MCU ends up getting more play in the future, minor as it is. At the very least, it feels like a great advertisement to have him as an aging Zorro.Lalo is freaking great and probably deserved a better death scene than this. I can't remember who it was that described him as "Evil Columbo" when I was catching up on the previous season, but that's such an excellent way of putting in.
Oh man no, hard disagreement there. He was vile scum. (I mean, fantastic performance and really scary villain but) He fathered a son just to use him as corpse double. It was fucking planned. Making sure the dental records matched and everything. I really enjoyed seeing Gus beat him and that it was in a moment of Walt-esque clumsy fast-thinking, very simple and bereft of ceremony or glory. His speech done had me rooting for him again, just like I was when he got Don Eladio. And this show I'd say went even further in showing that no, Gus really is as monstrous a villain as any others. He did Nacho dirty.Lalo is freaking great and probably deserved a better death scene than this.