AMC Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill in AMC’s “Better Call Saul.”
Last week’s episode of “Better Call Saul” set up a number of plotlines for our main characters headed into the final stretch of the series: Gus and Mike have set up a vast electronic surveillance system to trap and kill Lalo Salamanca (who has not been seen since the season premiere), and have also dispatched teams of men to protect anyone who might be caught in Lalo’s crossfire (including Jimmy and Kim). The last we saw of Lalo, he was headed back to Mexico to obtain “proof” of Gus’s involvement in his botched assassination attempt.
At her urging, meanwhile, Jimmy and Kim are simultaneously crafting their own plot to tank the career of their old boss, Howard. Davis & Main’s senior partner, Clifford Main, just witnessed a coked-up “Howard” kick a prostitute out of his car while speeding off recklessly during a lunch with Kim.
Also, Jimmy’s career as “Saul Goodman” has begun to take off, and we have finally seen the introduction of the place we all know and love as Saul’s office.
Let’s get into episode 5, titled “Black and Blue”:
Season 6 Episode 5: ‘Black and Blue’
Our cold open shows a mysterious chemist mixing familiar substances under the backdrop of an a cappella “In Stiller Nacht.” It turns out we’re witnessing the manufacturing of a ruler inside a glass display case, alongside the German words, “In Liebe … Deine Jungs,” which translates to “Love … Your Boys.”
Source: Heavy
