Peter Gould offers insights into the first two episodes of season 6, including that intriguing opening sequence.
A reminder of what once was?
Whatever the case, Kim lives on.
Rhea Seehorn and Bob Odenkirk on ‘Better Call Saul’.Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television
In Jimmy/Saul’s mind, at the very least.
And so they began building their Rube Goldberg Scamtraption.
Meanwhile in Mexico, cartel player Lalo (Tony Dalton) swore revenge on the Chicken Man, a.k.a.
Tony Dalton on ‘Better Call Saul’.Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television
A fleeing of the scene.
Keep reading to see what other insights Gould had to offer about the intriguing beginning to season 6.
What’s the harm in listening?
This was a peek into questions like: Who is Saul Goodman when he’s not in the office?
Who is he with?
That’s probably not Kim’s bra.
How much of Saul Goodman is an act?
So even though it may not look like it on the outside, clearly Kim is on his mind.
This scene is years later.
That’s a great question.
If there’s a Zafiro stopper, how far away is Kim Wexler?
There’s no ambiguity about what happens to Kim, I’ll tell you that.
Are we going to get another peek at that little black book?
That intriguing little black book could turn out to have a significance.
But there’s also I don’t know what to call them, Preaster eggs?
there are Easter eggs that will only make sense after you’ve seen a lot more of the show.
“So, we’re doing that?”
“I thought we were.
You think we shouldn’t?”
It doesn’t have to go the way it’s going.
In our fictional world, these people really are the authors of their own fate.
Maybe that’s a good argument for trying to do the right thing as much as you possibly can.
Speaking of that, Kim is calibrating the plan that will now leave Howard just a little bruised.
Because at the end of episode 2, they’ve only tied off the Kettleman end of it.
This is a very tricky scam that these two are embarking on.
So they are definitely taking big risks here.
What are her motivations in helping turn into him into this cartoon?
Is this her way of connecting with him?
Is she becoming more invested in Saul Goodman?
Because scheming is when things start popping between them.
And I think they both know this now.
“Why can’t Jimmy just use his own name?”
How long have you been planning a Ketttleman comeback?
They’ve created these amazing characters Julian and Jeremy, they’re both incredible actors.
Kim’s facial expression changes when the Kettlemans talk about losing everything.
She later tells them, “You think you lost everything, you have no idea.”
Her voice is wavering, as if she’s the one who lost everything.
That’s a great question.
Kim told a story last season about her childhood.
So think that she’s got good reason for putting the hammer down on those two…
When we met them, Craig seemed to be cooking the books of the City of Albuquerque.
Now they’re taking advantage of poor people who were eager to get gambling money.
Believe it or not, this scam was inspired by something that happened to my wife.
We’re living in a world with a lot of people on the make and a lot of scammers.
And unfortunately in real life, they’re not as much fun as the Kettlemans.
And how does this assassination attempt change his cartel calculus?
Because he seems like he’s operating on a much more emotional level now.
For good reason, by the way.
Now they’ve come to his house.
Now they have killed people under his protection, people he cares about.
His eyes are blazing.
He’s really in a burn-it-all-down mood.
And that would be a definitely a vulnerability for the Fring organization.
He needs some kind of proof that Gus is plotting against the cartel.
Mike’s loyalties are being tested by Gus.
He’s a loyal soldier but an outspoken one.
Where is his head at?
It took Mike a long time to sign up with Gus Fring.
Because he knew that that was going to take him to a very dark place.
He did make that decision, and now he’s got to live with it.
What we’re finding is that Mike’s moral code is very different from Gus Fring’s.
Gus Fring very much sees everyone in the world as chess pieces.
On either side of the law.
And that’s a distinction that does not seem that important to Gus Fring.
And somehow Mike has to live with this contradiction.
Usually under normal circumstances, it doesn’t come up.
But right now, it does.
And he knows very well that Gus Fring doesn’t have his best interest at heart.
Episode 3, don’t watch it while you’re standing on the subway.
It’s a banger.
It’s really something.
Who might that be?
We don’t know who, butsomebody’sonto them.
And, boy, that doesn’t seem like good news.
What’s the word that you’d use to best describe what awaits viewers in episode 3?
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