What I’m Watching: Better Call Saul

Better Call Saul: Season 6, Episode 9 “Fun and Games” (B+)

I don’t think this is what I expected for Kim, to decide that she just couldn’t be with Jimmy anymore because, together, they were poison. The ease with which she was able to come up with a complete lie in front of Howard’s wife to support the story of drug addiction showed that perhaps she does belong in this universe, but that’s a fate she’s not comfortable with, since having to lie like that only came about because of what she and Jimmy did. They are responsible for what happened to Howard, and she probably blames herself even more because she knew that Lalo was alive and didn’t tell Jimmy because of how she expected him to react. While it would be a shame not to see Kim again after this, things jumped very quickly to the era of Saul Goodman that we know where he seemed to have moved on quite a bit. Gus managed to stand his ground with Don Eladio, who seemed more irritated by the thought of Hector ringing his bell ceaselessly than he did with the concept of considering Gus’ duplicity. The scene with Gus and Reed Diamond’s David was very compelling, an unusual instance of him letting his guard down that he clearly decided to end because it might make him vulnerable. Mike going to talk to Manuel about Nacho’s fate didn’t go exactly as he had planned, and I’m sure the accusation that he was just as bad as the rest hit Mike very hard, especially considering how he felt about Nacho.