Better Call Saul just wrapped up a story that’s 13 years in the making – IGN

Better Call Saul Finally Breaks Bad

You better call Saul and tell them own story apart from the series, which is a prequel to Breaking Bad, everything changed with the arrival of the villainous Gustavo Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) in Season 3. The seemingly mild-mannered owner of Los Pollos Hermanos was already Breaking Bad’s big villain, but in Better Call Saul we see him amassing his own meth- Imperium.

As we come to Better Call Saul Season 6, creator Vince Gilligan has embraced the Bad-verse and brought the two shows together for a story that took 13 years in the making. Going back to that fateful night when we first met Saul in the desert of Breaking Bad Season 2 Episode 8, the worlds of Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad fully come together. The phrase “dance through the raindrops” was minted by co-creator Peter Gould to blend Jimmy’s current world, his Saul period and his future as Gene.

The last season of Better Call Saul has already beaten Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton) and Nacho Varga (Michael Mando), and there’s another level here. The two villains were first mentioned during Saul’s Breaking Bad debut – although they never appeared physically on the series. Since Better Call Saul was never about Jesse and Walt, it makes sense that their cameos would be just that. Similar to The diner scene from El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, where Walter White appeared in a flashback, the two are only there to tie the dots between the two shows. Thanks to the second half of the episode, there are arguably much bigger stories at play here.

Tie off those loose ends

Aside from the return of Cranston and Paul, another Breaking Bad character played an overall more important role. In the 2010 Cinnabon Gene timeline, Saul risked everything on a phone call to former assistant Francesca (Tina Parker). Although Breaking Bad’s Felina rounded out Walter White’s story, it left many cliffhangers for the side characters. Luckily, Francesca gives us a sneak peek into what happened to everyone else.

First, there’s good news for Saul’s long-suffering henchman, Huell Babineaux (Lavell Crawford). The last we saw of Huell was in a DEA safe house awaiting the return of Hank Schrader (Dean Norris) and Gomez (Steven Michael Quezada). Hank and his partner would never return – with the couple being brutally gunned down by Jack the neo-Nazi. It’s a running joke in the show’s community that Huell is still around, but according to Francesca, he got his happy ending. “I think at home in New Orleans,” she says. “The DEA held him under false pretenses or something. Last I heard he went on foot.”

When Gene asks for updates on the Lazer Base’s owner, Danny Wormald (Mark Proksch) and Ira (Franc Ross) from Vamono’s plague, Francesca delivers a snippy comment: “You have internet where you are?” He also wants to know what happened to Huell’s BFF Patrick Kuby (Bill Burr), but she said she “had no idea” after he was hired to track down Jesse on Breaking Bad. This 101 of Breaking Bad Characters is more than just a conclusion, as it teases that we’re really heading towards the end of Saul Goodman’s story.

For those wondering what happened to Skyler White (Anna Gunn), Francesca confirms that she did well on the card Walt left her. As part of Walt’s redemption arc, he gave his estranged wife the GPS coordinates of Hank and Gomez’s bodies, as well as the location where he hid his blue meth fortune. Francesca simply says, “Skyler White got her deal,” then adds, “The only ones left are you and Pinkman.”

Solve the mystery of Kim Wexler

It’s all well and good finding out about Walt’s wife and low-level grunts, but the big reveal comes from confirming Kim Wexler is alive and well in the Cinnabon Gene timeline. Alongside Odenkirk, Rhea Seehorn is one of the show’s greatest strengths, and with Kim sitting out Breaking Bad, many feared she would go the way of Nacho and Lalo before Better Call Saul’s credits roll.

Francesca warns that all the heat of the Breaking Bad saga is now on Gene’s head. The shell companies used to hide his illicit funds are Saul Goneman, one of which is an Easter egg for Kim. Jimmy’s Tigerfish Corporation is a nod to the USS Tigerfish Ice Station Zebra, this is Kim’s favorite movie. This shows that despite their differences, Kim was never far from his thoughts. So does that mean a reunion is on the horizon?

Kim Wexler by Rhea Seehorn and Saul Goodman by Bob Odenkirk

Jimmy learns that Kim called her after the Heisenberg case to check he was okay. An upbeat Jimmy then calls Kim’s place of work at Palm Coast Sprinklers in Florida and has a heated exchange with someone there. Some trucks comfortably passing by make it impossible to understand what is being said, but things end with an enraged Gene smashing the phone. The Kim mystery continues in the final two episodes, and since Jimmy is clearly upset about the exchange, she’s not over the top just yet.

There’s a lot to theorize here, but remember, we don’t know who’s on the other end of the line. Whether it’s someone breaking tragic news or Kim herself saying she never wants to hear from Jimmy again, Seehorn is sure to have a part in Better Call Saul’s swan song. The penultimate episode, titled “Waterworks,” sounds like a comfortable connection to Kim’s workplace, which means a trip to Florida is becoming more and more likely. Anyway, a black-and-white Gene promo proves the writers aren’t done with Saul’s miserable future.

The two hapless lovers putting their differences aside and heading off into the sunset doesn’t seem like much better than calling Saul, leading some fans to believe that Kim is ready to hand Jimmy over to the authorities in the ultimate case of Revenge a dish is best served cold. While killing Kim in the last two episodes would be a very Gilligan thing, let’s hope she and Saul get their happy endings. If not, is there still potential for a Huell spinoff, or how about a Skyler miniseries? With only two episodes of Better Call Saul left, place your bets on what’s cooking up in the lab.