You know what they say about men with bad mustaches.
It’s good advice, not just for the aspiring con artist, but for the audience.
But this week, the tension breaks.
Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman on ‘Better Call Saul’.Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television
And it’s bad.
I mean, it’s notallbad.
It’s fun to see Saul rolling around in the back of the RV, shrieking, “Abogado!
a wild ride that would only get wilder before ending, well, the way it ended.
But these brief returns to theBreaking Badtimeline aren’t just a romp down memory lane.
They’re a warning, a reminder that everything you’re about to see has happened before.
“Your name came up,” she says, and Saul seems stunned.
“She asked about me?”
Look, I’ll admit it: I wanted to see Kim again.
More importantly, I wanted Saul to see Kim again.
And then he’s outside the phone booth, kicking and kicking at it, until the glass breaks.
Kinda reminds you ofsomething, doesn’t it?
He buys a new bluetooth earpiece and a new Swing Master chi machine.
His pile of cash, hidden behind the wall, starts taking up more and more space.
He’s back, baby!
Or, at least, he thinks he is.
As it turns out, the mark is not just a nice guy but a nice guy with cancer.
For the young burglar with the dog, this is a bridge too far.
(We don’t see him go inside, but we know fromBreaking Badthat he does.
And then, in Omaha, Saul approaches the dark and silent house where his mark is sleeping.
He breaks a window, and goes inside.
