[S5E9] Bad Choice Road
Jimmy tells Mike he is experiencing post-traumatic stress. Mike tells Jimmy it will pass with time.[c] When Jimmy questions the events that brought them to the desert, Mike says they both made choices and must live with the consequences.
[S5E9] Bad Choice Road
Paying homage to the season four episode "Something Stupid", the episode begins with a split screen montage involving Jimmy and Kim, set to an instrumental version of Lola Marsh's "Somethin' Stupid" playing in the background.[2] The final scene, with Lalo arriving at Kim and Jimmy's apartment, ran for sixteen minutes without commercial breaks in the original broadcast in order to keep the dramatic tension. Other scenes in the episode were made shorter to allow for additional ad space, which enabled the ad-free final scene.[3]
At the courthouse, Jimmy loses a case against DDA Bill Oakley, who relentlessly gloats about his victory. Outside, Jimmy is picked up by Mike in his car and tries to talk to him about his ongoing post-traumatic condition. Jimmy asks when his symptoms will cease, to which Mike replies that it varies by person; the only way one knows that it's abated is when they go about their daily routine not thinking about it. Mike also states that he isn't bothered by having to kill the gunmen in the desert, since it was a life-or-death situation and they were in "the game". Jimmy expresses disgust that he and Mike helped Lalo, who they both knew had killed a civilian and allowed him to get away. Mike cryptically says that that is "not the end of the story", leading Jimmy to assume that Mike is going to do something to him. Mike tells Jimmy that the choices both men have made have put them on the road to where they are right now, and that nothing can be done about it. Jimmy is unsatisfied with what Mike says and ends their meeting.
I know I say this every week, but god damn, Rhea Seehorn is a powerhouse. Her big moment here is dynamite.
Lalo probably sticks around for a while, since Saul references him in Breaking Bad. But gosh, I so wanted Mike to just pull the damn trigger at the end there and kill him. Alas, it's not to be.
"Bad choices lead to bad roads lead to bad places," Jimmy tells Kim, and I have a very bad feeling that Kim's "bad choice" to possibly work with Jimmy is going to go horribly wrong.
Gus figures out that Juan Bolsa is the guy who hired the thieves to rip off Jimmy. Bolsa was apparently doing it to help Gus out with the Lalo situation, because he has no idea what Gus is really doing behind the scenes.
Loved the split-screen that opens the episode, showing Kim nervously smoking around the apartment as Jimmy returns to civilization.
The next episode is the season finale. And then next season is the final season. Getting nervous yet? I am.
Kim takes a day off to be with Jimmy. During the course of this day, she discovers that Jimmy was shot at, in the desert. We also see Jimmy lose in court, trying to readjust to life as a lawyer. Kim quits her job to work pro-bono cases. As Jimmy and Kim argue about her choice, Lalo pays them a visit.
Dewey and an increasingly impatient Danny are pulled over on the side of a road, lost, as Dewey wrestles with technology in the form of a cellphone with no signal and a malfunctioning GPS device. Danny threatens his cousin physically, and endlessly abuses him verbally.
Miller is driving alone on the highway that night listening to country music when he spots a wrecker towing a car headed the other way. He spins around, overtakes the tow truck and pulls it over. He orders the Crowe cousins out of the truck but only Danny exits, sheath knife in hand. There is brief discussion while Danny refuses to comply, and the two men are about to test the "21-foot rule" when Dewey, who has surreptitiously slid behind the wheel, steps on the gas, clips Danny and as the DEA agent puts three rounds of .357 Magnum into the driver's windshield, runs down Miller before hightailing it down the road. A bloody, banged up Danny draws himself erect and watches the tow truck disappear into the night.
The show premiered on AMC on February 8, 2015. The 10-episode fourth season aired between August and October 2018. The fifth season premiered on February 23, 2020, in the United States. The ten-episode Season 5 is broadcast on Mondays at 9:00 pm (Eastern) in the United States on AMC; excluding the premiere episode which was broadcast on a Sunday.
This episode is the final chapter for Nacho Varga, one of Better Call Saul's most tragic characters. Like Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), Nacho is fundamentally a decent guy who pays an unfairly high price for his crimes. In this episode, he agrees to lie to the Salamancas on Gus's behalf, in exchange for Gus's word that he won't harm Nacho's father. It's the end of the road for Nacho, as Mike will kill him regardless of what happens. 041b061a72