Better Call Saul: S6E9, Fun and Games
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Jul 20, 2022 • 1HR 11M
Better Call Saul: S6E9, Fun and Games
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Chris Nicholson
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Chris Nicholson joins me to discuss the latest episode of Better Call Saul, Fun and Games. Where do the last four episodes go, given the limited number of loose ends that remain? We discuss the ways in which the Breaking Bad universe does a good job of showing “men being really into stuff,” and how we got the homosexual version of that here. Chris and I are on the same page in being confounded regarding where the show plans to go in the final few episodes, which is where we want to be as viewers.
For previous discussions on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, see
Better Call Saul: S6E7, Plan and Execution
Better Call Saul: S6E8, Point and Shoot
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Better Call Saul: S6E9, Fun and Games
The DEA already discovered Gus's old lab. There's a whole scene where Hank investigates the burned-out lab (after Jessie and Walt incinerated it to get rid of evidence). They don't discover Lalo and Howard's bodies (obviously because they didn't exist yet Gilligan's mind), but that's not unrealistic, since the bodies were buried beneath however many feet of concrete. I assume they'd only find the bodies if they basically demolished the whole building, which no one did in Breaking Bad at least.
I am with Chris here regarding the oddness surrounding Cliff's role. Recall the details of the final prank pulled on Howard. Cliff had set up a super important meeting for Kim to attend with persons who may bankroll the project she pitched to Cliff - an idea that Cliff also loved. She just blew that meeting off at the last moment in order to participate in the final prank. Furthermore, when Cliff is in Howard's office after the prank, Cliff seems open to the case Howard makes about being set up by Saul - Howard cited a fair bit of evidence that Cliff was at least considering and Howard was coherent in that moment.
Add to that, the people who Kim was to have met with *had to* complain to Cliff about her blowing them off. Furthermore, Cliff knows Kim runs with Saul *and* would (after being notified) also know that she blew off an important meeting coinciding in time with the final prank. And yet Cliff, a very bright guy concerned about image (he would not tolerate someone just blowing off a meeting), has NO questions for Kim about blowing off a meeting that he set up for her? And doesn't at least also consider the "coincidence" of the timing? Not buying it.