My husband and I finally finished Better Call Saul last night (late, I know) and amongst all of the other emotions that are still whirling and flying through my brain, I can't help myself but to keep coming back to this one shot.
I don't know if anyone has brought this one up before. (Probably, but I'm gonna gush about it anyway.) This very brief shot during the courtroom scene during the final episode is on screen for maybe three or four seconds. It's right before things get started, and yet this one shot tells me exactly how the rest of the scene is going to play out.
Kim, as we have been told prior to this scene, has opened herself up to a civil suit from Howard's wife by confessing everything that happened the night of his death. She did the right thing, came clean, but is now in danger because of it. Saul lures her to the courtroom under the pretext of confessing something about that night that may negatively effect her.
Is he really going to betray his ex-wife like that?
Take another look at the screenshot. It's a view of Kim through some metal artistic detailing in the courtroom, but it looks just like she's in the firing sight of a rifle, right?
Except she's not centered. If this were a gun the bullet would miss her.
So now I know, before the rest of the scene even plays out, Jimmy isn't going to hurt her. Despite everything that has happened he still loves Kim, and his love for her is his redemption.
Love finally got through and made him decide to change.
Maybe this feels more obvious or on the nose to some people, but I feel like this shot was such a small detail and yet said so much in only a brief moment. It's the little bits of artistic genius like this scattered throughout all of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul that just simply pierce my heart, and probably why this fictional universe will stick with me forever.
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The fact that Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould put so much care into Better Call Saul and got zero recognition is, perhaps, worthy of winning best comedy. They could've easily milked the hype Breaking Bad had and have the spin-off be a lazy cash cow. Yet they wrote and directed an even better show. It's almost palpable how they improved as creators and the product speaks for itself: it's stunning, the acting is fantastic and the writing just made it one of, if not the best show on television.
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Remember when Better Call Saul was queerphobic ?
Now we have a gay drug kingpin fantasizing about popping the wine bottle for a special occasion... 😏👀
How far we've come. 🙃
Edit: No I will not mention or make any references about Howard, Lalo and Nacho in any way... We don't support internalized homophobia over here. 👀
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