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And so it goes, Saul hands the case over. Has a pretty gloom-and-doom game of bingo with a lot of B numbers popping up. "I did not know that his children were in the backseat" and now we know what really lead to Saul being in Albuquerque, but man those are some patient people in that room. The old people are understandable, but that attendant would realistically have spoken up by now. We the audience needed to hear this tale though, for better or worse.

Solid chunk of time spent on this kennedy coin con. Everything goes just according to keikaku*. *Translator's note: keikaku means plan. Fun times all around, sure hope that dude's not associated with any cops.

Probably safe as he seems to go on a con montage, plus he's definitely secretly Kevin Costner so should be able to buy off any legal trouble.

Reality check also kicks in, and there's a lot of old people who suddenly and desperately need Saul back in Albuquerque. Minor note, thanks to this show and BB and writing up my experiences, I'm now proficient in spelling Albuquerque.

Marco's quite the little devil whispering in Saul's ear. Just live in the past Jimmy, it will all work out Jimmy, you don't need your fancy lawyer job Jimmy. The allure of his sweet siren song is strong, and Saul is unable to resist.

Bit worried about that cough Marco's developed, feel like this run might end a little differently because of it because drama. Little detail that escaped me the first time around is that the wolf call absolutely served as a signal to Marco that Saul was about to turn into that alley.

Yuuup, had a feeling. "This was the greatest week of my life" And just like that, he's gone. Poor Saul can't catch a break.

...and like a minute later with a phone call from Kim, he catches a break. A firm in Santa Fe wants him and he can then work on his case. Sounds a bit too good to be true, so I'm wondering how Saul's gonna squeeze out of this one.

He does it by realizing that law as a means to money is basically nothing like what his life has been, so why let it start now? THIS is the capstone moment then, when he fully embraces what is to be his new identity, which is really the same as his old identity but merged with the veneer of lawyerism. From an outsider standpoint it does seem kinda dumb when he very clearly had gotten what he wanted, even as far as to impress Hamlin with how he took care of Chuck every day, which clearly influenced Hamlin in pushing for this other firm to take in Saul. Through hard work and perseverance, Saul's efforts were just about to pay off, but then he turned around and left.

And this is where we end the season. A bit of a meandering journey to get to a known destination, but I enjoyed the vast majority of it. It lingered in a few weird places, but nothing I'd knock it too hard for. I'm excited to see where the later seasons go since they've been plenty hyped up as helping this show catch up and even exceed BB.


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