LogFAQs > #941961153

S2 opening scene, Cinnabon Saul's feeling mighty trapped and rather than take the easy way out, chooses to wait for opportunity to strike. SG was here, but is SG still here? I feel like SG would have taken the easy solution when offered, consequences be damned. I'd love to complain about that door able to close like that being counter to any sane reality, but the whole scene's pretty metaphorical so I gotta give it a pass, unless I'm over-analyzing this and it really is just a shitty mall setup.

Seems like he did, in fact, enter the building, but ultimately altering nothing as he'd already made up his mind and just needed to reassure himself that Kim and him were separate from the decision.

So glad they're showing this nerd meeting with Nacho after breaking up with Mike. It works because we know at some point Nacho's gonna be involved with Saul given his outcry to Walter White at that kidnapping. Mostly, it just works because literally every viewer wants to see what happens to people who don't listen to Mike.

...yeah, fun part is that it's gonna be delayed. Dude's probably gonna get his house robbed or something. I can practically see the threads that will connect him to Nacho, then Saul, and reconnect by proxy, Mike.

As Kim takes notice of Marco's ring, I'm wondering...was this in Breaking Bad and I just didn't pay it any mind? Or is this something that will come and go in its own time.

Oh hey, it's the dude that had a car blown up by Walt. Little easter egg, or mayhaps he'll actually end up with Saul connections as I once thought might happen.

I like how Saul's plan is to be open to the universe, the exact thing that Jesse learned not to be in El Camino.

Ahaha, that's the tequila Gus brought Don Eladio! Ah, I see, this guy's just a Slippin' Jimmy target to try out that tequila without paying. Also a chance to show Kim that side of him.

The license of that yellow-red flame'd monstrosity is 'PLAYUH', what a tryhard this guy is. Cops are understandably suspicious. Meanwhile, dude's oblivious and rattling off about his baseball cards. I was never big on the trading aspect of trading card games like Magic or Pokemon, but I can relate a tiny bit to this guy, except for the stealing drugs from where he works bit.

Aaand just like that Saul's double backed on not taking the job offer. Has his own fancy office area and a guy willing to accommodate him in any way, even saying that a cocobolo desk is no problem. I looked those things up, it is a rare wood and super expensive. Oh right, there's also a switch with explicit instructions to always leave it on. Perhaps a test of sorts, as it had no immediate impact. I'd imagine if it controlled anything especially important like a life support system or whatnot, that it would be encased in a metal or glass enclosure and be impossible to accidentally switch instead of just a little warning and people acting on good faith.

If this is what ousts Saul, I call foul. No human alive could possibly resist a switch that said not to use it.


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