Meet Tony the Toilet Buddy.
And when you sit down to do your business, this is how he works.
Toilets never really played a big role in Breaking Bad.
Pinkman wanted to sell his house because Emilio and Krazy 8 were turned into raspberry slush
and flushed down his toilet.
Gus Fring’s elaborate scheme to take out Don Eladio and his Capos involved forcing
himself to vomit into a toilet.
And then of course, Hank Shrader had his moment of clarity while using the toilet, where he
finally made the discovery that led him to realize his brother in law was indeed Heisenburg.
The toilet never seemed particularly meaningful in any of those 3 scenes.
Disposing bodies, ejecting poison from your body, and looking for some reading material
while needing to do one’s business - there was no hidden meaning, as far as I’m aware,
connecting these scenes through some symbolic toilet link.
Then in Better Call Saul’s debut Season, we were introduced to Tony the Toilet Buddy.
And again, nothing.
Some oddball with a whack job shitty invention.
But now, I’m half expecting scarred child Chandler to wander back into the story at
this point.
Consider this, Vince Gilligan shares a name with the famous television show Gilligan’s
Island.
And as far as I can remember, they never once showed a toilet on Gilligan’s Island during
its entire run.
But now here we are, only 5 episodes into the 6th and final Season of Better Call Saul,
and they have shown us an awful lot of toilets.
Right at the very beginning we got more than a glancing glimpse of the majestic golden
toilet during the opening repossession montage.
Then we had Goodman making use of a toilet, clogging it as a distraction during his frame
job to plant a baggy of baby powder on Howard.
Then Kim made a peculiar comment when she insisted Jimmy not move the toilet in Goodman’s
new office.
Then on his big opening day with the triumphant return of Francesca, that toilet is still
just sitting there, right in the middle of the office, with a line of dirty criminals
lined up so they can stride past that bowl and greet the King of the Shitters, Saul Goodman
himself.
Finally we have Kim sittin’ on the bowl, suggesting a new slogan for the Goodman character.
I’ll fight for you.
I think everything ties back to the opening repossession montage.
Wherever this Season is ultimately heading, it’s all about that opening.
We were given a very clear and deliberate look at the Golden Toilet, on par with the
clear and deliberate look we got of the tequila bottle stopper.
Now we get a pretty good look at a lot of different things, including the undergarment,
the two sinks with the Viagra, the wardrobe, the car - but the Golden Throne and the bottle
stopper were prominent, as was the view of Saul’s car.
What I find interesting is that all of these things are connected - the golden toilet,
the bottle stopper, and the car - and it circles back to Kimmy Corleone sitting on her throne
as she pushes a new slogan on the Goodman character.
In the premiere Kim directed Jimmy on several matters pertaining to the Goodman character.
According to Kim, Saul Goodman needs to drive an American made car with a little flare,
Saul Goodman needs an eye-catching office near the courthouse that will be a cathedral
of justice.
Saul picks out a place seeking Kim’s approval.
She thinks it’s small, dirty, and smells funny, but she likes the proximity to the
courthouse and MVC, she likes the ample parking, and it’s also close to Bail Bond Row.
Goodman was eager for her approval here, and she granted it.
So Kim is also having a huge influence on the target clients Saul will service.
Slippin’ Jimmy may have provided a strong foundation for Saul Goodman, but right now
Kim is the one fine-tuning the design into the finished product.
And he’s all too eager for her guidance and approval.
She insists he not move the toilet.
She doesn’t mind that it’s dirty, small, and smells funny.
She also had a talk with the ADA where she made a strenuous point to differentiate between
Jimmy - her beloved husband Jimmy McGill - and SAUL GOODMAN - the current scumbag creation
and work in progress of a character Kim is shaping.
Now in this latest episode, Kim is literally sitting on the toilet as she shadow boxes
and teaches Jimmy her new slogan for her Goodman character.
And all the while Saul still has that same toilet sitting in his new office, right in
the middle of the room.
Saul Goodman, King of the Shitters.
Kim is literally dumping her dirty designs for the future Saul Goodman right on his office
floor - Saul Goodman is gonna be a disgusting dirty despicable dirtbag lawyer.
Kimmy Corleone is the one sitting on the throne dictating more characteristics she wants Jimmy
to use under the guise of the fake Goodman persona.
I have to believe there is a story behind that golden toilet, whatever silly story it
might be.
They stole it?
They spray painted it?
They won it at an auction?
Whatever tale that toilet might tell, I do believe there is a tale to be told, and I
believe that particular toilet is something more significant than we may otherwise believe
- were it not for the fact we see one toilet after another.
There is a movement happening here!
I could be way off the mark, but I continue to believe they dumping hints on us that at
least SUGGEST the possibility that Kim survives into the Breaking Bad timeline, and as a player
of some sort.
Now a lot of people look at that opening montage and claim evidence of a bachelor pad.
You got one empty sink, a box of Viagra, some female undergarment, the golden toilet - there’s
that toilet again.
Remember though, Kim is creating a CHARACTER here, at least in her mind.
Her beloved Jimmy McGill is something separate from scumbag.
So it’s not inconceivable that the place was designed with appearances in mind.
The important thing is that everything in that opening scene directly ties back with
the specific directions and suggestions Kim is now giving Jimmy with regards to fine-tuning
the Goodman character.
And I’d also like to point out that, if Kim were to survive INTO the Breaking Bad
timeline, that doesn’t necessarily mean she survives the DURATION of that timeline
through the demise of Heisenberg.
Now maybe Kim does die, or goes to jail, or goes to Belize, or breaks Goodman’s heart,
or any number of things.
Maybe Kim doesn’t survive into Breaking Bad at all, and the main point here is that
Kimmy Corleone was simply instrumental in helping to invent Saul Goodman as we know
him in Breaking Bad, which almost certainly means, one way or another, the mid season
break will probably be accompanied by a time jump at or around that point.
But maybe Kim dies or vanishes or whatever, and the greater point was that she was influential
in the creation of Saul Goodman, King of the Shitters, not unlike Elliot and Gretchen were
instrumental in helping build Heisenberg
Incidentally, since I like calling her Kimmy Corleone, I can’t help but think of the
famous scene from The Godfather involving a toilet.
Now this probably has no connection whatsoever, much like the lack of toilets on Gilligan’s
Island, but if I am reading the clues correctly, that Kim survives into Breaking Bad as a player
in some capacity, be it Ice Station Zebra or something different in an unrelated capacity
- if she is some behind the scene strategist pulling the strings, then I do wonder if we
might not see some type of toilet related death before the series concludes.
Is Kim Wexler merely creating Saul Goodman, King of the Shitters?
Or does the Golden Throne really belong to Kimmy Corleone, Queen of the Crappers?
Oof madone.
One way or another, I’m predicting we see more toilets before the season ends, and I
do believe we might just see a backstory behind that Golden Throne.
What do you think of the great abundance of toilets so far this season?
Please share your thoughts in the comment section.
Thanks for watching everyone, I hope you enjoyed, and have a wonderful night.
Meet Tony the Toilet Buddy.
And when you sit down to do your business, this is how he works.
So what are you selling your house?
I got two dudes that turned into raspberry slush being flushed down my toilet.
I can’t even take a proper dump in there.
Gosh you’re big.
You’re so big!
My goodness!
Look at you.
Shit, shit!
Give it to me Chandler.
I want it all.
Mmmm.
Ahhhh.
So Saul Goodman drives a brown Ford Taurus.
And I think Jimmy does too.
Saul.
I’m sorry.
And Saul Goodman has an office.
It’s small, it’s dirty, and this whole place smells funny.
Clearly his taste in women is the same as his taste in lawyers, only the very best with
just the right amount of dirty.
Just promise me you won’t move the toilet.
What?
That?
That’s garbagio.
On its way to the dumpster.
What is Ice Station Zebra Associates?
It’s a loanout.
It’s fine.
I’m Saul Goodman.
Pow!
I’ll fight for you.
Gosh you’re big.
You’re so big.
My goodness!
Look at you.
Oh you’re huge Chandler.
You’re a big big boy.
Where does it end.
Give it to me Chandler.
I want it all.
Mmmm.
Ahhhh.
Don’t stop Chandler, don’t stop!
Oooh.
Hey buddy, you’re the one with the sex toilet.
Get off my property.
You know what?
I hope you do make a fortune because Chandler is going to need it to pay for this therapy.
Ohh!
Here it comes.
What is that?
Is that a piece of corn.
Nooo!
Did you eat corn, Chandler?
Is that a niblet I see?
Merry Christmas.
The shitter was full.
What is this?
That my friend is Albuquerque's public enemy #1.
Give it to me Chandler.
I wan-
You're done, you are done!