After Better Call Saul season 6 Episode 9 gave us
the end of one era, it also gave us the end of a relationship that we've been captivated
by for many years.
But it includes a departure that might not be completely final if we think
about where this story is going.
In this video, I'm going to be discussing whether we've seen the last of Kim Wexler,
alongside giving you my brief predictions on Better Call Saul
Season 6 Episode 10, due to be released next week.
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But without further a do, lets dive into my thoughts on whether Kim Wexler will return
and my predictions for Season 6 Episode 10 of Better Call Saul.
So in the latest episode of Better Call Saul season 6, it was all fun and games until it
was over.
The episode ended with Jimmy McGill transitioning into the criminal lawyer known as
Saul Goodman following the breakup with his wife Kim Wexler.
It happened inside their apartment, where they also witnessed Lalo killing Howard, and
it set up the very symbolic death of Jimmy with his sudden turn into the sleasy
man we know from Breaking Bad.
The episode also answered a big question that we had from the beginning of the series, and
that was, where is Kim Wexler during the events of Breaking Bad?
The heartbreaking answer was that she was out of Saul Goodman's life, quitting law and
leaving Jimmy.
We got a flash forward to moments soon before Saul Goodman takes on his new
clients in Walter White and Jesse Pinkman, but with us now reaching those events, it
get's us asking whether Kim Wexler will return at all
during the final episodes of the show.
The ending to her character in the Better Call Saul timeline felt final for that period,
but with 4 episodes left and Kim being a major part of
this story and the story of Jimmy, to me, this didn't feel like the absolute final goodbye.
And some new interviews also add fuel to that idea.
Michael Morris who directed Episode 9, stated, "the key part of the beginning of this episode
is the creation of Saul Goodman's office, and it's tasteful and it's being assembled.
And then what happens at the end is a rejection
of all of that into the absolute embrace of what Saul Goodman would ultimately become
— the deeply, most Saul Goodman you can be, which is
how we end.
We wanted to tell the story that the snapping point for that was this.
That, without Kim, the Jimmy we know ceases to exist."
But while Kim may currently be out of Saul's life, this doesn't mean she's out of the series
completely.
With 4 episodes left to come, another eventual flash forward will give us the answers towards
what happens to a very paranoid Omaha Cinnabon manager Gene Takovic.
Last time we saw Jimmy's post Breaking Bad identity, he was found out.
Cab driver Jeff, who's recently been recasted as Pat Healy, recognized
Saul and it ruined the identity set by Ed the Disappearer.
He put the phone down on Ed saying that he will solve it himself and we've been wondering
since what that would lead to come the end of the show.
We haven't seen the last of Gene, so does that mean we haven't seen the last of Kim?
Could she actually come back into the picture in the black-and-white Gene
timeline that will close out this whole universe?
Rhea Seehorn was asked about this in an interview a few days ago, and she responded with, "I
can't say if we see her again.
And even the fans that were savvy enough to figure
out when I was in Albuquerque and when I was not, we shot a lot of stuff out of sequence,
whether it was locations or weather or COVID or
whatever.
So there was no telling when somebody wrapped, or what that meant in the story sequentially.
So I'm not going to speak to whether or not we will see her again and in what
capacity.
I will say that it's devastating the decision she makes and the end of the relationship,
the Jim and Kimmy that we knew, and her practicing law is its own ending, no matter
what.
It's painful.
And it was a terrible punch to the gut when I had to play it."
Obviously, she's not allowed to say whether she would be coming back, but I must say,
her comments do sound quite hopeful.
If she wasn't coming back she could have said that she wasn't with no hesitation.
But she chose to say that she can't speak on it right now.
So based on those comments, I think we are going to see her
again in some capacity.
And like I was hinting at before, I think we're going to see her in the Gene timeline
rather than the Breaking Bad era that we've just entered.
Of course, Kim had survived the Better Call Saul narrative without dying, getting
put in jail, or any of the other worse outcomes that we theorised, and that alone has me thinking
that this is leading to a potential return in the events with Gene.
While Kim ends their relationship, she admits to loving Jimmy and she left him because she
believed their partnership was too destructive and poisoness for
people around them.
Whatever we see in the Breaking Bad events in Better Call Saul, I would presume that
like what the creators have said before, it will change how we see that show
and also what comes after.
Jimmy McGill of course changes into Saul after the departure of his partner, but he then
conspires with Walter White in unprecedented ways within the criminal
world, and this leads to both of their lives being ruined.
He's experienced enough bad in his life and with that trailer from a few weeks ago hinting
at a potentially happy ending, it makes me think that we might get something
bitterly sweet between him and Kim.
Maybe they overcome their destructive desires or maybe, as I predict, Saul will do one more
destructive thing to help Kim move on.
Better Call Saul season 5's Gene cliffhanger is yet to be concluded and it looked as though
he was finally ready to stop running away and handle his problems.
Maybe he knows that Jeff could potentially exploit him and maybe we find out that it
could lead back to Kim too.
Who by the way could very well be in the same state that Gene's in after
Breaking Bad.
I don't think Gene and Kim will restart their romance because that chapter in the Better
Call Saul events feels complete, but I do think that he will do something that
involves her in this timeline.
I think it would be touching to see Jimmy own up and tell Kim that he'll never change,
but that he knows that she can change for good, as seen with her
moral compass in the past episode when she left Jimmy for the better.
The damage has been done as far as Jimmy is concerned though, because he goes on to become
Saul and becomes even more affiliated with this dark lifestyle.
So how bitterly sweet would it be if Saul recognised that, and in the process, helped
Kim get free from the crossfires of future danger.
I'm not suggesting something that is explosive
like in Breaking Bad's finale, rather, one final con, action or nuanced moment that helps
clear Kim from an issue that he escalates during the
years since she left.
I think that would be a fitting way to conclude things, but until we see those last 4 episodes,
your guess is as good as mine.
One thing I will say with confidence though, is that I think we will see Kim Wexler
again in some shape or form.
But in the mention of what we might see in these last 4 episodes, I come now to my brief
predictions for Better Call Season 6 Episode 10.
The Next episode is titled 'Nippy' and is being
directed by regular Michelle MacLaren.
The teaser we got for this episode is of some location being used to potentially sell Saul's
clothing and items.
And Saul's voiceover is being used to guide people into going through with it.
We're guessing that this might take place in the Breaking Bad era, sometime before he
went into hiding as Gene.
I can’t imagine them doing breaking bad scenes for 3 episodes and I think
they would want to condense that story or whatever we learn there into an episode or
two.
I think it's more likely that in the next episode or two we would see a transition into
the gene timeline, and they use the events of the Breaking Bad events to set up exactly
what this ending is about.
There is of course plenty that Saul could’ve done off-screen
in Breaking Bad that is worth seeing and it could give us the added context and meaning
to what we see with Gene.
Or the other option is that we might get a mixture of both Saul & Gene
in all of these remaining episodes.
My guess is that we'll see 1 episode with the Breaking Bad era footage setting up exactly
what we'll continue with in Gene's timeline and it gives
us the Walt and Jessie cameos.
And then in the last 3, I think we'll see the resolutions with Gene and a reconnection
with Kim who's in the trouble of being linked back to all the
stuff we saw previously.
There's a lot of routes they could take it in and after the way the last episode ended,
it really does make me intrigued towards what direction they will
go in.
But hopefully at the end of the day it's a fitting ending, that really gives us some
final powerful messages surrounding the character we've followed for many years.
But they were my thoughts on a potential return for Kim Wexler and my brief predictions for
Better Call Saul Season 6 Episode 10.
I'm really excited to see what the showrunners do with
the next few episodes, because there's so much mystery surrounding how the Breaking
Bad universe will all end.
Like I said before, now that the Better Call Saul timeline has wrapped,
there must be something in the Breaking Bad timeline that becomes important as we transition
into the Gene one.
And this could even link in to a return from Kim.
These writters wouldn't just throw in a nostalgic episode just for
the sake of things, so there must be something crucial to the story that happens during the
events of Breaking Bad.
I think it will link in to something that happens with Kim Wexler, but
I guess we'll soon find out exactly why they've made these decisions surrounding the timelines
in the final episodes.
But let me know down below in the comments section what your predictions
are surrounding Season 6 Episode 10, and whether you think Kim Wexler will return in the final
episodes of the series.
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