Episode 8 of Better Call Saul season 6 releases this coming Monday, and after the shocking
midseason finale, I have a lot thoughts on what we could see come the return of this great show.
The wait for it has felt like forever, but now that it's coming back for a final run,
I thought I would give you my predictions for this next episode. There was also a new trailer
released for season 6 part 2, one that really sets the tone of what we could be seeing, and
I'm going to be briefly breaking that down too. But before I get into it, if you want to see
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predictions for Better Call Saul Season 6 Episode 8 and my breakdown of the newest trailer.
So there is so much to be excited about when it comes to Better Call Saul season 6 episode 8,
but after the last episode, I think there's a lot to be scared about too. Howard Hamlin was
shot dead and that puts Jimmy and Kim in quite the situation, especially with Lalo being in
the apartment too. The next episode is titled Point and Shoot, and is being directed by none
other than Vince Giligan. The synopsis reads, “an unexpected visitor forces Jimmy and Kim
to face the consequences of their actions." We know that the visitor is clearly Lalo, and we
also know that he's going to have some sort of request
that will lead to whatever the conquences are. So the first few things we need to discuss
are those surrounding What Lalo wants and how are Jimmy and Kim going to deal with the body of
Howard. Starting with Lalo, we know that he's presumably come to Jimmy and Kim's apartment,
because he sees it as a way to get the evidence he needs
surrounding the hit on his life back at the end of Season 5. He might see this as
an opportunity to get into Gus's operations. He was looking at the superlab and it seems like
based on his focus towards it and how Gus has prepared with that gun he also placed in the
lab, that we can presume that something with go down here. The title 'point and shoot' get's
me instantly thinking that we could see some sort of final standoff between Lalo, Gus and
Mike in that unfinished lab. I think we're gonna see an episode where Lalo is going to
try and use Jimmy and Kim to get close to Mike, and then of course Gus, and it will lead to the
superlab. But who would be on the recieving end of a shot as the title suggests. Well,
I know many of us have theorised that Lalo could be around during Breaking Bad because Jimmy is
still worried about him or people he knows coming back to haunt him, thanks to that scene
with Walter and Jessie in the desert. But I think Jimmy is worried in the sense that Lalo's men
have come after him, and not necessarily because he didn't know that Lalo died. Could go another
way too but that's what I think that anxiety is aimed at. I do think that Lalo will die
in this episode, and while that may seem dissapointing to a few, I think that what
will make this impactful is actually how the death of Howard and everything Jimmy and Kim witness,
will change them forever. The title of episode 9 "Fun and Games" could also fit into that
in the sense that once again, Jimmy tries to move on with his usual games, but the consequences
weigh far too heavily on him and also Kim. But I do have another theory on that which I'll get
to in the next section of this video. Still I can see this episode being one that results
in the death of Lalo but then also leaves Jimmy and Kim in a place where, for one,
they have to cover up the death of Howard, and 2, actually mentally recover in different ways from
what's just happened. In regards to the death of Howard, the only way I can see this going,
is for them to have to cover it up as a suicide. It would fit with the way that Howard was
acting because of their schemes in Episode 7, and the other option of Mike burying the body,
would be more difficult here, because he will likely have his hands full with Lalo. Showing
Jimmy and Kim having to sort this out themselves would really take it out on them and I personally
think that's what we might see happen. Regardless of the plot events feeling quite
final with the death of Lalo too, again I think the importance will be to show
that this mentally destroys them. And possibly in very different ways.
That's because in Episode 9, titled Fun and Games, I think were gonna see how Kim and Jimmy
both fully lose who they are. It sounds to me like this may be the episode where Saul
goes off the rail & fully takes on the persona we see in Breaking Bad. Bribes, encounters,
money laundering, someone who tries to bury that memory of Howard by transitioning fully into
saul, and in process, losing Jimmy Mcgill. Either that, or like the title could also suggest,
someone will lose an eye. The question I have is how Kim is affected and what her position
is after the events of Episode 7. We've suspected that she might fully break bad in the past
and after Season 5, that seemed very likely to be the case. But now after the death of
Howard and my last prediction that Jimmy will fully go off the rails and become the Saul we
know, I think Kim may actually be the one who looks at Jimmy's full transition and questions
who he has become. I think this will lead to a heated fallback between them and the also
the suggestion of Kim Wexler's fate. I'm keeping my prediction of her going to Jail, and with
the symbolism they've been showing in scenes with her having jail-like shadows on Kim, I think
Episode 9, will give us clues to that happening. I don't want to get too much more into
into yet though, because we've still got the rollercoaster of Episode 8 to deal with.
But like I said, I think based on the title, this could be the episode where Jimmy fully takes on
his Saul Goodman persona, and in process, it pushes a wedge between himself and Kim. We'll
have to see, but Episode 8 is one that I expect to set in motion the huge consequences that
the final episodes of Better Call Saul will showcase.
Coming now to the final trailer, which AMC released yesterday for Better Call Saul Season
6 Part 2, and we get quite the mood piece to really get us back into gear for these final
episodes. The teaser trailer, which is titled "Places" is a very nostalgic piece that helps
viewers remember the good times and presents a variety of black-and-white shots showing the
show's most famous locations. We get shots of the inflatable statue of liberty on top of
Saul's office, inside of his office having been changed from what we saw in Season 6 part 1,
Los Pollos Hermanos before it's changed in El Camino, Shots of Jimmy and Kim's apartment,
the courtrooms, the crossroads motel and finally the superlab before it was built, with the
lights shutting off. But there is also a brief snippet of footage at the end revealing Jimmy,
or now Saul Goodman, in his lavish new house, suiting up and sporting the iconic mullet that
we know him for in Breaking Bad. This scene, which is the only shot in colour from the trailer,
appears to be set in the future during the Breaking Bad timeline, when Jimmy lives in the
mansion that's seen getting cleared out at the beginning of season 6. So while it's unclear
how he and Kim will deal with current events, this teaser indicates that the breaking bad
future is now in colour. A very metaphorical mood piece that tells you that the world of Breaking
Bad has officially begun. Over that colour footage, Saul Says, "let justice be done
till the heavens fall", which is something that Chuck said way back in the Chicanery episode,
before going ahead with the trial. Add on that the song playing over this trailer is 'A
little bit of rain' by Fred Neil, and you get the overwhelming sense of a bittersweet ending
ready to unfold. We'll have to see what happens, but we know that after all of this goes
down, we're gonna be reaching that Gene timeline and seeing what happens with Jeff. I have done
some brief predictions on that already in another video, and like I said, i think
we'll see Jimmy suit up one final time to maybe help Kim in jail using himself as bait. But
we'll soon see and I'm incredibly excited for whatever the showrunners have in store for us
with the final episodes of Better Call Saul.
But they were my thoughts and predictions for Better Call Saul Season 6 Episode 8, alongside
my brief breakdown of the new trailer. I'm really excited to see what the showrunners do with
the final episodes of the show and just based on the first 7, I think we're in for a crazy ride to
end the Breaking Bad universe. We'll soon see, and I hope that like the first half of
Season 6, they can really nail the ending. But let me know down below in the comments section
what your predictions are surrounding Season 6 Episode 8, and whether this new trailer
has got you even more excited for what's to come.
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