Carol Burnett joined BetterCallSaul for a mostly self-contained episode—but the table is certainly set for the show's end game.
The phrase that kept running through my mind as I watched tonight’s episode ofis “bottle episode.” When I looked up the term, however, I discovered that it means something a little different than what I had in mind. According to Merriam-Webster, a
Tonight’s episode, “Nippy,” didn’t look inexpensive, nor was it confined to one setting. Far from it—there’s even a corn field, for heaven’s sake. But it is sort of self-contained in a way that feels bottle-episode-y. It picks up on action from earlier seasons that, quite frankly, a lot of us may have trouble remembering, given the way it was doled out in the form of isolated cold opens.
That’s when her son, Jeffy, comes home. We can tell from Jeff’s expression—and, in theory, his sweater—that he knows Gene from someplace. What we can’t do is recognize his face, because … the actor who played the cab driver who spots Saul in the mall. So for a few moments, this is even more confusing than it had to be, but in any case—new actor, same character. This is the guy Gene has to deal with to protect his cover.
I don’t need to get into every twist and turn of how this goes down. Suffice it to say, it’s every bit as elaborate and fanatically planned-out as any Jimmy/Saul scam we’ve seen before. The suspense comes from figuring out what he plans to do, and figuring out when and how he plans to burn Jeffy.
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