Even as BetterCallSaul is ostensibly about the descent of Jimmy McGill, it is Kim Wexler who remains one of television's best characters.
Editor's note: The following contains Better Call Saul Season 6, Episode 9 spoilers.Going into the final season of Better Call Saul, one of the biggest questions on our minds was the fate of the intrepid Kim Wexler . We all know that she does not show up in the events of Breaking Bad, though we never quite knew the reasons for why that is. In the most recent episode, “Fun and Games,” we may have gotten at least part of our answer.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY The ripple effects that stem from this conversation are one of the show’s most heartbreaking elements, though not just because of their breaking up and Jimmy’s subsequent descent. While both actors give equally outstanding performances in what may be their final scene together, it is Seehorn who remains the center of our attention. As Jimmy is panicking and trying to desperately convince her they can still work this out, she is the grounding force of the scene.
Even as the show was called Better Call Saul, it has always been made interesting by all those around the titular lawyer. It was built around characters like Kim and her story as much as it was Jimmy’s. She started as the counterbalance to him, became swept up in his schemes, and grew to love them and him, only to realize it had become too much to bear. It is hard to think of a character with a more dynamic and tragic journey.
These final beats where Kim realizes she must leave behind all that she has known, the most significant loss Better Call Saul has seen thus far, is not built around spectacle, or chaos expressed externally. Instead, it is conveyed in a single conversation between two people who have become bad for each other. That Kim had to say this out loud continues to show how astute she could be, able to cut through the noise to arrive at the truth.
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