Saturday, December 16, 2023

Better Call Saul 4.01

Smoke

Gene (aka future Jimmy) collapses at the Cinnabon. He is taken to the hospital. He didn't have a heart attack or stroke. He is released. He gets a bit of a scare while checking out when he is asked for his driver's license and social security number. Later, he gets scared enough by the cab driver that comes to pick him up at the hospital that halfway to his destination he gets out and walks.

Mike quits his job at the parking lot. He gets his first paycheck from Madrigal. He goes to the warehouse, sneaks in with someone else's badge, and takes stock of how things are run at the warehouse. He provides a report once he has gathereed enough evidence of employee behavior that does not conform to company standard operating procedure.

Don Hector is taken to the hospital. Nacho meets with Juan Bolsa, Don Hector's boss, and is ordered to keep things running smoothly. He gets rid of the extra pills after the meeting, unaware that one of Gus's men is observing him from a distance.

Chuck died in the fire. Jimmy mopes around. He doesn't seem to know what to do or how to act. Howard comes to see Jimmy, after the funeral. Howard tells him about the fight he had with Chuck and how he forced him out of HHM. Jimmy's mood picks up considerably once Howard confesses.

Thoughts

The Gene scene took up the first five plus minutes of the episode. It is in black and white.

Gus gives Nacho some serious side-eye in the scenes they share together. I was not surprised to see that he put one of his men on Nacho.

The death of Chuck seems like a major turning point in the show.

There is a lot of setup in this episode but not a lot of action. I'm with it but I wasn't terribly excited by this one. This was basically the epilogue to season three and prologue to season four. I am looking forward to what comes next.

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