Better Call Saul 6.10

Nippy

Gene finds Jeff, the taxi driver who recognized him from his Saul Goodman days in Albuquerque. He talks Jeff into helping him run a heist in a department at the mall where the Cinnabon is located. Gene plans the heist. He makes friends with the security guards on duty during the night. Jeff gets into the department store using a scheme that Gene set up.

Jeff takes enough stuff to net them some money but not enough to generate suspicion. Things almost go sideways but Gene steps in and distracts the security guard on monitor duty long enough for Jeff to finish what he started. Gene talks to Jeff after the job is over and done. He explains that there won't be another. Jeff agrees although he looks crestfallen as he does so.

Thoughts

This episode, like all other Gene segments, was shot in black and white, from beginning to end.

Gene gets to Jeff through Marian, Jeff's mother. Carol Burnett played the part of Marian. I kept thinking that she looks and sounds like Carol Burnett, as I watched the episode but I didn't think to check and see who she was until after I heads someone on the Better Cast Saul podcast mention that it was Carol Burnett. The only thing in which I have seen her in recent years is The Front Page (1974).

The security guard on monitor duty was played by Jim O'Heir. I know him best from Parks and Recreation.

The title of this episode was the name of a dog that Gene claims to be looking for when he meets Marian.

I enjoyed this episode but I didn't find it to be quite as exciting as some of the previous episodes. I wasn't really rooting for Gene and Jeff. I was curious to see how the episode played out but I wasn't terribly concerned when it briefly looked like Jeff was about to get caught.