Maybe it’s low-hanging fruit to pick out a single quote from the middle of a TV episode and ascribe some greater meaning to it in the grand cosmic plan of the entire show.
But goodness, the “I didn’t solve anything.”/“You ended it.
That’s what we needed.” exchange outside the property line on a plot in Tucumcari sure seems like the clearest expression of the tug-of-war at the heart of Season 5 of “Better Call Saul.”After the season’s third installment, on the strength of finally being able to capitalize on its characters in their ideal environments, the show is starting to pull itself back to its sweet spot.
With Nacho and Jimmy linked in their corner of the Salamanca/Fring turf war, Kim struggling with her competing lawyerly obligations, and Gus staring ominously at power plants — not to mention Mike snapping the arms of pissant would-be
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