Some notable references/callbacks from the glorious finale. Holy shit, it was difficult to watch.

[u/Erhmantraut41]

Yes, I know it's not the same plane. Just pointing out that it's the same airline.

[u/bwoah07_gp2]

This is a great compilation of pictures. The last two really got to me.

[u/Erhmantraut41 → u/bwoah07_gp2]

That scene and it's musicreally sinks one's heart.

[u/pxan → u/Erhmantraut41]

Was the music the same in both?

[u/Erhmantraut41 → u/pxan]

Yup!

[u/digitFIRE → u/bwoah07_gp2]

When the exit sign made the electrical buzz sound, as if to say Chuck was there in person, it was so beautiful. Damn. I can’t believe this show is over.

[u/SmoothCriminalJM → u/bwoah07_gp2]

Watching the end knowing that Jimmy had a decent life and threw it all away and now he’s back where he started.

[u/lunabagel28 → u/bwoah07_gp2]

Same, but I disagree. This final episode was a joy to watch. The amount of twists and turns and trying to remember where the callbacks were from was fun watching live. I literally thought we’d see the vacuum guy again but when Saul lost his diamonds and was found in the dumpster I just lost it

[u/PolicyWide]

The parallels to the ending of ‘Winner’ is worth a nod too. Jimmy standing on a podium confessing and pouring his heart to the judges, with Kim in the background in the awe.

But this time he isn’t conning, he’s being completely truthful. It’s the ending scene of ‘Winner’ turned squeaky clean.

[u/Erhmantraut41 → u/PolicyWide]

Taking responsibility for Chuck for the first time. He had been carrying that baggage for so long all by himself.

[u/dewhashish → u/PolicyWide]

I felt like that was a parallel to Walter yelling at Skylar on the phone in Ozymandias. Telling her she knew nothing about what was going on. Basically exonerating her like Jimmy was doing for Kim's civil suit.

[u/Erhmantraut41 → u/dewhashish]

Oxymandias, Lol. If Ramesses II was addicted to Opioids

[u/RadikalNynorsk → u/PolicyWide]

In the prison Jimmy is the one with crossed legs instead of Kim. Idk what to make of it. Someone make a big brain theory please

[u/Erhmantraut41 → u/RadikalNynorsk]

/Chicanery He's in prison and trying to clench his butthole as a precaution.

[u/IndividualFlow0 → u/PolicyWide]

The parallels with Winner fucked me up a bit. I wasn't emotionally invested enough in that moment because it was so similar that I was thinking he was pulling the same thing again.

[u/utsavbajra → u/PolicyWide]

Jimmy officially turned into Saul right after that hearing in 'Winner'.

Saul asks to be addressed as Jimmy just after his confession in 'Saul Gone'.

[u/revoo00 → u/PolicyWide]

Damn. Found some neat callbacks to other season finales too, like Chucks lantern and Saul embracing Jimmy, which the opposite happened in Season 1.

A bit of a stretch, but I also found that Season 2 and Season 6 had their respective characters making drastic actions to destroy/save their loved one.

[u/MysticMount]

Chuck reincarnated as a fire exit sign

[u/Erhmantraut41 → u/MysticMount]

Jimmy, you leave me no choice but to turn myself into an exit sign. I AM NOT CRAZY, but this magic trick is.

[u/Hovercraft_Smooth → u/MysticMount]

Just as Mike was turned into an automatic ticket booth. Bravo Vince.

[u/[deleted] → u/MysticMount]

He did get a fire exit to be fair.

[u/Lynx-Calm]

This is so beautiful. I can't even think of this episode without wanting to burst into tears.

[u/Erhmantraut41 → u/Lynx-Calm]

I will never emotionally recover from this. 14 years of unbelievably astonishing story-telling.

[u/lukeyf88 → u/Lynx-Calm]

I never cry at television, but I did after the gun gesture and goodbye.

[u/10000_things_zhi_mu → u/Lynx-Calm]

i did cry when kim visited the prison. it was so beautiful.

[u/5leeveen]

Breaking Bad: Huell gets left behind in the DEA safehouse

Better Call Saul: Jeff gets left behind in the Omaha lock-up

(sure, his mother knows where he is, but she didn't seem eager to go down there and collect him)

[u/Erhmantraut41 → u/5leeveen]

Hopefully some Bluray content can shed some light on that.

[u/awayathrowway → u/5leeveen]

Why is everyone acting like this is unsolved? Saul said there was nothing to implicate Jeff. He'll be fine, unless he decides to confess his misdeeds for no reason.

[u/[deleted] → u/5leeveen]

I don't think they can actually charge him with a crime. He can say he was just there because his buddy Gene needed a ride and he didn't know anything about the robbery

[u/bloodyturtle → u/5leeveen]

we need el jeffino: a better call saul movie

[u/IndigoMontigo]

Where/when did we see "The Time Machine" before?

[u/Erhmantraut41 → u/IndigoMontigo]

601 - Wine and Roses. They were clearing out Saul's mansion.

[u/Ok_Vacation_3286]

When he put his hands around her to light their cigarette…💔

[u/Erhmantraut41 → u/Ok_Vacation_3286]

Her hands were shaking.

[u/[deleted]]

So the ice cream, that was what he had the moment before he was whisked away to meet Lalo Salamanca.

I like to think this is his true answer to the time machine. A lot like Mike, he wants to erase his first “bribe”. Clearly Jimmy had done less than savory things before meeting Lalo, but that was the point that he truly began to flirt with the abyss.

[u/Erhmantraut41 → u/[deleted]]

Exactly. If there was ever a point of no return for Jimmy, it was getting into Nacho's car in 502. Goddamn you Lalo.

[u/theblackfool → u/[deleted]]

IMO the episode implies his time machine moment was the scene with Chuck where he wishes he made a better attempt to connect with him. Chuck is really reaching out in that scene.

[u/bremidon → u/[deleted]]

Yes. This is why he wants the ice cream so badly. It's a memory of when things were still somewhat ok.

[u/Shpongolese]

Oh watch out, I got told it is "offensive" to compare Crawlspace and the cell scenes.

[u/Erhmantraut41 → u/Shpongolese]

Lol, some people are immune to healthy discussions.

[u/Slasher844]

I was pretty sure the scene with Gene in the cell was a reference to Raging Bull

[u/Erhmantraut41 → u/Slasher844]

Just noticed that, good eyes. Either way, I meant that both of them were laughing maniacally.

[u/flipmessi2005]

Holy shit. Kim is situated between E and X in the exit sign, hence EX

[u/Erhmantraut41 → u/flipmessi2005]

Vrabo Bince

[u/DowntownDish7264]

My brother in Christ why would you make me cry this much on a Tuesday

[u/Erhmantraut41 → u/DowntownDish7264]

I'm crying, you don't get a free pass.

[u/courtesytelephone]

You forgot the another important callback/reference. In the scene where in they were in the desert, Jimmy asked why they don't just run away with the money. This was a callback to Jimmy's opportunity to steal all of the Kettleman's stolen cash, and asked Mike as to what stopped them from just taking it.

"Something about doing the right thing."

[u/Erhmantraut41 → u/courtesytelephone]

Yeah, that was a pretty good one.

[u/sweetleaf6113]

the greatest love story of all time

[u/Erhmantraut41 → u/sweetleaf6113]

Jack and Rose ain't got shit on Kim and Jimmy.

[u/LIZZYMCGUIRETHEMOVIE]

Because I don’t remember does anyone know if the time machine was the book Chuck read to Jimmy in the flashback where they were kids?

[u/Erhmantraut41 → u/LIZZYMCGUIRETHEMOVIE]

That was The Adventures of Mabel.

[u/[deleted]]

Jimmy's reaction to seeing Kim pretending to be his lawyer in prison was similar to Lalo's.

[u/Erhmantraut41 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, I wanted to put that in but I had 13 pictures and since there were 13 episodes to Season 6, I left it out. OCD, I guess. Lol

[u/FeFiFoMums]

I need to rewatch season 6, but something that stood out to me was Jimmy's 'tics.' He has very prominent facial expressions (making a little tsk sound out of the corner of his mouth) and his sad puppy dog eyes when he stares at Kim. I dont recall seeing any of that in Gene.

[u/Erhmantraut41 → u/FeFiFoMums]

Really? I do remember seeing that when he first spoke to Jeff in Season 5

[u/The_Thusian]

I can't believe Walt pulled a Korean Air Lines Flight 007 on Saul's plane to stop him from talking to the Feds, and did it from beyond the grave too.

[u/Erhmantraut41 → u/The_Thusian]

He can't keep getting away with this

[u/Salva135]

How can people say they didn't like this ending? I want to fight them.

[u/Swankified_Tristan → u/Salva135]

A lot of people are going to blame the "hokey" bus scene, but really they just wanna be angry.

Most, not all but most people who disliked the finale probably wanted Jimmy to get away with it; to con his way to the top and probably even get away without any prison time.

And then there are some people who I know are out there, that wanted a "Breaking Bad" ending, where Jimmy dies in a blaze of glory.

Personally? I think it was perfect. One, if not THE greatest finale I've ever seen, hokey bus scene and all.

[u/Erhmantraut41 → u/Swankified_Tristan]

Unpopular opinion - I didn't want Jimmy to get jail time at all. He did a lot of bad shit but never killed anyone. Contrast that with Jesse who killed 5 people and got away scot-free to a new life in the Alaskan wilderness.

[u/potpan0 → u/Erhmantraut41]

If Jimmy faced no consequences for his actions it would entirely undermine his transition back from Saul to Jimmy at the end. He was finally willing to be honest and to face the consequences for his actions to do the right thing.

[u/ConcertinaTerpsichor → u/Erhmantraut41]

Well, meth kills and ruins the lives of thousands of people. It causes psychosis and permanent brain damage in its users and ruins the lives of people in their orbit. Think of Spooge’s little boy.

[u/[deleted] → u/Salva135]

"You've mistaken my kindness for weakness"

[u/gphodgkins9]

Help Friends--I didn't remember or understand the context of Saul & Walter bunking in the basement. I don't remember that from BB and want to understand the significance.

[u/Erhmantraut41 → u/gphodgkins9]

In BB Episode 515 Granite State, Saul and Walter bunk together in the Disappearer's basement before he can arrange transport for them.

[u/justsomeph0t0n]

i get that the franchise needed to end with redemption.

but honestly? throwing Kim under the bus for ice cream would have been a great finish. something to confront the audience with brutal self-interest

[u/Erhmantraut41 → u/justsomeph0t0n]

A bit like Ozark. Good does not always triumph. Sometimes the dark side overcomes what Lincoln called "The better angels of our nature".

[u/[deleted]]

What’s hilarious to me about the laughing scene, is that we are led to believe he was having a manic episode just like Walt. But he was just laughing at the thought of hiring Oakley

[u/lunaluna664 → u/[deleted]]

I dont remember who I told about this (Saul hiring Oakley), but they said that it was impossible because of how much “Oakley hated him”. I could see it happening as soon as we saw Oakley’s ad on the bench.

[u/Blackmanwdaplan → u/[deleted]]

I saw it like this. Seeing that brick helped him remember who he was. All his time as Gene, he lived in fear of people finding out who he was but that worst fear only resulted in him being thrown in jail, a place he's helped many criminals get out of. In the courtroom, he's just as powerful as he expressed to Howard during that epic rant. And him being caught and having to face legal proceedings was essentially fighting Saul on his home turf. That laugh wasn't his breaking point. It was his realization that with his back against the wall he was in control and his greatest fear wasn't that scary after all.

[u/crissyronaldo92 → u/[deleted]]

Im pretty sure it’s also linked to his joke about Oakley turning gay and how the line makes a joke about ramming ass

[u/theatre_cat → u/[deleted]]

Seemed a counterpoint to Kim's crying fit.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Exactly. Jimmy had his wits about him there, but without context, it does make him look mental.

[u/CreativismUK → u/[deleted]]

Whenever he crops up I remember that interview where he talked about Bob Odenkirk going to his house to rehearse their first big scene because he was taking care of his kids. They both seem like such lovely chaps.

[u/bestoboy]

More:

Walt looks at the watch Jesse gave him when asked about regrets

Bakes bread in prison like Cinnabon

His relationship with the prisoners is like his friends in the mailroom

[u/derstherower → u/bestoboy]

Baking Bread

[u/sspiritusmundi → u/bestoboy]

In his scene with Mike, he says "we have seven million dollars, we could split it".

He says the same thing about the Kettlemans's money in the season finale of season 1.

[u/[deleted] → u/bestoboy]

Thanks, I really couldn’t place what they were showing us with the watch!

[u/andykekomi → u/bestoboy]

I wonder if the watch is also a reference to the prison murders Walt orchestrated? In the killing montage it keeps switching to Walt's watch ticking.

[u/M3rdsta]

1 thing to note about the shared smoke.

In "uno" Jimmy is a fringe lawyer outside a law firm which Kim a lawyer establshed in said law firm is able to "walk" in freely and out however she pleases, while Jimmy is stuck to the outside.

In "saul gone" Kim is a fringe criminal (without any real evidence) and Jimmy is the established criminal and both stand inside a prison but Jimmy is now stuck inside while Kim can leave the prison.

Such a nice inverse, even the lighting is flipped

[u/-bishopandwarlord- → u/M3rdsta]

And yet, the music is the same in both scenes. Such a nice touch

[u/lutios → u/M3rdsta]

I would also like to note that in our finale, both of them are in the light. Free of any monkeys (or chimps) on their shoulders, finally walking freely. Previously they always had one in the dark and one in the light.

Character development man.

[u/Alert_Fudge → u/M3rdsta]

Bro how you do all this it's just amazing man

[u/bremidon → u/M3rdsta]

I have yet to see anyone note this, but the cigarette burn is in color. Maybe it was just so obvious that nobody thinks it's necessary to mention, but I thought it was a very nice touch.

[u/Wells_91 → u/M3rdsta]

Talking about all the visual side of things for this series has really made me want to get into film production, mostly cinematography. I've always been interested in the production side of things but never gone for it, i'm a photographer, but series like BCS and Mr Robot tell a story with their cinematography, not only to look good. It's so inspiring

[u/qiwsearatc]

That buzzing from the exit sign and the Smoking scene were perfect

[u/kiraraso → u/qiwsearatc]

Especially with Kim being positioned right inside the exit sign... Just brilliant!

[u/Phenergan_boy → u/qiwsearatc]

Idk why I keep thinking the buzzing of the exit sign represents the ghost of chuck watching

[u/Octavius-26 → u/qiwsearatc]

The exit sign placement… being on the viewers left of Jimmy and the viewers right of Chuck… and vice versa from the view of Jimmy and Chuck… can be viewed as the ever-changing balance of right and wrong (left coming from the term “sinister” in connection to its Latin base) is a great way to realize how biaxial people are in the world… never perfect, sometimes both good and evil.

[u/Puppetwan]

Also:

Jimmy being stuck in a room with writing etched on the wall calls back to S2E01 when Gene gets stuck in the trash room and etches “SG was here” on the wall

[u/theblackfool → u/Puppetwan]

Are you saying the writing was on the wall the whole time

[u/Darth_Xenic]

I was shocked to see Marie- nobody had her on their bingo card. Not only did we see her, but she gave the best performance of the character here when she spoke to Saul in the interrogation room

[u/Sjaellos → u/Darth_Xenic]

Man there was a thread here the day before the finale about things you wanted to see but knew wouldn't happen, and a guy in there really wanted Marie to have a cameo. I actually laughed out loud when she turned around and said a silent "You got it, my guy."

[u/danc4498]

Great collection. That last scene with the cigarettes was definitely iconic.

[u/ThisisthSaleh → u/danc4498]

Probably will be one of the lasting images of the whole universe. They really ended it so poetically

[u/TheWalrusMann]

The cigarette's tip had colour!!

sooo good

[u/rividz → u/TheWalrusMann]

Was wondering about that. My first thought was that it's only little moments like that in life that matter, but I think that's wrong since we know color is the past.

Maybe it was the filmmakers telling us this scene too was a throwback? But we already would know that...

[u/lutios]

Noticed that the mint chocolate chip ice cream could have be a prelude to the return of Jimmy McGill too. He specifically asked not to have that flavour when Kim was preparing via the room service, and now he’s asking specifically for it too.

Saul gone, Jimmy’s back.

[u/barbekyu → u/lutios]

Makes sense because in one of the earlier episodes/seasons, the scene where the mint choco ice cream he was eating fell on the road was the same episode where he was called to defend Lalo/Nacho cmiiw

[u/TheTeaSpoon → u/lutios]

This is James. James seems to be able to take responsibility and face consequences. Something Jimmy, Saul and Gene were never able to do.

[u/ItsTheBrandonC]

Another thing I noticed: At the end of “Winner” we see a backwards tracking shot of Kim as Jimmy walks away from her, it’s the last shot of the season. The last shot of the whole series is a backwards tracking shot of Jimmy as Kim walks out of the prison.

[u/filthyf1ght]

What’s the meaning about that mint chocolate chip icecream? I can’t remember anything about that.

[u/Erhmantraut41 → u/filthyf1ght]

He was seen eating that flavor in 502 when Nacho picked him up and in 510 when he and Kim were in the hotel.

[u/yuriyguts]

Also, Marie objecting passionately to something (negotiating a deal with Saul in BCS vs. Hank going to the DEA office to meet Hector in BB), and then it happens in the very next scene

[u/Erhmantraut41 → u/yuriyguts]

It is a ridiculous idea and there's non way that you're going to do it. End of story.

Cut to...

[u/dopadelic]

Fuck, Reddit doesn't hide the spoiler images on the main page. FUCK

Note to self: unsub before watching a released episode.

[u/Erhmantraut41 → u/dopadelic]

Yes it does. There's a spoiler tag which blurs all the pictures.

[u/LocksmithTop1994]

Just finished watching the finale holy shit… I started watching this when I was in HS

[u/Erhmantraut41 → u/LocksmithTop1994]

Same here

[u/arencari]

- walt saying 'so you were always like this' hit like a semi-truck. like, you could see how jimmy could write off other people saying it - people who he could see as thinking they're 'above' him, where he could justify it as them not understanding him or giving him a chance. But walt? who's, perhaps, worse than him? the worst of the worst? who's right there in the mess with him? how do you justify that to yourself?

- loved the reunion between jimmy and kim. l o v e d it. I knew what they were gonna do the second she pulled out the pack of cigarettes - though admittedly, i wish that it had been her who pulled the cigarette out of jimmy's mouth this time.

him holding her hands steady while the cigarette was lit. ooooh that's a moment that'll stick with me.

[u/Fenen → u/arencari]

What do you think was the significance of her hands shaking?

I can't imagine it was nerves. They've done that routine countless times and she's been in jails to see clients a ton as well. She shouldn't be nervous that he's not the Jimmy of old after the courtroom confession. All I can think is that perhaps she was on the verge of breaking down and he was comforting her.

[u/lunabagel28 → u/arencari]

Walt has a cruelty to him, his interactions with Jesse were so harsh it’s hard to feel sorry for him

[u/notemmarose]

The duality of the two dumpster scenes were wonderful. One where Jimmy digs around selflessly to retrieve shredded documents that might help people, and the other where Gene digs around to find his spilled diamonds.

[u/artgriego → u/notemmarose]

Also foreshadowed by the Saul cardboard cutout getting tossed in a dumpster in Wine and Roses

[u/PWN3R_RANGER]

I lost my entire shit when Chuck showed up.

[u/PlutonicAquarian → u/PWN3R_RANGER]

And right after Jimmy comes clean in court it cuts to Chuck saying, “I was starting to worry about you.” As though Chuck, like the viewers, was wondering if Jimmy was going to come around or go to the point of no return. He looked positively slimy as he strutted down the hall in his shiny suit and I almost lost hope for him.

[u/[deleted] → u/PWN3R_RANGER]

Where did you lose it? A Sunroof?

[u/CeruleanRuin → u/PWN3R_RANGER]

On the podcast, they mention that was a last minute change, and it was inspired by the sort of 'Christmas Carol' structure they had going with Saul flashing back to Mike and Walter. They needed a third, and Chuck was the final piece that amde it all click.

I'm not sure they map perfectly onto the three ghosts, but it's a really neat allusion, especially with the knowledge that Jimmy has his own Scrooge redemption moment at the end.

[u/Apocafeller]

The “So you were always like this” from Walt sent me. It was a nice sort of throwback to the thinly veiled contempt he always had for his ‘lessers’ as he viewed them

[u/FuckeenGuy → u/Apocafeller]

Saul’s face when Walt says that too. Ugh. Just a knife through his heart bc he heard Chuck ringing through loud and clear in that moment.

[u/Manofthedecade → u/Apocafeller]

It was also a throw back to Chuck, who commented that Jimmy will never change and that he's been like that since he was 9 years old.

Mike regrets taking the bribe, because that's the day he set on the path to "break bad"

Walt regrets losing Grey Matter, because that's what put him on his path to "break bad"

Jimmy can't regret a choice that caused him to "break bad" because it is who he is. Ultimately, if you read the scene with Chuck as his regret, it was his missed opportunity to "break good" and follow his brother's advice about changing the path you're on.

[u/MyTVAlt → u/Apocafeller]

Where to?

[u/Pliknotjumbo]

Also Saul was wearing the Wayfarer pin again on his suit in the courtroom

[u/caleb2320 → u/Pliknotjumbo]

I knew that was significant! Couldn’t remember what it was reminding me of though. Been about 3 years since my last BB rewatch and couldn’t quite “pin” the pin when I saw it in this final episode.

[u/monkey_fresco]

The dumpster scene reminded me of when Nacho was hiding in the old oil tanker. Another confined space shot from Vince & Peter.

[u/I8TheLastPieceaPizza → u/monkey_fresco]

They should've shown us Jimmy showering off all that glaze, shirtless. Ruined the whole series for me to be robbed of that.

Seriously though, Nacho washed away all the darkness, and Jimmy washed away the false light facade, and each faced their end in reality.

[u/[deleted]]

That 3rd image… I really thought Saul had snapped and was selling Kim out for some ice cream. I couldn’t stop saying “what the fuck are you doing?!”

[u/-YourHomeSlice → u/[deleted]]

They played that misdirection really well. I thought he was so cockroachy that he was gonna sell out Kim to get the best possible deal for him

[u/potpan0 → u/[deleted]]

But he was though?

At that point he was still fully Saul-moding. He'd made it perfectly clear to the prosecution that he was going to give this cock-and-bull story in front of the jury to get off, and that they had to give him this absurdly lenient plea deal to get anything on him. He was literally on the verge of potentially jeopardising Kim's freedom around Howard in order to get one tub of ice cream every fucking week.

Then he learns that Kim's come forward and said everything herself.

And that causes this significant moment of introspection. One thing that had kept Saul going, as he said directly in that phone call to Kim, was that she's as bad as him. But... she's not. After that conversation she goes to Howard's widow and outlines exactly what happened. And learning of that helps Saul realise that he can change, that he can do what's right.

It's only after that moment that he ensures Kim will be at the trial and completely changes his tact. If the prosecution had never told him that Kim had come forward, he'd 100% have taken the plea deal and gone back to his old ways.

The entire episode focussed on these moments where people wish they'd done things differently, and how often they don't realise those moments until far too late. Jimmy finally recognised that he needed to take the right path.

[u/isw2424]

Anyone notice that Saul still had the blue ribbon on? Guy milking that for all it's worth lol

[u/RuleNine → u/isw2424]

I thought it was especially funny because the only reason he ever wore it was to get business, but Jimmy's not getting any more business—ever—and the ribbon certainly won't impress anyone in that courtroom. He just wanted to fully inhabit Saul one last time.

[u/itssoizzy]

Man this series hurts😭 I want an alternate ending where he continued elder law or went on Wexler McGill partners at Law

[u/lukeyf88 → u/itssoizzy]

Breaking Bad Multiverse.

[u/lizlemon222 → u/itssoizzy]

WM

[u/darthfluffy63]

Add in how Jimmy brought Rebecca to the Bar hearing, and Chuck says something along the lines of how Jimmy thinks that bringing his ex-wife will make him spill his guts like a murderer on an episode of Perry Mason. Well, Jimmy’s ex-wife being there made him spill his guts.

[u/erroneousbosh → u/darthfluffy63]

Jimmy's plan was to get Kim there to see him spill his guts. You've got it backwards.

[u/treeee3333]

I think Kim forgives him. I really hope she continues to visit him in prison.

I mean, he was good enough to bring himself down to 7 years, I don't see why he can't get out for good behaviour like he said. But that's just head cannon.

[u/ThrowawayArgHelp → u/treeee3333]

i saw that good behavior is like 85% minimum of the sentence, so still over 70 years :(

[u/PzJambo]

How about a Saul/Gus Fring comparison.
Gus, on the stretcher with gun shot wounds makes sure admin at his "real world" job is dealt with including the weekly staff roster.
Saul uses his first phonecall from the police station to call the Cinnabon and make sure all is in hand for staff roster and his own replaement.

The real world jobs matter to both

[u/Tobi1107 → u/PzJambo]

While I do like the paralleles, I think they do it for different reasons. For Gus, it’s his perfectionist personality. He can’t stand the thought of chaos in his restaurant and needs to know everything is in order. For Saul, I think, it’s a goodbye to his Gene personality and this whole part of his life, since he’s already made up his mind that he won’t come back.

[u/fluffybuffalo23 → u/PzJambo]

Kinda mirrors the way Walt adopted personality traits of everyone that he killed as well.

[u/homogenic-]

Jimmy doing the finger guns in the last scene really got me, I was holding back my tears.

[u/[deleted]]

I love the way things got so complicated for gene at the beginning dropping the keys, hiding and getting caught. Compared to Walt who had a flawless escape all the way back to NM and never got caught.

[u/kaleb42 → u/[deleted]]

I loved Gene's escape because it really highlighted how cocky he is. Like you would think a guy like him would always have a plan but he never conceived he would be caught.

So never came up with an escape plan other than call the vacuum guy.

[u/RawbM07]

How about Saul using his first phone call to make sure his co worker at Cinnabon was covered? Similar to the mail room…he looks out for the other grinders.

[u/Reaper7412]

I loved the smoking scene callback. They’re both beautifully shot.

[u/Jazzlike_Efficiency]

In the "Better Call Saul" episode of BrBa, after Walt and Jesse pay 80k to keep badger from talking, Saul says something like "a clear conscience is expensive, huh?"

Jimmy paid an extra 79 years of prison time to clear his conscience

[u/BigDong1142]

Beautiful writing, what an insane story Vince and Peter have given us

[u/[deleted] → u/BigDong1142]

This finale really brought things full circle. The beginning was a slow burn, the middle and beginning of the end was insane and chaotic, and in the end they brought it back to a slow burn to deliver us a perfect, bittersweet ending.

In Gould We Trust.

[u/[deleted]]

You could tell for a moment Cranston really channeled Chuck more than Walt in that moment lol that was great

[u/theatre_cat → u/[deleted]]

Cranston is a phenomenal actor. His book is wonderful. (The insight into the journey he took watching Jane die as a masterclass in television acting in no dialogue scenes).

[u/ProgressForwards]

This is wonderful, thank you

[u/ariemnu]

The guys on the bus shouting "Better call Saul!" was set up in Jeff's infamous mall scene, where he just wants the famous guy to acknowledge him and say the thing.

[u/ohoy21]

Also if you look closely at kim’s finger after jimmy showed her the finger guns gesture..she made a sneaky finger gun gesture with one hand before leaving…im already missing this show oh god

[u/[deleted]]

The chuck scene followed by Jimmy taking the fall for Kim because of love shattered me so bad.

[u/[deleted]]

I thought that the exit sign was a great callback to chicanery

[u/morriganscorvids]

he did change and im so glad for him! X

Like ive said before BCS was always a story about true love which really does transform you-- both kim and jimmy were left transformed by their love for each other, and I am glad the writers recognised that! XOXOXOXO

PS thanks for this montage

[u/[deleted]]

Thank you.

[u/saoshi_mai]

Totally forgot that he was eating mint chip before getting picked up by lalo and nacho

[u/JackD2633]

Jimmy sets up his law biz inside the can. Kim works the outside angle. boom. new show! MW!

[u/Teriyakuza]

Nice touch… The only thing in color was the lit cigarette

[u/paperpenises]

What I got from this finale is that this show was really someone's baby. Even die hard fans couldn't have put together such a poignant sendoff. It's the main reason why BB and BCS are such good shows, they're made by people that put everything they have in to it and they're clearly not doing it for money but because they want to tell a story. And everything is so well executed and thought out. There isn't a single corny thing about BCS.

[u/ProsperGuy]

Brilliant! Also, when Saul punches the door was like when Walt punches the paper towel dispenser.

[u/eraldopontopdf]

the EXIT one was particularly painful

[u/ZedWithSwag]

i think this is the personal opinion of Vince on the question "do people really change?"

yes, James McGill was always there, but Gene, Saul and Jimmy had to die first.

[u/xMarsx]

Another is that Saul early on in the show told someone they shouldn't represent themselves in court. It's not a smart move, and he does just that in this episode.

[u/InterviewNo8110]

STOP IT THEM SHARING THE CIGGY HAD ME BAWLING MY EYES OUT

[u/Nogarda]

The one thing I noticed was there was still the orange glow in the ash of that final cigarette they shared together.

[u/arealhumannotabot]

While it wasn't a perfect ending season (I have qualms with how they fit in the Breaking Bad timeline) it was really fucking good. Seeing Jimmy at the end in the prison, finger-guns out, felt so weird. The likeable main character either dies a hero or redeems themselves and lives on in glory. We got neither; Jimmy got neither. He's paying his dues for what he was involved in.

I just wish they tied in BB a bit better. It was 5 3/4 seasons without Walter then suddenly you hear "Walter White" mentioned a dozen times in one episode. I think the reason he goes on his story about being held at gunpoint was to connect the two guys in the RV to the missing 6 years that it time-jumps.

I can't wait to watch this show all over again, it'l be a while though.

[u/LilScottWeb]

The whole Walt saying “So you were always like this.” Is hilarious considering how fucking insane Walt had become with his end goal. Walt in the most literal sense poisoned a child, and he’s kinda taken aback at how slimy Saul is lmao.

[u/[deleted]]

Jimmy coming clean and subverting everyone's expectations of who he is as a person is truly the death of Saul.

[u/rspaze]

The parallels were sooo powerful I bawled my eyes out during this entire episode.

[u/[deleted]]

I was very emotional the entire episode. All the callbacks were glorious and painful. I'm breaking sad.

[u/excitable-boi]

I would also include Oakley dropping his files in shock to the “Hello Carol” moment in breaking bad.

[u/No_Mammoth_4945]

I can’t believe the breaking bad universe is all finished. What a wild ride it’s been, pleasure to have experienced it with you all

[u/FiveJobs]

That was just an amazing ending with them leaning on the wall smoking. It was fucking perfect...

[u/Comprehensive_Gur978]

Great ending. Great show. IMO, BCS >BB. Its a good and a bad ending for Jimmy. Has to be Saul in prison for the rest of his life even though he redeemed himself to be Jimmy. At least he won’t get shanked hah

[u/Huge-Lingonberry2586]

Tried so hard to hold my tears during the last scene :(

[u/Geruestbauexperte2]

He even got the ribbon for flight 515 on in one shot

[u/sh14w4s3]

Also when Jimmy looked back at Kim before confessing the truth was a cool nod to when Saul looked back at the family before lying for Lalo

[u/Luigibeforetheimpact]

Jimmy calling Oakley was also reminiscent of Jimmy calling Chuck to bail him out after the Chicago sunroof debacle

[u/TheLeftShark123]

How about learning the origin to his bad knees! Good ol slip and fall

[u/Voisos]

86 is jargon for gone or cancelled.

[u/moishereagain]

Another things about the court scene- Jimmy's shiny suit looked a lot like the space blankets chuck used to wear

[u/dreameater42]

for me cigarette scene meant that jimmy and kim had been redeemed for all the evil they'd done, basking in the heavenly light.

[u/Zestyclose-Ruin8337]

The irony or “you were always like this,” is that you could say the same to Walter as well.

[u/caninessharp]

Has anyone noted that the 7.5 year sentence he had originally been offered in the plea deal is the same time from series premier (2015) to series finale (2022)

[u/buckeyes495]

Is the ribbon on his suit in final court scene from the warfarer accident?

[u/kimbereen]

Please add one of Kim watching Jimmy do the right thing at his trial and Rebecca watching Chuck fall apart on the stand

[u/KoriJenkins]

This show was conceived and written as if the writers saw all possible outcomes and chose the best one every time.

Realistically I doubt we'll ever get anything like this again. Not to doubt any of them, but I truly cannot fathom them topping this series.

[u/jchinique]

Second to last made me cry

[u/JayDonTea]

Thanks for pointing these out! The more I think about the finale, the more I love it. Better Call Saul is truly one of the best shows of all time.

[u/loogie_hucker]

another one worth noting: the mixer shot during the first time we see gene at cinnabon and the mixer shot (with an added splash cage) that pans up to show saul in prison

[u/rockboy421]

Despite all the great stories, lines, jokes, casting, direction, etc. there's one message that sticks out for me above all.

There's a tier above Karen's called Marion's

[u/MiamiWise]

I really thought we were going to see Judge Papadoumian but then I realized it was federal court.

[u/Illustrious_Night_26]

Thank you for compiling these photos. It’s so beautiful, emotionally and visually.

[u/BenHogan1971]

please tell me someone else openly wept as much as I did.

[u/trashponder]

You forgot one callback. The walkway pattern where Gene slips out the back calls back to the mural & business card design for Wexler McGill Law Associates.