Better Call Saul Season 6: Is Saul’s Fate Decided? Episode 11 suggests something bad

• “Better Call Saul” ends in mid-August after 6 seasons.
• The “Breaking Bad” prequel has meanwhile reached the events of the original series.
• Looking to the future, however, suggests dark times for Saul.

“Better Call Saul” plays with viewer expectations in the final episodes of Season 6. The story of Jimmy McGill, who as a lawyer was not always so particular about legality, seems to have ended since episode 6. After Kim left Jimmy, the story jumped into the future, away from Jimmy and straight to the Saul we know from Breaking Bad.

“Nippy”, the 10th episode, focused entirely on Gene, Saul’s new identity after the events of “Breaking Bad” and episode 11 entitled “In or Out?” now alternates between Saul in the Heisenberg era and Gene.

While Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul cameo as Walter White and Jesse Pinkman in this episode is a fan-anticipated moment, it is one of the most important events in Gene’s story.

As shown in a brief scene in Season 4 of “Better Call Saul,” Saul’s assistant, Francesca, promised to wait at a payphone for a call from Saul after he disappeared from Albuquerque. We now experience this call in “In or out?” and learn that Kim asked Francesca about Saul.

This information prompts Gene to call Kim’s office in Florida immediately, but the call to Kim doesn’t seem to go well. Enraged, Gene hangs up and pays another visit to cab driver Jeff to present a new criminal plan.

Gene again uses the false name Viktor, which he once used during the mutual cheating with Kim. But here he now lacks Kim as a moral compass. Kim also enjoyed such deceptions, but she and Jimmy looked out for each other. Gene, on the other hand, is on his own and has nothing left to lose. The burglary at the end of the episode is reckless, but maybe Gene doesn’t care if he gets caught or not.

With the series finale approaching, Gene’s decision to return to crime full-time could have dire consequences. A sudden change of heart is hardly to be expected, a reunion with Kim seems impossible. Jimmy was happy with Kim, but as Saul he felt alive and Gene may continue to cheat until he ends up in his grave or in prison.

With Walter White already dead and Jesse Pinkman escaping, it’s only fitting that Jimmy/Saul/Gene, the third in line, should be behind bars by the end of the series, so every possible outcome has been covered. Maybe Kim will visit Saul again in prison. So they could speak out one last time.

There are two episodes left of “Better Call Saul” that we’re sure to keep bouncing between Saul and Gene in. After that, the story of Saul Goodman, Walter White, Jesse Pinkman, Gus Fring and Mike Ehrmantraut should finally be over. Luckily, Netflix has plenty more exciting news coming up in the coming weeks!

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