Review of Better Call Saul’s Season 6 Episode 9: Bob Odenkirk and Rhea Seehorn deliver a masterclass in acting
Prior to Better Call Saul Season 6 Episode 9, three fatalities occur. Michael Mando’s character Nacho Varga suffered from gang violence, and Patrick Fabian’s character Howard Hamlin died as a result of Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton), who was later assassinated by Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito).
This week’s episode, in which we allay the fears of the online community that Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) will be murdered, spans the entirety of the aftermath of these horrible killings.
Saul Goodman experiences a turning point in Better Call Saul Season 6 Episode 9. He becomes more sleazyball-like as he learns that the only thing keeping him from (to use a phrase) breaking bad is now gone. He loves his completely new existence and becomes into the sleazy attorney that we first see in Breaking Bad.
Seehorn makes you believe every word and nuance as Wexler struggles to reconcile her love for Saul and her longing for freedom. Their tragic relationship almost seems to have been building up to this point, a nuclear explosion of feelings.
This episode is unsettling. Goodman and Wexler become battered and damaged when the ghosts of falsehoods told and blood spilled from the past resurface. The satisfying conclusion that viewers anticipated following the death of Lalo Salamanca is not found in Better Call Saul Season 6 Episode 9. It is a death notice for a bad marriage between two defective people.
Another dramatic sequence may be seen in Better Call Saul season six episode nine.
You get goosebumps when Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) goes to see Ignacio Varga’s father and tells him of his son’s passing. The man receives his assurance that justice will be served. Nevertheless, Manuel Varga (Juan Carlos Cantu) corrects him and informs him that he is mistaking “revenge” for justice and a cycle of violence.
Then, in the show’s closing seconds, the tone shifts. As we get closer to the Breaking Bad timeline, everything just seems happier. But it’s still unclear how Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) will fit into the remaining episodes of the program.
This is one of the best episodes of the entire series, which may soon eclipse its predecessor, Breaking Bad, in terms of quality and overall cultural influence. It is highly recommended.
