With “Better Call Saul’s” final season starting to wrap up, 10 fans write in their best theories for what will happen in the last five episodes.
1. Kim’s role in Breaking Bad
Kim Wexler’s absence in Breaking Bad has been thoroughly discussed since she was introduced at the start of Better Call Saul. What will be her demise?
“Based on some comments from the actors and creators, I think she is alive in the Breaking Bad era. They’ve made it very clear with multiple comments that the back half of this season will cross over with the Breaking Bad era.
So how would Kim factor into Walt and Jesse, factor into the Breaking Bad story? Clearly by the BB era, Jimmy and Kim have split. So, if they aren’t together anymore, how will she factor in? She’s working for Gus and Mike. Now, that might seem crazy at first, but follow me.
After the Lalo situation has been resolved, Gus will take Mike’s advice that fear isn’t always a great motivator, and instead of threatening Kim, he’ll offer her a job. Meanwhile he’ll have Mike keep doing occasional jobs for Jimmy to keep an eye on him and utilize his connection to Krazy-8 to ensure that he does not rat on Gus’ dealers.
So what will Kim do for Gus? As he tells Jesse, he sees things in people. Having a sharp, skilled lawyer on his payroll is useful to him. I believe Kim will be the one who helps set up the hazard pay for Gus’ and Mike’s guys.”
-Brett Baumler, Michigan.
2. Disappearing Kim
After many characters in Breaking Bad used Best Quality Vacuum Repair (a service to relocate criminals and give them new identities), fans consider Kim using the service.
“After Howard’s death, I think it will create major legal trouble for Saul/Kim. Saul already was questioned in his legal representation of ‘Jorge DeGuzman (Lalo)’ by his legal peers. The aftermath of the entire situation will have some sort of unexpected hiccup, and Kim will feel obligated to take the fall and/or disappear via vacuum service. My guess.”
-Wes Ging.
3. Introducing Walt and Jesse
It was confirmed in mid April that beloved Breaking Bad characters, Walter White and Jesse Pinkman, will be making cameos in the prequel series. This made for many theories about how they’ll be reintroduced.
“The Breaking Bad years including the Walter/Jesse cameos will be in the form of the third “Something Stupid” split screen montage. Jimmy’s half will be more or less what we know, and Kim’s the new incarnation of the veterinarian’s market-making operation. As in the first montage, there will be a few crossovers when Saul gets information from her.”
-Chris Dee, New York.
4. Guesses for “Fun and Games”
After a bombshell of an episode, Kim and Jimmy have to pick up the pieces after witnessing Howard’s death.
“The next Episode, Fun and Games, will leave off where the last episode ended, we’ll get a montage of Kim and Jimmy going about their days in a “Something Stupid” style. With maybe a time skip, we’ll slowly see how each of these people deal with grief. Jimmy powers through and Kim can’t get it off of her head. Suspicion in Cliff Main will grow towards Kim but like Bill said, ‘There’s proving and there’s knowing.'”
-Jack Andre, Florida.
5. A happy ending
Although a happy ending may seem impossible in a show like Better Call Saul, it’s important to remember that Jesse had one at the end of Breaking Bad. (And this version just so happens to coincide with the ending of iconic movie Shawshank Redemption.)
“Saul visits Buxton and finds a cache containing money and a letter asking him to come to Zihuatanejo. Saul crosses the border into Mexico, admitting that he finally feels hope. He finds Jesse on a beach in Zihuatanejo, and the two reunited friends happily embrace.”
-Sachin, Delhi, India.
6. ‘It was all a dream’ theory
Every show has one.
“It was all a dream. Post credits scene of final episode: Arthur Hobbs of How I Met Your Mother (played by Saul’s actor, Bob Odenkirk) wakes up in bed, terrified from a really long and scary dream.
ICYMI, Breaking Bad’s Malcom in the Middle joke ending was inspired by the finale of Newhart, which jokingly suggested that all of the Newhart TV series was a dream by Bob Newhart’s character on his prior TV series The Bob Newhart Show.”
-@detzeb on Reddit, Chicago area.
7. A courthouse finale
In the current timeline, Saul, under the pseudonym of Gene Takovic, is wrestling if he should turn himself in for his crimes.
“Unable to resist the limelight, and with the Omaha police department closing in, Gene Takovic returns to ABQ, turns himself in and becomes a nationwide sensation in The Mother of All Trials. Like the O.J. Simpson trial, Saul Goodman’s trial is a cable news sensation, a kaleidoscope of media manipulation, chicanery and pure showmanship. The series finale is a rousing overture of Saul’s greatest courtroom hits: funny, hard-hitting, infantile and peppered with contempt findings. Until the state calls its surprise rebuttal witness, long presumed dead by all, including Gene/Saul/Jimmy … Kim Wexler.”
-Brian Svoboda, Virginia.
8. The death of Cliff Main
Earlier this spring, AMC released a fictional episode of TV show “American Greed.” Although the video was a spoof made for April Fools, it still holds important information regarding the rest of the series. It also had many fans wondering … what happens to Cliff Main, respected lawyer and Saul’s former employer?
“I believe Saul will have Cliff killed in some sort of state of panic. First of all we’ve been saying how weird it was that Cliff didn’t appear in the American Greed short which I think is a very valid clue. If Cliff were alive I bet you 100% he’d be interviewed. Think about, he worked with Jimmy, he fired Jimmy and two of his close colleagues (Chuck & Howard) both either commit suicide or vanished after an unhinged rant about Jimmy. So in canon Cliff would be the perfect person to talk to about early red flags about Saul Goodman.
So with that out of the way, why do I think Cliff’s death will be Jimmy’s doing? Well, the last conversation Cliff had with Howard will definitely not sit right with him. We’ve seen once that he did try to get some information out of Kim at the courthouse, “How did you leave things with Howard?” Once word spreads of Howard’s disappearance, I think it will drive Cliff to get more answers. Saul will get nervous that he’ll pressure Kim too much and ultimately call Caldera to get a hitman to silence Cliff. This would also explain why in Breaking Bad why Saul is so trigger happy. Whacking people gets easy results.”
-Collin T., (@tallandgooey on Reddit), Massachusetts.
9. Jeff the Cab Driver
Jeff the Cab Driver was first introduced during the Season Four premiere, having recognized Saul in his new identity. He’s yet to show up in Season Six.
“Jeff the cab driver actually wants revenge on Saul. Maybe Saul represented a criminal that killed someone close to Jeff. When he was in the mall in Season 5, saying how much of a fan he was, it was actually just an act. We’ll see I guess.”
-Jimmy Zurakowski, Ireland.
10. McWexler’s Dark Ending
Although Kim and Jimmy have had an almost flawless relationship during the series, there’s still room for fault.
“Kim isn’t in Breaking Bad because Saul doesn’t love her. Once he has to make a choice between himself and her, it’ll be clear who the only person he loves is. Kim is not conning Jimmy for her own benefit, it’s the other way around. Hopes of a sappy love story will be destroyed once this is proved true, and I can’t wait to see the reactions to it.
Saul is a horrible person with no morals, no values, no emotions, no heart – he’s in it for himself and the money, and that won’t be any different as the story nears it’s end.”
-Unforseenwhistle on Reddit.
