Better Call Saul
Kim Wexler’sBetter Call Saulending could have run short a identification number of ways , but the close of Jimmy McGill ’s history mean she was too valuable to exit . AsBetter Call Saul ’s final season began , serious dubiousness hung over Kim ’s hopes of survival . all absent throughoutBreaking Bad , Rhea Seehorn ’s character front an rising engagement to reach the oddment ofBetter Call Saulseason 6 in one piece . Ultimately , Kim proves to be the only survivor in an otherwise bloody end . Nacho Varga , Howard Hamlin and Lalo Salamanca all , like Kim Wexler , continue unobserved throughoutBreaking Bad , and all are killed off before theBetter Call Saulending , make Kim ’s escape valve even more astounding .
Better Call Saul ’s sixth and final season , which is now on Netflix , bring out thatKim spent the entireBreaking Badtimelinein Florida , masking her true personality in an attempt to forget the moral transgressions she commit against Howard . Kim by and by returns to Albuquerque for Jimmy McGill ’s test , and is last seen share a cigarette with her ex - husband before the duo part ways , presumptively forever , with a prison house fencing between them . Although Kim Wexler’sBetter Call Saulsurvival was sure enough improbable from an extraneous view , ending the spinoff with Jimmy in prison house after coming clean meant Kim was in secret wearing a chummy vest of game armor underneath those crisp blue outfits throughoutBetter Call Saulseason 6 .
Only Kim Could Make Jimmy McGill Come Clean
ThroughoutBetter Call Saul , Jimmy McGill repeatedly proved how badly he copes with exit , as whenever an important someone left his aliveness , Jimmy retrieve consolation in scams , pseud and swindling . Chuck dying inBetter Call Saulseason 3pushed Jimmy toward deliver the " Saul Goodman " image , while split up Kim brought forth the more slimy version of Saul that represent Walter White inBreaking Bad . On both social function , Jimmy buried his true emotion behind a wall of deplorable chicanery , successfully ignoring how he really felt about both Chuck ’s death and breaking up with Kim .
In the same spirit , Chuck McGill and Kim Wexler were the lone two name inBetter Call Saul ’s timeline who Jimmy genuinely held darling to his heart . IfBetter Call Saulplanned to terminate with Jimmy coming clear , therefore , the only theatrical role open of propel him to do so would be his married woman and pal . Chuck died long before theBetter Call Saulseason 6 end , imply Kim ’s presence in the series coda was all-important both for propel Jimmy ’s redemption , and for the spinoff ending with its titulary antihero behind bar .
If Kim had died at any point duringBetter Call Saulseason 6 ’s timeline , Jimmy would be far more likely to burrow profoundly into the criminal underworld than to squeal , carry on a long - establish tradition of burying his head in the sand whenever someone he eff departs . Rather than coming unclouded , Jimmy would probably double - down , agitate hard down the dark path " cistron " began walking when he begin scamming with Jeff as an confederate . For this reasonableness , Kim ’s physical presence in Albuquerque during Jimmy McGill ’s vicious trial was imperative in justifying his drastic change of heart . No other fibre , nor the ghosts of Kim and Chuck , would have sufficed .
Better Call Saul’s Ending Doesn’t Work If Kim Dies
Kim ’s survival in was also essential for the balanced tone of theBetter Call Saulending in prison house . Better Call Saul ’s terminal figure of Jimmy McGill behind bars is unavoidably tragical , and that bittersweet note was completely intentional . The comportment of Rhea Seehorn ’s Kim Wexler in those final moments served a double subroutine . On one helping hand , the prospect of Kim being incessantly unreached in the outside macrocosm twist the knife of Jimmy ’s immurement . Life in pokey is bad enough , but Jimmy missing out on Kim ’s life madeBetter Call Saul ’s ending all the more heartbreaking .
On the other hand , Jimmy and Kim share a last cigarette scatter a hint of optimism onto proceedings , while Kim volunteer at a legal firm that specialise in customer unable to give better representation subtly mapped out a more positive futurity where Kim can tacitly redeem both herself and Jimmy by doing what she know rather of selling sprinkler parts . If Kim had expire inBetter Call Saulseason 6 , terminate with Jimmy McGill behind bar would palpate needlessly bleak . Only Kim could furnish that much - needed slither of promise theBetter Call Saulending holds onto .
Likewise , Jimmy ’s ultimate fate resonated more emotionally because Kim remained a spare — and , more significantly , animated — adult female . prison house alone is a very impersonal penalization for Jimmy considering the very personal crimes he committed against Howard , Marion , and Jesse . The knife - twist of Jimmy live his reliable lovemaking is moving onward while he rots in jail impart that much - need , homemade tinge to his concluding sentence . Jimmy would be distraught if Kim were dead , of course , but the punishment would then rest more heavily upon her than Jimmy , obviously . Kim survive while Jimmy gets jail time position the essence alone upon the latter ’s shoulders at the end ofBetter Call Saul .
Rhea Seehorn Has A Theory About Kim’s Future After The Better Call Saul Ending
TheBetter Call Saulending save Kim from the terrible fate that many fans were fearing for her . However , even with the relatively well-chosen ending she got it , it go away many interrogation about Kim ’s future afterBetter Call Saul . fan are force to come up with their own ideas about where Kim goes from here and Seehorn herself has some sentiment . Seehorn include ( viaRich Eisen Show ) that she have sex the ending , she is also a hopeless quixotic and added " I ’m gon na say she definitely tries to image out how to reduce his sentence . "
This is a touching idea to give audiences with while also being a nice addition to Kim ’s spark . It would show that she eventually forgive herself enough to the degree that she would bug out apply law again while honoring the fact that she was always a very talented attorney without have to fall back to Jimmy ’s deceitful tactics . On the other hand , perhaps it is best that when Kim walked forth from Jimmy in prison house , she put him out of her life perpetually . Jimmy is not needfully someone who deserves a clear conviction even if Kim could honestly get it for him . The thought that she moved on and found felicity elsewhere is more satisfying for aBetter Call Saulending .
Vince Gilligan And Rhea Seehorn Will Reunite — But Not For A Spinoff
With that terminal image of her leaving Jimmy behind in prison house , Kim Wexler ’s journey in theBreaking Baduniverse is over . Vince Gilligan has confirm thatBetter Call Saulis the terminal entry into this solicitation of tale and that it now has to be leave alone . However , devotee still do have plenty to get mad about as Gilligan already has his next video project lined up andRhea Seehorn will be starringin it .
The ungentle series will be heading to Apple TV+ with no story inside information discharge yet besides the confirmation that it is not concern toBreaking Bad . However , the simple hope of Gilligan and Seehorn together is exciting as audiences got to see Seehorn ’s amazing talents onBetter Call Saul , and it is assured that Gilligan will write her a dandy theatrical role that can further explore those talent .
