Better Call Saul Finale - What It All Meant

This video essay analyzes the final episode of Better Call Saul, starring Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill. The finale wrapped up Jimmy McGill's complex relationship with the truth, the law and identity. This is the final episode and ending explained for Better Call Saul.

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Tumbleweed Texas by Chris Haugen
Thunder Chant by E's Jammy Jams
The Sound of a Dollar by DJ Williams
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Timestamps:
0:00 Regrets
2:25 Black and White Episodes
5:50 Finale and Ending

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[Hugo_Tate]

Love how he told the lawyers that he only needed to convince one juror and that he ultimately just wanted to convince Kim.

[MrMan-syev]

I think it's worth mentioning that the end of the cigarette Kim and Jimmy were sharing had color. That little moment he had with Kim restored some color and happiness in his life. I really appreciate how Vince Gilligan and his writers use color to help tell a story. It creates another dimension to the storytelling.

[chickendrawsdogs]

I think they chose the perfect ending for Jimmy. He paid for all his crimes with decades worth of prison time, but he found redemption, regained his true self, Kim's respect, and a small measure of peace that he has hardly ever had since becoming a lawyer. After all, one of the greatest victories in one's life is victory over the darkness within one's self.

[Xehanort]

I like how showing the exit sign was like Chuck was there, finally proud of Jimmy for facing the consequences of his actions.

[volpilh]

I especially liked the scene where Jimmy delivers Chuck's groceries, as the one where Chuck asks Jimmy, "We always end up having the same conversation don't we?".

In this scene, Chuck was reading H. G. Wells' "The Time Machine", indicating that this is where Jimmy would go back to, if he could, namely his time as a struggling public defence attorney, before he "took his first bribe".

[MolokoMinus]

I thought the ending was perfect. The fact that, as Saul, he was able to prove he COULD HAVE conned his way to a measly 7 year sentence, in a minimum security federal prison with a golf program, yet he, as Jimmy, STILL decided to confess to everything under oath knowing he’d have the book thrown at him, it was a moral victory.

Similar to Walt getting revenge on Jack and his gang, poisoning Lydia, getting Gretchen and Elliot to donate his money to his family and freeing Jesse. He ultimately won in the end, despite dying alone and hated in a meth lab.
The parallels between the two are plentiful and yet they couldn’t be more polar opposites.

Walt broke bad, Jimmy broke good

[steve]

Gene was a coward that ran, Saul was a rascal that scammed, but Jimmy at heart was just a good man

[paulasimson]

I figured he'd get caught and go to prison, but I didn't anticipate that he'd regain his soul. It was the perfect ending for me.

[Onezy]

When Gene saw the writing on the wall, he turned back into Saul.

When Saul saw Kim in the crosshairs, he turned back into Jimmy.

[Shadowwind]

The fact that he was able to get it down to 7 years but CHOOSE redemption instead was perfect. He finally found peace.

[jcepri]

Kim was the one juror Jimmy had to win over, and he did just that. A poetic ending.

[jorgecanalesbarrera]

What I liked about the ending is how Kim's importance is reestated. One of the mostly forgotten flashbacks is when Jimmy (working as a mail boy) decided to pursue a legal career not as much to impress Chuck but Kim. All the mistakes and troubles he got in with Chuck or the bar just to impress her. It made sense to me he would go this way just to make her peace with Kim. That's why I think the ending: Jimmy behind bars and Kim looking at him from the distance was just perfect.

[osatoharuna]

The final touch that I loved about the last episode was Saul somehow getting his sentence reduced to SEVEN YEARS. It gives us an idea of just how insane Jimmy's capabilities are even with his back against the wall and also puts so much more weight into his decision to not take that recommendation for the sake of finding his own peace.

[konoweeb-kunda]

Personally I wanted Saul/Jimmy to get away with it but knowing that he was able to make everyone play by his rules one last time(reducing a life sentence +180 years to 7 years in a prison of his choice) was enough for me, plus he got what he wanted the most, redemption in Kim's eyes.

[triforcewielder]

Loved the way they wrapped up Jimmy/Saul/Gene's story. He came full circle

[Onezy]

Gene was captured. Saul then negotiated the best deal he could. And then Jimmy sacrificed it to clear his conscience as a good man.

[Skoogles]

The ending wasn't only a perfect ending to Saul Goodman's story, it also gave a main character the only fate we hadn't seen in Breaking Bad: someone getting caught. Walt died, Jesse got away, and Saul got caught. He accepted the consequences of his actions, and in going away how he did, probabaly gave some small amount of closure to Marie and the others. Someone, at least someone, was finally caught and sentenced appropriately. Poetry.

[tomasn]

It's funny because I understood Walt's regret differently. I don't think he regretted he didn't take action against being pushed out of Grey Matter because it would give him the money to live an honest life. I think he regrets it just out of pride and vanity. He was humiliated by the Schwartz couple.
If you recall 'Felina' you'll remember that he said he did it because he liked it, and he was good at it and kept him alive. He doesn't regret any of that. After all, I think the only main character who doesn't regret a bit of his actions is Walter.

[jacob]

I LOVED this ending . I love how either if he stays in prison or reduces his sentence, he still is on top. One of the things that matter the most to Jimmy is love so him being loved inside the prison as Saul and outside as Jimmy by Kim ( the only person whom ever truly loved him) is the best ending possible

[paolaalmazan]

Jimmy was always addicted to the feeling of "getting away with it", but never to hurting others... It wasn't even about the money at the end of the day... He liked the feeling of proving himself smarter than others (something common in geniuses). Yeah, he misdirected all of that... compromising his own morals, but in the end he demonstrated that his addiction did not define him.