Mike Gives Saul Advice On How To Move On | Bad Choice Road | Better Call Saul

After their experience in the desert, Mike gives Saul some advice on how to move on.

Season 5 Episode 9 Bad Choice Road: In the wake of Jimmy's traumatic misadventure, Kim takes stock of what is important; Jimmy attempts to return to business as usual, but it's more difficult than anticipated; Gus and Mike set a plan in motion.

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Better Call Saul is the prequel to the award-winning series Breaking Bad, set six years before Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) became Walter White's lawyer. When we meet him, the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and often against, Jimmy is "fixer" Mike Erhmantraut (Jonathan Banks), a beloved character introduced in Breaking Bad. The series will track Jimmy's transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts "criminal" in "criminal lawyer."

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Mike Gives Saul Advice On How To Move On | Bad Choice Road | Better Call Saul

[nandoman]

One day you’re gonna wake up, brush your teeth, eat breakfast, go to work. And eventually you’ll realize that you didn’t think about the fact that Better Call Saul is over.

[TheAP]

"And then you realize, you can forget."

The advice Mike gives to Jimmy/Saul here is similar to the advice he heard in grief counseling.

[hereil]

When Mike says "Heres's what's gonna happen", you know damn well _that_ is happening

[flightofthebumblebee]

I love so much that the writers didn't just forget about Fred like his life was meaningless. Jimmy showed genuine remorse and he wasn't even involved in Fred's death, however looking back and seeing Fred's family at the bail hearing sobbing in tears broke him.

[amandeepdash]

This really is the only thing that helped me when I had to move on. Interestingly, it's not really an advice or a trick. He just says to live your life and do your thing, and just let the pain dry out on its own. This was more real than any other advice or tips for me.

[RedBuffaloBull]

2:26 Mike: “It’s not the end of the story. There’s another season left. Although there’s a mid season finale, so it’s kind of like there’s two seasons left. It’s a bummer to have to wait, but the trade off is you get 14 total episodes. Do you understand that?”

Jimmy: “No.”

[tbjylud]

Everybody needs a Mike in their lives. The voice of reason, minus the bs. Even if Mike doesn't follow his own advice to you, he'll tell you what you need to hear, at least.

[chickendrawsdogs]

I noticed Jimmy misquoted Mike's "bad choice road" speech, but recited the "You can forget" to Kim perfectly.

[jshaers]

Mike's so sympathetic that he almost makes you forget what a terrible man he is.

[ianschwing]

This is a big detail a lot of people miss. Mike’s daughter in law said this exact same thing at the meeting with the church about his son and her husband dying. She just forgot about him and didn’t think about him for a day and she realized she had finally gotten over it/moved on to her new reality. And here he’s giving his own daughter advise to Saul. Amazing writing

[MultiJohn]

I like the two skateboarders at the end of the clip. It’s a reminder of where Jimmy started at the beginning of the show.

[zackthezabarak]

3:49 I think most people would either be offended or annoyed but Mike actually looks pretty understanding there. He knows Jimmy can’t see a therapist or talk to anyone else about what happened or he would be in jail or that person would be in danger, and Mike admits that emotions aren’t his strong suit. That maybe he had a similar situation during his time in the military or police force or when he lost his son or Werner.

[koopa]

"I can't believe there's like, a billion people on this planet, and the only person I have to talk to about this is you"

I don't think Mike felt insulted by that. I think this is the one moment where Mike really understood and sympathized with Jimmy.

[jwimmer]

Such a brilliant scene. On one hand this could be viewed as probably Jimmy's last chance to change the path he was on. He was clearly disillusioned, & questioning a lot of his decisions, after that traumatic trip to the desert. But Mike's speech made it clear that Jimmy was already on the "road." He couldn't just walk away from Lalo. And it all goes back to the very first episodes of BCS when Jimmy hooked up with those two skaters to try & con the Kettlemans. Had Jimmy not done that, he never would have met Tuco & Nacho, & Lalo never would have heard about Jimmy. What do we see in the background of this scene? Skaters.

[standup]

Genuinely love that Jimmy drops his entire persona because of how damaged he is (including the time machine flashback) and it’s the one time Mike fully embraces him as an actual person with respect.

[sreeharivenat]

"You can start talking any time".
No matter how serious the context is Mike Ehrmantraut will never let go of his sarcastic tone 😅

[meamishere]

_“There will be nightmares and every day when you wake up, it will be the first thing you think about. Until one day it will be the second thing.”_ — *Raymond Reddington*

[nont]

Jimmy in this scene still angry at Fred’s death.
Meanwhile, Jimmy in Breaking Bad was comfortable in suggesting shanking Badger (who is younger than Fred), “sending Hank on a trip to Belize” and gave Jesse an “Old Yeller type situation”.
It’s sad that he became more evil and heartless over time.

[Jaeden_Phoenix]

4:03 Shoutout to the Skateboarder that crashed into the Fire Hydrant in the background

[mysterion]

Gotta love the two kids skateboarding at the end. Jimmy's first step down the bad choice road in ABQ all the way back at the start. What a great show.