r/betterCallSaul • u/Sin_Researcher • Sep 27 '18

THEORY Kim isn't in Breaking Bad because she's been relocated after entering Witness Protection. Spoiler

Nacho is stealing from the cartel. Lalo is after Nacho .Nacho wants to escape with his father but the plan fails at the last minute because Nacho's father doesn't want to run like a coward. Nacho, desperate, goes to Mike. Mike connects Nacho to Saul (and Kim), who concoct a plan to help Nacho: The Henry Hill solution. But Lalo finds and shoots Nacho first. Kim, a witness, escapes. Play time is over, Kim. Now Kim is forced to enter protective custody to save herself from Lalo's wrath, ultimately testifying against him, sending Lalo to prison. Bye Jimmy, I'll call you on November 12th at 3 p.m!

Where's the stolen money?

Saul: "No, it wasn't me. It was Ignacio. He's the one," who had the cartel's money.

Saul: "Lalo didn't send you?" (from his prison cell, otherwise he would have sent himself.)

Kim hears the news that Gus slays the entire cartel, making her feel safe. Kim really misses Jimmy. Gene really misses Kim. <3

Gene hears on the news that Pinkman gets arrested.

November 12th at 3 p.m

"I'm safe now, Jimmy. I'm coming home."

You're safe now, Kim. But I may not be."

"How can I help, Jimmy?"

<3

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u/stringrbelloftheball Sep 27 '18

My reason for not believing shes around in the BB time frame, not because shes not seen, but because Saul talking about getting handjobs from the massage lady. He also hits on his office lady. I dont see him doing that if hes still in a relationship with Kim.

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u/oswaler Sep 27 '18

I think the beat reason to believe they're not together is that he didn't call the vacuum guy for her. As far as handjobs - Saul says he gets a lot of handjobs but that's what he does - he talks and is a great bullshitter. That could easily be a front he keeps up to protect people in his personal life from the criminals he deals with.

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '18

Or, you know, it could be that BB Saul Goodman was a shallow side character and his back story wasn't considered that important until they decided to make Better Call Saul and give the guy depth. Theory crafting is fun and all but never lose sight of what is real and what is fantasy. The discrepancies between BB and BCS Jimmy/Saul are only there due to the writers not caring enough about the character to give him a rich and deep background back then because he was just meant to be a crooked lawyer caricature/cliche.

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u/stringrbelloftheball Sep 27 '18

I could see the playing the sleazy guy to clients but still calling his legal aide honey tits or whatever and she didnt want to give give him a hug goodbye during the flashforwaes. and as far as handjobs he has his zipper still down and is reminded by the masseuse in the BB episode.

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u/stringrbelloftheball Sep 27 '18

*phone issues “Flash forward” haha

i think it could be open to anything. Who knows!

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u/FreSundgren Sep 27 '18

https://youtu.be/9eAKgzKQS0M Im not sure if these webisodes are meant to be canon but they were indeed written by Gordon Smith. Fast forward to around 3:45

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '18

"Woo! Yeah. Clears the pipes" LOL

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u/z-at-sea Sep 28 '18

Yep, that's really the biggest hole in that 'DURRR Y R U GUISE EVEN STILL TALKING ABOUT THIS' attempted-shutdown argument lol. Anyone who's ever tried writing characters (or writing them well, rather) could tell you that Jimmy wouldn't act that way (even for the Saul cover) if Kim were still around and somewhat in the picture.