Exactly. Since the show’s Saul-stories are often arguably from the perspective of Kim, we’re seeing the other, more harmful side of Jimmy’s bullshit. At first it was seductive and fun to watch Jimmy take down the big guys and use the law against the privileged on behalf of the “low-life’s” like him. Now we’re watching…

Mild distraction: Credit crawl goes to almost the 11:00 mark of the episode. I have no idea if that’s a record, but it’s a little ridiculous, and a little annoying.

I almost wonder if it was percolating in the back of Howard’s brain that Saul was a loose thread that might hurt his firm, and he needed to get Saul working for him instead of against him.

In the video they never claim any of those things. They have actors who say “my bank” over text that says “ACTOR PORTRAYAL BASED ON ACTUAL INCIDENTS OR FICTION.”. At the end Saul comes on and asks a question. Yes they could get it thrown out, but likely at very great cost, and the video could leak anyway. 

I think there’s a little more to it than that. On the one hand, Howard is “sticking up” for Jimmy now that it’s easy for him to do so (now that Chuck’s dead — it’s interesting to think that it’s not only Jimmy that resented the hold Chuck had on people), so Jimmy is thinking “Where were you when I needed you?” On the…

I don’t think Jimmy is doing it directly because of Chuck, Jimmy is doing it because Howard’s genuine effort to be kind to Jimmy does not compute with his current worldview.

Disbarred by who?  In order to get disbarred, someone has to make a complaint to the state bar, and no one really has an interest in publicizing Saul’s claims. 

“I can’t be compelled to testify against you because we’re married” is a Hollywood trope. Maybe it could have protected Skyler in Breaking Bad, but marrying Saul doesn’t really shield Kim. The marital testimonial privilege doesn’t apply to conduct before marriage, and Kim would still be exposed to attorney disciplinary…

I have a more charitable view of Kim. Life’s biggest challenges involve us getting caught between two principles, where you can’t fully honor one principle without also fully neglecting the other. So compromises and half-measures ensue.

There was no mention of the construction site foreman in last week’s episode being played by John DiMaggio who voiced Bender Rodriguez on Futurama either.

I am loving this. Kim’s story isn’t about Jimmy breaking poor ol’ upstanding gal Kim, it’s about her reluctance to accept that she actually loves this hustling shit. It's a nice thematic Breaking Bad parallel - Walt loved being Heisenberg, Jimmy and Kim want to be the outlaw couple.

I hope you guys never get to experience the pull a sociopath can have on the people who care about them. Kim doesn’t want to change Jimmy; she wants to save him because she knows ultimately where this goes. “I didn’t tell you to protect you” gives way to “Let’s get married”, which equals “I can’t be compelled to…

Kim is right to blame Jimmy for not respecting her decision, but she also has herself to blame (and she knows it), because Jimmy clearly warned her at the beginning that she should think twice before going full Slippin’ Jimmy. And it was clear, knowing Jimmy as she does, that it was a no-turning-back moment: once she…

I did a out loud “What?!” at that ending. A shocking and violent end (like a great Breaking Bad episode) done only with very surprising, nerve-wracking words. You know, the end of a classical comedy—getting married—isn’t supposed to be the beginning, or middle, of a classical tragedy.

I can’t respect Kim because of her hypocrisy. She hates her job? OK, quit! Oh, no; she wants the prestige and money that her boss and her client giver her. She lies through her teeth. She looks them both in the eye and claims to be all honest about what is happening.

That was such an extreme thing to claim that you just gotta love it.  At that rate maybe Jimmy would have been a fantastif political campaign strategist.  Also obligatory YEP!

Mike uses the alias Dave Clark for his private investigator character. As in the Five? Were we previously aware that Mike is an aficionado of the Tottenham Sound?

That opening absolutely wrecked me.

I was dying when “BARE GENITALS” appeared on the screen in the background

“The bank manager couldn’t explain where all the extra fees are going. So I followed the money trail. The evidence was as clear as day. My bank was funding terrorism.”