This article contains spoilers for Better Call Saul season 6 episode 12.
One way or another, everyone pays for their sins in the Breaking Bad universe. There are very few, if any, happy endings for the citizens of Vince Gilligan’s Albuquerque. Usually these endings are of the violent variety. Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) is killed by the ghost of revenge’s past. Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) is killed by the hotheaded amateur he knew he should have never trusted. In one last act of hubris, Walter White (Bryan Cranston) is killed by gunfire from his own device, robbing the cancer in his body of its chance to end his journey just as it started it.
While all of these endings are dramatically satisfying, the penultimate episode of Better Call Saul reminds us that not every “bad” ending has to feature gunfire, guts, or glory. Sometimes simple boredom can penetrate deeper than any bullet can.
One way or another, everyone pays for their sins in the Breaking Bad universe. There are very few, if any, happy endings for the citizens of Vince Gilligan’s Albuquerque. Usually these endings are of the violent variety. Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) is killed by the ghost of revenge’s past. Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) is killed by the hotheaded amateur he knew he should have never trusted. In one last act of hubris, Walter White (Bryan Cranston) is killed by gunfire from his own device, robbing the cancer in his body of its chance to end his journey just as it started it.
While all of these endings are dramatically satisfying, the penultimate episode of Better Call Saul reminds us that not every “bad” ending has to feature gunfire, guts, or glory. Sometimes simple boredom can penetrate deeper than any bullet can.
- 8/9/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
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