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I think I know why/how Jimmy finally turns into Saul.
posted by cursethedarknessSTAFFMOD on June 20, 2017 at 10:55 AM
Kim dies.
Think about it: She loves him. He loves her. She makes him human. When she goes away, all that goes away too.
Reply by Terrie
on June 20, 2017 at 11:05 AM
You might be onto something there being as Kim was not part of Breaking Bad.....................and it is TV land after all. The show Nashville killed off a major character after a car accident. It seemed she was going to be fine and then BAM she died........
Reply by TheShredder
on June 20, 2017 at 11:22 AM
Yeah, the writers painted themselves in a corner when they created her character. She has to either die, or completely turn against Jimmy, cutting all contact with him as an associate. So either way, something really bad has to happen for her to disappear from his life.
Reply by Fifthfreedom
on June 20, 2017 at 11:50 AM
Why do people keep saying this? We never saw any of Jimmy's personal life on BB. Literally none. He could have been living with Kim and giving her foot rubs every night for all we know.
Reply by Terrie
on June 20, 2017 at 12:26 PM
That is definitely another point........we can assume all day long, but NONE of us (but the writers) really know.
Reply by TheShredder
on June 20, 2017 at 12:51 PM
One of the writers indicated on Talking Saul that they have to figure out the "Kim" problem.
Reply by tmdb18418769
on June 25, 2017 at 1:16 AM
I think Jimmy will somehow get stuck working for Gus like Mike did.
Reply by Jana
on June 25, 2017 at 5:21 AM
Kim is in corporate law, she's probably tied up in a high-rise somewhere with no love life, no social life and no free time. We know how committed she is, it almost cost her her life. Even if it was a wake up call, I think if she got her big break in the future, she would take it no matter what.
Reply by Angel8080
on June 30, 2017 at 2:34 PM
He mentioned a 2nd wife in BB if I remember correctly. I'm wondering if Kim was his first wife very briefly before she either died or divorced him.
Reply by Angel8080
on June 30, 2017 at 2:35 PM
Maybe we didn't see it but somewhere on BB Jimmy mentions a 2nd wife and how he caught her sleeping with his father (?).
Reply by JustinJackFlash
on July 5, 2017 at 10:34 AM
The same thing crossed my mind too.
Reply by Fifthfreedom
on July 8, 2017 at 8:40 AM
Which just means they have to explain why we never saw or heard of Kim on Breaking Bad. Doesn't mean she's dead or even not a part of Jimmy's life. I can think of 100 different reasons we may not have seen her on BB, and Vince is 100 times more creative than I am.
Reply by Midi-chlorian_Count
on July 8, 2017 at 2:26 PM
Kim doesn't have to die:- Perhaps she simply becomes Saul's first referal to his "make you disappear" guy?
In fact if they wanted to wrap up the entire series on a particularly saccharine note, once Saul has finished his flash-forward day working at the Cinnabon, perhaps he could be shown arriving back at some fairly anonymous home with Kim waiting for him...
Reply by Fifthfreedom
on July 13, 2017 at 5:46 PM
I love both of those ideas.
Reply by Swolbach
on July 22, 2017 at 1:48 PM
Think the final episode showed she might be moving away from the high pace lawyer life. Perhaps she'll move back home, make a career change, etc. Think it would only take one more case of finding Jimmy/Saul getting mixed up in illegal activities that may be the final straw for her - as she previously mentions "I can't know about this stuff". Perhaps Saul does one more criminal act for Mike - sending her packing. That would likely have a similar affect on Saul, as dying.
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