I admit that I missed last week's very obvious symbols: 1) the lawn gnome that the meth heads leave broken in the street; and 2) Saul's ice cream cone. The slow pan close up shot of the gnome with hat pointing left resembles the same slow pan close up shot of the ice cream cone pointing right. One is toward the beginning of the story; the other ends it.
"The Guy for This" begins with an even closer shot of the ice cream cone as industrious red ants begin to discover the morsel. They scale to the top as if it were some snowy Swiss alp (to the strains, believe it or not, of real Swiss yodelers: Jodlerklub Bärgblüemli Schattdorf's "Jänzigrat-Jüz").
What does it mean? The in-your-face symbols must mean something important. Precious delights left behind in the street transform quickly into trash. The streets are horrible junkyards filled with these once treasured items. Work the streets; trash your stuff; trash yourself.
Always remember that episode 8 of season 2 of Breaking Bad was titled "Better Call Saul" and introduced Saul, the "criminal lawyer." When Walter and Jesse put on ski masks and kidnap Saul, making him kneel before a ditch, Saul mistakes them for another client and calls out to someone at the time we didn't know named "Lalo." It's subtle, but if your TV has captions, you can catch it.
Now the Saul story nears this moment, but will need to have Saul move into his strip-mall office before that happens. Lalo hires Saul and pays him 8 grand. Saul now has enough to move in.
Hank and Gomez are now introduced into the story. Ocho Loco is now their CI (confidential informant).
The scene between Nacho and his father is touching. So is Mike asking the bartender to take down a postcard of the Sydney Opera House (Werner's father worked on it).
Both Kim and Saul end the episode chucking Bock beer bottles off their balcony. Integrity is really beginning to suck for them both. What will they leave behind to become trash in the streets?
"The Guy for This" begins with an even closer shot of the ice cream cone as industrious red ants begin to discover the morsel. They scale to the top as if it were some snowy Swiss alp (to the strains, believe it or not, of real Swiss yodelers: Jodlerklub Bärgblüemli Schattdorf's "Jänzigrat-Jüz").
What does it mean? The in-your-face symbols must mean something important. Precious delights left behind in the street transform quickly into trash. The streets are horrible junkyards filled with these once treasured items. Work the streets; trash your stuff; trash yourself.
Always remember that episode 8 of season 2 of Breaking Bad was titled "Better Call Saul" and introduced Saul, the "criminal lawyer." When Walter and Jesse put on ski masks and kidnap Saul, making him kneel before a ditch, Saul mistakes them for another client and calls out to someone at the time we didn't know named "Lalo." It's subtle, but if your TV has captions, you can catch it.
Now the Saul story nears this moment, but will need to have Saul move into his strip-mall office before that happens. Lalo hires Saul and pays him 8 grand. Saul now has enough to move in.
Hank and Gomez are now introduced into the story. Ocho Loco is now their CI (confidential informant).
The scene between Nacho and his father is touching. So is Mike asking the bartender to take down a postcard of the Sydney Opera House (Werner's father worked on it).
Both Kim and Saul end the episode chucking Bock beer bottles off their balcony. Integrity is really beginning to suck for them both. What will they leave behind to become trash in the streets?