Review of Bagman

Better Call Saul: Bagman (2020)
Season 5, Episode 8
10/10
A to B
7 April 2020
Warning: Spoilers
"Bagman" has only one plotline. Money gets from A to B (to be continued).

In a Cartel warehouse over the border near Antelope Wells, two workers chop a Cadillac from Massachusetts used in a double homicide. There, the twins light the fuse.

Shortly after, Mike saves Saul from certain death with quiet sniper fire. Mike then teaches city-boy Saul how to survive in the desert.

Saul wears down and opens up too much. Now Kim is "in the game."

"Mrs. Goodman" blunders too. Lalo now has a new way to leverage Saul if needs be.

Marriage may fend off hapless clients at Mesa Verde, but not Salamancas. Aren't criminals smarter than investment bankers? Are investment bankers more moral than criminals?

Families of criminals are always in danger. Just ask Nacho.

Gordon Smith's minimalist script draws from other desert survival films. Director Vince Gilligan makes sure Saul's urine is extra yellow; spider crawls on the rock; blood on the cactus prong out of Saul's toe is red; and suburban does an extra few flips before landing on its top, a total unsalvageable wreck.

These storytellers jam. "Bagman" is a labor of pure love.
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