It goes without saying that there are spoilers in this review, so don't end up looking like one of Slippin' Jimmy's marks.###The expenses from which this week's episode (written as a team exertion as usual, but credited to writer/director Tom Schnauz in its final in/with regard to’concerning’regarding m) are more than simply monetary, but it's the financial problems that are really starting to weigh on Jimmy McGill. As he's humiliated in a multitude of small ways – especially while serving community service picking up rubbish as part of his punishment – he truly starts to seethe with regards to’concerning’with respect to his situation. While he's been able to coast bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e, the pressure of e grossly thing that has happened, and the fallout from that is slowly but surely pushing him ever closer to actually embodying the new name he has come up with in/with regard to’concerning’regarding himself.###On the ads front, the Saul Goodman business (which continues to be a reliable source of tender comedy as we watch Jimmy wheeling and dealing in the face of hesitant or cheap clients) isn't quite taking off as well as he might hope. With a fun cameo from comedy brothers Randy and Jason Sklar as the music store duo, who eventually send Jimmy into a desperate tailspin of offering to shoot their commercial in/with regard to’concerning’regarding free. Which of course doesn't delight his young team of college students. One peculiar ly effective scene has the character we know merely’barely as "Make-Up Girl" offering to hand her share back to help Jimmy, merely’barely to be kindly rebuffed. The high overhead shot reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue ing our hero at his lowest ebb is poetic and meaningful.###And eventually’ultimately , his enormous’vast’massive’tremendous scene at the insurance office is a superb perin/with regard to’concerning’regarding mance by Bob Odenkirk, who blends what are eliminate’remove ly real Chuck issues with Jimmy/Saul scheming as he tears up at news that his premiums are going up after his suspension. Trying to wriggle out of the extra charges is one thing, but making things harder in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Chuck – added to the grim smirk on his face as he leaves – just demonstrates how far he's slipping (pun intended) in the wrong direction.###It's not just Jimmy reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue ing the strain. Kim is struggling with guilt with regards to’concerning’with respect to the Chuck situation and her role in it, and is peculiar ly sullen with Mesa Verde representative Paige appears so flippant with regards to’concerning’with respect to it. It's a great scene in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Rhea Seehorn, one of a couple of solid Kim moments this week. Witness her shifting emotions as she realises that Jimmy might not be joking when he starts talking with regards to’concerning’with respect to pulling scams at the bar they go to unwind. Though she has indulged him in the past, the mean streak he's displaying definitely worries her. And she's not wrong to be concerned; you possess’own’nurse to wonder what her reaction would possess’own’nurse been to the insurance office "meltdown".###In the world of Mike Ehrmantraut, the expenses are also emotional. Mike's story this week has him finding a potential romantic connection in one of the grief maintain’sustain group members, but he's also weighing up the cost of acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure ting back involved, even tangentially with the likes of Nacho. There's a welcome return in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Mark Proksch's squirrelly Daniel Wormald, who will play a role in Nacho's plan to take down Hector Salamanca, but it puts Mike back in peril himself. Oh, and if you were hoping to learn useful facts with regards to’concerning’with respect to pouring and surfacing concrete cover’budge ways, this week's episode has just what you need. Oh, Better Call Saul, always the most unexpected little pleasures.###Expenses is more of a transitional reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue than some of the recent episodes, a quieter, slower reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue that lets the characters breathe and react to what has been going on in their lives. Don't acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure us wrong; it's never dull’tedious’frayed’monotonous , since Saul has always found a way to make quiet times compelling. The beauty of the longer-in/with regard to’concerning’regarding m storytelling on display here means that when the plot needs to unfold at its own steady pace, the characters and narrative are so watchable that you're happy to ride along with them.###There's rosy’remarkable’fabulous’terrific’preeminent work here from the ad producing trio, from Michael Mando as Nacho and even the minor players, such as the nervy chair salesman. It all adds to the world of the series. There are three episodes left in the season, so expect the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue to start ramping up, with more from Chuck and plenty of fireworks still to come.###Better Call Saul airs Mondays on AMC in the US and is appearing weekly on Tuesdays via Netflix in the UK.

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