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S5E6
Wexler v. Goodman
Better Call Saul · 2020-03-23 · 52 min
FLICKFEEL
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from 14 comments
COMMUNITY
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nobody yet
YOURS
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what happens
Kim tries to pump the brakes on Jimmy's latest scheme, but it may be too late to stop Saul. Mike turns the heat up on Lalo. Nacho attempts to enlist support from above.
how it went
Left to right is this episode — its opening to its closing minutes. This is the one span the comments were always describing.
FUN
36
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
37
how much it moved you
Read from 14 comments — 5 said when.
Not enough to put a number on. The shape below is drawn from what there is, with the widest uncertainty band we use — it is the start of an answer, not one.
Not enough people said when to name this shape. The line is what the evidence draws, not a finding.
Hover the curveDrag across the curve to see what people said at any point.
- height
- how intense it got, 0–100
- gold above
- how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
- tension rail
- how much was still unresolved
- grey haze
- how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it
openingending
what people actually wrote
Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.
Reddit14 read
“I was audibly gasping throughout it”
zazzlad▲ 1,670about 50–75% inread it ↗
“Rhea's performance in that last scene will be remembered”
atomos233▲ 1,285about 90–100% inread it ↗
“Jimmy begging Kim in anticipation of her breaking up with him was heartbreaking. "Oh God!" with his head in his hands about broke me.”
my-other-favorite-ww▲ 1,268about 80–90% inread it ↗
“I couldn't laugh that whole scene, because I empathized most with Kim and was looking at it from her perspective. All I could see was someone (possibly) torching a relationship and (possibly) a career. Depressing.”
who made it
- directed
- Michael Morris
- written
- Thomas Schnauz
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
Geri Courtney-Austein as Sally
Laci Mosley as Honeydew
Lela Lee as Lillian Simmons
Jay Johnston as Don Wachtell
Nancy Jeris as Shocked Elder Player
David Gibson as Gentleman Thespian
Andre L. Burch as Concerned Patriot Player- E