‘Better Call Saul’: Did the Series Reveal Kim Wexler’s Fate?
Spoiler Alert
[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Season 6, Episode 6 of Better Call Saul, “Axe and Grind.”]
Better Call Saul may center around Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) and his criminal lawyering persona, Saul Goodman, but the show’s most absorbing question has become: What is going to happen to Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn)?
Serving as a prequel to Breaking Bad, it’s apparent from what we’ve been shown so far that Kim doesn’t seem to have a presence in Saul’s life during the events of the original series. In Better Call Saul‘s final season opener, the show focused on the raid on Saul’s home following his disappearance in Breaking Bad‘s final season timeline.
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As the house is picked through, it’s clear that all remnants or signs of Kim are nonexistent except for one small token: the elaborate tequila topper she kept a token for their relationship. When the furniture was being put onto a truck, the topper fell out of a drawer and into the gutter.
But could the ominous symbol be less alarming than previously believed? In Season 6’s sixth episode, a flashback to Kim’s childhood unveils her Nebraska roots, a detail too exact to seem coincidental as its the State Saul chose to disappear to following the events of Breaking Bad.
As the episode, “Axe and Grind,” continued, a trip to the vet’s office and peek through his black book unveils a business card for Best Quality Vacuum Repair, the number someone calls when they want to disappear. The clue doesn’t seem to be a throwaway detail, making one wonder, could Kim have been the first to “disappear” herself?
Saul was trusting in the process when he and Walt (Bryan Cranston) decided to pursue the escape option. Could that trust come from the fact that he knows it works for someone he knows, like Kim? Only time will tell for certain, but perhaps Kim’s fate doesn’t have to be as dark as it’s felt it could be at times.
Stay tuned as the show’s final season continues on AMC and AMC+ to see how it all unfolds. And until there’s an answer, let us know your thoughts on Kim Wexler’s fate in the comments, below.
Better Call Saul, Season 6, Mondays, 9/8c, AMC and AMC+
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Excellent - maybe she called the vaccuum cleaner guy - anything as long as they don't kill her.
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After this is all over, I'm driving to Omaha to buy a Cinnabon.
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Could be she gets forced into entering the Witness Protection Plan in order to protect her life from the cartel, then reconnects with Jimmy in Nebraska.
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Saul didn’t choose Nebraska, Ed the vaccuum guy did. Go back and watch the episode where meets Ed. Saul specifically asks him “What’s in Nebraska” after he sees his new fake ID. I thought that same thing too. Definitely not just a coincidence that Kim was from there. Some type of connection will be made.
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Ed gave Jesse a choice. Also there will be some retconning as the character had not been created
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Kim informed The Vacuum guy to send Saul to Nebraska. That's definitely no coincidence
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Except...he's wrong. A lot.
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I think she finds a very large sum of money that Saul has of Walters and she hits the road. Lol
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Fingers crossed for a blissful reunion with Gene!
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Kim is in jail. They ve shown her from the perspective of being behind bars numerous times from the shots of her in the Mexican restaurant. My guess is that Howard kills himself and Kim turns herself in not being able to handle the guilt
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I think you have half of it right. Murder / suicide is my projection on her fate.
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I think the bottle topper plays a part. The guy at the liquor store warned Saul that it was sharp. Maybe she gets hurtbor killed?
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Not sure but def agree the bottle topper means something. Cashier s comment has meaning
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It was already revealed that Kim was from Nebraska during her interview with S&C!! And that didn’t look like a raid on Saul’s home. It looked like movers. Whoever wrote this is terrible!!!
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It’s not a raid, and it’s definitely not Saul moving. If it was a move shit would be boxed up, and his car wouldn’t be strapped on a flatbed truck. The little black book wouldn’t be laying in plain site. When have you ever moved where the movers went though every inch of your house grabbing random things. It’s clearly him being a wanted man and his home being emptied out. He took a few suitcases when he disappeared.
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