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I thought last night was much better than Nippy. The storytelling and symbolism last night was immense. It also showed that we had to have the developments in Nippy to get to last night.

I thought that the end of Nippy that Gene putting back the shirt and tie meant that he was not going to go all the way back to Saul. However, the call with Francesca and subsequent unknown call to try and reach Kim seemed to have turned him. Him losing any sort of moral center by going after the cancer guy at the end was an amazing parallel to how he got involved with Walt and Jesse. I thought the back and forth cuts were amazing between hose two sequences.

Additionally, the scene with Mike was great. That gave us even more insight into the BB story. It is a reminder that at the time, Walt was still pretty small time and that it may have really been Saul that helped him become the monster of later seasons.

I also saw on Reddit that the day of the phone call was Jimmy's 50th birthday. Guess who broke bad on their 50th birthday? Walter White.

Next weeks episode is titled 'Waterworks' and we just saw Gene try to reach Kim at a sprinkler business. Coincidence? Fakeout by the creative team?

So much of BCS has been thrilling television that has you at the edge of your seat. Last night wasn't the strongest for that during the episode (though better than the Nippy con for sure) but after it was over, I actually felt my anxiousness go up. I was sitting there just wondering what the f$%& is going to happen in the next 2 episodes. Will he have some great redemption and find happiness with Kim? Or has this been a case study on how he really can't change. I have to wonder if Chuck gave us the ending back in season 3: "He'll never change! Ever since he was 9, always the same! Couldn't keep his hands out of the cash drawer! But not our Jimmy! Couldn't be precious Jimmy! Stealing them blind! And he gets to be a lawyer!? What a sick joke! I should've stopped him when I had the chance! And you – you have to stop him!"