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Originally Posted by DownInFlames
I'm glad she made the right decision. Her life in Florida is a lot like Gene's. If he had been able to do as Kim he wouldn't be in the situation he found himself in at the end of this episode. His was a boring life too, and he could have kept it up indefinitely if he didn't take a step back into Saul's mindset.
Kim won't be happy but she's not on a dark road anymore. It's the best life she can ask for.
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Her road is a different kind of dark. As I said, I interpret it such that she's punishing herself with that mundane life in Florida; her self-loathing has led her to live in a purgatory of her own making. A strong, smart, independent woman has reduced herself to a vapid dolt, because she hates herself. She got away with ruining the name of a good man who was once a mentor and could have been a good friend. He was murdered by a psychopath because of her stupid hijinks with Jimmy, and her guilt for that has ground her down into this ghost of a person, a shell of what she was, just floating through the rest of her life. She doesn't want to get away with it: the guilt is ruining her. She had to confess because the resentment at herself was going to kill her. She wants to be punished.
'Gene' on the other hand desperately doesn't want to be punished, and the persona is just Jimmy/Saul's last ditch effort to stay out jail. He doesn't feel remorse, he isn't sorry for anything that has happened: he wishes he had the chance to do it over again and actually get away with it. He wishes he could relive those times. He wishes he could
be Saul Goodman. He hates that he can't be Saul Goodman anymore. This cockamamie scheme with Jeff is something he concocted because it's a pathetic last opportunity to dip his toes back in The Game. He can't help himself.
Kim hates herself for what she and Jimmy did; Jimmy hates himself for not getting away with what he did as 'Saul'.