Jimmy is ALREADY Saul.
He's literally been a hustler and a con-man his ENTIRE LIFE. He even used to go by the name Saul back in his younger days.
So can we please, please, please stop with the "Jimmy becoming Saul"-obsession that this subreddit has?
The entire bloody premise of the show is that Jimmy is struggling between his desire to be Saul on one hand, and his desire to make Kim and Chuck proud on the other which is what has kept him on the straight path.
The show isn't about Jimmy becoming Saul, the show is about Saul becoming Jimmy.
Let me explain. Think of Jimmy like having two personalities: Saul and Jimmy. All his life, the dominant personality was Saul. He was in charge.
But then Chuck bailed out him out prison and forced him to change, and he met Kim and fell in love. Slowly, gradually, the Jimmy-personality started to take over, and Saul went away.
But now, with everything Jimmy has been through with Chuck, that has made it so that Saul has resurfaced ... except this time, he's got a lawyer degree.
Chuck said it himself in Season 1:
People don't change. You're slipping Jimmy.
Better Call Saul is about Saul trying (and ultimately failing) to become Jimmy. Not the other way around.
Submitted February 19, 2020 at 06:36PM by messimania_ https://ift.tt/32cAptf
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