Better Call Saulcreator: 'This is the worst thing I've ever seen Jimmy do'

Before long, Irenes mall-walking friends had completely frozen her out.

Transitioning from blackened to blacking out, Kim suffered quite a scare at the end of the episode.

But those long hours and too-short naps finally caught up to her.

How exactly did we get here?

And where are we going?

Instead of AAA, lets dialBetter Call Saulco-creator Peter Gould for immediate assistance.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: That car crash was rather disturbing.

In a lot of ways, sleep-deprived driving is as bad as drunk driving.

Little PSA for you there.

And she has been burning the candle at both ends.

Kim has always been a hard worker, and thats something I admire about her.

She has hustle, she has focus, and she cares deeply about getting her work done right.

That seemed to me to be a precursor to this.

Then the machine came and raced him, and he beat the machine, but then he died.

Kim has a little touch of John Henry there.

She gets out of the car, but she appears to have hurt her arm pretty badly.

We really have a go at play fair with the audience.

The question in my mind is: How badly is Kim hurt?

And also what does this mean?

What caused the car accident?

And what is she going to take out of all of this?

How is Jimmy going to feel after that last interaction with her?

This is a very consequential moment for us.

Kim is often surprising.

We need to talk about Jimmys ill deeds in this episode.

Its really, in a way, as bad as anything Saul Goodman does.

You cant look at her without feeling [laughs] that Jimmys really doing somethingawful.

And youre absolutely right: Hes violating his own morality.

Hes wonderful with these older folks.

And now hes using that ability against an innocent woman, and it is terrible to behold.

Elderly bingo was ruined, Peter!

If we lose elderly bingo, weve lost everything.

[Laughs] I agree.

But now hes turned all those good intentions into something really sour and dark.

That whole sequence where hes turning those folks against Mrs. Landry its a special favorite of mine.

Weve done a lot of montages to this point, and thats one thats unique to me.

When will Mike decide that hes in this for real?

This is a one-time deal.

He has a lot of complicated feelings about what hes doing.

He wants to ensure that he has some legacy to leave behind.

And, of course, thats a continuing preoccupation of his inBreaking Badas well.

Because things are really deteriorating with Hector at this point.It could absolutely have something to do with Hector.

And of course we know fromBreaking Bad, Mike is incredibly useful to Gus.

And as weve seen with Hector, Gus has a lot of problems to solve.

Hes got a long way to go before he can free himself from the cartel and get his revenge.

I know that most folks in the audience hate Chuck.

That has been made clear to me.

I dont feel that way.

And at this point in the season, Im really hoping that he can keep up his progress.

Imagine me as your enemy.

Is Chuck now fighting on too many fronts?Chuck is a brilliant guy.

I would never want to underestimate Charles McGill.

He obviously is feeling much better.

And it seems to me hes feeling stronger for it.

You saw in episode 8, [when he said,] I want to go back into court.

I havent argued a case in years.

And now Howard is suggesting that maybe he should throw in the towel.Hes not going to do that.

And also, as he says to Howard, he coached Howard for the bar exam.

Hes not going to take any guff from this guy.

The question is: Is Howard really ready for a knock-down, drag-out conflict with Chuck?

He sure has never been where he is up to now.

The topper to that heartbreaker is watching Nacho putting the glass in the sink, by the way.

Is this the beginning of the final hardening-over of Nacho?

Hes giving up his relationship with his father in a last-ditch effort to save his fathers life.

What is his father going to do with that?

Its very hard for Nacho to know.

His ties to his father are never going to be the same.

Nacho is not going to allow Hector to do anything bad to his father.

The question is: How far is Nacho willing to go to save his fathers life?

None of this seems to bode well for Nacho.Its something that will become clearer in episode 10.

Is Nacho deterred by what his father said?

Is that going to push him further into criminality?

Things are not looking good for Nacho Varga, absolutely.