All I keep thinking is, despite whatever’s happened since, Mike must’ve made an impressive cop once upon a time. He checks everything carefully, rubbing the door frame, the knob, checking for any sign of people entering his home. Her loyalty brings her nothing in the end, sadly.Īt his place, Mike reveals the trick to his mat – underneath is a sheet of paper, helping him figure out there’s been people at the door. Perhaps says something about the way she is with Jimmy, as well. He gives her a good pitch about the life of a lawyer, and offers her a position at his firm including helping to pay off her student debt, et cetera, all the bells, the whistles, too. She acts grateful to HHM, but you know there are some bad feelings on that part. He ends up inviting her out for lunch, which might possibly lead to something better career wise for Kim. “ You went down swinging and I admire that,” says Schweikart. He takes it upon himself to talk with Kim. At the defense table is Rick Schweikart (Dennis Boutsikaris). Kim’s in court doing her thing over the Sand Piper case. Afterwards, he literally lays a welcome mat on his front porch. “ Respectfully I‘ m gonna have to say no,” advises Mike.
He’s greeted at home by an associate of Hector Salamanca (Mark Margolis) named Arturo (Vincent Fuentes) who requires an answer re: the deal from last episode. Then there’s Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks). Either way, they meet with Kevin Wachtell (Rex Linn) and Paige (Cara Pifko) on the new business.
Howard upsets me he’s like a robot, a soulless man who puts on a mask. She is trying to get a read of Howard now that she’s no longer banished to the boardrooms of nowhere sorting files. Not his life, not even fitting the coffee mug Kim gave him into the cupholder of his car. Nothing is going too smooth for Jimmy right now. Even though he screws up, even though he can’t keep from being criminal, he is charming. On her answering machine, she gets a message from Jimmy singing the titular song “Bali Ha’i” by South Pacific.
Her whole life has been thrown for a whirlwind since Jimmy’s commercial fiasco. Meanwhile, Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) is just as interesting a character. Almost heavy handed, yet love this opening sequence. Back there, Jimmy can lay his head down and actually get some sleep.
He heads over to the old spa, to the shifty backroom where he practiced law before Clifford Main (Ed Begley Jr) scooped him up, before Howard Hamlin (Patrick Fabian) got right in the picture. He spends a bunch of the night throwing little decorative wicker balls around, in different ways, different made-up games. Things aren’t looking so glamorous here for ole James McGill. Unable to sleep, Jimmy flicks through the channels from infomercials to C-Span to a Sand Piper commercial like the original one before he got his hands on it. We start out with an image similar to where we saw Chuck in the last episode with his former wife. With the previous episode giving us more insight into the troubled relationship between the Brothers McGill – Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) and Chuck (Michael McKean) – this week’s “Bali Ha’i” promises even more developments. * For a review of the next episode, “Inflatable” – click here * For a review of the previous episode, “Rebecca” – click here