Better Call Saul’sseason four opener comes with a palpable sense of dread.
As always, the show opens in monochrome, and in Omaha.
Jimmy has collapsed after his impromptu backslide into Goodmanhood (“Say nothing!
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Get a lawyer!”
The driver stares into the rearview, looking at Jimmy with… fatigue?
So that’s terrifying!
But that’s all for Omaha.
The title credits roll, and then we’re back in Albuquerque in the mid-aughts.
“Something must have happened,” says Jimmy.
“Something made him relapse.”
Of course, we know what that “something” is.
Jimmy, stone-faced, puts down the handset and walks away before he’s even halfway through.
Meanwhile, Jimmy isn’t the only one experiencing an upheaval.
Instead, he chucks them afterward to the great interest of Victor, who’s watching from a distance.
And finally, we’re back to the McGill plotline, and Chuck’s funeral.
An endless succession of Chuck’s colleagues offer condolences to Jimmy, who responds with emotionless thank-yous.
And in the final moments of this episode, he’s cold as ice.
It happens after the funeral, when Howard tells the truth that’s been eating him alive.
But Jimmy’s expression doesn’t change.
“Well Howard,” he says, “I guess that’s your cross to bear.”
