What a beautiful way to convey the conflict a character is facing without needing to explicitly break it down for the audience. I always think back to that shot of Kim in the parking garage, torn between two exit signs. Each camera framing tells its own story, and again and again Better Call Saul succeeds as being a piece of art worth pausing and picking apart for its visual cues. He also finds all their money.That said, few can pull off cinematography as well on the small screen as the team behind Better Call Saul.
Jimmy returns to the Kettleman's house, sees a family camping decal on their back windshield, and looks toward the hills behind their house, believing they are somewhere in the desert.Īfter walking all afternoon and into the night, he hears the sounds of singing in the distance and realizes he's found the family, alive and well, and living in the woods. Mike believes Jimmy's story and tells him the Kettlemans are probably hiding somewhere in the neighborhood because nobody wants to leave home. When Jimmy continues saying that the Kettlemans kidnapped themselves, the police plan to take him to booking. The police and Mike try to get Jimmy to work with Nacho about the Kettleman family but Jimmy maintains his client's innocence. Jimmy pushes Mike and Mike turns him in for assault. Mike won't let Jimmy into the parking lot after his earlier shenanigans. He can't let the police continue to question Nacho because he's scared Nacho's crew will come after him. He asks Kim to talk alone and tells her that he called the Kettleman family anonymously to warn them that someone may be coming for them. He suggests the Kettlemans kidnapped themselves. Jimmy notices that the daughter's doll is missing and deduces that whoever took the girl cared enough to take her doll too. Jimmy still maintains that his client is innocent and the police ask him to advocate for his client after the Kettleman family has been found. Kim agrees that it's a good idea so they take him to the Kettleman house.Įvery room in the house was ransacked when the family was taken. The police don't want to let Nacho out of custody so he demands to see the crime scene himself. When Jimmy leaves the meeting with Nacho, Kim is waiting outside. He believes Jimmy set him up since he was the only person who knew Nacho's plans. He says he was casing their house and admits to being in the street but says the family was fine when he left.
The FBI are being called in and Jimmy advises Nacho to hand over the family in exchange for 18 years in prison.
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A neighbor saw his van parked outside the Kettleman house and wrote down his license plate number. Nacho has given the police his name as legal counsel.
Jimmy's car won't start so he finds himself in a foot race with two suspicious looking men. Someone calls back but the person hangs up without speaking to Jimmy. When Nacho doesn't answer, Jimmy keeps calling. When he leaves the crime scene, he drives to another pay phone to call Nacho and offers his services as counsel should Nacho need it. She thinks he might have something to do with the family's disappearance. The Kettleman's house is a crime scene and Kim's clients are missing. Jimmy reaches in and lets himself out of the parking lot. Mike won't let him out of the parking lot without the right amount of money or the right amount of stamps. Kim calls Jimmy asking what he meant about the Kettlemans. When the DA can't keep his clients straight, Jimmy wins his negotiations. On the third call, Craig answers and Jimmy tells him they're in danger.Īt court, Jimmy tries to negotiate for his client in the men's room. He calls the Kettlemans but gets their answering machine. Unable to sleep, Jimmy unspools an entire roll of paper towels, drives to a pay phone, and uses the tube to make a voice muffler. He tries to alert Kim that someone is onto Craig and Betsy Kettleman by telling her that someone might be after them. Jimmy digs for details but Kim won't give up the information.
He calls Kim, a former flame who also happens to be an attorney at his brother's office. After pleading and begging, Chuck agrees to handle his brother's case.Īfter the spa closes for the night, Jimmy takes another look at Nacho's number and then picks up the phone. It's been five years since the brothers have seen each other. Allegedly, he was having sex within the sight line of someone's sky light. He faces charges which could land him on the sex offender registry. He arrives at a detention center to meet with a client who turns out to be his brother Jimmy. As Better Call Saul Season 1 Episode 3 begins, we flash back to the time before Chuck was sick.