'Better Call Saul' Season 5 Episode 3 Preview: Jimmy lands up in unfamiliar territory, Mike spirals further
To fans delight, AMC's 'Better Call Saul' decided to premiere back-to-back episodes for its fifth season. The wait for the third episode has been particularly excruciating, especially with the added anticipation of episodic promos teasing what is next to come in the upcoming episode entitled 'The Guy for This'.
In the official promo teaser of the episode, we see Jimmy McGill, now Saul Goodman, take a ride, but the destination isn't something he is familiar with. His business booms but also forces him to head into territories beyond his own — teasing a shocking, but not surprising shift in his plans of pursuing the criminal class.
What's worrying is that Jimmy, venturing off as Saul, seems to have bitten on more than he can chew and that can never be nice. Especially since Jimmy was approached by Nacho at the end of Episode 2. So he is most likely trying to use his legal expertise to help the Krazy 8 and that calls for involvement with all the wrong kinds of people.
The teaser also sees Kim Wexler trying to prove a point by taking on a legal problem and trying to solve it without Jimmy's help since she practically asked him to back off from her cases in the previous episode. But more than proving a point to the rest of the world, the struggle Kim faces is with proving it to herself that she is competent for the job she has taken up. Something that mirrors Nacho's struggle in trying to convince Gus Fring that he is the right man for the job or we all saw what Gus can do to his father.
Gus' ever twisting pressure on Lalo hints suspicions over Lalo's knowledge of what Gus really wants. Once Lalo is out of the way, Gus can focus on consolidating his empire and right now knowing Nacho tried to kill Hector, he also suspects Nacho as an inside man. All of this knowing how ruthless and barbaric Gus Fring can be only makes us worry more about whatever is to come Nacho's way.
The other big attraction of the teaser being Mike practically spiraling in the aftermath of being forced to kill Werner — a man he considered his friend. From lashing out at his granddaughter to showing signs that he might end up doing something really violent, this episode ups the stakes for each character involved.