Jimmy gets out of bed and shambles in blue boxers down the hall.
He sits in front of the big boxy television, wearing its luminous glow as a comfort blanket.
He scrolls through channels, past late-night commercials (Ch-ch-ch-Chia!)
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and American flags waving goodnight as channels sign off.
White text plastered onto an amorphous, bruise-colored background, a monotone voice droning monotonous words.
Anyone whos ever had the artistry and passion expunged from their work can relate to Jimmy.
sap the life out of it.
Hes putting the aw in lawyer right now.
The spiky orbs look like Enso versions of Jesus thorny crown, bouncing down the stairs.
Its all corporate artifice pre-arranged and curated to be seen but not used.
Sinking into the folding bed, a look of calm finally washes over him.
Jimmy has always been Saul the same way Mogwai are always gremlins just waiting to eat after midnight.
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Mikes wake-up call is less romantic: He gets a visit from one of Hectors men.
He respectfully declines Hectors offer to take the gun charge and get Tuco out of jail.
Mike buys carbon copy paper and a welcome mat.
You dont like your job?
she says, acerbically.
Boo hoo, poor baby.
Jimmy asks for coffee.
She tells him he can afford his own.
He tells her the faster he gets coffee, the faster he leaves.
She gets him coffee.
Kims situation at HHM isnt much better, and she doesnt even have a Worlds 2nd Best Lawyer thermos.
Howard, like Jimmys house, is all artifice, precise and calculated.
The same thing happened to him years ago, what he calls his trial by fire.
He wants her to leave HHM and join his firm.
Hell pay off her student debt (DO IT, KIM!)
and treat her better than HHM has in her decade of service.
(Like Jimmy, she started in the mail room where she dwelled for six years.)
Its so Cheever, this malaise-mottled world in which Jimmy and Kim live.
This season, shes become the other face of the coin Jimmy used to hustle a guy in Marco.
Ive got a live one on the hook, she tells Jimmy over the phone.
Gun in hand, Mike opens the door, enters the house.
He stalks from room to darkened room, the Steadicam following him like karma.
A quiet, two-minute bravado scene, Mike prowling, gun metal gleaming, Mikes eyes steady.
He figures out where the hitmen are, uses the remote to turn on the TV.
We were supposed to scare you, one of them says through bloodied teeth.
Try harder next time, Mike barks, throwing them out of his house.
He tears off a few paper towels and puts his trembling, blood-stained hands under the faucet.
Dont just get it clean get it OxiClean!
They raise their fingers, aim them at the little girl.
Mike has to make the deal with Hector.
Nachos problem is coming back.
So he takes a screwdriver to it, breaking the cupholder.
Itll never stop me again.
