"I was calling you tonight with quality, PC conversation."
This is a clever, clever episode- and bloody brilliant. Most of it is ten dimensional chess between a clever but seat-of-the-pants Jimmy (still not used to calling him that), a very scary Nacho, and the hopeless Kettlemans. It's spellbinding to watch, and you have to pay attention.
Yet there's a lot of character stuff, too. We delve deeper into Jimmy's casual relationship with Kim, a lawyer somewhat more successful than he is. We get a fascinating early scene, a flashback, where a suitably lawyerly Chuck is poised to save a jailed and desperate Jimmy from ruination.
Incidentally, being called either James or Charles is unremarkable. But brothers having those names? Jacobites!!!
Finally, we have Mike. After a rather amusing scene with the long-running parking gag- Jonathan Banks gets to display his rather excellent comedic facial acting- Jimmy is surprised by his wisom, integrity, and history as a cop, which of course we know of, courtesy of Breaking Bad. It's fascinating to see Jimmy radically reassess this man whom he has so far just seen as a jobsworth. And it's a comment from Mike that ultimately saves Jimmy. And dooms the Kettlemans.
This series is getting very good, very fast. I'm loving it.
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