BWW Recap: Nacho Realizes He BETTER CALL SAUL

Last week, we were glued to our television screens as we returned to Albuquerque to witness the birth of Saul Goodman as we know him. We're learning more and more about Walter White's crafty lawyer, including how he met Tuco, and consequently, how he morphed into the ethically confused man we know and love. At the end of last week's premiere episodes, good little Jimmy followed all the rules, as any good defense attorney should. But his moral ambiguities revealed themselves just enough to confuse not only viewers, but also Jimmy himself. Sure, he's responsible for those twins getting their legs broken, but at least he took them to the ER afterwards...right? Right? He's still a good, law-abiding guy...right?

Join me here tonight as we all find out together. I'll be live recapping the show here and on Twitter @CourtHenley as it airs on the West Coast if you want to hang! (Psst...you should come.)

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10:02 : Last episode's ending lines: "I'm a lawyer, not a criminal." By the looks of this episode, Jimmy, I'm not so sure you're telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Good thing your brother's a lawyer.

Oh. Right. You haven't seen your brother in five years. Well...then...you're lucky your lawyer brother is nice!

10:05 : Have I mentioned how much I love the little cigarettes in the scales of justice opening sequence? Because I do. I love it.

10:10 : Ouch. The Kettleman's went with another lawyer. Burn.

Wait...is...is Jimmy threatening the Kettleman's? Like I said before: I'm not so sure you're on the side of the law that you think you're on, buddy.

10:14 : Ah, a good, old-fashioned internal struggle. To threaten, or not to threaten?

HA, poor Jimmy, he can't even craft a quality voice disguiser. All those paper towels wasted, and for what? Nothing.

10:22 : It's Ehrmantraut again! Let's see if he has a heart this time.

HA! He pressed the button himself! And so the friendship begins. Looks like Mike's got a soft spot for people who take things into their own hands.

10:23 : Wait, what's this? Jimmy's prediction came true - someone went after the Kettlemans? Gee. What a coincidence. Not.

This Kim lady has a head on her shoulder. She knows that he knows more than he's revealing. He knows that something happened to the Kettlemans, and he knows who did it, but he feels terrible about even possibly being connected to it all. That's why we love Jimmy (and even Saul down the line): he may make some...shall we say, decisions of questionable legality...but he does so with only the best of intentions.

10:30 : What a time for your car to break down. Run, Jimmy, RUN!

Officers, you actually are making a mistake!

Wow, Nacho, some way to pay your lawyer, getting him knocked down and handcuffed by cops. Most people just...y'know, write a check.

Do it, Nacho, it's never good when the FBI gets involved!

Wait...why am I rooting for Nacho? What's come over me?! I guess if Jimmy wants to help him, I want to help him. Interesting.

10:34 : "Did the cops beat you, cuz you're talking like a person with head trauma."

Add that one to your list of Jimmy quotes.

On another note, I'd do what he says, Jimmy. You don't want to mess with a man named Nacho.

10:40 : Wow, a lawyer's actually telling the truth, and the police don't believe him.

Holy cow, Jimmy just figured that all out just by noticing a doll. The Kettleman's kidnapped themselves! It's genius! Unless he's wrong. Let's find out!

10:45 : "And then they took off! File that under unintended consequences."

Seriously though, ratting on Nacho is a bad idea. Avoid that. Avoid that at all costs.

10:47 : Remember what I said about Ehrmantraut liking Jimmy because he took initiative? Maybe...I was wrong.

10:52 : Wait...Ehrmantraut...aligning with police...take a picture, people, this isn't going to happen again.

See? One minute in and already he's done with that charade.

He was a cop once, he doesn't feel like doing it again.

10:56 : Those darn family car figures give it away. Every. Single. Time.

Let's also just acknowledge that the music in this whole search scene is on point. Good choice, as per usual, creative team.

10:58 : So...let me get this straight: these parents just convinced their kids that hanging out in a tent in the middle of the woods singing songs for who knows how long is totally normal?

"HEEERE'S JIMMY!"

HA!! Best. Tent entrance. Ever.

11:00 : Oooh, Kettlemans, make it RAIN!

Well, that's all for tonight, folks! Tonight's lesson: be thankful that you're not the Kettleman children, stuck in a tent, cooped up with criminal parents singing childrens' songs, all while stashing millions of dollars in cash in a duffle bag.

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