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** Mike tells the vet guy that he’s not "breaking legs", an obvious reference to the time he'll threaten to break Saul's.
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** The kidnapping to the desert itself is obviously one to Saul's intro episode. In a bit of deconstructing, history repeating has really messed up this man's brain, and wanting to shove the trauma down is one of a few reasons [[spoiler: he goes to Walt in the first place]].
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** Saul Jimmy makes his entrance in the middle of the authorities' interrogation of his client. This is how [[Recap/BreakingBadS2E8BetterCallSaul he "rescues" Badger]] in ''Breaking Bad'' and how [[Recap/BreakingBadS4E13FaceOff he saves]] [[Recap/BreakingBadS5E11Confessions his clients]] with lawyer-client confidentiality. This time is a bit different, with him coming in to ensure that Krazy-8 actually talks and says the right things.
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** [[Recap/BreakingBadS2E8BetterCallSaul Much like in his debut episode]], Saul is convinced by a pair in the drug trade to give an associate in custody the best legal defense he can provide, making sure said associate cooperates by saying the right things to Hank and Steve. And like Walter, Lalo is surprised at hearing that the DEA have gotten involved, though takes it much better.
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** [[Recap/BreakingBadS2E8BetterCallSaul Much like in his debut episode]], Saul Jimmy is convinced by a pair in the drug trade to give an associate in custody the best legal defense he can provide, making sure said associate cooperates by saying the right things to Hank and Steve. And like Walter, Lalo is surprised at hearing that the DEA have gotten involved, though takes it much better.better.
** Like Saul in "Live Free Or Die", Jimmy tries to squirm out of Lalo's grasp, this time claiming he's too busy. Like Walt in that episode, Lalo quickly proves his lawyer is actually an ExtremeDoormat.
** Like Saul in "Live Free Or Die", Jimmy tries to squirm out of Lalo's grasp, this time claiming he's too busy. Like Walt in that episode, Lalo quickly proves his lawyer is actually an ExtremeDoormat.
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** Similar to what happens in [[Recap/BreakingBadS2E8BetterCallSaul Saul's debut episode]], Hank and Gomez are sent on a stakeout based off their latest perp's information, with [=Krazy-8=] instead of Badger. Both attempts to hurt high-profile players are hindered due to the planning of Saul and his clients' bosses, and while the DEA seemingly got what they wanted out of a successful operation, Hank senses that something's off about how it all went down.
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** Similar to what happens in [[Recap/BreakingBadS2E8BetterCallSaul Saul's debut episode]], Hank and Gomez are sent on a stakeout based off their latest perp's information, with [=Krazy-8=] instead of Badger. Both attempts to hurt high-profile players are hindered due to the planning of Saul Jimmy/Saul and his clients' bosses, and while the DEA seemingly got what they wanted out of a successful operation, Hank senses that something's off about how it all went down.
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** Saul's meeting with S&C and showing them the smear campaigns is similar to the tactics he'll pull to [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E2CaballoSinNombre help Jesse buy his aunt's house from his parents for half-price]]. Saul does all the research, immediately rejects Mesa Verde's first offer, the client wants to hear Saul out (despite their legal counsel staying firm), Saul counters with an absolutely ridiculous offer, gets laughed at, and then blackmails his way to winning. He'll certainly refine himself a bit and be more subtle, going down from "Bare genitals!" to "I thought some allowance was in order once I heard about the meth lab."
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** Saul's Jimmy's meeting with S&C and showing them the smear campaigns is similar to the tactics he'll pull to [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E2CaballoSinNombre help Jesse buy his aunt's house from his parents for half-price]]. Saul Jimmy does all the research, immediately rejects Mesa Verde's first offer, the client wants to hear Saul Jimmy out (despite their legal counsel staying firm), Saul counters with an absolutely ridiculous offer, gets laughed at, and then blackmails his way to winning. He'll certainly refine himself a bit and be more subtle, going down from "Bare genitals!" to "I thought some allowance was in order once I heard about the meth lab."
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** Chuck telling Jimmy he's not a real lawyer is a twofer, one to Walt and Saul in "Live Free Or Die" (though at least here, Jimmy can leave instead of being backed against the wall) and another to Walt and Jesse in "Down", as Jesse/Jimmy starts off angry about not getting respect, and they both shrink as they're essentially told they're nothing.
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** Jimmy trying to pressure Chuck into ruining his life is played a lot like Jesse's "just ask me for a favor!" to Walt in "Confessions". Extra bonus points for Saul in that episode watching that confrontation with a sad and slightly jealous look on his face.
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** Jimmy tells Kim that if he fucks up with Nacho, he assumes Nacho's guys will find him and turn him into a "meat piñata", like Saul thinks Walt and Jesse are actually Lalo's guys coming to kill him.
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** In an early example of how Jimmy/Saul will steal from everyone, Nacho giving "not a criminal" Jimmy his number for when he figures out he's in the game is like Saul convincing "not Vito Corleone" Walt to go into business.
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** Like Walt in "Caballo Sin Nombre", Chuck tells Jimmy (who has the same incredulous expression as Saul will with Walter) he's not the bad guy here. A minute before he acts like a dick again, the whole reason Jimmy will be late for work is because he was looking after Chuck.
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** Blaming Jimmy for the end of his marriage, and wanting him to have nobody else except Chuck, Chuck tries multiple times to get Kim to leave Jimmy, like Walter White tried to manipulate Jesse into leaving Jane and Andrea.
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** During the dinner flashback, one of the places Jimmy says he's considering finding an apartment at is the Beachcomber, where Walt temporarily stays after Skyler evicts him.
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** During the dinner flashback, one of the places Jimmy says he's considering finding an apartment at is the Beachcomber, where Walt temporarily stays after Skyler evicts him. It's also a reference to a season three deleted scene, where Saul tells Walt that he's been at those apartments himself because [[spoiler: three]] failed marriages.
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Did you see how delighted they both were to be married?
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** Jimmy's and Kim's getting married is motivated primarily by making it so that Kim can't be forced to testify against Jimmy should he end up in court for the Mesa Verde case or any of his other scams, much like how Skyler [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E11Abiquiu never actually went through with divorcing Walt]] so that she wouldn't ever be forced to testify against him. Though Kim does genuinely love Jimmy (even if not quite to the extent where she'd have married him under normal circumstances), whereas Skyler's motivation was more to save her and her children from the humiliation of having Walt's dealings come out in the open.
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** Jimmy's and Kim's getting married is motivated primarily by making it so that Kim can't be forced to testify against Jimmy should he end up in court for the Mesa Verde case or any of his other scams, much like how Skyler [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E11Abiquiu never actually went through with divorcing Walt]] so that she wouldn't ever be forced to testify against him. Though Kim does genuinely love Jimmy (even if not quite to the extent where she'd have married him under normal circumstances), Jimmy, whereas Skyler's motivation was more to save her and her children from the humiliation of having Walt's dealings come out in the open.
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* "The Guy for This":
** When meeting up with Domingo at prison, Jimmy inquires about his memorization skills before pushing his notepad in front of him, containing a script of what Lalo (and Jimmy) wants Krazy-8 to say to the DEA. This foreshadows Skyler's scriptwriting in ''Breaking Bad'', when [[Recap/BreakingBadS4E4BulletPoints she and Walt have to lie about their lives]] in front of Hank and Marie.
** Saul makes his entrance in the middle of the authorities' interrogation of his client. This is how [[Recap/BreakingBadS2E8BetterCallSaul he "rescues" Badger]] in ''Breaking Bad'' and how [[Recap/BreakingBadS4E13FaceOff he saves]] [[Recap/BreakingBadS5E11Confessions his clients]] with lawyer-client confidentiality. This time is a bit different, with him coming in to ensure that Krazy-8 actually talks and says the right things.
** As part of the contingency for getting Domingo out of jail, Saul pitches that Domingo can become a protected confidante with Hank's division. By the time of ''Breaking Bad'', Krazy-8 is specifically named by Hank as an [[Recap/BreakingBadS1E4CancerMan informant for the DEA]].
** [[Recap/BreakingBadS2E8BetterCallSaul Much like in his debut episode]], Saul is convinced by a pair in the drug trade to give an associate in custody the best legal defense he can provide, making sure said associate cooperates by saying the right things to Hank and Steve. And like Walter, Lalo is surprised at hearing that the DEA have gotten involved, though takes it much better.
* "Namaste":
** Similar to what happens in [[Recap/BreakingBadS2E8BetterCallSaul Saul's debut episode]], Hank and Gomez are sent on a stakeout based off their latest perp's information, with [=Krazy-8=] instead of Badger. Both attempts to hurt high-profile players are hindered due to the planning of Saul and his clients' bosses, and while the DEA seemingly got what they wanted out of a successful operation, Hank senses that something's off about how it all went down.
** Jimmy destroying Howard's car with bowling balls is relatively similar to the scene in [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E5Mas Más]] where Jesse destroys Walt's windshield with a large piece of cement.
* "Wexler V. Goodman":
** We see the rise of Saul's [[StylisticSuck preference]] for {{Kitschy Local Commercial}}s in this episode, showing why he began CuttingCorners on production costs unlike his previous ads as Jimmy [=McGill=].
** Saul's meeting with S&C and showing them the smear campaigns is similar to the tactics he'll pull to [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E2CaballoSinNombre help Jesse buy his aunt's house from his parents for half-price]]. Saul does all the research, immediately rejects Mesa Verde's first offer, the client wants to hear Saul out (despite their legal counsel staying firm), Saul counters with an absolutely ridiculous offer, gets laughed at, and then blackmails his way to winning. He'll certainly refine himself a bit and be more subtle, going down from "Bare genitals!" to "I thought some allowance was in order once I heard about the meth lab."
** A real subtle one. Detective Tim Roberts is seen on the phone with someone who claims that there might be an opossum or dead body underneath their house. It's similar to [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E10Fly an anecdote Jesse brought up in Fring's lab]], where his aunt kept complaining about an opossum taking residence under her house long after it was removed.
** When meeting up with Domingo at prison, Jimmy inquires about his memorization skills before pushing his notepad in front of him, containing a script of what Lalo (and Jimmy) wants Krazy-8 to say to the DEA. This foreshadows Skyler's scriptwriting in ''Breaking Bad'', when [[Recap/BreakingBadS4E4BulletPoints she and Walt have to lie about their lives]] in front of Hank and Marie.
** Saul makes his entrance in the middle of the authorities' interrogation of his client. This is how [[Recap/BreakingBadS2E8BetterCallSaul he "rescues" Badger]] in ''Breaking Bad'' and how [[Recap/BreakingBadS4E13FaceOff he saves]] [[Recap/BreakingBadS5E11Confessions his clients]] with lawyer-client confidentiality. This time is a bit different, with him coming in to ensure that Krazy-8 actually talks and says the right things.
** As part of the contingency for getting Domingo out of jail, Saul pitches that Domingo can become a protected confidante with Hank's division. By the time of ''Breaking Bad'', Krazy-8 is specifically named by Hank as an [[Recap/BreakingBadS1E4CancerMan informant for the DEA]].
** [[Recap/BreakingBadS2E8BetterCallSaul Much like in his debut episode]], Saul is convinced by a pair in the drug trade to give an associate in custody the best legal defense he can provide, making sure said associate cooperates by saying the right things to Hank and Steve. And like Walter, Lalo is surprised at hearing that the DEA have gotten involved, though takes it much better.
* "Namaste":
** Similar to what happens in [[Recap/BreakingBadS2E8BetterCallSaul Saul's debut episode]], Hank and Gomez are sent on a stakeout based off their latest perp's information, with [=Krazy-8=] instead of Badger. Both attempts to hurt high-profile players are hindered due to the planning of Saul and his clients' bosses, and while the DEA seemingly got what they wanted out of a successful operation, Hank senses that something's off about how it all went down.
** Jimmy destroying Howard's car with bowling balls is relatively similar to the scene in [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E5Mas Más]] where Jesse destroys Walt's windshield with a large piece of cement.
* "Wexler V. Goodman":
** We see the rise of Saul's [[StylisticSuck preference]] for {{Kitschy Local Commercial}}s in this episode, showing why he began CuttingCorners on production costs unlike his previous ads as Jimmy [=McGill=].
** Saul's meeting with S&C and showing them the smear campaigns is similar to the tactics he'll pull to [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E2CaballoSinNombre help Jesse buy his aunt's house from his parents for half-price]]. Saul does all the research, immediately rejects Mesa Verde's first offer, the client wants to hear Saul out (despite their legal counsel staying firm), Saul counters with an absolutely ridiculous offer, gets laughed at, and then blackmails his way to winning. He'll certainly refine himself a bit and be more subtle, going down from "Bare genitals!" to "I thought some allowance was in order once I heard about the meth lab."
** A real subtle one. Detective Tim Roberts is seen on the phone with someone who claims that there might be an opossum or dead body underneath their house. It's similar to [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E10Fly an anecdote Jesse brought up in Fring's lab]], where his aunt kept complaining about an opossum taking residence under her house long after it was removed.
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** Jimmy's and Kim's getting married is motivated primarily by making it so that Kim can't be forced to testify against Jimmy should he end up in court for the Mesa Verde case or any of his other scams, much like how Skyler [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E11Abiquiu never actually went through with divorcing Walt]] so that she wouldn't ever be forced to testify against him. Though Kim does genuinely love Jimmy (even if not quite to the extent where she'd have married him under normal circumstances), whereas Skyler's motivation was more to save her and her children from the humiliation of having Walt's dealings come out in the open.
** When Jimmy and Kim are filing the paperwork for their marriage license, the clerk asks for documentation on Jimmy's two previous dissolutions. Saul had mentioned being married three times before in ''Breaking Bad''.
** When Jimmy and Kim are filing the paperwork for their marriage license, the clerk asks for documentation on Jimmy's two previous dissolutions. Saul had mentioned being married three times before in ''Breaking Bad''.
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** The loss of Jimmy's Suzuki Esteem can be considered a counterpart to [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E6Sunset the destruction of Jesse Pinkman's RV]].
** Marco drops a stack of money while he loads one of the duffel bags full of cash. A similar act of clumsiness will cost him his life when [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E7OneMinute he drops the hollow point bullet]] that Hank uses to shoot him.
** When Jimmy lies down to die and Mike {{tough love}}s him to get up, it's filmed in the same way as their confrontation in "[[Recap/BreakingBadS3E13FullMeasure Full Measure]]".
* "Bad Choice Road":
** Mike makes sure the bodies in the desert will be taken care of and then coaches Jimmy on the story he has to give to both Lalo and Kim to throw suspicion off of himself that something went wrong during the pickup, similar to his [[Recap/BreakingBadS2E13ABQ very first appearance]] when he's brought in by Saul to clean up the scene of Jane's overdose and coach Jesse on what to tell the health officials when they show up.
** Mike confronts Gus about the gun he has to Nacho's father's head, and tells him that he doesn't think fear is an effective motivator. Gus doesn't ruminate on these words now, but in some time they'll become [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E4GreenLight his mantra in dealing with Walter White]] (at first) [[note]]Funnily enough, this makes him repeating the same words back to Mike a bit of an IronicEcho[[/note]].
** Likewise, Gus' retort about how an abused dog known for biting his owners needs force in order to be handled properly calls to mind the [[Recap/BreakingBadS4E7ProblemDog dog]] [[Recap/BreakingBadS5E12RabidDog metaphors]] that kept popping up in ''Series/BreakingBad'' proper.
** Jimmy compares Kim leaving Mesa Verde and S&C for pro bono legal work to "leaving the Yankees to play amateur ring-toss". It's an analogy similar to one [[Recap/BreakingBadS5E7SayMyName Walt uses when he compares his meth and its purity to Declan's product]], where he called it "grade school T-Ball versus the New York Yankees".
** Jimmy in big PTSD mood makes him act more like how Gene will be post-''Series/BreakingBad'', almost about to crack with Lalo before Kim saves him, far quieter than usual, and cowering like a scared animal when he accidentally breaks a cereal bowl.
** Marco drops a stack of money while he loads one of the duffel bags full of cash. A similar act of clumsiness will cost him his life when [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E7OneMinute he drops the hollow point bullet]] that Hank uses to shoot him.
** When Jimmy lies down to die and Mike {{tough love}}s him to get up, it's filmed in the same way as their confrontation in "[[Recap/BreakingBadS3E13FullMeasure Full Measure]]".
* "Bad Choice Road":
** Mike makes sure the bodies in the desert will be taken care of and then coaches Jimmy on the story he has to give to both Lalo and Kim to throw suspicion off of himself that something went wrong during the pickup, similar to his [[Recap/BreakingBadS2E13ABQ very first appearance]] when he's brought in by Saul to clean up the scene of Jane's overdose and coach Jesse on what to tell the health officials when they show up.
** Mike confronts Gus about the gun he has to Nacho's father's head, and tells him that he doesn't think fear is an effective motivator. Gus doesn't ruminate on these words now, but in some time they'll become [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E4GreenLight his mantra in dealing with Walter White]] (at first) [[note]]Funnily enough, this makes him repeating the same words back to Mike a bit of an IronicEcho[[/note]].
** Likewise, Gus' retort about how an abused dog known for biting his owners needs force in order to be handled properly calls to mind the [[Recap/BreakingBadS4E7ProblemDog dog]] [[Recap/BreakingBadS5E12RabidDog metaphors]] that kept popping up in ''Series/BreakingBad'' proper.
** Jimmy compares Kim leaving Mesa Verde and S&C for pro bono legal work to "leaving the Yankees to play amateur ring-toss". It's an analogy similar to one [[Recap/BreakingBadS5E7SayMyName Walt uses when he compares his meth and its purity to Declan's product]], where he called it "grade school T-Ball versus the New York Yankees".
** Jimmy in big PTSD mood makes him act more like how Gene will be post-''Series/BreakingBad'', almost about to crack with Lalo before Kim saves him, far quieter than usual, and cowering like a scared animal when he accidentally breaks a cereal bowl.
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** Jimmy, acting a lot like a [[Recap/BreakingBadS5E12RabidDog rabid dog himself]], screams at Chuck "for this, you destroyed our family? you happy now? For what? For nothing!" in the same way that [[Recap/BreakingBadS5E11Confessions Jesse will beat Saul Goodman]] down screaming "you had him steal it off me! And all for that asshole Mr White!".
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* "Winner":
** Werner's murder by Mike mirrors [[Recap/BreakingBadS5E7SayMyName Mike's own murder by Walt]] years later. Both men are shot by a regretful coworker, both accept their fate and choose to spend their final moments quietly looking at nature.
** Mike cautions Gus that if he eliminates Werner and his crew, he will have spent ten months and millions of dollars on a giant "hole in the ground" -- the exact words Walt uses when [[Recap/BreakingBadS4E1BoxCutter trying to convince Gus to spare his life]] after Gale's murder.
** Gale is eager to start a "rudimentary cook" only to be told "not until it's finished" by Gus due to the latter's perfectionism regarding the product. By the time [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E6Sunset the lab is ready]], Gale will [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E8ISeeYou barely get to work in it at all]] before [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E13FullMeasure he's killed off for real]].
** Like in ''Breaking Bad'', the fourth season ends with the main character shocking their significant other by revealing who they truly are. Kim's shock at realizing Jimmy was bullshitting through the whole reinstatement process is akin to Skyler's shock when [[Recap/BreakingBadS4E13FaceOff Walt says "I won" after killing Gus]].
** Werner's murder by Mike mirrors [[Recap/BreakingBadS5E7SayMyName Mike's own murder by Walt]] years later. Both men are shot by a regretful coworker, both accept their fate and choose to spend their final moments quietly looking at nature.
** Mike cautions Gus that if he eliminates Werner and his crew, he will have spent ten months and millions of dollars on a giant "hole in the ground" -- the exact words Walt uses when [[Recap/BreakingBadS4E1BoxCutter trying to convince Gus to spare his life]] after Gale's murder.
** Gale is eager to start a "rudimentary cook" only to be told "not until it's finished" by Gus due to the latter's perfectionism regarding the product. By the time [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E6Sunset the lab is ready]], Gale will [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E8ISeeYou barely get to work in it at all]] before [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E13FullMeasure he's killed off for real]].
** Like in ''Breaking Bad'', the fourth season ends with the main character shocking their significant other by revealing who they truly are. Kim's shock at realizing Jimmy was bullshitting through the whole reinstatement process is akin to Skyler's shock when [[Recap/BreakingBadS4E13FaceOff Walt says "I won" after killing Gus]].
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* "Something Beautiful":
** Mr. Neff orders pizza with dipping sticks while crashing in his office, harkening to a particularly [[MemeticMutation memetic moment]] from ''Series/BreakingBad''. He even specifies that he [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E2CaballoSinNombre wants the pizza cut into slices!]]
** Gale Boetticher makes an appearance when Gus visits his college chemistry lab to look at some methamphetamine samples.
** Ira, the owner of [[Recap/BreakingBadS5E3HazardPay Vamonos Pest]] who moonlights as a "second-story man," returns after we last saw him in the first half of Breaking Bad's fifth season.
* "Talk":
** Anita is wearing a Cradock Marine Bank badge, a branch of which is later used by Dan Wachsberger to deposit hazard pay for the families of Mike's nine guys and Kaylee.
* "Quite A Ride":
** Gus speaks German in this episode, which helps put the German architect greatly at ease, recalls his implied close association with [[Recap/BreakingBadS5E2Madrigal Peter Schuler]].
** "It's the best money can buy." echoes what Saul will say to Badger during his first scene in Breaking Bad.
** The way Werner Ziegler speaks in German while having a hood over his head and then is told "Speak English" by Mike is similar to how Jimmy speaks Spanish to his captors, Walt and Jesse, who are wearing ski masks, and Jesse tells him to "Speak English."
* "Pinata":
** Jimmy takes a VHS of his "nest egg" commercial from a shoebox and watches it with a sad expression, like [[Recap/BetterCallSaulS1E1Uno he later does]] his "Better Call Saul" commercials while tearing up. Also, it's the same shoebox, which was also shown in a FlashForward in the [[Recap/BetterCallSaulS4E5QuiteARide previous episode]].
** Kim's justification for taking on pro-bono defender cases by saying "I like it, I'm good at it" is reminiscent of [[Recap/BreakingBadS5E16Felina Walt's final admission to Skyler]] of why he built his meth empire.
** Werner insists that his hotheaded, unprofessional younger assistant Kai is a "good boy" and will do the work when it counts, which is reminiscent of Walter White's insistence on retaining Jesse as his assistant in ''Series/BreakingBad'' despite [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E11Abiquiu the objections of both]] [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E12HalfMeasures Mike and Gus]].
** Mike advises Gus to make the security cameras subtle enough to let the workers know they're being watched without rubbing it in their face, [[Recap/BreakingBadS4E3OpenHouse a gesture of kindness he won't give Walt]].
* "Something Stupid":
** Jimmy uses his "Saul Goodman" alias again, this time for whenever he's selling burner phones. The montage shows his new canary-yellow-and-red business cards with the slogan, "Need to Call? Buy from Saul!".
** During his therapy, Hector communicates by tapping his finger in the same way he would later go on to tap his bell in ''Breaking Bad''.
** The way Hector knocks over the cup of water is reminiscent of how he knocked over the burrito plate containing the ricin that Walt planted.
** The effect of Hector's insatiable appetite for women as reflected by the fake story Walt and Jesse about how he had been watching a telenovela with voluptuous women when they switched the channel. They had done with to account for why Hector is suddenly so upset overhearing Jesse and Walt planning to escape the compound.
** While convincing Huell that he most likely won't serve the full two-and-a-half years for his assault on the cop, Huell responds "[[Recap/BreakingBadS5E7SayMyName You're goddamn right]]," and then clarifying he intends to skip bail and become a fugitive.
** Mr. Neff orders pizza with dipping sticks while crashing in his office, harkening to a particularly [[MemeticMutation memetic moment]] from ''Series/BreakingBad''. He even specifies that he [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E2CaballoSinNombre wants the pizza cut into slices!]]
** Gale Boetticher makes an appearance when Gus visits his college chemistry lab to look at some methamphetamine samples.
** Ira, the owner of [[Recap/BreakingBadS5E3HazardPay Vamonos Pest]] who moonlights as a "second-story man," returns after we last saw him in the first half of Breaking Bad's fifth season.
* "Talk":
** Anita is wearing a Cradock Marine Bank badge, a branch of which is later used by Dan Wachsberger to deposit hazard pay for the families of Mike's nine guys and Kaylee.
* "Quite A Ride":
** Gus speaks German in this episode, which helps put the German architect greatly at ease, recalls his implied close association with [[Recap/BreakingBadS5E2Madrigal Peter Schuler]].
** "It's the best money can buy." echoes what Saul will say to Badger during his first scene in Breaking Bad.
** The way Werner Ziegler speaks in German while having a hood over his head and then is told "Speak English" by Mike is similar to how Jimmy speaks Spanish to his captors, Walt and Jesse, who are wearing ski masks, and Jesse tells him to "Speak English."
* "Pinata":
** Jimmy takes a VHS of his "nest egg" commercial from a shoebox and watches it with a sad expression, like [[Recap/BetterCallSaulS1E1Uno he later does]] his "Better Call Saul" commercials while tearing up. Also, it's the same shoebox, which was also shown in a FlashForward in the [[Recap/BetterCallSaulS4E5QuiteARide previous episode]].
** Kim's justification for taking on pro-bono defender cases by saying "I like it, I'm good at it" is reminiscent of [[Recap/BreakingBadS5E16Felina Walt's final admission to Skyler]] of why he built his meth empire.
** Werner insists that his hotheaded, unprofessional younger assistant Kai is a "good boy" and will do the work when it counts, which is reminiscent of Walter White's insistence on retaining Jesse as his assistant in ''Series/BreakingBad'' despite [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E11Abiquiu the objections of both]] [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E12HalfMeasures Mike and Gus]].
** Mike advises Gus to make the security cameras subtle enough to let the workers know they're being watched without rubbing it in their face, [[Recap/BreakingBadS4E3OpenHouse a gesture of kindness he won't give Walt]].
* "Something Stupid":
** Jimmy uses his "Saul Goodman" alias again, this time for whenever he's selling burner phones. The montage shows his new canary-yellow-and-red business cards with the slogan, "Need to Call? Buy from Saul!".
** During his therapy, Hector communicates by tapping his finger in the same way he would later go on to tap his bell in ''Breaking Bad''.
** The way Hector knocks over the cup of water is reminiscent of how he knocked over the burrito plate containing the ricin that Walt planted.
** The effect of Hector's insatiable appetite for women as reflected by the fake story Walt and Jesse about how he had been watching a telenovela with voluptuous women when they switched the channel. They had done with to account for why Hector is suddenly so upset overhearing Jesse and Walt planning to escape the compound.
** While convincing Huell that he most likely won't serve the full two-and-a-half years for his assault on the cop, Huell responds "[[Recap/BreakingBadS5E7SayMyName You're goddamn right]]," and then clarifying he intends to skip bail and become a fugitive.
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as that turned out to be very much not the case
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** In "Better Call Saul" ([[Recap/BreakingBadS2E8BetterCallSaul the Breaking Bad episode]]), while Saul is freaking out during Walt and Jesse's plan to scare him into representing Badger (without getting him to reveal anything about Heisenberg or their operation), he says "No, it wasn't me! It was Ignacio! He's the one!" As we learn in "Pimento", that is Nacho's real name (in Spanish, "Nacho" is a common diminutive for "Ignacio"). It compliments subtext created by "Mijo" and "Hero" that implies how Jimmy wasn't just afraid for his life, but also the idea that Tuco's organization had decided to kill him thanks to an incident involving Nacho.
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** In "Better Call Saul" ([[Recap/BreakingBadS2E8BetterCallSaul the Breaking Bad episode]]), while Saul is freaking out during Walt and Jesse's plan to scare him into representing Badger (without getting him to reveal anything about Heisenberg or their operation), he says "No, it wasn't me! It was Ignacio! He's the one!" As we learn in "Pimento", that is Nacho's real name (in Spanish, "Nacho" is a common diminutive for "Ignacio"). It compliments subtext created by "Mijo" and "Hero" that implies how Jimmy wasn't just afraid for his life, but also the idea that Tuco's organization had decided to kill him thanks to an incident involving Nacho.
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* "Wiedersehen":
** Lalo compliments Gus on his food chain's chicken in a very similar way to how Eladio did when Gus first met him. Given Lalo is well aware of Max's murder by his uncle's hands in said meeting and his playfully threatening demeanor to Gus in their scenes together, this could be intentional.
** Lalo gifts Hector the bell in order to communicate to the outside world, which also will eventually end up being the final tool in Hector's revenge against Gus many years later.
** Lalo compliments Gus on his food chain's chicken in a very similar way to how Eladio did when Gus first met him. Given Lalo is well aware of Max's murder by his uncle's hands in said meeting and his playfully threatening demeanor to Gus in their scenes together, this could be intentional.
** Lalo gifts Hector the bell in order to communicate to the outside world, which also will eventually end up being the final tool in Hector's revenge against Gus many years later.
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** Having toppled the chair he is tied to, Jimmy comes face to face with Howard's dead body, similar to how Gus was forced by Hector and Don Eladio to look at Max's dead body.
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* "Fun and Games":
** Saul while on the phone gets the case of another public masturbator. In Breaking Bad he initially thinks that Badger was arrested on a public masturbation charge.
** Saul while on the phone gets the case of another public masturbator. In Breaking Bad he initially thinks that Badger was arrested on a public masturbation charge.
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** The way Jimmy starts behaving after hearing how Howard blames himself for Chuck's suicide, whistling and acting as if nothing happened, mirrors [[Recap/BreakingBadS5E6Buyout Walt's behavior after the death of Drew Sharp]], where he continued working while whistling to himself despite claiming to be torn up about it.
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** The way Jimmy starts behaving after hearing how Howard blames himself for Chuck's suicide, whistling and acting as if nothing happened, mirrors [[Recap/BreakingBadS5E6Buyout Walt's behavior after the death of Drew Sharp]], where he continued working while whistling to himself despite claiming to be torn up about it. Of course Jimmy is actually suffering while refusing help, so he gets to be a parallel to Jesse pretending he was fine after shooting Gale too.
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*** Jimmy also pleads to Lalo that whatever Nacho did, he had nothing to do with it, similar to what he said to Walt and Jesse.
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* "Point and Shoot":
** Jimmy is told by Mike that Lalo is dead but Jimmy was told this by Mike before and he never sees Lalo's body leaving him paranoid that Lalo is still out there explaining why when Jesse and Walt kidnap him his first thought is that Lalo hired them.
** Jimmy is told by Mike that Lalo is dead but Jimmy was told this by Mike before and he never sees Lalo's body leaving him paranoid that Lalo is still out there explaining why when Jesse and Walt kidnap him his first thought is that Lalo hired them.
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* We learn in "Five-O" about the "dramatic circumstances" that led to Mike quitting the Philadelphia police, which Hank brings up during the DEA's interrogation of him. Specifically, he killed the sergeant and partner of his son in revenge for them killing Matty, then fled the scene and quit shortly after it all happened.
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* We learn in "Five-O" about the "dramatic circumstances" that led to Mike quitting the Philadelphia police, which Hank brings up during the DEA's interrogation of him. Specifically, he killed the quit after a breakdown when his son was killed, and he later took revenge on his son's sergeant and partner of his son in revenge for them killing Matty, partner, then fled the scene and quit shortly after it all happened.happened. Despite being unable to prove it, the Philadelphia PD knows Mike was responsible.
