his final flashback is the key

Spoilers for ‘Better Call Saul’ below

After six seasons of Bob Odenkirk’s Jimmy, Saul Goodman’s colorful suits and the sweet smell of Gene Takovic’s Cinnabon buns, Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould have made their last call to ‘Better Call Saul’. With the couple closing the door on the Gilliverse (for now), ‘Saul Gone’, broadcast on August 15 in the USA, had the task of rounding out a story that ‘Breaking Bad’ first began in 2008.

Like many recent series, ‘Better Call Saul’ has become a treasure trove of easter eggs, but as it jumped between the black-and-white timeline of 2010’s Cinnabon Gene and 2004’s Saul Goodman, the writers we were given a selection and mix of flashbacks. While some were hilarious, the ‘Better Call Saul’ ending had a heartbreaking easter egg that you may have missed.

Away from Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) and Jimmy’s endgame, one of the big talking points of season 6 was whether the big names from the sister series would make an appearance again. Gilligan and Gould finally made good on the theories, as Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston reprized their roles as Jesse Pinkman and Walter White.

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Cranston’s confirmation that he had shot three scenes ruined the surprise of his return for the finale, but still, it was great to see Walt one last time. Many assumed that Saul and Walt’s scene would involve them locked in Ed ‘The Disappearer’ Galbraith’s bunker before setting out on their new lives as Gene Takovic and Mr. Lambert. Although there were no major reveals, there was a glimpse of old Walt underneath his villainous Heisenberg persona.

When Saul asked Walt about regrets, the criminal chemist looked at his watch. It may look like nothing, but this watch is the iconic TAG Heuer Monaco that Jesse gave him. Walt is infuriated about being duped by Gray Matter Technologies, but it’s interesting that the ending implies that Jesse is his biggest regret rather than what happened to his wife Skyler (Anna Gunn) or his brother-in-law Hank. (DeanNorris).

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It’s a near-perfect scene between Saul and Walt, with the latter saying that the amoral lawyer would be the last person he would have hired to take on Gretchen and Elliot Schwartz from Gray Matter. Saul’s Regret was a story about falling on purpose to earn the name Slippin’ Jimmy, prompting a disgusted Walt to say, “So you were always like this?” On Better Call Saul Reddit, a viewer wrote, “I loved that Walter looks at the watch Jesse gave him when he’s thinking about regretting it. Of course he won’t admit it, but it’s nice to see that he harbors guilt for what he did and what happened to him.” Jesse.”

Jesse gave Walt the TAG Heuer Monaco watch to celebrate his 51st birthday in the fourth episode of the fifth season. At the end of ‘Breaking Bad’, Walt drops him off at a pay phone to show off his complete transformation into Heisenberg.

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In reality, Walt knows that he is about to rescue Jesse from Jack and the neo-Nazis with little chance of returning. The ending of ‘Better Call Saul’ takes place between these key moments, just before he embarks on a new life in a New Hampshire cabin.

Delving into the symbolism of the watch, the TAG Heuer Monaco was made famous by Steve McQueen, who tragically died after cancer surgery. Given Walt’s cancer diagnosis, Jesse’s gift is full of irony. Even though Cranston had a fleeting appearance in ‘Better Call Saul,’ the wristwatch makes the bunker scene all the more poignant.

Although Gilligan claims that Walt left the clock behind in ‘Breaking Bad’ due to a continuity error from the season 5 flash-forward, Cranston told the That Scene with Dan Patrick podcast that he felt something else was better. He explained, “He was leaving everything behind, and that was symbolic of that…he was leaving the past. Freeing himself from any talisman that would bring him back to who he was at the beginning of the series or any association with it.” Nearly nine years after ‘Felina’ aired as the finale of ‘Breaking Bad’, these details are still being worked out.

Although both Jimmy and Walt did some pretty horrible things in their lives, the ending of ‘Better Call Saul’ gave them both a chance to redeem themselves. Whether it’s because he let Jane (Krysten Ritter) die or manipulated Jesse into killing Gale Boetticher, Walt’s ‘My Name Is Earl’-inspired list of misdeeds against Jesse makes you think of him in those moments in the bunker in Ed. Walter White was anything but perfect, and while his abusive relationship with Jesse has been scrutinized to death, a simple glance at a clock adds another layer to the cancer-stricken chemist and his long-suffering assistant.