Better Call Saul - Mike cleans up Jimmy's apartment/gets rid of Howard's body 

That’s the scene that gave us his character. That was originally supposed to be Saul cleaning up Janes place but Bob couldn’t make it to set that day so they created Mike.

​@@davidhelling6035 which is crazy how it still holds up and in the storyline even if it was supposed to be just a one time occurrence

Bravo Vincent Van Gogh

@user-og1ct5hx2lAnd since he was watching his baby he called Saul who then called Mike. Walt didn’t know about Mike yet I believe

Both preceded catastrophes too, though this didn't involve 167 reasons to give most the whole cast the capital gallows

I’d like to think that Mike condemns them a little for ruining Howard like that… He didn’t know Howard, and Mike himself isn’t a completely righteous man but his very own sons death allowed for his reputation to be tarnished as well, so he probably realizes that Kim and Jimmy have done just as those dirty cops had to somebody else’s son… and since he’s helping, what does that make him?

@@Rilakuma4567 Basically Mike has the mindset that anyone not "in the game" shouldn't have consequences as if they are/were. Howard got shot as if he was in the game which is why Mike as you said "condemns them a little" because they got an innocent guy killed. In other words, Howard wasn't in the game so mike kind of hates them for this even if he literally never met Howard.

​@@Rilakuma4567he would've known Howard. Mike worked endlessly as the ticket guy at the court house. Howard, being a lawyer, was probably at that courthouse all the time parking.

At least this time man hating feminists can't pretend the woman wasn't to blame at all

I think it's fair to assume Mike is also feeling guilt for pulling his men off of Jimmy's apartment. Kim called him out for this earlier in the episode. His judgment toward Jimmy and Kim also hints at Mike's general hypocrisy that's called out by Nacho's Dad (Manuel) in the next episode. Despite Mike's "code", people outside the game and people he cares about *always* get hurt. It's clear from his conversation with Manuel that Mike knows this, too.

Francesca broke bad when Saul told her to mop up the pee and she told Saul to do it himself lol. At that point she became the Francesca in BB lol.

This scene is now in my mind when Mike appears in BB to tell Jesse “here’s what you’re gonna do” and “That’s all you know. Say it.” Just another day at the Fring-pire.

watching BB and seeing Saul: 😍 watching BCS seeing Saul: 😔

@@checkoutmyyoutubepageJESSE IVE BROKEN BAD

Mike seems disgusted by this too. I know he's jaded and desensitized, but with whatever moral compass he has left, he's not really okay when people outside the game are killed by the game.

they turned kim wexler into a wussy who can't take seeing someone die while jimmy could because one is a female and one is a male... ... based.

@@John-il2fyBeats your mediocre life lol

@@John-il2fy More like you've got some shit taste.

elaborate @@John-il2fy

@@John-il2fyooh, you’re so cool and sophisticated

Well, Kim was as responsible for that as Jimmy. If not more. But Mike always likes to speak from a moral highground he never had and had this softspot for women

This is Mike's fault, though. He failed to contain Lalo and failed to protect Jimmy even though he was supposed to.

"You keep telling the lie that you've been telling" He's really emphasizing to them that their behavior got Howard killed, and they better not do something like that again.

Because Mike probably recognized Howard and knew he was another casualty in the game. He probably blames himself just as much them cuz he pulled his guys off of watching them.

And remember, during this scene, Mike is talking to Kim and Jimmy in the same way a father reprimands his children for being naughty. And Jimmy and Kim are guilty of being just that - children.

100% People all the time question why Mike isn’t friends with Jimmy in Breaking Bad. This was brilliant writing because his disgust with Jimmy is established here.

​@@Spanner249indeed true

How stickers works ? I am from Chile and here we just use just a single ticket that you have to pay in a machine when you are getting out of the mall, with the price depending on how long you are in the mall, no need of stickers of any kind.

@@rodrigomunoz9217I’m not sure either but if I had to guess the reason there are stickers is potentially so you could have free parking when you are required to be in court. This is why Mike always asks Jimmy to get a sticker or pay $2, it would make sense they would have stickers instead of special IDs to get them through since the parking is not open just to the lawyers and staff there but also the civilians who have to attend court. Also another is I remember that Mike is shown to only ask for stickers when he leaves the parking so it’s likely that you can only get those stickers from inside when you can prove you have reason to be there on the day.

@@rodrigomunoz9217if he works at a courthouse (which he does as an attorney) there’s a lot of people coming in and out of that building and parking stickers denote where you’re meant to (and allowed to) park. A police officer, an attorney, and a civilian are all going to be going in and out of different areas of a courthouse and would park separately. Not to mention major cities in America (and every major city across the world that I’ve been to) seem to intentionally try to hit you with fees. The major city I live in (Detroit, MI) usually will let you pay for regular parking, pay more for better parking, and you pay for the increment of time you’ll be parking (1 hour, 2 hour, 8 am to 6 pm.) Nowadays it’s all digital, but back then I imagine they used stickers (idk I was 8 when BCS takes place and not doing much parking.)

A lot of people think that the fact Jimmy became "Saul" after Howard dying meant that he didn't really care or feel anything. I think it was more his way of DEALING with the guilt. He literally hid inside Saul, from his guilt for chuck, for Howard, for Kim. He wrapped himself tightly in the cloak of Saul Goodman and didn't come out again until his conscience finally wouldn't let him hide anymore

​@The Ozlander and he lets it out in the finale after Gene is caught

@@theozlander4629 Thats exactly what happens. His way of coping with his guilt was to embrace the saul persona entirely.

The cinematography of the end of this scene is interesting. It reminds me of the ending of the first godfather with Kay watching Michael become Don Corleone through the door way until the door is closed on her

He felt guilt a few times in BB. like when he made his secretary call Hank about his wife being in a car accident.

I forget that Mike knows Howard before everything happened 😔

Kim and Jimmy were both giant assholes and I love how they managed to think they are the good guys but in reality they ain’t

This is Mike's fault, though. He failed to contain Lalo and failed to protect Jimmy even though he was supposed to.

Nah. Jimmy and Kim were trying to drive Howard to suicide, Lalo just made his death happen in front of them where they couldn't ignore it.

@@VDA19it’s not fair to blame Mike. There is no way Mike would have figured that Lalo would have gone for Jimmy who he figured would be pretty low on the priority list when he knew Lalo was going to attempt to kill Gus

that's kinda hot

@@ElStink4K wth

​@@ElStink4Kamigo

@@ElStink4K 😟

Siblings? Doing the bad thing? Didn't know this episode took place in Alabama.

He'd give Winston Wolf a run for his money at this gig. "How about you, Jimmy? You an oak man?"

Say it, please.

It was Kim's scheme, not Jimmy's. Jimmy only went along with it because he knew that she would dump him if he didn't.

But lalo would've never showed up if not for Jimmy, so the major brunt of the guilt would go to Jimmy because he was the one who worked for the cartel in the first place. If not for him, the prank would've never gone this bad.

@@gregh5061 that's a ridiculous assertion and you know it. Had Kim not wanted to pull off what essentially amounted to the character assassination and outright reputational destruction of Howard, then he never would've been killed. Even so, had Kim done the responsible thing and told Jimmy that Lalo was still alive, then Howard never would've been killed as Jimmy would've called off the entire thing. Kim herself flat-out admitted that it was all her fault as she would've broken up with Jimmy had he called off the whole thing even if it was to protect her (essentially holding him hostage) and outright refused to call it all off because (and I quote) "I was having too much FUN!".

@@razgriz9146 Kim did not start the character assassination of Howard, Jimmy did. She did encourage him but 90% of all the scheming : planting cocaine, hiring the hookers, editing the photos etc were literally all Jimmy's ideas (all of this plus him doing things like throwing bowling balls at Howard's house etc) Kim obviously had a role in all this but in the end Jimmy's association with the cartel was the one and only thing that caused the death of Howard and nothing else. Everything else was just what lead to Howard being at the wrong place at the wrong time.

@@gregh5061 all of which Jimmy did on Kim's behalf as part of her overall idea/plan. Jimmy didn't even want to go through with it and only did so because Kim would've dumped him, otherwise. That's not "encouragement". That's literally masterminding the entire operation and holding Jimmy hostage using his love for her as leverage against him to force his compliance. Outside of doing a bunch of stupid childish shit such as throwing bowling balls at Howard's car and having prostitutes interrupt one of Howard's business lunches that was completely harmless to Howard and was merely Jimmy acting out over Chuck's death as well as what Jimmy perceived as an insult from Howard's job offer, Jimmy wasn't responsible for anything even remotely damaging to Howard's reputation that Kim didn't make him do. This is some grade-A copium, dude. Kim knew from Mike that Lalo was still alive and should've told Jimmy. Had she done that, Jimmy would've called off the entire scheme against Howard and taken Kim to safety. Her own admitted reasons for not doing so is because she was being completely selfish and was having way too much fun with said scheme to ever call it off (even going so far as to actively abandon a very important meeting with some highly-connected legal officials just so she could ensure that her scheme wasn't called off after Jimmy had wanted to wait for another day). Even if it meant actively endangering both her own life and Jimmy's. Trying to claim that Jimmy is responsible over business dealings from a long time ago that he couldn't have possibly known would result in this particular event instead of Kim, who knew that Lalo (who Jimmy very much justifiably thought was dead) could show up at any time and very possibly kill them both only to do absolutely nothing about it out of selfishness and blatant disregard for everything and everyone but herself, is beyond imbecilic. And trying to argue that "but Mike said he would watch over them" is also irrelevant as she still should've been smart enough to take precautions and tell Jimmy. This is all very much Kim's fault. Learn to get used to it.

Name a time they did that and I will explain why Vince did that.

@@andrewcruzsmith2343 the biggest is bringing Walter out to a dessert to threaten him and not kill him. The plot device of Jesse quitting for gus if Walter dies holds no weight....they just filmed the entire cooking process for the Mexican cartel. Gus has 0 reason to keep Walter alive besides walt plot armor. If anything killing walt would be the smartest choice in that situation because it would force Hank to realize the truth of walt and get a lot of heat off directed to the death of heisenberg. If he was written as smart as he is supposed to be killing walt and kiidnapping Jesse to force cook for him until the cooking process is fully transferable to a new cook is the obvious choice. Also mike choosing Walter to bring out his bag instead of Jesse is another example of when the characters betray their own intelligence for the betterment of the show. Now why ON EARTH...would mike trust walt to bring him his bag of money and a gun after walt stole the methlemene, killed gus, and has been a COMPLETELY untrustworthy character and he's on the phone like "not you kid, it can't be you to bring the bag!" Like it made 0 sense. And by the way I'm learning this after going back to BB this past week there's so much walt plot armor it's hilarious you don't notice until you go back. IMO BCS is just such a better written show because the characters never betray their own character to hit plot points the writers want.

I think they just underestimated Walt but they’re not the only characters guilty of that

@@andrewcruzsmith2343 vince said mike and gus wouldve easily took care of walt if it wasnt for plot armor

@@TV93412nc I agree 💯 on the latter point.. Mike choosing Walt (someone he knows is selfish and wildly unpredictable) to bring his bag instead of Jesse (a friend/son-like figure who he can definitely trust) made no sense whatsoever from his character's perspective, but it was necessary to have the big Walt vs. Mike showdown at the end of the episode. One of the few times the writing felt forced imo...

really? this scene? Not when hes confessing to his daughter-in-law? Ok then...he pretty much does this same scene 2-3 other times with different people.

The power of DEAD FISH EYES

Here's what you're gonna do

He was kinda the Jesse of the series, constantly taking the fall for another's poor decision making and slowly shifting from a pest to the moral heart of the show.

Beautiful comment, exactly how I feel about Howard, a human golden retriever

For me it was the hank of the series, the moment i saw him, i knew he was going to die for saul's fault. His arc was so predictable to me . Anyways love the show and respect the ones who liked his arc

@@condori4366so much worse than hank by the way they disrespected him, it’d be like if walt went through & succeeded in pinning everything on hank after hank died

Man I thought i was the only one who felt this way. This by far is the most haunting tv death for me.

"i woke up, i found her, that's all i know"

Something, Carl something, 167 innocent men, women, and children

"Saul Goodman sent me." Now we know why!

Yes. Mike sort of implied an instruction of respect with Howard's remains that he didn't with Lalo's when they were being buried.

Hah! My thoughts exactly. I feel like Mike's entire characterization was built around that short-lived, yet extremely-memorable, character!

@weluvsoc a guy from the movie pulp fiction, who cleans in a similar manner

You sending the wolf?

The Wolf learned from Mike.

Sheeiiittttt negro, that's all you had to say!

Jimmy was in panic mode. Howard wasn’t just a random person. He knew Jimmy. They had history. Even lawyers need to be reminded they’re also human and need to shut up. At this moment Jimmy was frozen. Confused and scared. He still believed Lalo was coming after him. Mike was the man to ground Jimmy back slipping Saul

A man goes to Mike-that’s how the story always begins. “Mike, I don't want to be caught,” the man says; what he did was harsh, unforgiving, cruel. Mike lights up. The solution, after all, is simple. “The great lawyer Saul Goodman is in town tonight,” Mike says, “Better call him! That should sort you out.” The man bursts into tears. “But Mike,” he says, “I am Saul.”

You're right.

​@@MrElvis26583 You're *Goddamn* right

It's their fault Howard was in their apartment that night yes. However if Gus hadn't sent an unspecial forces team to assassinate Lalo in his home, Lalo would have never walked into Jimmy and Kim's apartment blowing holes through people.

Not by a mile. The episode where he narrates the story of how matt was killed was his best one.

@@marksantiago9841 that one was great too, Jonathan Banks is very talented.

This and five-o are great. His face as Lalo and Howard are buried is haunting

​@@marksantiago9841yes his best scene in either bcs or bb

Little kid on the crossbike

​@@bigkillerwhale1801 nah a random child isn't as meaningful as a character who you get to know over 6 seasons only for them to coldly get executed like a dog

Everyone always praises people after they die. Howard was an average moral character. Nothing more.

​@@elmacho1336I couldn't agree more

Hell no. Ignacio's story is a hell of a lot more tragic than this

Not really, the difference is you learn more about Mike. We really know nothing about the wolf

The wolf is the Gold Standard

@@christopherjohnson577 This is true….

@@Nothing-qq4hd HaHa when shit absolutely gots to get done pick up the phone and dial the wolf lol…

He was a crooked cop, so he probably has lots of experience in tampering with evidence, makes him easier to believe

MIke, is better than the wolf

"probably better"? The wolf is in pulp fiction for 5 mins, all he does is turn up in a suit and tell them to clean the car and ask for coffee. u can't seriously think that mikes 9 season long arc is worse than that

ever since his brother died, he's had a lot of experience living in denial

Wdym? He clearly looks distressed too

Well, she is a woman.

Lalo killed Howard. This is a very simple thing to understand, and people want to overcomplicate in a poor attempt to seem intelligent. Was everything that went Kim and Jimmy did moral? No. But it's idiotic to say this like Kim pulled the trigger.

He told them Lalo was dead several times before and Lalo wasn't, so it wouldn't be believable if he said it

I'm guessing he probably didn't care ... on account of being dead and all.

They stuff Howard in the old one I believe.

They arent fake names, they're famous actors. He's saying they need to act as if nothing is wrong.

@@Dorsidwarf Thanks, I meant it as a joke, but I guess a lot of people don't know those names!

the less you know the better you sleep. in fancy words: "accomplice to a crime"

​@@kabaczek17exactly. He said enough, they knew what he meant.

Even if he did, Jimmy thought he was dead before and in he walks like a ghost. So unless he sees the body, he can’t be certain.

Yes. Her crying fit on the bus was ridiculous.

Mike did have remorse that’s why he wanted them to take care of Howard’s body instead of chucking it in like they did with Lalo. Also he gave him a look before exiting the lab

Mike knows they were married and Kim didn't change her name.

You are forgetting the scene where Huell asks what she will be changing her name to and Jimmy says it will stay the same.

Because their old one had a Howard in it.