![]() Celebrity Paradox: Jimmy refers to The Price Is Right, in an episode set only a couple of years after Aaron Paul (Jesse Pinkman) made an energetic (and later memetic) appearance.Gustavo's first onscreen appearance is practically identical to his first scene in Breaking Bad: greeting Jimmy in his capacity as the manager of Los Pollos Hermanos, with Jimmy initially none the wiser to Gustavo's real nature and motivations.Jimmy will do a similar "put a dollar in my pocket" to Walt and Jesse, with Jesse having to fork over $5 when he doesn't have change as well. Both played straight and subverted, in that Kim asks for a dollar to become Jimmy's attorney – and settles for $20 when Jimmy doesn't have change.Call-Back: Jimmy removes the painter's tape from his office wall with the same technique that Chuck showed him in the last episode until he becomes so enraged by the confession tape that he simply rips the last of it off of the wall instead.Francesca is also introduced as Jimmy and Kim's new receptionist, who will later go on to work for Jimmy as Saul. The Bus Came Back: Gustavo Fring makes his big return in this episode.Of course, that works just as well, if not better, for Chuck's purposes. In reality, Jimmy is less worried by the tape than absolutely enraged by Chuck's deceit, and he kicks down his door in broad daylight in order to angrily confront Chuck. He assumes that when Jimmy discovers his confession is taped, he will act rationally and carefully to destroy it, breaking into his house in secret in the dead of night. Zig-Zagged with Chuck's broader plot to entrap Jimmy.Batman Gambit: Chuck relied on Ernesto hearing that part of the confession that played for him in "Mabel" and going straight to Jimmy to warn him – or close enough, as he went to Kim instead, who then informed Jimmy. ![]()
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