El Bastarde wrote:I'm not sure if it will have a purpose or if it's just there to represent that Saul's "still a rebel" since he flipped a switch when it told him not to.
When I watched the scene, it appears to indicate that when Saul was jimmy, his nature and personality gravitated towards wanting to Turn OFF that switch, despite the note saying to NEVER turn it off.
Flash Forward to Omaha, and new Saul did not DARE to use that Emergency Exit. He wanted to, but he still waited for over 2hrs until the janitor came in. New Saul is trying to keep a low profile, and he did not want to bring any extra attention to himself than necessary.
Does this mean new Saul is reformed?? Almost, since he still left his "SG was here" on the wall.
Speaking of bringing extra attention, "Pill Guy" seems like an earlier version of Walt, except dumber. Even after Mike advised him to NOT take the Hummer, dude does it anyways and now has drawn extra attention to himself. Perhaps Saul/Jimmy becomes Pill Guy's lawyer, m'haps not. The Pill Guy, at least for now, represents 'previous experience' that both Nacho and Mike will have had, by the time Walt steps into the picture.
Maybe new Saul remembered what happened to Pill Guy, who was stupid enough to do certain things which then eventually led to Pill Guy's demise, and new Saul didn't dare to open the Emergency Exit b/c of Pill Guy's example. Time will tell.
I did enjoy how the opening scene of S02E01 was almost the same as S01E01, which was the B/W bit of Cinnabons being made. They both also led to a mini-scene of new Saul being 'almost' reformed, but not completely.