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One of the current shows on air that I have been really excited about has definitely been "Better Call Saul". Coming into it as a big Breaking Bad fan, I was pleasantly surprised by the way this prequel spin off series did not try to bank on the massive sucess of its predecessor, but rather created its own original and compelling narrative. Skip to a few years down the line, and now the expectations for the 6th and final season have never been higher as we await to see what exactly will happen with Saul Goodman and Kim Wexler leading up to 2008 and the events of Breaking Bad.
Kim has been a personal favorite of mine for a few years now because of her premise: she is, ultimately, a massive spin off from the stereotypical female love interest of the main character we see a lot in movies and tv shows. She largely spends the first two seasons of the show being the moral compass for Saul Goodman, a lawyer destined for corruption as he slowly involves himself more and more into the criminal world. Early on, we see her as the love interest that is there to counterbalance Saul's dark side, to help him stick to the moral path of his career.
However, this somewhat generic theme completely begins to change with the 3rd season. We begin to quickly realize that her story is not as simple as she begins involving herself more and more into illegal cons and even helping Saul when needed. It's clear to us that she enjoys doing those things, and she does it for herself, rather than simply helping Saul because she has to.
This is where we come to the realization that Kim is nothing like a normal love interest in modern media, but rather a tragic story about a person influenced by compassion and driven by her career to do many morally gray and illegal actions. As we saw in the most recent 5th season, Kim has now become a very active participant in the cons Saul involves himself in, and it seems like it is tragically too late to save her as she descends further into self-destruction. One can only imagine what kind of unfortunate end the story has for Kim as we prepare for the 6th season coming out later this year.
Kim has been a personal favorite of mine for a few years now because of her premise: she is, ultimately, a massive spin off from the stereotypical female love interest of the main character we see a lot in movies and tv shows. She largely spends the first two seasons of the show being the moral compass for Saul Goodman, a lawyer destined for corruption as he slowly involves himself more and more into the criminal world. Early on, we see her as the love interest that is there to counterbalance Saul's dark side, to help him stick to the moral path of his career.
However, this somewhat generic theme completely begins to change with the 3rd season. We begin to quickly realize that her story is not as simple as she begins involving herself more and more into illegal cons and even helping Saul when needed. It's clear to us that she enjoys doing those things, and she does it for herself, rather than simply helping Saul because she has to.
This is where we come to the realization that Kim is nothing like a normal love interest in modern media, but rather a tragic story about a person influenced by compassion and driven by her career to do many morally gray and illegal actions. As we saw in the most recent 5th season, Kim has now become a very active participant in the cons Saul involves himself in, and it seems like it is tragically too late to save her as she descends further into self-destruction. One can only imagine what kind of unfortunate end the story has for Kim as we prepare for the 6th season coming out later this year.
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