The twelfth episode of Better Call Saul Season 6 opens in the booming days of Saul Goodman's timeline, where his business thrived with clients lining up to seek his legal acumen. Despite the hustle and bustle, he indulged in a playful moment with a jump ball, only to be jolted out of his reverie by Francesca, urging him to attend to the day's work. She reminded him that she wouldn't be staying late to finish up the clients' cases.
As Saul gazed into the mirror in the drawer of his desk, he also noticed one of the fake pillars in his office topple over. The first challenge of the day presented itself: Kim had filed for legal separation, and Saul's response was a mix of emotions. He commanded, "Send her in," but we cut away before that moment arrived.
We find ourselves in Florida, a landscape that defies expectations with its somber skies, bleak terrain, and lack of peppy energy. Why are we here? To meet the new Kim Wexler, the one who got away. She meticulously cuts potatoes while wearing her typical Florida get-up and brunette hairdo. A man enters with more groceries, and they host a barbecue in the back of their house. Despite her best efforts to fit in after almost six years, Kim struggles to find her place. However, she manages to impress both her man and herself during the event. A quick love-making session follows, and the man sets another date for Friday as Kim returns to her lonely existence.
We next find Gene at Palm Coast Sprinklers, a mid-size irrigation company. The atmosphere in the office is relaxed and detached from the stress of the courthouse. Someone like Kim should have sailed through this job effortlessly – and she did. She worked in the "Catalogue & Brochures" department, a significant drop from being one of the top corporate lawyers in Albuquerque. But it was what it was. She went through the processes of the day – lunch with her co-workers, a customary visit to the factory, and calls to suppliers and vendors. Except for one exceptional moment: she received a call from Viktor St. Claire on the other end of the line – Gene. Before picking up the phone, she drew the blinds and even shut the door of her office to contain her emotions, a typical Kim move. As Gene used his gift of gab to create a conversation after six years of separation, Kim remained mostly silent until he urged her to say something – she replied that he must turn himself in and take responsibility for all that had happened. And that is where it all fell apart.
Gene's outrage boiled over as he witnessed Kim taking the moral high ground. Why hadn't she surrendered herself yet? What right did she have to ask him to do so when both of them were equally complicit? As she joined in the office celebrations for Tammy's birthday, her thoughts lingered on Gene's words. The next thing anyone knew, she had already made her way to Albuquerque. She headed straight to the courthouse, her heart pounding with a desperate need not to miss the place again. She had indeed turned herself in, submitting an affidavit that she later presented to Cheryl, Howard's wife. Cheryl was alone too, still living in the same house. The affidavit revealed all: what had happened, who was involved, and the entire scheme was laid bare. But Kim would not be prosecuted. Why? There was no evidence. Courts don't work that way. Law can only be wielded if you have the right evidence to back up your claims and arguments. Cheryl was in shock and rebuked the late action, taking offense to the ploy of Kim and Jimmy to paint Howard as a coke addict. There was no forgiveness forthcoming, and perhaps Kim wasn't looking for any either. She had done this for herself.
As she took the bus back to her new home, her emotions began to unravel on the journey. The "Waterworks" started flowing, and she sobbed uncontrollably. The weight of everything finally bore down on her. She was human indeed, and a flawed one at that.
As the scene shifts to Gene breaking into the man's house, as he predicted in episode 11, the man is still out cold on the floor, snoring away. Heff's car is parked outside, and Gene goes through the routine that Rick (Buddy) used to do with such ease. Just as he is about to leave, something strikes him. He goes back up the stairs, wandering around with a drink in his hand, a hint of cockiness creeping in. The man has woken up from his slumber but is still heavily under the influence. Outside, a police patrol car parks behind Heff's, and Gene grows increasingly nervous, suspecting they are on to him. He has been in trouble with the law before and cannot fathom that happening again.
Gene sneaks down to see if the man is awake. He takes an object in his hands, ready to knock him unconscious or worse. But at the right moment, the man falls back asleep. Gene is able to escape this time. Heff, however, can't take it any longer and thrashes into a parked car. Unbeknownst to him, the policemen were discussing the correct way to make a fish taco and were almost done for the night. They had no interest in Heff or anything else. But, as fate would have it, Heff is arrested.
Gene takes the bus back and makes another drink for himself at home. Heff calls him, and Gene assures the guy that he will arrive there to post bail. Since there is no evidence on him—the man came screaming out and said he had been robbed—Heff cannot be implicated. Gene phones Marion, who is surprised to learn that Heff called him first. And then, the skies come apart as she finds out the truth about Gene.
She types "Albequerque con-man" on Google and catches an old advert for Saul Goodman. Gene is at once threatening, physically advancing toward her, prepared to do anything for his own survival. When she says she trusted him, he lets go of her and she uses the Life Alert device to alert the authorities. He runs for his life, and we cut to the credits.
