Warning: This post will have spoilers From the Better Call Saul season 3 finale. They’re light, but they’re there.
The slow burn that was the third season of Better Call Saul has finally come to an end. It’s been a season in which the tension and foreboding seemed to rise each episode, and now, everything has culminated in a finale that made the agonizing build-up worth it. Yes, we got a cliffhanger again (just like last season), but what else would you expect? This show is full steam ahead moving into the Breaking Bad timeline with each passing episode.
We knew that this was coming. Executive producer Peter Gould told Entertainment Weekly that “so many things that have been cooking — some of them through all three seasons of the show — finally come to a boil,” while adding that the end of this third season was “unlike anything we’ve done on Better Call Saul, and it certainly leads to a helluva lot of questions.”
Beyond the dramatic transformation of Jimmy into Saul, just about everyone enjoyed the trip down memory lane as Kim Wexler visited an old Blockbuster store. That was definitely one of the highlights of the episode (along with Jimmy finally taking a few more steps into becoming Saul).
Kim better rewind those #Blockbuster movies before she returns them. #BetterCallSaul
— Jay O'Brien (@Jay_OBrien) June 20, 2017
Blockbuster: When you absolutely, positively need to make sure the audience knows #BetterCallSaul is set in the past
— Darryl Charles TF (@darryldarryl_) June 20, 2017
#BetterCallSaul I think we all miss Blockbuster
— Dana E (@orcazone23) June 20, 2017
Hey kids, gather round the old campfire and let us tell you about Blockbuster Video! #BetterCallSaul
— Sir Ken Tucky (@Sir_Ken_Tucky) June 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/Rorosy/status/876992551307419650
And everyone hates Chuck. But they also love the hell out of Michael McKean’s unhinged performance.
The psychological pain Chuck has inflicted on Jimmy is heartbreaking. I expect full Saul shortly. #BetterCallSaul
— MariPort⭐️🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦 (@mbp1350) June 20, 2017
I hate you Chuck #BetterCallSaul
— Demeter (@Demeter_Aurion) June 20, 2017
After telling Jimmy he never really mattered much to him, I wasn't too sorry to see Chuck suffer from his "disease" again. #bettercallsaul
— Annmarie Weisman (@AnnmarieWeisman) June 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/Santini1014/status/876992891754860544
Chuck: I don't wanna hurt your feelings. But the truth is you've never mattered all that much to me. #BetterCallSaul pic.twitter.com/e0e0Yg346u
— Montoya 🌻 (@monrail) June 20, 2017
CHUCK IS THE WORST #BetterCallSaul
— Megan Gloria 🦅💚🦅 (@MeganJustDoes) June 20, 2017
This is not what ‘fine’ looks like. #BetterCallSaul pic.twitter.com/wa2KQV3svR
— Better Call Saul (@BetterCallSaul) June 20, 2017
Man, Chuck is something to watch in this finale. #BetterCallSaul
— Deanna Chapman (@deeechap) June 20, 2017
#BetterCallSaul Michael McKean must have an Emmy at the end of all this.
— Bottom Feeder (@MSAM1427) June 20, 2017
Me: Chuck is such an unforgivable jerk!
Me 3 minutes later: Omg poor Chuck!#BetterCallSaul
— Summer Brennan (@summerbrennan) June 20, 2017
No they didn't. #BetterCallSaul pic.twitter.com/Lw6BulS4jF
— Gary Schuh 🥓 (@MotleySchuh) June 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/TheOriginalBaze/status/877002083853062144
Did Chuck deserve this!?
Part of me says yes, the other no.
Wow. #BetterCallSaul— Michael Nunez (@MrNunez300) June 20, 2017
And of course, this all lead right into the cliffhanger with all the serious players falling into place. Sometimes ironically.
#BreakingBad history! #BetterCallSaul pic.twitter.com/WNFTSSVYdV
— Melissa 🐜 🌵 (@melknowscults) June 20, 2017
I told you the "Ding" is coming #BetterCallSaul
— Chancell0r_djs4 (@simonjagassar) June 20, 2017
Hector…welp! We know what’s coming…#BetterCallSaul
— dink (@TheDinkologist) June 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/JeremyFuscaldo/status/876998507223289857
Jimmy falling on the sword for Irene. #bettercallsaul
— Leonardo! (@spartanpiratelm) June 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/nudememphis/status/877000540198141952
https://twitter.com/JeremyFuscaldo/status/877000548960137216
I guess we aren't calling Saul just yet. #BetterCallSaul
— joe schiavi (@ScoundrelPrez) June 20, 2017
Jimmy, there's a storage unit full of money waiting for you in the future if you play your cards right. #BetterCallSaul
— lavapix.com (@lavapixcom) June 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/fanwomanc/status/877001416111509509
But where was Mike? How could Vince Gilligan leave us with a season finale like this?
ok I guess we're not seeing mike at all. that's cool NO BIG DEAL #BetterCallSaul
— brittany (@brittrosenthal) June 20, 2017
#BetterCallSaul Don't even have zero Mike tonight.
— D-Wunq (@DWunq) June 20, 2017
: no Mike in this finale. #BetterCallSaul
— Robert W. Hill 3 (@_RoboWolf88) June 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/1thinchip/status/877001759675346945
#BetterCallSaul there better be another season! AMC still havent confirmed another season
— Hector ⚽ (@HectorBandito) June 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/GreenEyedMamaX2/status/877002527543222272
#BetterCallSaul is so great and sad
— John Lewis (@JohnLewis9416) June 20, 2017
So much to take from that season finale. Jimmy is not yet Saul, Chuck may or may not be dead and where was Mike? #BetterCallSaul
— Sean Gallagher (@GallagherRadio) June 20, 2017