JUDGE Mr. McGill, that would include conspiracy to commit murder. Howard Hamlin. You understand?
They pick up the phones.
Long pause.
JUDGE Mr. McGill, I’m sentencing you to in federal prison. No parole.
SAUL Wouldn’t dream of it.
She stands up. Holds the phone to her ear for one extra second.
The final five minutes of Better Call Saul are silent, poignant, and perfect.
INT. PRISON CELL - NIGHT
She walks to the elevator. As the doors close, Jimmy leans against the visiting room wall. He puts his hands behind his head. He looks up at the fluorescent lights.
It’s Kim Wexler. She has flown from Florida to visit him. She is wearing a drab yellow blouse, no makeup, looking exhausted but sober. She flashes her visitor’s badge.
But then — a familiar face. (Aaron Paul, cameo), younger, different facility — just a brief visual echo. Not the same place. Just the same fate.
The final act of “Saul Gone” is a legal masterpiece.