Warning: Full spoilers for the episode follow…
“I don’t need to be a lawyer, I’m a magic man.”
“Something Stupid” (a nice bookend title to “Something Beautiful”) was a huge transitional episode that not only sped us through months – during a split screen intro that may require a second viewing to catch all the little fun morsels – but it also worked to create more distance between Jimmy and Kim in their relationship. We know these two weren’t destined to be together, but the question the show has to answer is “How does everything fall apart?”
Well, there was no big blow up or massive turning point, they just sort of let time and lack of true honest communication erode away at the already fragile bond between them. Kim’s choice to join Schweikart and Cokely left Jimmy without a clear and organized vision board, and a muddled goal. The cell phone hustle is still a means to an end, with Jimmy becoming a big time lawyer sitting in an office designed to impress and overwhelm, but is he doing it now to woo Kim back into the fold or does he want to sort of rub it in her face and show her that he can thrive right under everyone’s noses again? Like he did back when he worked in the mail room.
Source: IGN.com Better Call Saul: "Something Stupid" Review