Our recap of Better Call Saul Season 2, episode 6 āBali Haāiā sees one character shine above all the rest.Ā
Before we get into the recap of āBali Haāiā, letās get up to speed on what weāre walking into by touching upon episode 5 first.
Davis & Mane have responded to Jimmyās eccentricity of running a commercial on the firmās behalf by demoting Kim and giving Jimmy a full time babysitter. This babysitter ruins all things fun about Jimmy, but heās prone for an uproar resisting authority and the establishment.
But that wasnāt the big news of the episode. No. The hook was the return of Hector, and he wasnāt in a wheelchair yet!
Hector is family of Tuco, and he was a bad ass character in Breaking Bad. And he quasi-threatened Mike into not pressing charges on Tuco.
His last words as he walked out of the diner: āThink about it.ā
Power moves only.
Welp, āBali Haāiā is about to start.
Spoiler alert: here comes the S2E6 recap.

The episode starts in Jimmyās apartment during the middle of the night. Aw, poor Jimmy canāt sleep. And he finds a late night television commercial: Davis & Mane. But itās not his!
Big Jim then takes to playing assorted sports with his decorative pine cone spheres. We see why he never made it to the league.
Once his late night infatuation with #sports subsides, he returns to his old office in the salon, pulls out the rickety bed and happily passes out.

After he wakesĀ and takes some coffee from the salon and gets to his free luxury car, that pesky cup holder problem gives him further heartache.
The camera shifts to follow Kim, who got her office back, and endures an excruciatingly long and awkward walk with Howard all through the office that apparently is 15 blocks long. Thatās what it felt like, at least.
A fast paced initial 13 minutes as Mike is the subject of the cinema now. He comes home and finds Hector sent a thug to chill out on his porch. Mike hardly bats an eye, because heās the epitome of masculinity. Mike confidently and coolly tells the thug he politely declines Hectorās offer of dropping Tucoās gun charge, and the goon leaves. Which means he must know about his family or some other threat.
Mike lays out a welcome mat. And because heās smarter than everyone, it mustnāt just be a welcome mat. It must have fatal chemicals that are only released by a villain. Somehow, it knows. Heās programmed it. Or same deal but itās an explosive. I donāt know. You canāt rule anything out at this point.
We return from commercial to the court room; remember this is a show that centers around lawyers, and, man, wouldnāt being a court judge suck? Big ups to them. I wouldnāt be able to handle it without getting mad. Speaking of anger, Kim is swinging with sharpened talons at the opposing lawyerās throat, though she comes up short. And the head lawyer of the case compliments Kim and offers to take her to lunch, which she accepts. Because thatās much better than the impending vending machine.
The man goes on a long spiel about how he was in a similar situation in which his bosses threw him to the wolves with an unwinnable hearing in the court room, just like her firm did to her. And then he hits her with a tentative job offer!
Take that, Howard. The opposing council is Mr. Steal Yo Girl.
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The camera returns to Mike, and of course, he was two steps ahead of everybody else in the world. That welcome mat? Had a hidden footprint layer underneath, and he sees that someone has stepped on it before he did.
So he does what any hero in a modern drama does: Takes out his gun and slowly enters the house. WHOāS GOINā DIE?!?!
Mike walks through his dark home without any noise whatsoever. None. Heās a damn mouse. Incredible, textbook stuff. He still hasnāt find anyone. I may or may not be hyperventilating and sweating.
He puts on the TV to cause a distraction because he knew where the men were. And it was a Billy Mays infomercial, of course.
The clowns take the bait. Come out of the closet. Mike refuses to pull the trigger, pistol whips āem both.
āWe were only supposed to scare you,ā says the losers.
āYeah? Well try harder,ā says Mike, a winner.
POWER. MOVES. ONLY. BOI.
Kim gets on her Jimmy grind of refuting authority as sheās asked to do papers before just ditching and going for lunch. Then we come to Mike, showing his full depth, transitioning to a loving grandpa after being a savvy ex-cop. Heās with his granddaughter at a pool and off in the distance, itās two more Breaking Bad characters! Two mute thugs, who points the finger gun at Mike and his granddaughter. Not cool, bros.
When we go back to Kim, sheās in a bar. A man buys her a drink, she uses a fake name for exploitation. SHE IS ON HER JIMMY GRIND, I CALLED IT!
Ugh. Do less, Better Call Saul Twitter account.
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Kim calls Jimmy, who ditches Erin and responsibility to join up with Kim. Slippinā Jimmy, Slippinā Kimmy (okay, it grew on me).
When Jimmy joins Kim and her mystery man, Kim had told this poor sucker that theyāre starting an internet dating site (Itās pre-Breaking Bad, remember?). This poor fella is done. See, internet dating isnāt where catfishing started. Manti Teāo would have been toast even before iPhones and whatnot.
EightĀ minutes left. Letās see if Mike regulates with Hector and if Jimmy and Kim will be reprimanded for theirĀ responsibility aversion. Rad times.
Mike arrives to an establishment where Hector, Nacho and his thugs are waiting. Hectorās tone has gotten much more aggressive. He takes the $5,000 offer off the table; Hector says heāll kill Mikeās family. Mike says heāll get paid or they both die. Somehow, Hector goes from nothing to $50,000. Just like that.
Reminder: The room is Hector, Nacho, three thugs, and Mike. Just Mike. How does Mike negotiate from a position of power? Thatās insane.
āBig balls,ā Hector says in Spanish. Youāre damn right.

Mike offers Nacho half of the $50,000 because Mike self-proclaims that he didnāt hang onto his end of the bargain. What a man. Even in the criminal world, heās a morally upstanding human being.
Jimmy and Kim have their night of mischief and fun, and Kim is considering taking that job offer. Oh, remember that pesky cup holder? Jimmy straight up removes it. What a man. Thatās how we end. No true cliffhanger this week.
When will we get to call him Saul? Because I canāt wait for that.