Just finished my first run-through of season 2 the other night.  Loved it!

It was great... that whole "square peg round hole" was me so recently, I wish I could have made @ss of myself the way Jimmy did, not giving a d@mn and not caring about the future.  I love that struggle of him trying to balance out trying to be good and honourable with his own slimy talents.

One thing I was surprised by was how humanizing they made Tuco.  I kept thinking he would be good in something like Star Trek, and lo and behold he WAS in Star Trek, an episode called "The Siege of AR-558" which is a classic but I haven't seen it in a while.

FINALLY! Gus Fring is BACK baby! Man, this episode is what I have been waiting for since the day it was announced that there would even be a 'Better Call Saul' and it didn't disappoint one bit. For me, watching this episode was vintage Breaking Bad from start to finish. And what would you expect with Vince Gilligan handling the directing chores. He was the only choice for this episode and it paid off BIG TIME. The only reveal to Gus was fantastic. They kept teasing it and making it last and then we finally see a blurred out image of a man wiping down tables far off in the distance as the camera was in a close up of Jimmy/Saul. And then he was out of frame only to finally get the full reveal helping Jimmy retrieve his lost watch from the trash can. I LOVED this scene because it also showcased Jimmy's ability to ad lib by purposely losing his watch knowing full well that it would give him an 'out' to explain why he was going through the garbage. But it's the final shot of Gus' face....that all too familiar "Don't f*ck with me' look he always got in Breaking Bad that made his return EPIC! I knew that Mike was now made and that he wouldn't be able to track any further. Having the Tracker and Gas Cap with a Cell Phone on top in the middle of the highway was the perfect way to close out Mike's story for this episode.

Not to be outdone was Chuck's plan to bait Jimmy into breaking into his house to destroy the tape coming to fruition. Having witnesses was the kicker of the entire scene at the realization that Chuck once again got the better of him, which is a sad thing to admit to. Time and again, Chuck will always have his number and that's one of the reasons why he's never going to measure up to him in Chuck's eyes. All around...and great f*cking episode. We even got an extra treat with the return of Victor (Jeremiah Bitsui), who played Gus' enforcer in Breaking Bad.

I don't know how Vince Gilligan and the rest of the creative team behind BCS continue to impress me with each new episode. Last week there was a clear shift into Breaking Bad territory. In Sabrosito, we are clearly into BB mode with the surprise addition of Don Eladio (Steven Bauer), last seen in BB getting whacked by Gus Fring. In the opening scenes for this episode, it's Hector Salamanca that pays him a visit and we see the seeds of contempt already festering at the mere mention of Gus' name. In BB, there is a seething animosity between Gus and Salamanca. So, to finally get to see their first face to face (on BCS), it was electric. Also great was seeing Mike getting a formal invitation to work for Gus and I never thought about it until their scene together tonight that it was their mutual hatred of Salamanca that drove Mike and Gus together. Not to be outdone, the scenes with Jimmy were great. Now Kim and Jimmy have their ace in the hole (the admission of a duplicate tape). My guess is that Mike will be tasked with retrieving it for Jimmy.

There's a lot of things to talk about. I could start with the cameos, but the biggest moment comes at the very end of the episode. The birth of Saul Goodman. What's shocking is that I never saw it coming. I didn't even see it coming until the reveal at the very end of Jimmy's new commercial. But when it dropped, I had a huge grin on my face. Made an already awesome episode even more so. Now for the cameos, it was great to finally see Tyrus make an appearance. I had him pegged for the Season Premiere. Better late than never. The unexpected cameo was of course Lydia Rodarte-Quayle who was brokering a real estate deal for Gus Fring at the very sight that will become a big set piece in Breaking Bad. Yes, I'm talking about the cleaning business that is a front for his underground Meth Lab in BB. But the big thing I'm zeroing in on is Nacho. My money is on him being the one that laced Salamanca's pill that will make him stroke out and end up in a wheelchair as seen in BB. When he demands to Nacho that he bring his father into the business, I knew that would be a line that he would not cross. So, the way I see it playing out is that Nacho will reach out to Gus and tell him his plan and get the 'Okay' from him to do so.

The title of the episode is both metaphorical and literal as we see Jimmy spiraling further down the rabbit hole of trying to make a buck now that he is no longer able to practice law. In typical Jimmy fashion, he literally slips on a drumstick in a music store to gain leverage over the owners that are backing out of a deal they had already agreed upon. Good stuff watching Jimmy get the upper hand here and against his Community Service Supervisor. But it was the scene with Nacho that had me on pins and needles regarding whether or not he would be able to swap out Salamanca's pill bottle without getting caught by the man himself. The episode ends with Mike making a deal with the devil, Gus Fring and we know how this "one time only" arrangement blossoms in BB.

I'm all caught up now.Season Finale tonight!