“Make sure you keep the toilet.”
For a split second, I thought that was going to be Ken’s car (“KEN WINS”). But Ken doesn’t come across as the type who goes to therapy.
Didja all notice Rhea Seehorn made her debut as a director in last night’s episode? I think she did a bangup job, especially since she had to direct herself for most of the episode. And seeing her onscreen with Mike, that was some oomph right there–two of the biggest badasses finally interacting.
I assume Gus hired them.
I’m actually really enjoying Ed Begley Jr. as Cliff Main. The character manages to have a ton of gravitas without coming off as pompous.
I think it helps that Ed Begley is just a bit of a square. There’s a limit to how seriously you can take him so he doesn’t push too hard.
They seemed genuinely concerned about the fire truck red (“Tomato”) paint job on the neighbor’s house.
The setup with the two houses must have been in place for quite some time, so presumably they’re employed by Gus, but they really do live there.
Apparently they are a real life husband and wife
And all the bike riding and the chit-chat about the red house in the opening was just bike riding and chit chat?
I enjoyed the secret tunnel, but really, the whole set-up is ludicrous. You have Gus and suburban-cycling couple living there all inconspicuous. But there seem to be quite a few highly conspicuous hard-as-nails personnel (including Mike) visiting, which would surely blow the illusion.
A really fun episode though, after last week’s gruelling one.
Was anyone else expecting the bicycling couple to pass by Walt’s house? Looks very similar to that neighborhood.
I totally thought the non-speaking guy in the car following Kim was Noho Hank at first.
So far, season six has too much mystery for me, too little resolution. The proportion is about 75:25. I like it when it’s more like 40:60.
Until 30 seconds ago when I looked him up on IMDB I would have bet my life on it.
That would be one hell of a crossover.
ETA: I’d bet a large sum that the writing staffs of both shows admire each other quite substantially.
They had the same “Overly concerned with outward appearances and propriety, while hiding a secret of violence and danger” thing that Gus has going on. One must wonder, do they train people for that, or do they just recruit natural talent? 
I’m trying to imagine what happened after the end of Breaking Bad. Obviously, the police would have searched Gus Fring’s house. Would they ever have figured out there’s a tunnel hidden there? Perhaps once they realize he also owned the house across the street.
Do we know it’s across the street? Not next door? Or on the next street over?
I’ll have to rewatch the beginning of the episode to be sure but I thought it was across the street. Either way, the tunnel won’t be obvious on a search.
It would be foolish for Gus to own it legally. It would be suspicious. He’s playing the part of a fairly successful fast food owner, not Mark Zuckerberg buying up his whole neighborhood so he doesn’t have to deal with annoying neighbors. He can pay the owners who already live there to use their home, or use threats. So far it looks like money was enough. No need to get the bureaucrats at city hall involved.
I just got into this thread, but I have a few thoughts. To address a few points, but nobody in particular:
We don’t know enough about Kim to know whether she’s “better” than Saul in a moral sense or not. In earlier seasons she was the voice of reason for Jimmy, but if you go back and pay attention, all her criticisms were about the consequences. "This could ruin your career, or you could go to jail!’ but never “this is wrong, those people didn’t deserve that”. Now that Saul has proved consequences can be avoided, she’s much bolder. Not sure if she actually changed in any fundamental sense though. We’re just learning more about her.
Also, the season opening at Saul’s house: Those people didn’t look like law enforcement to me. But they could have been. That scene reminded me of Season 2 of Breaking Bad, when there were several black and white flash forward openings that implied law enforcement was searching Walt’s house and bagging bodies. But then at the end of the season we learn they were NTSB personnel cleaning up the wreckage from the plane crash. I suspect a similar kind of misdirection is going on here.
So far we really don’t know what Gene is running from. He seems more spooked by young punks who might be in gangs or the cartel than he is about the police. And while the American Greed segment made it look like law enforcement has all this dirt on them, what do they have, really? They know he was Walt’s lawyer, and that Walt was a big time drug lord, but we don’t know what evidence they really have. As far as I know Hank and Jesse’s confession tape was destroyed. So Saul might be in the clear on that front.
Francesca was shredding documents full time there at the end. And money laundering is tricky to get away with if they really look, but my head cannon is that Kim is either helping with that during BB, or taught Saul how to do it effectively (using her expertise and experience in banking law). So do they really have anything on him? Or do they just want him for questioning and a fishing expedition hoping he slips up? I could see a triumphant Saul return to ABQ to clear his name at the climax of the season. Maybe with Kim, newly released from jail?
Or they both die, which would be more typical of these shows. But so far despite the crime and cartel side of the story, this show has been much less violent than Breaking Bad. It’s possible we get something closer to a happy ending? Or at least bittersweet instead of completely dark. Who knows? I’m just excited to see it play out.
One fun little callback that I saw on reddit. Saul’s first new customer Spooge is the same guy that got his head crushed but the ATM in Breaking Bad.