Marco (Better Call Saul)
| "Marco" | |
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| Better Call Saul episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 10 |
| Directed by | Peter Gould |
| Written by | Peter Gould |
| Original air date | April 6, 2015 |
| Running time | 49 minutes |
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"Marco" is the tenth and final episode of the first season of the AMC television series Better Call Saul, the spinoff series of Breaking Bad. The episode aired on April 6, 2015.
In a flashback, young Jimmy, after being arrested and then released with Chuck's help, goes to the local bar in his hometown of Cicero, Illinois to say goodbye to Marco, his friend and partner in crime who pulled off cons on unsuspecting people. Jimmy decides to move to Albuquerque to live an honest life and gives up his cons, which disappoints Marco.
In the "present", Jimmy returns to HHM, where he goes through with the deal and hands over the case to them, revealing that he figured out Chuck's involvement. Howard apologizes to Jimmy for being hostile and gives Jimmy his of counsel fee of $20,000. Jimmy also requests Howard take over buying Chuck's groceries and daily newspapers. Howard is duly impressed with the amount of care Jimmy had shown to Chuck over the past year. Afterwards, Jimmy returns to the retirement home, where he hosts a game of bingo for the residents. After an improbable string of letter "B's" are drawn, he suffers a nervous breakdown in the midst of the game and rants to the residents how he had taken revenge against a man named Chet, who owed him money and cheated with his wife, by defecating through the sunroof of his car (a move he calls, "Chicago Sunroof"). However, Chet's children were present in the backseat. Since Chet had connections, he had the District Attorney file charges for indecent exposure, which could get Jimmy tried as a sex offender. Fortunately, Chuck managed to have the charges dropped, but Jimmy attributes that one event for his current situation. He quits hosting the bingo game midstream and storms out of the retirement home.
Afterwards, Jimmy decides to take a vacation to his hometown of Cicero, Illinois. In Cicero, Jimmy enters a bar and reunites with Marco. After reminiscing and catching-up, they almost immediately run a spurious "rare, JFK half-dollar" scam on an unsuspecting businessman. Jimmy and Marco then spend the rest of the week running more cons. At the end of the week, Jimmy wakes up to find multiple messages from his elderly clients asking where he is. Jimmy explains to Marco that he is a budding elder law attorney, and that he must return to Albuquerque to see to his clients. Marco is envious that Jimmy has a legitimate career, pointing out how he himself has nothing to live for other than his cons. Marco convinces Jimmy to stay for one last fake Rolex con, to which Jimmy reluctantly agrees. However, during the con, Marco suffers a heart attack and collapses. Jimmy rushes to his aid, his last words being "I screwed-up. Jimmy, you know what, this was the greatest week of my life". At Marco's funeral, Jimmy inherits Marco's pinky ring, the ring he will wear throughout Breaking Bad.
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