Fifi (''Better Call Saul'')

"Fifi"
Better Call Saul episode
Episode no. Season 2
Episode 8
Directed by Larysa Kondracki
Written by Thomas Schnauz
Original air date April 4, 2016 (2016-04-04)
Running time 48 minutes
Guest appearance(s)

"Fifi" is the eighth episode of the second season of the AMC television series Better Call Saul, the spinoff series of Breaking Bad. The episode aired on April 4, 2016 on AMC in the United States.[1]

Plot

Jimmy accepts Kim's offer to set up separate firms but share office space, and Kim announces to Howard her resignation from HHM. Howard accepts Kim's resignation, wishes her well and they both shake hands. Immediately after Kim exits Howard's office, Howard and she race to secure the Mesa Verde account. Kim meets with Kevin and Paige, Mesa Verde's president and chief legal counsel, and they agree to become a client of her solo practice. Kim and Jimmy set up their practices in a re-purposed dentists' office. Howard reports Kim's resignation and the loss of Mesa Verde to Chuck. Chuck braves his symptoms to meet with Kevin and Paige, and damns Kim with faint praise, which causes Kevin to back out of his agreement with Kim and continue as an HHM client. Chuck is unable to continue suppressing his electromagnetic hypersensitivity symptoms, and collapses as soon as the meeting is over.

Jimmy uses two clients and a registered sex offender in a ruse to gain access to a U.S. Air Force base so he can use FIFI, a World War II-era Boeing B-29 Superfortress, in a TV ad to attract new elder care clients. Upset at losing Mesa Verde as a client, Kim has doubts about her future with Jimmy, but he reassures her that there will be other opportunities to win over big clients.

Jimmy hears that Chuck's condition has worsened because of his time at HHM's offices, and visits Chuck at home. While Chuck is asleep, Jimmy accesses the Mesa Verde files and falsifies address information on the application documents for a soon-to-open branch. Mike continues to watch Hector's restaurant and tracks his movements to a remote garage. After returning home, he begins to assemble a homemade spike strip.

Reception

Ratings

Upon airing, the episode received 1.93 million American viewers, and an 18-49 rating of 0.8.[2]

Critical reception

The episode received very positive reviews from critics. It holds a 100% positive rating with an average score of 8.2 out of 10 on the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes. The critics' consensus reads: "Emotionally foreboding and beautifully shot, "Fifi" draws empathy for several key characters, even those normally disliked."[3]

Terri Schwartz of IGN gave the episode a 8.7 rating, writing "A sabotage of a sabotage as Jimmy and Kim try to set up a new law practice."[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Fifi". AMC.
  2. ↑ Welch, Alex (April 5, 2016). "Monday cable ratings: NCAA Championship dominates". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Better Call Saul - Season 2, Episode 8 - Rotten Tomatoes".
  4. ↑ Schwartz, Terri (4 April 2016). "Better Call Saul: "Fifi" Review". IGN.
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