'Better Call Saul' Recap: "Fall"

Cameron Lee ’20 / Emertainment Monthly Staff Writer
Spoiler Alert: This recap contains spoilers for season 3 episode 9 of Better Call Saul
The penultimate episode for this season of Better Call Saul, appropriately titled “Fall”, saw Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk), Kim (Rhea Seehorn), and Chuck (Michael McKean) reach new lows as the stage is set for a very dramatic finale.
We pick things up with Jimmy visiting Irene, the representative for the Sandpiper class action lawsuit that Jimmy started way back in season one. Irene tells Jimmy that Sandpiper has offered a settlement deal to the HHM firm and D&M. Jimmy does the math and realizes that if the deal were to go through, his share of the settlement would be over 1 million dollars which would be more than enough to keep Kim’s and his practice open. Jimmy goes to Howard (Patrick Fabian) and tries to convince him to take the deal. But Howard is sick and tired of Jimmy and sees right through Jimmy’s plan. He refuses, leaving Jimmy to devise a scheme that even in his mind is cruel.
Meanwhile, poor Howard is not having any luck controlling Chuck: they meets with their malpractice insurance agency, who request that HMM’s premium be raised and that Chuck be monitored at all times. Chuck refuses to do either and says that he is going to sue them. Howard, now furious, tells Chuck that he should retire. Chuck tries to tell Howard that he isn’t crazy, but hurts his case when he grabs a desk lamp and acts like a lunatic in front of Howard. A day later, Howard gets a letter from Chuck, which isn’t a friendly greeting card, but a lawsuit of 8 million dollars at his own firm (Chuck’s really done it this time).
Mike (Jonathan Banks) is hired to Madrigal by Gus (Giancarlo Esposito). In Breaking Bad, Madrigal was the German company that Gus was laundering money through. Mike meets with Lydia, whose job it is to help Mike launder his money through the company. This scene won’t have the same impact if you have not seen Breaking Bad, as this meeting sets up a crucial relationship that is paid off in season five of Breaking Bad.
Nacho’s (Michael Mando) plans to poison Hector doesn’t exactly goes as planned. During a meeting with Gus,  Hector loses his cool and takes his medication. The poison pills seemingly have no effect on Hector, who demands that Nacho use his innocent father’s business as a hub for Hector’s drug traffic. Nacho must warn his dad about Hector, which then causes Nacho’s dad to kick him out of his house.