History Recap / BetterCallSaulS2E1Switch

In present day, "Gene" is about end his daily shift at the Cinnabon, and heads to the mall garbage room to take out the trash. He is accidentally locked inside, and tries calling out for help to no avail. He notices an emergency exit, but opts not to use it, as it would trigger an alarm and alert the police, who could potentially recognize him. When he is finally discovered and let out by a member of the night shift crew a couple of hours later, he has carved the message "S.G. was here" into the wall.

Meanwhile, when Pryce shows up in a brand-new Hummer H2 to pick up Mike for another meet with Nacho, Mike decides to part ways with him for being too conspicuous. Pryce meets up with Nacho anyway; Nacho secretly finds Pryce's real name (Daniel Wormald) and home address in the glove box of his Hummer. Wormald later finds his home ransacked, and his cash stash stolen. He calls the cops, but tells them that the only thing missing is his baseball card collection. When the cops arrive to investigate, they become suspicious and feel that Wormald is obviously hiding something.

* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: After Jimmy and Kim stab Ken with a bill for tequila called Zafiro Anejo, Ken is not too pleased with the amount he's been charged, even asking if he got the right bill. It's been established Zafiro Anejo costs $7800 a bottle, and that plus three dinners equals Ken being unhappy.

[[OnceMoreWithClarity We now see what happened]] between Jimmy walking to the courthouse and [[Recap/BetterCallSaulS1E10Marco him driving into the horizon]] - after Kim denies that their relationship is conditional on him taking the job at Davis and Main, he bluntly turns down his new job opportunity. He decides to quit being a lawyer and starts running cons at a nearby hotel, resting in their pool. Kim visits him for a drink at the hotel bar, where Jimmy convinces her to run a scam on [[Recap/BreakingBadS1E4CancerMan an obnoxious and inconsiderate stockbroker named Ken]] . After successfully conning him out of several hundred dollars worth of tequila, the two spend the night together.

Meanwhile, when Pryce shows up in a brand-new Hummer H2 to pick up Mike for another meet with Nacho, Mike decides to part ways with him for being too incautious. Pryce meets up with Nacho anyway; Nacho secretly finds Pryce's real name (Daniel Wormald) and home address in the glove box of his Hummer. Wormald later finds his home ransacked, and his cash stash stolen. He calls the cops, but tells them that the only thing missing is his baseball card collection. When the cops arrive to investigate, they become suspicious and feel that Wormald is obviously hiding something.

After a discussion with Kim, Jimmy decides to take the job at the Davis & Main law firm after all. The episode ends with him settling into his new office. A light switch in the office has a piece of tape on it with instructions to never turn it off. When Jimmy does anyway, nothing happens.

* AbsenceOfEvidence: Daniel discovers that someone has broken into his house. While he spins a story about the thief being after his antique baseball cards, the two police officers who respond don't seem to buy it. Furthermore, once he's out of sight, they notice something wrong with the picture: there's a lot of clutter on the floor from the ransacking, but there's a cleared space in front of the couch that's shaped as if the couch was pulled out after the burglary. This leads them to push aside the couch and find the place where Wormald hides his cash.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Daniel Wormald's new Hummer H2. It's flashy, and chock-full of features that make it quite comfortable to be in, and the bright-yellow-with-red-flames paint job is great at drawing attention. Which is exactly the ''opposite'' of what you want for a vehicle that you will be bringing to a quick and discreet drug deal. Additionally, the fact that it's so expensive immediately makes the cops suspicious when they see it parked in the driveway of his relatively small house. And even the "Awesome" part can be debatable, because other characters see it as gaudy and ugly (Mike calls it a "MidlifeCrisisCar" at one point, and at another point, Nacho calls it a "school bus for six-year old pimps").

* CallForward: Walt and Jr. [[Recap/BreakingBadS5E4FiftyOne also]] buy obnoxious sports cars that scream "I'm dealing drugs", and promptly get chewed out for it in a similar manner.

* EvilFeelsGood: Kim's reaction to helping Jimmy con Ken Wins on paying for their dinner.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Mike decides that he'll no longer help Wormald as an enforcer after Wormald first acquires his Hummer. Mostly because someone like Wormald, an IT at a pharmaceutical company, is driving a car well above his pay grade, which could attract unwanted police attention. Which it does.
* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: After Jimmy and Kim stab Ken with a bill for tequila called Zafiro Anejo, Ken is not too pleased with the amount he's been charged, even asking if he got the right bill. It's been established Zafiro Anejo costs $7800 a bottle, and that plus three dinners equal Ken being unhappy.

* StupidCrooks: Daniel Wormald is totally clueless about being a criminal. He's lucky enough to have Mike advising him, but then gets cocky and fires him. He buys a [[ImprobablyCoolCar pimped-out Hummer H2]] and goes to meet Nacho alone with no backup. Nacho gets Daniel's real name and address off his registration, then breaks into his house and steals his cash. ''Then'' Daniel checks his hiding spot (leaving a big, conspicious gap in the debris), and immediately calls the cops to report the break-in.

** The $50-a-shot tequila Jimmy and Kim trick Ken Wins into paying for at the bar is Zafiro Añejo, the same brand of tequila Gus used to poison Don Eladio and his crew in [[Recap/BreakingBadS4E10Salud "Salud."]]
** Ken, the Bluetooth-wearing douchebag, returns from way back in Breaking Bad's first season.
** One of the two police officers who comes to Wormald's house also came to [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E3IFT Walt and Skyler's house once]].

* WhatDoesThisButtonDo: Jimmy can't help but disobey the sign saying never to turn off the switch.

We now see what happened between Jimmy walking to the courthouse and [[Recap/BetterCallSaulS1E10Marco him driving into the horizon]] - after Kim denies that their relationship is conditional on him taking the job at Davis and Main, he bluntly turns down his new job opportunity. He decides to quit being a lawyer and starts running cons at a nearby hotel, resting in their pool. Kim visits him for a drink at the hotel bar, where Jimmy convinces her to run a scam on [[Recap/BreakingBadS1E4CancerMan an obnoxious and inconsiderate stockbroker named Ken]] . After successfully conning him out of several hundred dollars worth of tequila, the two spend the night together.

We now see what happened between Jimmy walking to the courthouse and [[Recap/BetterCallSaulS1E10Marco him driving into the horizon]] - after Kim denies that their relationship is conditional on him taking the job at Davis and Main, he bluntly turns down his new job opportunity. He decides to quit being a lawyer and starts wasting time at a nearby hotel pool. Kim visits him for a drink at the hotel bar, where Jimmy convinces her to run a scam on [[Recap/BreakingBadS1E4CancerMan an obnoxious and inconsiderate stockbroker named Ken]] . After successfully conning him out of several hundred dollars worth of tequila, the two spend the night together.

After a discussion with Kim, Jimmy decides to take the job at the Davis & Main law firm after all. The episode ends with him settling into his new office.

We now see what happened between Jimmy walking to the courthouse and [[Recap/BetterCallSaulS1E10Marco him driving into the horizon]] - bluntly turning down his new job opportunity at Davis and Main. He decides to quit being a lawyer, and starts a relationship with Kim after the pair successfully scam someone together.

Meanwhile, when Pryce shows up in a brand-new Hummer H2 to pick up Mike for another meet with Nacho, Mike decides to part ways with him for being too incautious. Pryce meets up with Nacho anyway; Nacho secretly finds Pryce's real name (Daniel Wormald) and home address in the glove box of his Hummer. He later finds his home ransacked, and his cash stash stolen. He calls the cops, but tells them that the only thing missing is his baseball card collection. When the cops arrive to investigate, they become suspicious and feel that Pryce/Wormald is obviously hiding something.

Picking up where [[Recap/BetterCallSaulS1E10Marco "Marco"]] left off, we see Jimmy turn down his new job opportunity. He decides to quit being a lawyer, and starts a relationship with Kim after the pair successfully scam someone together.

* CallBack: When he's settling into his new office, Jimmy asks for a "cocobolo" desk. He had first mentioned wanting one to Kim back in "Bingo."
* CallForward: In Season 5 of Breaking Bad, Walt buys himself and Jr obnoxious sports cars that also scream "I'm dealing drugs" and gets chewed out for it by Skyler in a similar manner.

[[caption-width-right:350:♫ ''Gee, ain't it funny / how time slips away...'' ♫]]

* EvilFeelsGood: Kim's reaction to helping Jimmy con Ken Wins.

* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: After Jimmy and Kim stab Ken with a bill for tequila, Ken is not too pleased with the amount he's been charged, even asking if he got the right bill.

* TakeThat: Ken compares the box office performance of the movie [[Film/CorkyRomano Corky Romano]] to the real-life wrecks of the Hindenburg and the Andrea Doria.

* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: After Jimmy and Kim stab Ken with a bill for tequila, Ken is not too pleased with the amount he's been charged, even asking if the amount is accurate.

* AssholeVictim: It's hard to feel bad for Ken when he's the loudest, most obnoxious person in the room.

* StupidCrooks: Daniel Wormald is totally clueless about being a criminal. He's lucky enough to have Mike advising him, but then gets cocky and fires him. He buys [[ImprobablyCoolCar pimped-out Hummer H2]] and goes to meet Nacho alone with no backup. Nacho gets Daniel's real name and address off his registration, then breaks into his house and steals his cash. ''Then'' Daniel checks his hiding spot (leaving a big, conspicious gap in the debris), and immediately calls the cops to report the break-in.

* TooDumbToLive: Daniel Wormald is totally clueless about being a criminal. He's lucky enough to have Mike advising him, but then gets cocky and fires him. He buys [[ImprobablyCoolCar pimped-out Hummer H2]] and goes to meet Nacho alone with no backup. Nacho gets Daniel's real name and address off his registration, then breaks into his house and steals his cash. ''Then'' Daniel checks his hiding spot (leaving a big, conspicious gap in the debris), and immediately calls the cops to report the break-in.

** What makes things worse? He bought the Hummer ''before'' firing Mike (who, tellingly, wanted him to get rid of it).
** Minor, but on top of ''that'', Daniel actually has the gall to '''order the cops around'''.

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** Minor, but on top of ''that'', Daniel actually has the gall to '''order the cops around'''.