Rhea Seehorn’s Bold Kim Expectation Makes Her Better Call Saul Farewell Even More Powerful

The series finale of Better Call Saul was one of the most highly anticipated TV events of the past few years, not just because of how much trouble was awaiting the lead characters in that final episode, but also because it would finally resolve a character arc that was first created back in 2009. Audiences were eager to see where Saul Goodman would finally end up after being caught in Omaha, and thankfully, the resolution was extremely fitting and thematic. Season 6 ended up being one of Better Call Saul’s best seasons, and the show ended on a real high.

However, it wasn’t just Saul’s fate that hung in the balance in Better Call Saul’s ending. The character of Kim was one of the show’s biggest mysteries; she never appeared in Breaking Bad, which immediately made fans suspect that she was going to die in the prequel. However, Better Call Saul did an amazing job of giving her an ending that both fits perfectly with her character arc while explaining why she’d never been seen before. It certainly wasn’t an easy conclusion to predict, and even lead star Rhea Seehorn didn’t expect it.

Rhea Seehorn Thought Kim Might Die In Better Call Saul - And So Did Everyone.

Like most of the show’s viewers, Seehorn had considered the possibility that her character would be dead by the end of the show. The actress confirmed that she didn’t know Kim and Saul’s fate when she signed on to play the character, and her journey only became clear during the final seasons of the show. Seehorn was convinced that Kim would die because she wasn’t in Breaking Bad and her death would be the final straw that pushed Saul over the edge. Speaking to Empire, Seahorn shared.

Going into Better Call Saul’s final episodes, Kim’s death was the leading theory that fans had stuck with. It seemed like the most logical way for her character to pay for the sins that she’d inherited from Jimmy, and it also wrapped the continuity in a neat bow. If Kim lived, it didn’t make sense for Jimmy to leave her behind and become Saul Goodman full-time in Breaking Bad. But thankfully, the show’s writers managed to come up with a perfect compromise that made both things possible.