WHAT IT'S ABOUT: As Season 5 begins, Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) has legally become Saul Goodman, while Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) must process the conversion. Meanwhile, Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) has attempted to absorb the enormity of his crime _ the murder of German engineer Werner Ziegler (Rainer Bock) who left the construction of Gus Fring's (Giancarlo Esposito) meth superlab _ but there's no time for soul-searching. Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton), ruthless nephew of Gus' nemesis Don Hector Salamanca (Mark Margolis), wants to know what that lab is for. That would be catastrophic for Gus, who persuades Lalo's henchman, Nacho (Michael Mando)/ to find out what he can about his boss.
Also this: DEA agents "Gomie" (Steven Michael Quezada) and Hank (Dean Norris) are back for a two-episode arc.
MY SAY: Nearly 10 years and a whole other series ("Breaking Bad") ago, Mike explained the problem with something he called "half-measures." When he had been a cop in Philly, he had taken pity on an abusive husband who ended up killing his wife. That pity was the "half-measure." A full-measure _ offing the husband first _ would have saved her life, ergo "full" is better than "half."
