When You Embezzle The Money, Then You Get The Power. Sort Of.

If we learned anything from The Jinx (other than that it's important to spell things right, and to shut up around a hot mic), it's that getting away with shit once or twice or three times can fool you into thinking you're going to get away with everything forever. You've never been prosecuted for any of the many murders you've (allegedly) committed? Why not also steal a sandwich, right? So it is with the Kettlemans of Better Call Saul: if there was no blowback at all when a sworn officer of the court caught them in the woods with a bag full of cash, then they have no reason to think they're not going to get away totally clean. Who knows how much longer they would have blundered along in ignorance if a concerned party hadn't stepped in to teach them otherwise?

When we catch back up with the Kettlemans, they're in conference with Kim, their lawyer, who's walking them through the terms of a deal she's struck on Craig's behalf. Given that they've already proven that they're obvious flight risks, they're lucky they haven't been arrested for that alone, but regardless, that won't look good for Craig if it comes out in court; if he goes to trial and loses, he could serve thirty years in prison -- or he could allocate to the embezzlement and return the cash, in exchange for which he'd only serve sixteen months in a minimum-security facility. Horrified, Betsy flatly refuses, insisting that Craig is innocent and that there is no money, and when Kim -- much more politely than any reasonable person should be, under the circumstances -- tries to force them to confront reality, Betsy declares that there's nothing to discuss, fires Kim, and seeks out what she believes to be her next best option.

Today, Betsy feels that wad of cash she pressed on Jimmy after he caught them "camping" actually was a retainer, not a bribe, and she's very excited about the vigorous defense she knows Jimmy can mount on Craig's behalf. What the Kettlemans don't know is that while Jimmy's personal ethics are kind of a moving target in general, he's prepared to screw over just about everyone alive except the person they've just screwed over by firing her. And even though it would be very nice for him to be able to use the Kettlemans' ill-gotten "retainer" to lease the office space he's been hoping Kim would join him in, he's going to tap his newest and awesomest resource instead, on Kim's unknowing behalf.

All that's left is for Jimmy to explain the situation, which he does with a LOT less relish than I would.

And back they go to the lawyer they thought they could ankle.

Given how arrogant AND dickish these two have been during "The 25th Hour starring Ned and Maude Flanders," it's pretty satisfying to watch them learn this tough lesson.