[Kim tells Jimmy she quit Schweikart & Cokely and left Mesa Verde with them]
What happened? Did somebody say something about what we did?
No, no–
Was it Rich?
Nobody said anything. Uh, it just, it... it felt right.
“It felt right”? Wha–How?
I- I just keep pushing Mesa Verde away to do my pro bono work and then when you were gone, I didn’t know what happened. I mean, I... I thought you were dead. So, that was, um... all of it helped me to see what’s important and what isn’t.
[checks his ringing phone and puts it away] So, you’re just gonna throw it all away? I mean, you busted your ass for all of it.
I’m not throwing it away. I did S&C, I did Mesa Verde, I did that. I-I achieved that, I had that experience, but... it doesn’t make me happy.
...Look, it’s been a rough couple of days, so why don’t you just hold off on a final decision. Call Rich, tell him you’re thinking it over.
I already talked to Rich, and I called Paige. We had a nice, very long conversation, it’s done... then I spent the afternoon in the courthouse with pro bono clients without Mesa Verde hanging over my head. Best afternoon I’ve had in a long time.
Alright, pro bono is wonderful, it is, but... pro bono means no money. So, what’s the plan here?
I don’t know, but I’ll figure it out.
Okay... leaving Schweikart, I get that: it’s a bunch of stuffed shirts, but uh, Mesa Verde? Hey, that’s like leaving the Yankees to play amateur ring toss.
No, it’s not! I’m–I’m leaving something that makes zero difference in the world to help people who are actually in need.
[muttering] This is a bad idea.
What?!
Look- we all make choices, right, and those choices, they put us on a road. And the road has good choices and it has bad choices, and this is a bad choice road!
What are you even talking about?
I’m– [silences his ringing phone] saying that bad choices lead to bad roads that lead to bad places!
When you decided to be Saul Goodman, I didn’t get it–still don’t, really–but I stood by your decision... and I’m not changing my identity, I’m just leaving a job!
What I did was completely different!
How?
‘Cause I was leaving failure for success!
It’s not different! You believed it was right for you, give me the courtesy of believing this is right for me.
And I’m giving you a reality check: this is too far, too fast!
And I’m giving you a reality check: this is really none of your damn business.
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