Jimmy and Mike, despite being the show’s lead characters, have not spent much time talking to one another. There are some notable exceptions to this rule, like their journey through the desert together in Season 5. “Bag Man”And, most recently, Mike helping Jimmy and Kim clean out their apartment after Howard was killed in their living room by Lalo in Season 6’s “Fun and Games.”One fan took to Jimmy-Mike scenes. RedditTo declare that they wish there were more of the duo throughout. “Better Call Saul.”
This resulted in u/captaincookschilipYou can even list all of their interactions through the 5th season. This is what I did. u/smartburnseffect wrote, “Wow, [in Seasons] 2 and 4 they barely overlap stories at all. Crazy how they’ve been able to pull off this ‘2 worlds’ approach for this long.”Fans shared similar sentiments about the ability of writers to manage two storylines while keeping it feeling like one show. One fan, u/NateShaw92, wrote, “It actually is quite cool how the characters (realistically I might add) keep parts of their lives separate and it is always cool when that ends and we get Kim sharing a scene with Mike. The long [time] coming clash of worlds is made better by the fact they were separate for years.”
However, on the other side of things, some fans are disappointed — rather than wowed — that there is so little interaction between the two sides. Take, for example: u/jeharris25It should be noted that in “Breaking Bad,”Jimmy introduced Mike to him as his private investigator. They were hoping for a stronger relationship. “Better Call Saul.”