Better Call Saul, Season 2

[Kim finds Jimmy relaxing in a resort after turning down Davis & Main. They talk in the hotel's bar]

Kim:
What d'you—What d'you mean, "quit the law"?!

Jimmy:
I quit it. Simple as that.

Kim:
Oh. Well, thanks for explaining, Jimmy, it's super clear now.

Jimmy:
[to waiter] Hey buddy, is that a misprint right here? It's gotta be, right?

Waiter:
The Zafiro Añejo? That's correct, actually, believe it or not.

Jimmy:
Holy shit, a $50 shot of tequila? Is it worth it?

Waiter:
Apparently. It's kind of a personal choice thing.

Jimmy:
Well, I can't die without trying a $50 shot of tequila, so two. Dos. Neat, and we can charge that to the room, can't we?

Kim:
No, we can't. We—I am paying. And he will have a shot of your well brand and I'll have a glass of your house red. [pause] Jimmy... did something happen in Cicero?

Jimmy:
Why did something have to happen in Cicero?

Kim:
Because, when I talked to you about Davis & Main, you were ready to take the job. Now you're back, and you're suddenly quitting the law? Cheating hotels out of expensive liquor, wearing a weird pinky ring—what, are you in the mafia now—asking if we have a future? I mean, where did that come from?

Jimmy:
I don't know, I just... Cicero has nothing to do with it. It's my whole life–well, my life since Chuck made me come to Albuquerque. Ever since I got here, all I've done is try to make Chuck happy. Bend over backwards to please Chuck. Chuck, Chuck, Chuck. Well, no more.

Kim:
You quitting the law, isn't that exactly what Chuck wants?

Jimmy:
Who cares? This is for me, okay? I got into the law for all the wrong reasons. I'm trusting my instincts; I think that my talents are better spent elsewhere.

Kim:
Where? Floating in someone else's pool? [scoffs] Jimmy, you're a great lawyer. Why give that up?

Jimmy:
I'm not saying it didn't have its moments, but the stuff I liked about it: Selling people, convincing people? I don't have to be a lawyer to do that. Besides, people tell me how they see me, and it's not as a lawyer.

[They receive their drinks and notice an obnoxious stockbroker]

Kim:
Okay, so? If you're not gonna be a lawyer, then what? Float around and wait for your Sandpiper money to roll in? That could take years.

Jimmy:
Sandpiper has no bearing on this at all.

Kim:
Okay, then what's the plan?

Jimmy:
To be open to the universe.

Kim:
Okay, so no plan. Just walk the earth, like Jules at the end of Pulp Fiction?

Jimmy:
Look, whatever the universe presents, whatever opportunity arises, I will take it.

Kim:
"Whatever opportunity?"

Jimmy:
Yeah.

Kim:
Wasn't Davis & Main an opportunity? It's a great opportunity, and you're walking away from it! [Jimmy looks away from her] Look, shouldn't you at least try the job before you say no?

Jimmy:
And waste everyone's time, including my own? Kim, I appreciate your concern, but it's not for me. I don't want it.

Kim:
Jimmy, do you remember how long you studied for that bar? How hard you worked? All that effort, you're just gonna toss it away?

Jimmy:
That's the sunk cost fallacy.

Kim:
The what?

Jimmy:
The fallacy of sunk cost. It's what gamblers do: They throw good money after bad, thinking they can turn their luck around. It's like, "I've already spent this much money or time, whatever, I've gotta keep going!" No, there's no reward at the end of this game.

Kim:
You are making a mistake. I know you're making a mistake.

Jimmy:
I've been doing the "right thing" for all these years now, and where has it gotten me? Nowhere!

Kim:
I'm sorry, I don't... [Jimmy and Kim stare at each other] I don't get it. I just don't get it.

Jimmy:
It's what's right for me.

[The stockbroker pipes up again. Jimmy gets out of his seat]

Jimmy:
Come with me.

Kim:
What?

Jimmy:
Just—Come on, trust me.

Kim:
What are you going to do?

Jimmy:
You wanna understand what I'm talking about? Follow my lead.