How self-aware is Better Call Saul's Jimmy McGill?

The Hollywood Reporter

Gennifer Hutchison, the Better Call Saul writer/executive producer who wrote this week's Vince Gilligan-directed episode "Wiedersehen," was asked about Bob Odenkirk's character's self-awareness. "That's an interesting question, and we talk about it a lot, actually," she says. "It shifts. I think in some ways he is really self-aware, but I think in other ways he's really internalized how Chuck thought of him. I think deep down he does think that he's a bad guy and he's unworthy. I think that's why so much tension comes up between him and Kim, because how can she like him when he's a bad dude deep down? So while it might seem like maybe he's self-aware, it's not accurate. He's not actually like that, I think, in a lot of ways. It really shifts. Even when you say you're self-aware, I feel like there's always a deeper layer that you're maybe not acknowledging or ready to tackle." ALSO: There's something whimsical about Rhea Seehorn's performance as Kim Wexler, resulting in a magical pairing between Kim and Jimmy.