Upon this rock, I will build the church. These words are found both in Matthew 16:18 and in Jimmy's (Bob Odenkirk) consensus as he laundries his bribe money into his salaries in this week's episode of Better Call Saul, entitled "Hero."

While Saul, as we all know, build himself on shady characters and low-life criminals, Jimmy is a hard-working attorney trying to make the American Dream his own. As anyone whose seen Breaking Bad knows, Jimmy/Saul wins and loses in his quest for personal recognition. Morals may fall to the waistside, but his integrity is found in an unusual calling. And shades of Saul start to appear more frequently in this week's installment.

Most notably, a scene in the first quarter where Saul battles words with his dangerous client Nacho (Michael Mando), where colors of his Breaking Bad come to form but not in ways that are cumbersomely on-the-nose or overdone. Rather, Jimmy's destination towards success comes more from confidence, it would seem, but his desire to help the little man would mean he may have to help the smaller guys who are, shall we say, on the other side of the law.

It's a character journey that, as I have said last week, is not nearly as nail-biting or jaw-dropping as Walt's became in Breaking Bad, but more than holds in down in terms of maturity and gravitas, as Jimmy himself even notes at one point. It's, as I repeat and repeat, about coming into your own, no matter how that person blurs the line between moral and unjust.

Speaking of one blossoming into themselves, while Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) — Jimmy's kinda/sorta love interest and business alley/enemy — has already been established as a primary character, here both Seehorn and Wexler shine. Seehorn gives her character a ferociousness and vulnerability which is compelling even in its small doses, while Wexler finally gets more screen time to dominate her stance in the series. Her voice, well-penned by teleplay writer Gennifer Hutchinson this week, is unique and engaging in ways that haven't been explored in the series prior, and if her presence is equally as good as it is here in future episodes, she'll truly become a welcomed addition to show creators Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould's vision.

Under the assured direction of Colin Bucksey, who called the shots to Odenkirk recently in FX's Fargo to two of the season's finest episodes, "Hero" is another good-step forward for Better Call Saul. It's preconceived notions of needing to be on par with its brother series are less noticable, while the characters themselves — both old and new — have grown in their own quite nicely so far.

In exploring moral integrity, originally may not always been found, but it can produce some interesting results. As seen this week, sometimes one who will risk their own personal safety by helping their fellow man nearly falling 65 feet from the ground has one will host selfish ambitions in mind. Because sometimes it's about building yourself up from the bottom, but how one makes their church is not necessarily as christian as their neighbors.

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