The Better Call Saul series finale filmed a slightly different ending scene for Kim Wexler and Jimmy McGill, reveals star Rhea Seehorn. The beloved Breaking Bad prequel, which premiered in 2015, primarily chronicles Jimmy's downward spiral into the sleazy criminal lawyer known as Saul Goodman. One of the most impactful characters in Jimmy's transformation is the show's deuteragonist, Kim, his close confidante and eventual wife. In the end, Better Call Saul surprisingly turns out to be a tragic love story between Jimmy and Kim.

In the recently-aired Better Call Saul series finale, Jimmy's alias as Gene is compromised, and he is soon captured by police. After using his signature shifty tactics to negotiate a plea deal that includes only seven years behind bars, despite a litany of crimes including accessory to murder after the fact, Jimmy finally changes his mind and does the right thing. His master plan involves pulling out of the plea deal and confessing all his crimes in court with Kim in attendance. Instead of a mere seven years, Jimmy receives an 86-year sentence. In one final twist, Kim visits Jimmy in prison for one last emotionally-charged scene. As she leaves the prison yard, the two stare at each other through the gates as Jimmy fires off the finger guns gesture for the final time.

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Talking to EW about the Better Call Saul series finale, Seehorn reveals they filmed "a couple of different iterations" of the final scene. Seehorn only details one of the alternate endings in which Kim "shoots finger guns back at" Jimmy. Read what she shared below:

Well, we shot a couple of different iterations – including ones where she shoots finger guns back at him. It was very small and not animated or with a smile, but still – in the end, [co-creator Peter Gould] decided that it looked too much like they were saying, ‘Kim is back in the game,’ and we really didn't want to give that impression.

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If Better Call Saul had gone with the alternate ending that was filmed, Kim firing the finger guns back at Jimmy would've been a way of further bringing things full circle The pistol fingers carries great significance between the two, originated by Jimmy during the Better Call Saul season 4 finale when he informs Kim he will be practicing law under the alias Saul Goodman, and later mimicked by Kim during the season 5 finale indicating she is serious about scamming Howard. However, it also speaks to a very different time in their lives, so the gesture might have rung hollow in the end.

Better Call Saul probably made the right decision to use the ending it did. As it stands, the final moments between Jimmy and Kim serve as an understated acknowledgment of the deep bond the two characters share. Kim firing the finger guns back would have likely made the emotional moment less melancholic and much more confusing for audiences. However, a glimmer of the alternate ending remains, as Kim can be seen making a slight pistol shape with her hand. Jimmy's actions during the Better Call Saul finale appear to have mended his relationship with Kim, giving the series its elusive happy ending.

Source: EW