Better Call Saul · Episode 7: Inflatable
Inflatable: Better Call Saul Season 2 Episode 7 Explained
Spoiler guide to Better Call Saul season 2 episode 7, Inflatable: the store flashback, the firing that keeps the bonus, and Kim’s counteroffer.
This page discusses the whole episode, including the ending, and it may mention earlier episodes of seasons 1 and 2. It does not review later seasons or retell Breaking Bad.
Credits
| Season and episode | 2 / 7 |
|---|---|
| Episode title | Inflatable |
| U.S. air date | |
| Written by | Gordon Smith |
| Directed by | Colin Bucksey |
Key plot points
In an early-1970s flashback, thirteen-year-old Jimmy is working in the family store. A grifter tries to con his father by claiming to be a parent in an emergency. Jimmy does not believe it and warns his father. The father wants to help someone who might be in need. When the con is revealed, a disillusioned Jimmy steals from the store.
In 2002 Jimmy represents Mike while Mike tells the district attorney that the gun in the Tuco fight was not Tuco’s. Jimmy wants to quit Davis & Main, but quitting means repaying the signing bonus. He can keep it if he is fired without cause. He irritates his coworkers until Cliff fires him.
He asks Kim to partner in one firm. She suggests separate firms that share office space, expenses, and support. Mike promises Stacey a house in a safer neighborhood and starts watching Hector’s restaurant.
Character development
The boy’s theft follows the revealed con. The father and the son read the same customer differently.
Kim will not merge practices. She will share a roof. That is the counteroffer the list records.
Themes
Getting fired is the route that keeps the bonus. The episode makes the irritation at the office a strategy.
The gun statement Mike gives the prosecutor is the lie Hector paid for. Jimmy is the lawyer in that room.
What to watch for
Watch the contract term. Quitting costs the bonus. A firing without cause keeps it. Cliff’s firing is the outcome Jimmy is arranging.
Watch the restaurant surveillance. It begins here. The list does not yet show what Mike does with it.
Easter eggs and fun observations
The season list places the store flashback in the early 1970s and makes Jimmy thirteen. It does not name the grifter. No extra identity is added.
Hector’s restaurant is the place Mike starts to watch. The list does not give the restaurant a slogan, so none is repeated.
Sources checked
Episode titles, numbers, U.S. premiere dates, writers, and directors for seasons 1 through 6 were checked on 2026-10-07 against the English Wikipedia articles for those seasons. The season 1 article lists an official AMC series address. On 2026-10-07 a request to that address returned AMC’s Page Not Found page (HTTP 400), so it is cited as the listed series page, not as a page this guide was able to read.
Two official AMC pages did open. The Central Europe series page states the creators, the regular cast, and a ten-episode debut season. Bob Odenkirk’s cast page on amc.com sits on the Better Call Saul path and identifies him with the series; it does not list season 1 episode credits, and those credits were not taken from it. This guide does not reproduce dialogue, subtitles, or another outlet’s recap.
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