BETTER CALL SAUL
"Five-O"
Episode #106
Written by
Gordon Smith
Directed by
Adam Bernstein
Production Draft
WHITE - 8/1/14
BLUE PAGES - 8/4/14: 18, 24, 30, 35, 37, 40
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GREEN PAGES - 8/11/14: 32
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BETTER CALL SAUL
“TBD”
8/11/14
Cast List
JIMMY
MIKE
STACEY
KAYLEE
DETECTIVE SANDERS
DETECTIVE ABBASI
FRANCISCO (formerly EDUARDO)
DR. CALDERA
OFFICER HOFFMAN
SERGEANT FENSKY (formerly T.O. FENSKY)
BARTENDER
Non-Speaking
ALBUQUERQUE DETECTIVE
APD UNIFORM COP
BETTER CALL SAUL
“TBD”
8/11/14
Set List
Interiors:
MIKE'S HOUSE
KITCHEN
POLICE STATION
HALLWAY
INTERVIEW ROOM
ALBUQUERQUE STATION
WAITING AREA
OUTSIDE THE RESTROOMS
WOMEN'S ROOM
MEN'S ROOM
STALL
VETERINARIAN'S OFFICE
KENNEL AREA
EXAM ROOM
STACEY'S HOUSE
LIVING ROOM
MCCLURE'S BAR (formerly MCKINNON'S BAR)
SUZUKI ESTEEM
TAXI
POLICE CRUISER
BACKSEAT
MIKE'S CAR
Exteriors:
COURTHOUSE PARKING LOT
STACEY'S HOUSE
BACKYARD
FRONT CURB
NEW MEXICAN DESERT
ALBUQUERQUE TRAIN PLATFORM
STACEY'S STREET
PHILADELPHIA STREET
MCCLURE'S BAR (formerly MCKINNON'S BAR)
EMPTY LOT
TEASER
EXT. NEW MEXICAN DESERT - DAY1 1
Flat scrubland and dust. The Sandias crouch in the distance.
Quiet. We’re out past the eastern outskirts of Albuquerque,
in the valleys that stretch away to Colorado and Kansas.
In the distance, a TRAIN races toward edge of frame.
CLOSER: it WHOOSHES past us.
Now the train carries us along with it, through...
A SERIES OF WESTERN BEAUTY SHOTS --
-- The desert unspools alongside the rails.
-- Roads cut long black arroyos to the horizon.
-- Wide-sky country giving way to the dots of houses,
warehouses, suburbs.
We’re approaching Albuquerque, rolling closer and closer to
town. It’s our version of the opening of “Bad Day at Black
Rock”, announcing:
Someone’s coming.
EXT. ALBUQUERQUE TRAIN PLATFORM - DAY2 2
The Rail Runner train SQUEALLLS to a stop on the line. The
doors open and a smattering of passengers disembark. Blown-
out overhead speakers announce the train’s current station
and its next stop (let’s base all this on what Rail Runner
actually does).
A black SHOE lands on the train steps. A passenger
descending, a small duffel bag in hand: MIKE -- grizzled,
travel-worn.
We’re BACK IN TIME, at the moment he first arrived in
Albuquerque, several months before episode 101.
Welcome to the Mike Ehrmantraut episode of “Better Call
Saul.” Like Mike himself, this episode is deliberate,
thoughtful and emotionally economical. It doesn’t wear its
heart on its sleeve. But make no mistake: it will
ultimately become very dramatic, nevertheless.
That duffel bag? It’s everything he cared to take from
whatever life he left behind.
(CONTINUED)

Still, Mike is Mike: a wolf in Sears clothing. There’s no
hesitation as he walks into...
INT. ALBUQUERQUE STATION - WAITING AREA - CONTINUOUS3 3
Mike scans the station. Spare, down at the heels but with
Southwestern charm. Fairly empty -- a CLERK, a HOMELESS GUY
asleep, a LISTLESS JANITOR sweeping.
No one else. He checks the clock: a little after noon. She
should be here. Guess he’ll get comfy.
Mike sets down his bag next to a bench and sits. A slight
wince as he settles in, but could be he’s just travel-sore.
WIDE ON MIKE: Portrait of a man, waiting.
He gives a glance toward the RESTROOMS sign across the way.
He sits for a moment or two longer, then looks at them again.
Might as well hit the head while he has the chance. But now,
he rises to his feet... He hears FOOTSTEPS.
Mike turns to see STACEY, the mystery woman from episode 105,
walking toward him. She’s dressed in health care worker’s
scrubs and white, velcro’d Reeboks. Coming off a shift.
Worn down and world-weary.
Whatever joy Mike is feeling at this reunion is blunted.
There’s tension here. History.
STACEY
(forcing a smile)
Hey.
MIKE
(genuine)
Hey. Thank you for coming.
STACEY
Yeah. Of course.
A PAUSE, then she goes for a hug. Not a good hug, mind you:
it’s stiff, cool. The kind where only your shoulders touch.
She breaks it off.
STACEY
I’m just parked across the street.
She gestures toward the door.
CONTINUED:2 2
(CONTINUED)
BETTER CALL SAUL #106 "Five-O" GREEN 8/11/14 2.
MIKE
Great. I was just about to hit
the...
(nods to the restrooms)
Just be a minute.
STACEY
Yeah. Sure. Meet you out front?
Mike nods, smiles. Clearly, he’s happier to see Stacey than
she is to see him -- and he recognizes this. Who is this
woman? For now, all we know is she’s Mike’s ride. Mike
watches her for a beat, then shoulders his duffel and heads
to...
INT. ALBUQUERQUE STATION - OUTSIDE THE RESTROOMS - CONT.4 4
Mike approaches two side-by-side corridors labeled MEN on the
left, WOMEN on the right. Mike steps toward... the right,
and calls into the women’s room (after first ensuring that no
one out in the lobby is close enough to witness this).
MIKE
Janitor! Anyone in there?
He listens for a response. No answer. Okay, then.
In he goes. What the hell?
INT. ALBUQUERQUE STATION - WOMEN’S ROOM - CONTINUOUS5 5
Mike does a quick check under the stalls. Nobody’s here. On
the wall next to the sink, there’s a graffitied coin-op
VENDING MACHINE -- super-generic, a gray metal box on the
wall, no indication of what it vends.
He fishes in a pocket. Pulls out change. He dumps quarters
into the machine. Turns the dial. KA-CHUNK.
CLOSE ON: the dispenser slot as a MAXI-PAD falls in --
generic, white, in industrial-grade plastic. Mike’s hand
GRABS it.
INT. ALBUQUERQUE STATION - OUTSIDE THE RESTROOMS - CONT.6 6
Now, out comes Mike, exiting the women’s room and immediately
ducking into the MEN’S ROOM next door.
CONTINUED:3 3
BETTER CALL SAUL #106 "Five-O" GREEN 8/11/14 3.
INT. ALBUQUERQUE STATION - MEN’S ROOM - STALL - CONTINUOUS7 7
A stall door opens. Mike enters and closes it behind him,
latches it shut. Mike takes his jacket off, hangs it on the
door.
He carefully unbuttons his shirt, not hiding his pain now.
This hurts.
As the shirt comes open, we see that his shoulder is roughly
bandaged, strips of gauze wrapped over a plain white pad.
Mike gingerly unwraps the gauze. When he gets down to the
skin, we see BLOOD has seeped through the dressing, leaving a
small bright stab of red on the pad.
Mike PEEEELS it off revealing a neat blackish PUNCTURE WOUND.
It’s roughly stitched up, a self-done needle-and-thread job.
You don’t have to be a doctor to figure: Mike got shot.
With his teeth, Mike tears open the maxi-pad. Strips the
plastic cover off it. Presses the absorbent side to the
wound, grimacing. O www.
Gonna have to sew that up properly, and soon.
TIGHTER ON: the old gauze circling the arm. Efficient,
professional. A competent field dress. He ties it.
WIDEN OUT: Mike starts to button up...
INT. ALBUQUERQUE STATION - WAITING AREA - DAY8 8
Mike steps out of the men’s room, fully dressed and squared
away. Nothing out of place. Nothing shows.
He crosses the lobby, his duffel slung over his good
shoulder. All his secrets are under wraps.
For now.
Off Mike, departing the station...
END TEASER
BETTER CALL SAUL #106 "Five-O" GREEN 8/11/14 4.
ACT ONE
BLUE SKY. Still in the teaser-era, about three months9 9
prior to “Better Call Saul” Present Day.
An OUT-OF-FOCUS BLOB swings toward us in SLOW-MOTION. It
resolves into a toddler’s back (a la the opening shots of
“Breaking Bad” 307).
RAMP TO NORMAL SPEED: it’s KAYLEE EHRMANTRAUT, age five-ish.
She’s in her play clothes, GIGGLING, having a good time on
the swings. Carefree kid stuff.
KAYLEE
Higher!
A NEW ANGLE reveals we’re in...
EXT. STACEY’S HOUSE - BACKYARD - DAY
Swings, a sandbox, toys. Not huge, but a solidly middle-
class backyard for a kid to play in.
MIKE
Higher? You asked for it...
She LAUGHS as her Pop-Pop pushes her higher. Mike looks
every inch the attentive grandfather.
He’s favoring that good arm, though. And holding the pain
down in the one hanging at his side...
He glances over to where Stacey sits, arms casually folded.
MIKE
Okay, sweetheart. Pop-Pop’s
getting tired. Time to come down.
KAYLEE
Aww..!
MIKE
Don’t “awww” me! A little break.
Go on. Go play, I’m gonna talk
with your Momma.
Kaylee scampers off. Mike walks over to Stacey, takes a seat
in the lawn chair next to hers.
MIKE
Good kid.
(CONTINUED)
BETTER CALL SAUL #106 "Five-O" GREEN 8/11/14 5.
STACEY
Yeah. She is.
Kaylee tears into the sandbox. She’s unaware of the subtle
distance between Mike and Stacey -- she’s a happy kid,
building her childhood in the backyard.
STACEY
So, how d’you like it? Out here..?
MIKE
I like it.
(gestures)
Wide-open spaces.
STACEY
Yeah. It’s different, anyway.
A beat. This conversation is not exactly catching fire.
Mike leans in. Getting down to the meat of it. Quietly
concerned.
MIKE
How you doing?
How to answer that? She struggles to find words.
STACEY
(a half-shrug)
I’m... I’m okay. Y’know...
adjusting.
MIKE
And Kaylee?
STACEY
She’s settling in. Still asks
about him. “Where’s Daddy..?”
(then)
She just misses him.
MIKE
(”Me, too”)
Yeah...
They look at Kaylee again. Poor kid. Lost her Dad, Mike’s
son, Matt. Poor all of them.
Stacey represses the memory. Something else is bugging her.
STACEY
How long you in town for, Mike?
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
BETTER CALL SAUL #106 "Five-O" GREEN 8/11/14 6.
MIKE
(as a comfort)
I’m here. For the duration.
Indefinitely.
She nods. Sizing him up. Measuring the situation. Not
entirely thrilled.
Mike notices: his presence is not welcome news. And he
knows why.
MIKE
(reassuring)
I’m better. I’m sorry it took me
so long but... I’m not...
(”drinking anymore”)
Like I was. I’m back. Solid.
He’s back from the bottle, is what he’s telling her -- back
from a months-long grief-stricken bender.
MIKE
(sincere and plain)
I’m here for you and I’m here for
Kaylee. For my family.
Does she buy that?
Maybe so. God knows she wants to. Stacey lets her guard
down a little. She and Kaylee could use all the family they
can get.
STACEY
Good. That’s good. Glad to hear
you’re better.
She starts to go further, stops herself. More on her mind.
MIKE
What? What is it, honey?
STACEY
Mike, I gotta ask you... I mean, I
know I just need to, to move on
from this, but...
(”♥♥♥♥ it”)
I keep thinking about something.
MIKE
What?
CONTINUED: (2)
(CONTINUED)
BETTER CALL SAUL #106 "Five-O" GREEN 8/11/14 7.
STACEY
How... Before Matty died, like for
a few weeks there, he was...
different.
MIKE
Different how?
STACEY
I dunno. Different. Moody,
y’know? B