The last time viewers heard the Lola Marsh cover of the Sinatra family classic “Somethin’ Stupid” was in the Season 4 episode of the same name. Used then as the spice on top of another series-great montage, the song marked the passage of time and space between Kim (Rhea Seehorn) and Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) as the two drifted apart in their new routine. At the beginning of “Bad Choice Road,” however, it reappears as a spectral melody before taking on new life as it’s twisted and coiled like the rattlesnake Jimmy and Mike (Jonathan Banks) pass during the opening of this episode. Now, the song provides a message of unity, underscoring just how much Kim and Jimmy have oriented their lives around one another; instead of being separate together, they’re now together but separate.
That unified front ultimately proves life-saving, as we’re given another all-time episode of Better Call Saul.