"The original feeling we had was that this wonderful person, who"s worked very hard to get where she"s gotten, meets Saul and he"s a corrupting influence," says Gilligan. "But it"s more interesting if she has more agency than that. What if they were mutually corruptive instead?" The writers" room were inspired by the 1962 film Days of Wine and Roses, about an alcoholic who turns his wife into a drunk. "I"m not saying it"s a perfect analogy for our final season," says Gilligan, "but there"s something about scamming, about sticking it to the man, that appeals to Kim. It makes her feel alive. They love each other but they"re bad for each other."