The Questionable Morality of Kim Wexler in Better Call Saul

The thing about Kim (And my wife caught it before I did) was that in the early episodes, she never says "It's wrong." She says "What if we get caught?"

just now noticing that Kim, even as an adult, is still wearing the earrings she stole as kid

Kim is one of the greatest written female characters in recent television, maybe ever. Rhea Seehorn really did an incredible job transforming Kim over the series.

"But not our Kimmy! Couldn't be precious Kimmy?!"

In a series full of outstanding performances, Rhea Seahorn stole the show for me. Kim is an incredible character and Rhea brought her to life so beautifully that I get tearful just thinking about it.

The life Kim chooses to live in Florida serves an atoning function. Everything that we're shown about her job, her relationship, and her social circle emphasize that it is _incredibly_ boring. Not only does she think that this is the only safe way for her to live (because seeking excitement is what made her dangerous in the past), but she thinks that she _deserves_ it: this is the punishment she imposes on herself for what she did.

Her final speech after Howard's death summarizes her character pretty well. She tries to do good and be correct, but being with Jimmy awakens something bad in her that she can't contain.

She was always Slippin’ Kimmy

Even season 1 telegraphed her transformation pretty well, when she told Jimmy that “a bad day for you is more interesting than an average day for me.”

11:11 Small correction: Howard didn't punish Kim for Jimmy's wrongdoing, he punished her because she (as Howard sees it) betrayed her own firm in order to protect Jimmy. Kim could've saved herself by telling Howard that Jimmy never told her that he hadn't gotten permission to run the commercial, but she covers for Jimmy and tells Howard that she knew but didn't think it was important to inform him. From Howard's point of view, this looks like extremely poor judgement on Kim's behalf, when she neglected to inform him about something that was most certainly relevant.