He engraves the message "In Liebe ...Deine Jungs" (German for "With Love ...Your Boys"), applies a manufacturer's label, and places the finished sculpture in a velvet-lined box.

Jimmy continues to attract a large criminal law clientele and persuades Francesca Liddy to begin work as his administrative assistant.

"Black and Blue" is the second episode of Better Call Saul directed by executive producer Melissa Bernstein after the fifth season's "JMM", which was also written by Alison Tatlock.

[4]: 19:20–20:08  The production team created the opening scene showing the manufacture of the acrylic gift for Werner by examining a video tutorial of the real process and then developing shots that simulated it.

The crew looked at a number of boxing rings, one of which was owned by Johnny Tapia, a former world champion boxer from Albuquerque, but those did not suit their needs.

As a result, the sequence was shot on a boxing ring constructed under the supervision of production designer Denise Pizzini and set decorator Ashley Michelle Marsh.

[7] The strip mall location of Jimmy's office had, since the end of Breaking Bad, been leased by a few sports bars and a saloon, but by the time Better Call Saul had been ready to shoot there, the property had become vacant.

[4]: 25:03–26:40  The inclusion of the toilet in the vacant office was Vince Gilligan's idea, based on a thirty-year-old story where he and his friend were checking out an apartment in Richmond, Virginia.

Inside, they noticed a toilet in the middle of the living room that had been used, which they thought was hilarious because the landlord refused to acknowledge its presence until they brought it up.

The scenes at Margarethe's home were filmed at an Albuquerque house with exteriors and interiors the production crew felt looked reasonably European, while Werner's office was created on set.

[8] Rolling Stone's Alan Sepinwall drew parallels between Howard and Gus, both men "being threatened by familiar opponents about whom they can do precious little at the moment".

[9] Steve Greene, in his review for IndieWire, said Kim's meeting with Viola was her "doing what every character in 'Black and Blue' is being forced to do: confront their own worst tendencies head-on".

He complimented the cold open for having "a statement of purpose, a respect for the fine-hued details of the creative process and a conviction that viewers will have the patience to appreciate their rendering".

He also described the boxing scene as "one of those semi-brilliant, semi-absurd set pieces that you can imagine a writer's room deciding to go ahead with because, hey, it's the last season and why the hell not?

[14] At the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards, Thomas Golubić received a nomination for Outstanding Music Supervision for his work on "Black on Blue".