So, trespassing? Go on. It stands to reason then that if Kim is still alive that theyve gotten to her to try and get Saul that way. Saul tells Skyler that he'll assign his "A-team" to deal with Ted and sends Kuby and Huell. Saul has good reason to be far more afraid of getting murdered by the cartel for his involvement with Heisenberg and Mike/Fring than getting arrested and prosecuted. Pointing to Walt's former occupation as a scientist, Saul asks what he would do if he had a time machine. Jimmy expresses anger at the idea that Lalo will get away with Fred's senseless murder, but Mike implies that there is a plan in play to deal with Lalo. Turned out to be a complete waste of time and money.Mike. Later, Jimmy cross-examines Chuck about the circumstances of the recording, Rebeccas presence, and his illness. While in an elevator, she unexpectedly encounters Howard and his associates from HHM. He did not love me as a lawyer. Saul first appeared in "Better Call Saul" (2009), the eighth episode of Breaking Bad 's second season. As Kim watched on, Saul reversed his earlier statement about being threatened by Walt and Jesse and admitted that Walt would have died or gone to prison had it not been for him. He goes downstairs in his apartment and collects a package, which contains a Swing Master machine. You'd want us to run and hide until you were sure I was safe. Remember, the winner takes it all.Jimmy explaining to Kristy Esposito what she will have to face if she wants to become a lawyer based on his personal experience. Jeff drives Alfred to his home, a large house in an affluent neighborhood. He attempts to prevent her from following through, but after she utters "I trusted you," Gene falls silent for long enough for her to press the button. He was Walts attorney so clearly they had communications and what not. Absolutely kidding me! She does, however, offer a counter proposal: she will start a solo practice for herself and share an office with him. In 2002, Jimmy works hard at his own law practice but enjoys little success. However, Gus expresses concern about Jesse's drug problem, which has escalated into heroin use due to Jane's relapse. Jimmy lies to Kim about his experiences and directs her to the money, but she discovers the truth after finding his coffee mug in the bag with a bullet hole through it. Looks like a mirror image there. Due to Saul's popularity, Odenkirk's character became the focus of Breaking Bad's spinoff, Better Call Saul. Howard warns her about Jimmy's recent harassment and suggests Kim should stop following his lead. Also the fact that the things discussed were covered by privilege doesn't mean that the underlying criminal acts that Saul helped achieve would be protected by privilege. The neo-Nazis had the tapes of Jesse's confession - The only real evidence against the neo-Nazis and Walt/Heisenberg was Jesse' mewling confessions on video. Does Saul know that Lydia and Jack's gang are dead? Do I need to have watched Better Call Saul before El Camino? 'Talk to me,' he says. After a whole week, Jimmy says that he has to return to his clients, but Marco insists that they do one last scam together. While cameras are rolling, Jimmy climbs up to the platform and "rescues" the worker, who is revealed to be in on Jimmy's stunt. I can make you a TV star for a price you can afford! He's a lawyer, he can defend himself very well at court. And it just obviously, obviously is as well. You tell me or I'll burn this whole goddamn house to the ground!Jimmy confronting Chuck over the cassette tape. Gene weeps, heartbroken at the reminder of the man he used to be and can never be again. Good! A further complication arises when Mike enlists Jimmy to represent his employer Daniel Wormald, who has implicated himself in a drug deal. Jimmy must figure out how to recoup money spent on his remaining television commercial slots. I'd be gone. To his shock and disgust, he learns that Kim has also come under fire at HHM for allegedly approving of the tape, but in truth, for her association with him. NippyGene to Nick and Frank about the events during the "Mabel" teaser. In 1993, Jimmy is delivering mail at HHM and talks to his co-workers about a betting pool for the Academy Awards he has organized. You piece of shit! Meanwhile, unbeknownst to the partners, Jimmy studied via correspondence courses, gained a law degree from a diploma mill and eventually qualified as a lawyer. ("Fall"), Jimmy, feeling partly responsible for Kim's exhaustion and resulting car accident, finally agrees to break their office lease and have Kim work out of her own home to save costs. You're a star! Speaking of Walt, Cranston returned in a flashback to one of the final scenes he shared with Odenkirk, when Saul and Walt stayed together in hiding while waiting to be given new identities near the end of Breaking Bad. Kim helps him tend to his wounds at home, and Jimmy finally agrees to see a therapist. I watched the first episode of Better Call Saul, and he's in that coffee shop in Omaha looking over his shoulder, but I'm still not sure why. Two masked men, one of whom is Huell Babineaux, bust the piatas while Jimmy warns them about ripping him off again. Better Call Saul series finale spoilers follow. Oakley doubts he can mount a successful defense against the evidence that the district attorney and the government have gathered against Saul. Gene returns to his car in the now-closed mall parking lot and goes home. Jimmy is apparently unaffected by the contents of the letter. The guy is so broke, he can't pay his own mortgage. Rebecca enters the courtroom, much to Chucks surprise, though he believes it's some ploy by Jimmy to throw him off balance. He warns them that it's just a matter of time before Mike realizes that the address is fake, but he is dismissed by Walt. A subreddit for the Breaking Bad spinoff "better Call Saul" starring Bob Odenkirk. Mike continues working as a private investigator for Saul, who has become a useful source of information on the criminal landscape of Albuquerque for Gustavo Fring, albeit one kept at an arms length. You need to know if I believed that tape was evidence. Better Call Saul is available to watch in full on AMC+ now. Jimmy began his law career as an earnest lawyer, starting out practicing public defense and elder law before becoming a criminal defense lawyer. The greatest threat to Goodman came in the form of the neo-Nazis who killed the two DEA agents and then stole White's Continue Reading 93 Chris Krhovjak After abandoning his life in New Mexico and becoming a cinnabon manager in Omaha, Nebraska under the alias Gene Takavic, he is initially shown to be a shell of the man he once was, living in complete fear of being exposed and arrested for his many crimes. You're gonna go your own way, you're gonna do what they won't do. On the other end of the line is Gene, calling from a diner in Nebraska. Jimmy and Kim were nevertheless horrified when Howard was murdered by Lalo shortly afterwards, and after Jimmy collapses sideways on the ground (after being tied up in his chair by Lalo), he begins crying in shock and grief upon facing Howards corpse. I'll get my name out. Returning her call by payphone, Saul lies and assures her Walt is fine. Jimmy is introduced as a struggling attorney, often forced to defend clients in loser cases and overall barely makes ends meets, and to make matters worse, his highly successful lawyer brother Chuck, is mentally ill and Jimmy takes it upon himself to care for his brother. Jimmy goes to Mike's house to question him about who he works for and about the situation with Lalo. Saul gives Mike a fake address to keep him away for some hours and then drives Walt to meet Jesse at the arcade. That's what it's called, and it's a felony! Jimmy is eventually given information by Mike allows him to get Lalo bail at seven million dollars. ("Gloves Off"), Jimmy's frustrations continue to mount at D&M after he is "paired" with legal assistant Erin Brill for help in the Sandpiper case in truth, she has been assigned to monitor Jimmy and force him to adhere to D&M policy. Call me, Saul Goodman! Jimmy is sent to prison in Colorado, his sentence now at 86 years. I'm gonna come back. I guess it'd be hard not to. You asshole! Mr.Bond. Walt receives a large offer for the short-notice delivery of the remainder of their inventory, but at the same time receives a call from Skyler, notifying him of her imminent labor. Huh?! By 2008, Saul has developed a widely known reputation as a criminal lawyer, who successfully helped Emilio avoid criminal charges on two different occasions, causing Jesse to think Kim was right about him being an effective lawyer. Lalo agrees. He has shown to have also become more arrogant, as seen by his outburst at Howard after he confronts him for his harassment, claiming a job at HHM is too small and meaningless for him, since he is a god as Saul Goodman. He tries to bid Francesca goodbye, but she unceremoniously hangs up on him. Jimmy then established his own law firms; first with Kim at Wexler McGill and later establishing Saul Goodman & Associates. Now someone's given you the keys to the school bus and I am not going to let you drive it off a cliff.Chuck. Kim drives to the address, agonizing over what she is about to do. We'll be seeing a lot of each other. What specifically was it about Walt that put him into hiding? Jimmy is successful at exposing Chuck's resentment of him in court along with suggesting that he might have a mental illness, though is suspended from practice law for a year after Jimmy fabricated Mesa Verde Bank and Trust documents. During a meeting with Viola Goto, her former paralegal, Kim obtains the name of the retired judge who will mediate an upcoming settlement conference for the Sandpiper case. The two eventually make their way to a truck stop where Victor and Tyrus Kitt pick up Jimmy and Mike. When he ends the call and Kim asks him who he was talking to, Jimmy tells her the truth about his desert trek with Mike. And that's why I fight for you, Albuquerque!Saul speaking in one of his TV commercials. Press J to jump to the feed. Later, while he is fixing food in the prison kitchen, Jimmy is told that a lawyer has come to see him. Saul suggests Walt 'put Jesse out to pasture' but Walt rules this out immediately, telling Saul to never hand out this idea again ("Rabid Dog"), The next day, Saul meets Walt at the car wash. Yeah, you heard me right tomorrow! By Season 5 of Better Call Saul, Jimmy begins to fully embrace his new identity as "Saul Goodman", an alias he initially used while performing scams alongside Marco Pasternak, and later makes use of as the alternate identity for the high-energy pitchman in television ads he produced with his film crew, and when he began a business reselling prepaid cell phones on the street. When Chuck and Howard outmaneuver Kim to retain Mesa Verde for themselves, an outraged Jimmy springs into action. (MAJOR SPOILERS) Let's see: 1.. In 1992, a drunken Jimmy encountered Chet at a local Dairy Queen and decided to perform a "Chicago Sunroof" (defecating through the sunroof of Chet's car) as revenge. Stressed by the encounter, Jimmy inadvertently escalates the matter by getting into a confrontation with Mike over a parking validation dispute, but in the process figures out Craig and Betsy Kettleman staged their own abduction to evade further scrutiny. Although Howard figured out early that Jimmy and Kim were behind the elaborate plot, other people who know Jimmy, such as Clifford Main and Richard Schweikart (who are both aware of Jimmy's less-than-honest lifestyle and cons), can't believe that he would do such thing and truly believe that Howard simply is a drug addict or, at the very least, delusional. He crosses paths with Kim, who is also doing mail rounds. You look down on me, you pity me! Jimmy subsequently seeks Mike's advice and is told that he will eventually get through it, but he has started down a road with his choices. Gene indulges in some of his other old habits as Saul, going to strip clubs with Jeff and Buddy and having one-night stands with the strippers. At this point everyone that you listed, apart from Hank, is alive and is a potential threat to Saul. The Better Call Saul finale sees Saul Goodman, a.k.a. Did you see the backyard? Kim reluctantly accepts the decision. Later, as he paces around his holding cell, Gene hurts his hand by punching at the door. Saul then calls Walt to inform him of the situation, and after a conversation with Walt, Jesse is saddened and guilt-ridden but nonetheless comes to terms with Saul's reasoning. Saul decides to go into hiding in episode Granite State, right after Heisenberg's identity is revealed in the previous episode and Walt goes on the run. Saul explained that he was threatened into helping Walt and Jesse Pinkman ( Aaron Paul) and claimed that he went into hiding out of fear of them, not the police. After that you're on your own. That was my introduction to Walter White. He has good relations with most of the people he knows notably Kim and Chuck, and with the exception of Howard Hamlin whom he despises. Afterward, she updates Gene on what has happened since he left Albuquerque: the feds seized all of Saul's assets and shell companies, Skyler White took a plea deal, Huell returned to New Orleans after being released from DEA custody, and Bill Oakley has become a defense attorney. Ladies and gentlemen, you're bigger than that.Jimmy defending three teenagers in court. Saul portrays himself as a victim of Walt, recounting how he and Jesse kidnapped him; his actions as their accomplice, he insists, were borne out of fear that he would be killed. saying indecent exposure, calling me a sex offender. At the courthouse during his PPD check-in, Jimmy lies about associating with criminals and then decides that he will get his law license back and be a damn good lawyer. When they disappear, he is brought in by the policefirst as a suspect, then as the appointed attorney for Nacho himself, who has been marked as the prime suspect. Any of this stuff you want, come get it. The only person who could have made that call and deleted it is you, Chuck. My question now is Jack's gang is dead. Chuck played me like a fiddle! Mike forces Saul to give him information on Jesse's whereabouts, even threatening to severely injure Saul in case he doesn't collaborate. Saul says the pest crew, run by a man named Ira, runs a burglary operation on the side and knows how to keep secrets. But after what he went through with Gus and the possibility of people thinking he might talk or the cops are after him left him paranoid enough to leave. He instructs Francesca on how to dispose of the shredded documents, hands over two wads of cash and an unidentified business card to Francesca. Despite the necessity of keeping a low profile, there's still a lot inside of Gene that craves some of his old life back, as shown when he marked "S.G. was here" on a wall or when he shouted to a shoplifter to get a lawyer. Mike later brings Walt to Saul after Walt creates a disturbance at Skylers office and attempts to talk Walt into cooking meth again. !Jimmy angry at a cone being moved, Save it. Kim is intrigued, but initially disagrees she is not prepared to risk her career with Jimmy being the kind of lawyer he is. Jimmy picks up the phone and asks Mike what happens next. Oh, Christ! There's a woman named Betsy Kettleman. It'd take him three hours. We always end up having the same conversation, don't we?Chuck, UnoJimmy talking to himself while looking at a mirror. WaltYou are not talking about a time machine, which is both a real and theoretical impossibility. After the events of ozymandias Walt, Jesse, and Saul would of been Americas most wanted criminals. Lydia is dead. Desperate to get rid of the money, he resorts to throwing stacks of money into peoples' yards as he drives by. Walt is dead and his whole enterprise is dismantled. Before this, Jimmy was a low-level reprobate in his home town of Cicero with no serious ambitions or direction in life, wasting away his days with debauchery, bar tricks and small-time scams with his buddy Marco. I'm not saying he didn't commit crimes, but what did he commit that they want to arrest him for? He enlists the Lindholm brothers in an attempt to win back Craig and Betsy Kettleman. Jimmy at first writes off Howards death as Lalos doing, but Kim confesses that she was aware that he was alive for a while now and she chose to keep it secret because she knew Jimmy would make them hide and abandon their campaign against Howard if he knew the truth, and also tells him that they are bad for each other due to how much misery they cause for everyone else around them. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Rename .gz files according to names in separate txt-file, Is email scraping still a thing for spammers. Kim abandons her plan to meet in Santa Fe with Cliff Main and representatives of a foundation interested in funding her pro bono criminal defense work and returns to Albuquerque to help Jimmy hastily re-shoot the photos. Panicked, Gene empties a container of diamonds, makes a call, changes his license plates to Missouri plates and drives off listening to a police scanner. Jimmy informs Kim who is less than pleased by the danger Jimmy will put himself in, but reluctantly agrees. In order to deal with the danger of Jeff, Gene reverts back into his old "Slippin' Jimmy" persona once again, conning Jeff's mother Marion and helping Jeff get into the criminal lifestyle which he recognizes is what Jeff truly desires. He receives a call from Skyler asking where Walt is. I have to weed through all these saps who have wives and families at home! is innocent. Theres a diagram floating around that breaks down all the crimes we see and know about in breaking bad its really good and spells out exactly the laws hes broken. Saul Goodman, criminal attorney to drug dealers, would be the sacrificial lamb. Because I was having too much fun. Mike sits them down and tells them what is going to happen next: Howard's car is going to be driven several states away and abandoned next to the ocean, staged as a suicide; since the car was likely seen at the apartment before his disappearance, Jimmy and Kim are to tell the police that he showed up in a drug-addled stupor and left uneventfully. While arriving at and departing from court, Jimmy frequently butts heads with Mike Ehrmantraut, a former Philadelphia police officer who was working as the courthouse parking lot attendant at the time. Most importantly, he met and began a semi-romantic relationship with Kim Wexler, a co-worker in the HHM mailroom who was attending law school. Goodman, sit down and stay seated. No mention is ever made of him facing charges for his criminal actions in Omaha such as the shoplifting scheme, his identity theft scheme, the robbery that Jeff got arrested for and threatening Marion, suggesting that Jimmy wasn't charged for them and was possibly not even caught for most of them. Dressing in flashy suits, Jimmy is the younger brother of fellow lawyer Chuck McGill and the ex-husband of former attorney Kim Wexler, the latter of whom helped inspire Jimmy to pursue his own law career alongside Chuck, and had dated for several years before their six-month marriage. I am done.Jimmy. After several abortive consultations, Jimmy enjoys some small successes with some elderly clients, leading Kim to suggest he consider practicing elder law. He is discovered by the cops and surrenders. 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