Jimmy is intrigued, but advises Kim to hang on to her new client, Mesa Verde Bank and Trust, knowing that HHM will attempt to keep them as soon as they realize Kim is resigning. In the end he managed to persuade the prosecution to make a deal with him, reducing his sentence to seven years in prison. Fact is, Walter White couldn't have done it without me.Saul finishes his confession about his criminal activities. One of your employees is gonna find you curled up in that space blanket, take you to the hospital, hook you up to those machines that beep and whir and hurt. 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. As police swarm Omaha, Gene climbs into a dumpster and removes Ed Galbraith's business card from his shoebox. When he lets the story slip to Kim, she furiously chastises him. Saul takes the team on a tour of potential new lab venues, but Walt, Jesse, and Mike nix them all, spotting logistical problems with each. After Cheryl leaves in tears, Jimmy and Kim excuse themselves from the law firm and go to the parking garage where Jimmy tries to tell Kim that their troubles are over and they can put this mess behind them. It only takes a minute to sign up. Kim finally intervenes, claiming that a passerby must've found the broken-down car and wrecked it for fun. Good! 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. Despite Jimmy's assurances, Kim still expresses doubts about Jimmy's ability to pay and considers taking on another client. He then takes out a disposable cell phone from his desk drawer and calls Ed, the disappearer. So call your lawyers right now and tell them I said that! Turned out to be a complete waste of time and money.Mike. Gene then calls Marion to apprise her of Jeff's situation, but lets slip that Omaha's bond declaration rules are less stringent than those in Albuquerque, raising Marion's alarm. Howard blames himself for trying to force Chuck out of Hamlin, Hamlin & McGill. Is that all there is, Chuck? Saul is extremely connected to Walt, and the feds doing a deep dive on Walt opens up connections to Saul AND THEN even more dodgy shit that Saul was into. Mike stresses to them that they are to act casually for the rest of the day and pretend the events of the previous night did not happen. ("American Greed: James McGill"). However, when faced with Marie Schrader and the impact that his crimes have had on others, particularly Kim, he throws away both Saul Goodman and Gene forever to become Jimmy McGill again and to own up to his crimes, even though it essentially means spending the rest of his life in prison. ("Waterworks"). Despite his hatred of Howard and the likelihood they can pull such as scam off, Jimmy advocates against it out of concern for both Howard and Kim, and is shown to be visibly shocked that Kim is dead serious about doing it, a similar occurrence to his own behavior at the end of Season 4. You're gonna be on the 50th floor. 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. When Oakley asks how he images this scenario ending, Saul confidently replies: "With me on top, like always.". Let me tell you something. Faced with a threat by Marion to call the police, he rips the phone cord out of her wall and backs her into a corner as she threatens to summon the police with her LifeAlert pendant. However, I would like you to remember two salient facts. As Walter White's meth empire comes unstuck towards the end of Breaking Bad, the various agents of the operation disband and go their separate ways, assuming they're lucky enough to walk away alive. Saul immediately returns to his house to take his box of diamonds and a burner phone as the police are alerted of Saul Goodman's presence in Omaha. When Howard confronted Jimmy and Kim over their plot, Jimmy, despite having no remorse for the scam, claimed that Howard would still "land on his feet", and was angry when Howard called the pair sociopaths, exemplifying his ignorance over his true nature. Realizing he has just acted out of character, Gene returns to the Cinnabon and begins prepping more food before the shock overwhelms him and he passes out. After being caught, Jimmy sheds his Gene persona to become Saul Goodman once again as he faces the authorities over his various crimes before then shedding both Saul and Gene for good to become Jimmy McGill permanently. The appearance of several Breaking Bad characters in Better Call Saul's finale was a fitting end to the critically-acclaimed antihero . Big reason I became a lawyer was Chuck. At the same time, after Lalo gets arrested for the murder of Fred Whalen, Jimmy is called in to represent him. Following their meeting, Walt rendezvous with Saul, who relays information from Jesse about Gus' visits to Hector Salamanca. Convinced no one is looking for him, Gene returns to work. And I'm not just talking about the scholarship, I'm talking about everything. OK? And boom! However, one escapes and in the process, destroys Mike's truck and damages Jimmy's car, forcing the two men to strip it and push the car over a cliff. Also Gene very likely has PTSD after everything he's been through. They did a dumb thing. The few people who might have considered hurting him (Lydia, the neo-Nazis, Walter, etc) all had greater issues on their plate than taking Saul out of the picture. I kept Walter White out of jail, I laundered his money, I lied for him, I conspired with him and I made millions! I'll still try to be the best man that I can be. And usually he was, you know? I'm not your lawyer anymore, I'm nobody's lawyer, Skyler accuses Ted of blackmailing her for more cash. His name, "Saul Goodman", is a play on the phrase "it's all good, man". ("Buyout"), Even after Saul's efforts, Mike is eventually caught by the DEA and is on the run. Skyler comments that since Walt has history with this car wash, it would make even more sense for him to buy it. Mike then calls, asking Saul to fetch his go-bag. I'd just be nothing. If he hadn't walked into my office that day, Walter White would've been dead or behind bars within a month. Now, Chet was connected, see? Nervously looking at some nearby cops, Gene does his "Better Call Saul" catchphrase and Jeff introduces himself and states that if Gene ever needs a ride, to call the cab company and ask for him. Jimmy tracks down Craig and Betsy Kettleman and persuades them to return home, but accepts a $30,000 payment from them as both a "retainer" and a bribe for keeping quiet about their stolen money. And I would like to be a small and silent part of it. He goes downstairs in his apartment and collects a package, which contains a Swing Master machine. A chance to play at the palace! Ten minutes ago. This is a good case for me, a lot of publicity. Jimmy and Kim go to meet Howards widow, Cheryl. He loved me as a brother. He tries to bid Francesca goodbye, but she unceremoniously hangs up on him. Jimmy finally decides to practice law under this name, not wanting to be seen as Chuck's "loser brother" and believing the name McGill was burned to him. Im done with that. Fring murdered a cartel boss and Heisenberg helped blow up cartel operations. I fucked up. ("Piata") To do so, he took a correspondence course from the University of American Samoa. I liked the ending." While another added: "Saul Goodman is truly dead now. It's you, small business owner! On her way home, her scooter becomes stuck in the snow. This is a demand letter informing Sandpiper Crossing of pending litigation for defrauding my clients through systematic overcharging. Any trouble you might have: that's on you. Jimmy successfully gets Daniel off, but is forced to fabricate evidence of a pie fetish video to do so. However, Chuck deduces exactly what Jimmy has done and openly accuses him when Jimmy and Kim come to pick up the files. Just another We've delivered to you before, haven't we? The visitor proves to be Lalo who refuses to let Kim leave and demands to know again what happened in the desert while Mike covers Jimmy and Kim with his sniper rifle from across the street. I'm not saying he didn't commit crimes, but what did he commit that they want to arrest him for? That was my introduction to Walter White. He enlists the Lindholm brothers in an attempt to win back Craig and Betsy Kettleman. Jimmy is shown to be willing to resort to even more extreme measures to get his way such as threatening three teenage thieves with death if they interfere with his drop phone service and feigning remorse for his brother's death simply to get reinstated as a lawyer and gleefully mocking the panel afterwards to Kim. So, I think I can convince a judge and probably a jury that Mesa Verde misappropriated Ms. Bitsui's intellectual property. You'd want us to run and hide until you were sure I was safe. Meanwhile, Saul searches his office for bugs, believing that Walt and Jesse were murdered by Gus and he would be next. I guess it'd be hard not to. But not for long. Ultimately, allowing Walt to control him and helping him with his criminal activities would lead to Saul having to abandon his beloved life as a criminal lawyer and flee to Nebraska to live in hiding. Here is everything you need to know about the finale. As Kim meets with Cliff Main at an outdoor caf, Jimmy disguises himself as Howard and takes Howard's car while Howard is visiting his therapist. The firemen didn't do that. Charles Sr died six months later, which Chuck secretly blamed on Jimmy presuming that he was the one who embezzled the 14k ("Rebecca", "Chicanery"); Jimmy blamed his father due to his over-excessive generosity. Jimmy is the only main character to survive, In 2014, as a publicity stunt for the launch of, The thing to bring Jimmy down for good is the Saul Goodman commercial, the very first thing about him the viewer ever sees in the. Stack Exchange network consists of 181 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers. Fans of "Better Call Saul" have been patiently waiting for this day for more years. When Kim asks what he is trying to do, Jimmy replies, "S'all good, man!" Admitting that he bugged Walts house and making an off-color comment about Skyler, Saul is attacked and subsequently fired by Walt. Jimmy talks him out of it and finds out that Platt is an alcoholic. You can't conceive of what I'm capable of! 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. The two discuss Jimmy's sentence and how he had almost gotten seven years instead before his confession. Me! That night, Gene using the pseudonym Viktor performs at a karaoke bar. Jimmy refuses, and the argument is broken up by Huell who knocks Platt over with a shopping bag. Here's what I know: These three young men, near honors students all, were feeling their oats one Saturday night, and they just went a little bananas. Shortly after, Jimmy began making renovations at his business, completely changing it from a nail salon to a full on law firm and he and Kim work the day while Mike and his team do damage control from their apartment and erase all traces of Howards murder. What did exactly happen to Saul Goodman in Breaking Bad? He wouldn't have any way of knowing all of that. He identifies a vacancy in a strip mall, which he decides to rent because of its proximity to the courthouse, the county jail, and the city's bail bonds offices. In the end, you're going to hurt everyone around you. Did you not realize that Skyler's case named him, among others, as being co-conspirators? Embrace it. Jimmy is angry that he is expected to be sympathetic. Look, um, I'm a lawyer, and this is what I do all day, every day, so h-how about this? Which brings us to these threeNow, these three knuckleheads. That night, as I was leaving my office, I was attacked. You taped me?! 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. Walt, incredulous, states that "you were always like this" and returns to fixing the water heater, leaving Saul sitting on his cot. By the time of Better Call Saul's monochromatic flashforwards set post-Breaking Bad, Jimmy/Saul is in hiding as "Gene," the paranoid and mustached manager of an Omaha Cinnabon and now that he . Really its 50/50 if the cops are even after him or have anything that would stick. He is finally shown to be resourceful about the deaths of Chuck and Howard, referring to Chuck's death as a crime. He has commited crimes, yes, but I don't know how somebody could prove them. Poof! Alone.Jimmy condemning his brother. I hope you do make a fortune, 'cause Chandler's gonna need it to help pay for his therapy!Jimmy to Roland Jaycocks over "Tony the Toilet Buddy". ("Magic Man"). Something that not even his skills can take care of. That was the plan, but it turns out your lovely abuelita, she drives a car that's a whole lot like the Kettlemobile. You didn't get it. At the funeral, Jimmy is given condolences by Chuck's partners and co-workers. He used the money from the Sandpiper settlement to purchase a huge mansion and filled it with extravagant luxuries, and stored several keepsakes of his old life within. You're kidding me! I wasn't there when the meth was cooked. Out of the hospital room, Walt tells Saul that Jesse will eventually calm down, to which Saul replies, "If he doesn't, there may come a time to talk options". Jimmy is eventually given information by Mike allows him to get Lalo bail at seven million dollars. Every single one of them! The Jew thing I just do for the homeboys. Saul admits that he helped, but tells Jesse that Walt didn't tell him of his motives, and that he wouldn't have done it if he knew what Walt was going to do. If working with me is what you really want, right, Chuck? Gene returns to his car in the now-closed mall parking lot and goes home. Crazy Nazi hitmen? She's married to Craig Kettleman he's the treasurer of Bernalillo County. Disposing of all the evidence he can find at Saul Goodman & Associates, he also retrieves a satchel full of cash from the ceiling while Francesca shreds documents. While hosting a bingo game at a nursing home, Jimmy suffers an emotional breakdown and recollects the "Chicago Sunroof" incident before walking away in disgust. () If I died tonight, my landlord would pack up my stuff. ("Something Unforgivable"). Kim, still angered by Howard's comments, proposes a forced resolution of the Sandpiper case by sabotaging Howard, which would enable Jimmy to receive his seven-figure share of the settlement. Although Gene is shown to be sympathetic to Mr. Lingk, one of his victims who is dying of cancer, he insists upon proceeding with the scam even when Buddy and Jeff hesitate, and goes so far as to fire Buddy from the scam and personally break into the man's house to rob him. In the wake of the Wayfarer Flight 515 aerial disaster, Saul began organizing a class-action lawsuit for victims of the crash. Wasn't there a lawyer-client confidentiality between all of his interactions with Heisenberg & co. protecting him? He becomes tense when a customer seems to be staring at him but is instantly relieved when the man passes by him to greet a friend. Judge Munsinger demands the case be settled without a circus. How he hasn't fired you for this positively mystifies me. I'm not deaf! But y-you're up to your ears in Mesa Verde. As Alfred opens his front door, Jeff covers his lock with a strip of duct tape. Now, and whoever the somebody is who may have warned the Kettlemans, got them out of there before you did anything even more stupid. 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. ("Say My Name"), Later, Jesse admits that Saul told him that Walt "took care" of Mike's men in prison. Walt asks Saul to inform the DEA that Gus has a hit out on Hank. The two look longingly at each other through the barbed-wire fences; he gives her a pointed-gun gesture. It's nothing to me! While arguing that Howard's death wasn't their fault and that it was Lalo who killed him, Jimmy found out that Kim knew Lalo was alive after being told so by Mike, and deliberately didn't tell him. 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. It's kind of obvious why Saul had to leave. You asshole! Throughout Better Call Saul, Jimmy eventually transforms from a struggling attorney focused on doing the "right" things into a master manipulator and reverts back to his conman persona. Like, uh, Cicero connected. When a security guard and police officer arrive pursuing the kid, they ask Gene if he has seen him. Does that sound good?Jimmy, confronted by Air Force Captain Bauer over his TV commercial. Rushing to the hospital, Jimmy fends off doctors, security, and Howard himself in order to bring his brother home. Jimmy is also spiteful as well as seen when he deliberately revealed his brother's mental illness to an insurance company for revenge for his actions, and this would eventually be the one of the primary catalysts leading to his brother's tragic suicide. Because whoever he is, he did you a favor.Jimmy chastising Nacho over his attempt to abduct the Kettlemans. He's very low profile. It comes down to this In order to understand what I was thinking, you need to see Chuck through my eyes. Returning her call by payphone, Saul lies and assures her Walt is fine. ABQ is not that large by US standards. His contact, Ira, breaks into Neff Copiers to steal the figure, but finds Mr. Neff living in the office. Here we go! Walt is angrily dismissive of the question and recognizes that what Saul is actually talking about is past regrets. All those crimes he committed they never found out about. He was listening to jazz. That's crazy.Gene. For what?! 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