Which is worse? But the end of Breaking Bad will still matter in the context of the new series. ("Marco",  "Switch"), Jimmy openly agitates his landlady, Mrs. Nguyen, and tears down his door sign. He then substitutes the altered papers into in the Mesa Verde case work. Better Call Saul's Kim Wexler is known for her bouncy blonde ponytail. Chuck is stunned, and tells Jimmy he has just admitted to a felony. Recall, he had $2 million stashed in an overseas bank account with her name on it. He then talks to Mike at his booth, wondering why they gave back the Kettlemans' money earlier. Their most recent interaction at the courthouse toll booth stands out not for any advancement in their relationship, but for what it reminded us about Mike's motives in Breaking Bad. Lalo gives Saul instructions on where to collect the money, but Saul refuses until Lalo agrees to pay him $100,000 in exchange. Jimmy notices nothing unusual and reports back to Mike as Gus Fring watches the two from a distance. "Uno" Eventually, Jimmy decides to follow her advice, and returns to Davis & Main to accept their job offer. 1973 When Kim asks what he is trying to do, Jimmy replies, "S'all good, man!" It was what he wanted since the day he passed the bar—and walking away from it signaled Jimmy's end and Saul's beginning. 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. However, Walt refuses. ("Off Brand"), Jimmy tries to fulfill his court-mandated community service while also trying to sell his commercials, but can't convince anybody to sign on for more than one or two spots, and more often, none at all. Saul suggests, but Jesse insists that's not an option. * Breaking Bad Easter Egg 3: “I once told a woman I was Kevin Costner, and it worked because I believed it,” Saul Goodman boasted to Walter White in … ("Smoke"), Jimmy approaches Mike with an offer to break into Neff Copiers to replace Mr. Neff's valuable Hummel figurine with a copy and then split the proceeds. Even though Mike seems to reject Jimmy's offer, along with all of his other entreaties of friendship, we know he's aware of his mortality and concerned with leaving something behind for Kaylee. After trying to sell to three youths who call him a "narc," Jimmy then manages to sell the stack of phones to unsavory characters at the Dog House. Ernesto replies that Jimmy is his friend, and Chuck's vendetta against him is upsetting. Kim steadfastly refuses, resolving to save herself. Stressed by the encounter, Jimmy inadvertently escalates the matter by getting into a confrontation with Mike over a validation dispute, but in the process figures out the Kettlemans staged their own abduction to evade further scrutiny. The detective tracks the individual down at his residence, and later place of work, J. P. Wynne High School, by posing as the grandfather of a student. Before departing with Nacho, Lalo reveals Kim's visit to a concerned Saul and compliments him on his wife. And we know he won't ever be so tortured about doing the right thing later, as the wrong thing will one day become his specialty. For the entirety of BCS's first season, Jimmy drives a lemon-yellow beater that belongs under a monster truck's tires. Kim relays this information to Jimmy and she takes Jimmy on as her legal client, advising him that the tape is no legal threat to him. Six months later, Jimmy's father died, and according to Chuck, nobody cried harder than Jimmy at the funeral. Saul expanded Walt's profits by arranging for the latter to supply crystal meth in bulk to Albuquerque drug dealers via Mike, who was himself consigliere to local kingpin Gustavo Fring. Such is Saul, who operates out of a strip mall office and runs late night TV ads advising potential clients they'd "Better Call Saul" when in trouble with the law. However, Saul's ethical limits are glimpsed when he tried to cut ties with Walt after learning that he had been used to send a young boy to the hospital. "If you want to make more money, and keep the money that you make," Saul says, adding his TV flourish, "Better Call Saul!" Later, when Walter learns Jesse is off somewhere with Mike, Walt races through Albuquerque, dodging traffic while shouting instructions to Saul on his cell phone. Jimmy goes to Mike's house to question him about who he works for and about the situation with Lalo. Not only did that exchange give us a peek at Mike as we would know him best in Breaking Bad—calmly protecting a drug dealer in slacks—but it introduced him to Nacho Varga, an associate of Tuco Salamanca's. In a moment of weakness during our brief glimpse of Saul in the present day (living as a mustachioed lunk named Gene), he reaches into that hiding place and pulls out a VHS tape with recordings of his cheesy commercials. Huell is arrested and Jimmy tries to bargain his freedom for moving his business elsewhere. —— However, the agent is unable to grant the refund and mentions that due to his suspension, Jimmy's future premiums will rise by 150%. Chuck traveled from Albuquerque to visit Jimmy at the request of their mother. Same rant, better reference. Eventually, Walt did need meth money to pay for his treatment, but only because he went out of network to get the best care possible. The two decide to head to the Albuquerque police station to join the APD f… "Why?" 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