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Saul isn’t privy to the real story, though, but he is intrigued by the possibility that he could have had an actual, above-board lawyer-client relationship with Walt where they could have sued Gray Matter for any number of things. Walt being Walt, though, can’t help himself from reminding Saul that he is the last lawyer on earth he would have hired for legitimate business. Knowing what we know about what Jimmy was capable of with the Sandpiper case (and what he still could have done if he’d chosen a different path as Saul Goodman), this is both a painful reminder of Jimmy McGill’s wasted potential and of the fact that it is Walt’s own choices that led him down the path of destruction that caught so many people in its wake. If Walt did have a time machine, the correct choice would have been to accept help from Gretchen and Elliot, but that’s just not in his nature. One way or another, Walter White was always going to self-destruct. Further information: Breaking Bad (season 4) Odenkirk (left) and Lavell Crawford as Saul and Huell during the filming of the fourth season of Breaking Bad Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman on the set of Breaking Bad during the filming of the fourth season, with Emily Rios as Andrea Cantillo The Crevice - The grassy area below the small hut next to the control point. There are stairs leading up to the control point on the right-hand side, and a dirt path and jump pad that both lead to the small hut. Howard's investigator delivers the photos to Howard shortly before the mediation session begins. They depict the mediator accepting money from Jimmy and are coated in a drug that causes Howard's pupils to dilate. He angrily accuses the mediator of accepting a bribe, and when he attempts to retrieve the photos as proof, he discovers they have been switched for innocuous pictures of Jimmy. As Jimmy and Kim listen in on the conference call, Howard is humiliated in front of his clients and peers, and HHM and Davis & Main agree to settle the Sandpiper case. After the mediation concludes, Howard pieces together the whole plot, including Jimmy and Kim's success at causing him to rely on a fake private investigator. That night, he arrives at Kim's apartment to confront her and Jimmy. Lalo Salamanca arrives soon afterward. Howard disregards Kim and Jimmy's entreaties to leave immediately, and Lalo kills Howard with a gunshot to the head. [73]Saul later asks Mike about Heisenberg and Mike identifies Walt and Jesse for him, but warns Saul against getting involved with them. [c] Saul meets with them anyway and tells them about Jimmy "In-'N-Out" Kilkelly, who makes a living confessing to the crimes of others and going to prison. Saul arranges for Kilkelly to be arrested and confess to being Heisenberg. The DEA busts Kilkelly when Badger meets with him for a drug deal, but Hank is not completely convinced. Later, Saul visits Walt at the school where he works and informs Walt that he was too easy to find. Saul offers to be Walt's full-time legal counsel, money launderer, and adviser. [13] Walt accepts and Saul becomes Walt and Jesse's lawyer and consigliere. The need for a character like Saul came from two paths of Breaking Bad 's development around the second season. First, as Walter White and Jesse Pinkman got themselves deeper into the drug business, the writers felt they needed a character to be a guide for them. At this point, they had written that Jesse's dimwitted friends like Badger were selling their drugs, and needed to envision what type of lawyer Walt and Jesse would enlist when they run into trouble. [2] This would later serve to introduce Walter to new concepts such as the Disappearer's services. [3] Secondly, they were at a point in Hank's character arc where he had suffered major trauma in seeing Tortuga's severed head, and he would no longer be able to serve as the series' bit of lightness. They thus made Saul more of a comical character to fill this void. [2] The writers wrote this lawyer as loud, flashy, and over-the-top, as well as being a scammer himself. [3] The creators decided on the name "Saul Goodman" as a play on the phrase "[It]'s all good, man", so that even his most simple-minded clients would remember his name when they get arrested. [4] Gould credits Breaking Bad 's creator Vince Gilligan for initially suggesting this idea for Saul's name. [2] a b c Potts, Kimberly (November 26, 2013). " 'Breaking Bad' Spinoff Scoop From the Man Who Created Saul Goodman". Yahoo! News. Archived from the original on August 14, 2018 . Retrieved August 14, 2018. a b Weiner, Johan (February 9, 2022). "Bob Odenkirk's Long Road to Serious Success". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 9, 2022 . Retrieved February 18, 2022.

Fernandez, Maria Elena (October 14, 2019). "The Breaking Bad Movie Almost Had a Very Different Ending". Vulture. Archived from the original on October 15, 2019 . Retrieved August 11, 2022. Distillery Indoors - Exiting RED spawn to the right leads to the indoors of the distillery, with high ground and stairs leading down to the area below Hale's spawn. A suspended platform hangs from the ceiling. Saul Goodman - You may think this is cheating because Bob Odenkirk does not actually go into a dumpster as Saul Goodman. Instead it is a cardboard cutout of Saul Goodman that is put in the dumpster, but I think that is all the more reason to note its importance. Saul Goodman is a facade. He is a character created by Jimmy to mask all of his trauma. Also the fact that Saul has a life size cutout of himself speaks to his massive hubris. When the cardboard cutout is thrown into the dumpster it is when Saul’s house is being cleaned out after the events of Breaking Bad. The facade is literally and figuratively being thrown out for good because Jimmy can’t be Saul Goodman anymore since he’s a wanted fugitive. The cardboard cutout being thrown in the dumpster represents the end of Saul Goodman once and for all. El Camino answers many burning Breaking Bad questions". News.com.au. Sydney, Australia. October 12, 2019. Archived from the original on December 1, 2019 . Retrieved December 2, 2019. Travers, Ben (July 28, 2020). "Emmys Snub 'Better Call Saul' Cast, 'Big Little Lies'– Honor Zendaya and 'The Mandalorian' ". IndieWire. Archived from the original on November 16, 2020 . Retrieved July 31, 2020.a b c d e Siegel, Alan (April 12, 2022). "The Goodman Experiment". The Ringer. Archived from the original on April 12, 2022 . Retrieved April 12, 2022. Rooftops - The rooftops overlooking the entire play area. They can be accessed by using the melee wall climb ability, and provide significant high ground advantage overlooking the whole map.

Saul is a self-centered and unscrupulous Albuquerque-based lawyer who embraces his tactics as a former con artist and becomes involved in the city's criminal underworld. In Breaking Bad, he acts as the consigliere for the methamphetamine cooks Walter White ( Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman ( Aaron Paul) and plays a crucial role in the development of their drug empire. Better Call Saul 's main prequel storyline depicts Saul's origins as the earnest lawyer Jimmy McGill and his moral deterioration in the six years before the events of Breaking Bad; it also features a sequel storyline, where Saul is living under the assumed name Gene Takavic, hiding from law enforcement for his crimes in Breaking Bad. Snierson, Dan (July 3, 2018). "Bob Odenkirk on creating 'Breaking Bad's Saul Goodman – and dreading becoming him again". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on February 12, 2022 . Retrieved February 12, 2022. Saul was originally intended to appear in only four episodes of the second season of Breaking Bad, but instead became central to the narrative of the series. [9] Though originally written as a "two-and-a-half-dimensional" comic relief character, Saul's role became more in-depth, as Gilligan and Gould found they could use Saul as a "further entree to the criminal underbelly" for Walt in the later seasons. [5] This also allowed them to give the character more humanity, which the showrunners credited to Odenkirk's acting skills. They considered that like with Aaron Paul and Dean Norris, Odenkirk's acting capability significantly altered plans they had for these characters and the series in a beneficial manner, making them more central to the larger plot. [5] As Saul had proven to be a popular character with audiences, Gilligan and Gould already had started thinking about a spin-off involving Saul and approached Odenkirk on his interest to make it happen. [10] Odenkirk had initially turned down the continuing role, wanting to be with his family in Los Angeles and feeling he had enough fame with the success of Breaking Bad, but his children assured them that they would be fine and he should not turn the opportunity down. [6] By threatening the US Attorney’s perfect prosecution record, he is able to put himself in a better position to negotiate (despite Marie’s protests). We are seeing Saul Goodman hard at work here and it’s actually pretty gross to watch. Marie is obviously disgusted with both Saul and the feds willing to negotiate with him, and poor Bill looks like he’s got no idea what’s going on (except that it’s something he doesn’t really want to be a part of). We are basically watching Marie be re-victimized here, and as much as I may want Saul to come out on top, I take no pleasure in him doing it at Marie’s expense.

That Better Call Saul can aim for such iconography and so seamlessly pull it off is a testament to what an amazing show it has become. It now has a sense of self that puts it above almost everything else on television. Better Call Saul had a weird start – before it began, it was envisioned as a half-hour sitcom – and early episodes toyed with slightly uncomfortable comedic japes, such as the billboard scheme from series one. But gradually, Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould have realised that Better Call Saul functions best as pure tragedy. Lalo gives Jimmy a loose description of Gus Fring and instructs him to drive to Gus's house and shoot him; Jimmy convinces Lalo to send Kim instead. Lalo restrains Jimmy and asks about his involvement with the raid on Lalo's house. Jimmy disclaims knowledge and blames Nacho. Lalo leaves the house to go to Gus's laundry, but says he will return to resume the interrogation. Gus recognizes Kim's arrival at his house as a diversion and heads to his laundry. Unknown to Jimmy, Gus kills Lalo. Mike and his men arrive at the apartment and free Jimmy. Kim is reunited with him the following morning; Mike tells them they will not see Lalo again and stages Howard's death to look like a suicide. He also instructs them to make the suicide story plausible by maintaining their ruse about Howard's drug addiction, and warns them never to reveal the truth. [74]

Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad are well-known for using symbols to reveal angles of the story that the dialogue can't explore. This can also be a handy tool for foreshadowing. Apart from teasing yet-unknown outcomes, the foreshadowing in Better Call Saul can help in connecting the dots for audiences struggling with its detail-oriented approach to storytelling. This is part of the reason Better Call Saul leaves behind certain clues about the future. The presence of such clues also makes certain episodes stand out for their many connections to the endgame. Roffman, Michael (March 9, 2020). "Better Call Saul's Rhea Seehorn on Losing Jimmy McGill, Favorite Con Jobs, and Go-To Takeout Food". Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original on March 10, 2020 . Retrieved March 10, 2020.

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