Determined not to be like his father, Jimmy becomes a con artist and earns the nickname "Slippin' Jimmy" for staging "slip and fall" accidents. He also ran petty scams including the "fake Rolex" with the help of his partner-in-crime Marco Pasternak.
He had to use an alternate name when his license was suspended, and came up with Saul Goodman ( S'all good, man). When he was reinstated, he made the choice to go back to his sleazier clientele, with the name they would know.
'Better Call Saul' Season 6 Episode 9 review: Jimmy McGill becomes Saul Goodman in a tragic episode.
Jimmy was first introduced under his pseudonym Saul Goodman in Breaking Bad season 2, episode 8, "Better Call Saul". After becoming heavily involved in Walt & Jesse's journey, the character was given a somewhat uncertain ending, as Ed Galbraith made him disappear at the end of the series.
In the first episode, we find out that Saul Goodman's real name is Jimmy (James) McGill, the name the character goes by for the majority of the series. Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) was mentioned in Breaking Bad (2008). "Saul Goodman" is, in fact, a persona created by Jimmy McGill.
It is a diminutive form of the given name James, along with its short form, Jim.
The boyfriend Gould is referring to is Max Arciniega (James Martinez), who Breaking Bad fans will remember as Gus' friend and business partner.
Yes, Walter White and Jesse Pinkman returned—but the episode was more than just an excuse for a cool cameo. It took six and a half seasons, but in last night's episode Better Call Saul finally… broke bad.
No surprise that when we find out that it's Chuck who told Howard Hamlin not to hire Jimmy, it's in part because he thinks the law is sacred, as though he lived under divine mandate to protect it. “You know I'm right!” Chuck shouts at Jimmy, who, like us, can barely believe what he's hearing.
The date on the grave fits with a scene in Better Call Saul season 2's finale (set in 2002), where Chuck is rushed to hospital and his age is given as "late 50s." By comparison, Jimmy is in his early 40s when Chuck commits suicide.
Ten years prior to the events of "Better Call Saul", Chuck defended his younger brother Jimmy after Jimmy defecated through the sunroof of a romantic rival's BMW, unaware the man's children were in the backseat.
As he finds himself on the other side of the law, he develops a new persona: the criminal lawyer Saul Goodman. Identity change is often catalyzed by trauma — in his case, coming to terms with his losses. He is the last McGill left and his unique skill sets cannot be monetized in the legitimate world.
Never truly connected to the name McGill, over the years, Jimmy has constantly been trying to forge his own identity. In Better Call Saul's season 4 finale, audiences believed they saw the final transformation as Jimmy legally changed his name to Saul Goodman and opened up his law practice under the same name.
But it's rumored that Cusack turned down a different morally ambiguous role: that of Walter White in “Breaking Bad.” The role ultimately went to Bryan Cranston, who earned six Emmy awards, and Cusack confirms to Variety that he was never actually offered the part.
Slippin' Jimmy and Saul wear their wigs like armour. He'd be lost without it. However, the true brilliance of Saul Goodman's paralegal periwig is the way that the costume designers have reverse engineered it.
And, just before the film's close, El Camino delved back in time for the return of the show's central character: Walter White, the chemistry-teacher-turned-drugs-baron portrayed by Bryan Cranston.
Gus drops hints of his interest in David before deciding to cut the visit short and depart. In 2020, Gilligan stated that "I personally think Max was more than just a friend to Gus. I think they probably were lovers." Gould later confirmed that Gus and Max were boyfriends on the Ringer podcast The Watch.
Last chance to look at me, Hector. Gus Fring's last words before his death at Hector's hands.
Don Eladio spared Gus' life when he killed Max Arciniega because he knew who Gus was. He recognized him as the man who had built his empire and was therefore not a threat that could be eliminated easily.
She realized the firm could handle her accounts in her absence. She found joy in doing pro-bono work with poor people, who had nowhere else to turn.
Similarly, on “Breaking Bad,” Saul mentions a second ex-wife, and there's a deleted scene from the show where he says he has three ex-wives, total.
The ultracompetent attorney who married Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk), the man most likely to bring out the shadier side of her character, never appears in Breaking Bad, which led some viewers to assume she would die before Saul finished its run. But as Monday's series finale confirmed, Kim Wexler lives on.