You broke the rules. 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. He finally outs himself as crooked in front of his elderly clients, which both vindicates Irene and cancels the Sandpiper settlement. I was more than a willing participant, I was indispensable. And schmuck that I am, I fell for it! ("Hazard Pay"), Later, tending to his errand, Mike visits the DEA offices with Saul. 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. Talking with Kim, she realizes that the reason the committee ruled against him was because he did not mention Chuck the victim of the crime that led to his suspension once during the hearing. However, metaphorically speaking, Jimmy does put an end to the Saul Goodman alias that caused so much harm, meaning that you could argue Saul Goodman is indeed dead. He takes the records to a nearby copy shop, where he creates doctored copies with the street number transposed into 1216. Press J to jump to the feed. Skyler acted as if she knew absolutely nothing about what Walt was doing so its highly unlikely she would have mentioned Saul, she never mentioned Lydia to the cops before she was threatened by Todd. Everyone was dead or out of the picture, Saul's lawyer and Skyler were still around, but anything they would say would incriminate themselves, plus it's all hearsay. Would that placate them enough to let someone like Saul go? After Jeff and his friend leave, Gene calls Ed from a payphone for another extraction. However, Gus expresses concern about Jesse's drug problem, which has escalated into heroin use due to Jane's relapse. Jimmy begins to question his decision to take his position at D&M, as Erin continues to hamper his progress in court and at the clerk's office. [deleted] TonGi018 I was terrified. What exactly is provable that he did wrong? Now, do you remember? 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. However, Jimmy's hopes would not come into fruition, as Kim decided to resign from her career as an attorney and leave Jimmy for good, saying that they were both bad for each other and hurt people around them. Battery drained. He originally worked as a mailroom clerk at Hamlin, Hamlin & McGill (HHM) alongside Kim. "Oh, my brain used to work, I'm sick, I don't know what to do!" He is also initially shown to be highly paranoid, once becoming so frightened by anything that could expose him that he suffers a panic attack that sends Gene to the hospital. ("Hermanos"), Ted enters Saul's office, and Saul informs him that his long-lost "Great Aunt Birgit" from Luxembourg has left him $621,552.33almost precisely the amount of his debt to the I.R.S., ostensibly a coincidence that Ted seemingly doesn't realize. That's what it's called, and it's a felony! ("Sunset"), Saul visits Jesse at the hospital after the latter is brutally attacked by Hank in retaliation of their ruse to lure Hank away from the junkyard. Saul eventually acquires Calderas black book, giving him access to a vast criminal network and introducing him to later associates such as Patrick Kuby. Feeling smug, Saul attempts to dangle one last piece of information in a bid to get his sentence reduced even further: the murder of Howard Hamlin. ("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. I'll give you mine. This triggers a sudden and acidic tirade from Chuck as he vents all of his frustrations about Jimmy and how he never should have tried to help him. Jimmy also finally shows remorse for what he did to Chuck and for causing his suicide, the guilt of which Jimmy had previously ignored and buried. Jimmy sits back at the defendant's table and looks for acknowledgement from Kim while Oakley and Castellano's team argue about the plea agreement. The following morning, he visits Jeff's house and is greeted by Marion, who shows him a new laptop computer that Jeff has given her using his proceeds from the mall heist. Meanwhile, Jeff gives Alfred a bottled water spiked with barbiturates and sends a signal to Buddy to begin the next phase of the scam. Actually, I think that the very first part of BCS may have been taking place when Walt was still up in New Hampshire cabin-ing, playing cards, trying out new glasses and stuff. 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. Jimmy tries to convince Howard to accept the settlement, but Howard sees through Jimmy's motivations and refuses. After seeing Kim, who urges him to take the deal, Jimmy confronts Chuck after realizing that his cell phone's battery had been drained when his brother used it to call Howard. Furious, Saul shuts down the laundering of Walts drug money. However, Jimmy receives an urgent call from Howard, informing him that Chuck had an altercation with the police and has been hospitalized. Kim returns to the office to find Jimmy lying on the floor, with his half of the rent, indicating he used the "slip and fall" to coerce the guitar shop into paying him off. Not really necessary. ("Smoke"). Kim is disturbed that Jimmy has been selling phones to criminals and agrees to look into Huell's case although he refuses to ruin Platt. ("Talk"), Despite his new business idea, Jimmy struggles to increase trade at CC Mobile until the owner of a contracting business arrives. What difference would it make? And then you are gonna tell me the whole story.Lalo. They SHOULD have been in hiding; however the narrative somehow made them overconfident. Admitting that he bugged Walts house and making an off-color comment about Skyler, Saul is attacked and subsequently fired by Walt. If they are, it would allow them to aquire evidence against Saul that would put him in jail for a long time, regardless how good lawyer he is. 'Cause this is my screw-up. Huell is arrested and Jimmy tries to bargain his freedom for moving his business elsewhere. Later, inside a modest apartment, Gene pours himself a glass of liquor and watches TV, flipping through channels. James McGill, Esquire!Jimmy serving Sandpiper Crossing with a summons written on toilet paper. Hey, you know what? Jimmy also produced fake IDs for his classmates in high school ("Nailed"). Taking full responsibility at his trial, Saul was sentenced to 87 years in prison. However, after the sudden death of Marco, Jimmy was brought back to the fold by Kim, who persuaded Howard to recommend Jimmy for a job as an associate attorney at Davis & Main, HHM's co-counsel on the Sandpiper case, which Jimmy reluctantly accepts. He receives a call from Skyler asking where Walt is. I've been paying for it ever since. Gene is shown to greatly enjoy the chance to employ his old talents as a con artist again while setting it up so that Jeff can't expose him without causing "mutually assured destruction" due to the number of crimes that he had committed. No shit! [chuckles] I don't know. On her way out, Kim tells Howard she quit Schweikart and Cokely. I own it, okay? When Chuck and Howard outmaneuver Kim to retain Mesa Verde for themselves, an outraged Jimmy springs into action. We always end up having the same conversation, don't we?Chuck, UnoJimmy talking to himself while looking at a mirror. Gene returns to his car in the now-closed mall parking lot and goes home. After insulting Jimmy and forcing him away, Chuck commits suicide by pushing a gas lantern off a table and onto a pile of newspapers, leaving Jimmy as the sole living member of his family. Not gonna happen.Jimmy to Mike about his plan to acquire Detective Abbasi's police notes. ("Switch"), Jimmy adjusts quickly to his new status and perks at D&M, including a private office (with a cocobolo desk), company car, and personal assistant named Omar. Together, they start doing scams again. After settling in to watch TV, Gene receives a call on his old earphone from a frantic Jeff. 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. He travels back to Cicero and reconnects with Marco. In spite of this, it is gradually revealed that Jimmy is truly more conman than a lawyer, and throughout the series, it is shown that Jimmy has been a crook from an early age, in which he stole from his kind father's corner store, eventually resulting in its bankruptcy and his father's death and engaged in multiple con games in order to steal money from unsuspecting victims. He meets Victor under a bridge to make the exchange, only to see he has been given half of the money the other half went to Walt. On Gene's way out, the nurse at the desk asks for another look at his driver's license, further worrying Gene. Saul has Huell and Kuby collect Walt's money from the storage bin, and Walt gives Saul a cut of the earnings, and a little extra that's meant for Walt as "insurance" in case Walt needs Saul later on. 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. I'm not deaf! That night, Gene using the pseudonym Viktor performs at a karaoke bar. And it just obviously, obviously is as well. ("Buried"), Saul later bails Jesse out after he gets arrested for throwing money out of his car window, and chides him for not calling him sooner. I am done.Jimmy. Nevertheless, Jimmy goes through with it and succeeds in forcing a settlement of the Sandpiper case, utterly humiliating Howard n the process. Saul remains unaware of Gus' true identity, only knowing him as a major drug kingpin and distributor who is extremely competent and careful, only meeting Gus once previously though being unaware that he was a drug kingpin. I didn't witness any of the murders, but I damn well knew it was happening. When Howard files an injunction for copyright infringement, Jimmy allows himself to lose, using the incident to garner public support through the media. Look, um, I'm a lawyer, and this is what I do all day, every day, so h-how about this? Did you not realize that Skyler's case named him, among others, as being co-conspirators? Attorney client privilege is waived if prosecutors can show that the privilege was being used to further an active conspiracy. 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