The story then shifts back to 2002, where we meet Jimmy McGill, a struggling public defender in Albuquerque. His office is a cramped boiler room in the back of a Vietnamese nail salon, and his bank account is nearly empty. Despite his silver tongue and high energy in the courtroom, he is barely scraping by, earning a measly $700 for defending three teenagers. The Struggle for Identity
The plan goes spectacularly wrong. Instead of stopping, the car involved in the staged accident drives away. The twins chase it to a suburban house, assuming it belongs to the Kettlemans. However, the driver is actually an elderly woman, and the house belongs to her grandson: the volatile drug kingpin . Better Call Saul: 1Г—1
In the first episode of , titled " Uno ," the story begins with a glimpse of the future—a paranoid, mustached man named Gene working at a Cinnabon in Omaha, Nebraska. By night, he retreats to his apartment to tearfully watch old VHS tapes of his former life as the flamboyant lawyer Saul Goodman. The story then shifts back to 2002, where
Desperate for a big break, Jimmy sets his sights on the Kettlemans, a couple accused of embezzling $1.6 million. When they choose HHM over him, Jimmy decides to use his old "Slippin' Jimmy" tactics—hustles he perfected back in Illinois—to trick them into hiring him. He enlists two skateboarding twins to stage a "slip-and-fall" accident with Betsy Kettleman's car, planning to "save" her and win her loyalty. A Dangerous Turn The Struggle for Identity The plan goes spectacularly