History Recap / BetterCallSaul

->''"It's not about what you want. When you're in... you're in."''

Underfed, underpaid, and living at the back of a nail salon, lawyer Jimmy [=McGill=] tries to make ends meet whilst caring for his home-bound, eccentric brother Chuck by taking any and every client he can get his hands on. He frequently crosses paths with Mike Ehrmantraut, who's looking to build a new life for himself in Albuquerque following some shady events in his past.

Leaving Mesa Verde behind for good, Kim sides with her husband over the law and plots a convoluted sabotage of Howard and HHM to support their future endeavors. Lalo Salamanca lives following his "assassination", and his enemies scramble as he goes far afield to get his revenge - Nacho searches for a way out of his predicament, Mike strives to protect his principles and his family, and Gus covers his tracks while preparing for Lalo's inevitable retribution. Finally, the truth about "Jorge de Guzman" comes out, making Jimmy an outcast in the legal realm. However, he is more than ready to abandon Jimmy [=McGill=] and become a more colorful, criminal character... a decision that will doom him to become no-one at all.

# "[[Recap/BetterCallSaulS6E8PointAndShoot Point and Shoot]]": Lalo conscripts his lawyers into his scheming, and Kim is forced into an inescapable bind. Gus changes tactics after a sudden insight. Mike hunts for the full story, painfully learning the hazy boundaries of "the game".

# "[[Recap/BetterCallSaulS6E13SaulGone Saul Gone]]": With his final verdict approaching, Gene/Saul/Jimmy prepares to banish his regrets and cut ties to his better self. Kim tries to escape from her prison, but her old beau has one last con for her to see.

# "[[Recap/BetterCallSaulS6E13SaulGone Saul Gone]]": With his final verdict approaching, Gene/Saul/Jimmy prepares to banish his regrets and cut his ties to his better half. Kim tries to escape from her prison, but her old beau has one last con for her to see.

# "[[Recap/BetterCallSaulS6E13SaulGone Saul Gone]]": With his final verdict approaching, Gene/Saul/Jimmy prepares to burn his regrets and cut his ties to his better half. Kim tries to escape from her prison, but her old beau has one last con that requires her presence.

# "[[Recap/BetterCallSaulS6E13SaulGone Saul Gone]]": The end approaches for Gene as his past sins of 'Saul' return to haunt him...

# "Saul Gone"

[[caption-width-right:300:''"There are clients out there who need me, and I'm gonna give them the best representation I know how to provide. I'm on the up-and-up, okay?"'']]

[[caption-width-right:300:''[[ForegoneConclusion From Jimmy]] [[Series/BreakingBad to Saul.]] [[ProtagonistJourneyToVillain The journey begins.]]'']]

# "[[Recap/BetterCallSaulS6E12Waterworks Waterworks]]": After a blast from the past, Kim heads back to her old stomping grounds to exorcise her demons. Gene slips away after his robbery, only to get caught up with one last loose end...

# "[[Recap/BetterCallSaulS6E12Waterworks Waterworks]]": The stakes are raised when a discovery is made.

# "Waterworks": The stakes are raised when a discovery is made.

# "Waterworks"

''[[WebVideo/NoPicnic No Picnic]]'' (2017): While Craig Kettleman does his community service, his family arrives to cheer him up.

* ''[[WebVideo/NoPicnic No Picnic]]'' (2017): While Craig Kettleman does his community service, his family arrives to cheer him up.

* ''[[WebVideo/{NoPicnic}]]'' (2017): While Craig Kettleman does his community service, his family arrives to cheer him up.

* ''[[WebVideo/NoPicnic]]'' (2017): While Craig Kettleman does his community service, his family arrives to cheer him up.

# "[[Recap/BetterCallSaulS6E11BreakingBad Breaking Bad]]": After hearing bad news, Gene loops in Jeff and his friend to a new racket and falls back into his old ways. Saul Goodman survives a kidnapping and gets his P.I. to investigate the newest players in the underworld.

With his law career hanging in the balance, Jimmy realizes that desperate times call for desperate measures. Consequently, two important question is raised: how far will Jimmy go to save his own skin? Meanwhile, Nacho Varga faces a similar crisis when his own family is under threat, and makes moves that will put him at odds with Mike, who's torn between getting out of the game and his new partnership.

With his law career hanging in the balance, Jimmy realizes that desperate times call for desperate measures. Consequently, one important question is raised: can Jimmy remain a good man after what he will face, and what can he do to save his own skin? Meanwhile, Nacho Varga faces a similar crisis when his own family is under threat, and makes moves that will put him at odds with Mike, who's torn between getting out of the game and his new partnership.

[[caption-width-right:300:''[[TagLine It's all there in]] [[BlackAndWhiteMorality black and white.]]'']]

After a shocking season 2 finale that saw Jimmy's law career hanging in the balance, he realizes that desperate times call for desperate measures. Because no matter what happens, you can't keep a good man down... that is, if Jimmy does remain a good man after what he will face, and what he will do to save his own skin. Meanwhile, Nacho Varga faces a similar crisis when his own family is under threat, and makes moves that will put him at odds with Mike, who's torn between getting out of the game and his new partnership.

# "[[Recap/BetterCallSaulS6E11BreakingBad Breaking Bad]]": Gene loops in Jeff and his friend to a new racket and falls back into his old ways. Saul Goodman survives a kidnapping and gets his P.I. to investigate the newest players in the underworld.

# "Breaking Bad": Gene loops in Jeff and his friend to a new racket and falls back into his old ways. Saul Goodman survives a kidnapping and gets his P.I. to investigate the newest players in the underworld.

# "Breaking Bad": The partners in crime escalate their tactics to run their enterprise.

Jimmy tries his hand working at a private law firm, but soon finds it's not really for him. Chuck starts making some moves of his own, and the clashing between him and Jimmy start throwing the lives of everyone around them into chaos. Kim Wexler starts catching blowback from both sides and considers getting out from under Howard's thumb. Mike is drawn deeper into the local criminal underworld, especially due to a bitter grudge against the infamous Salamanca clan.

''[[WebVideo/AmericanGreedJamesMcGill American Greed: James [=McGill=]]]'' (2022): The start of a documentary discussing Jimmy's rise and fall.