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* PhonyDegree: As Saul, at least. It remains to be seen whether Jimmy [=McGill=] has a legitimate law degree.
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* PhonyDegree: As Saul, at least. It remains to be seen whether Jimmy [=McGill=] has a legitimate law degree.
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* BrickJoke: In "Granite State" as he prepared to go into hiding, Saul cracked the best he could hope for under his new identity is managing a Cinnabon in Omaha. That's precisely what he's doing.
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Filling in that gap.
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* AmoralAttorneyAmoralAttorney: The series could quite easily be subtitled ''The Memoirs of an Amoral Attorney''.
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* [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even Bad Men Love Their Grandmas]]: [[spoiler: Tuco seems more annoyed by the skaters [[BerserkButton calling his grandmother a "biznatch"]] than he is about Jimmy trying to scam him.]]
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* [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even Bad Men Love Their Grandmas]]: [[spoiler: Tuco seems more annoyed by the skaters [[BerserkButton calling his grandmother a "biznatch"]] than he is about Jimmy trying to scam him. He also takes tremendous care to protect her from even knowing about his criminal activities.]]
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* YouHaveToHaveJewsYouHaveToHaveJews: Jimmy's in-universe justification for eventually using "Saul Goodman" as his professional name -- his clients believe there's prestige in having a Jewish lawyer. It's not yet revealed how he first comes to adopt the name.
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Finessing my own edit. Jimmy has to convince Chuck that the hospital bill isn\'t a \"Slippin\' Jimmy\" con, so it\'s a true-enough story to remove the qualifiers.
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* AmbulanceChaser: If Saul's tale of "Slippin' Jimmy" is to be believed, he was one of these even before becoming a lawyer.
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* AmbulanceChaser: If Saul's tale of "Slippin' Jimmy" is to be believed, he He was one of these even before becoming a lawyer.lawyer. [=McGill=] tells the tale of his days as "Slippin' Jimmy" -- a con artist who used to scam businesses for accident settlements by falling on winter ice.
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* StealingFromTheTill: Mr. Kettleman is accused of embezzling more that $1.5 million from the city during his time as city treasurer.
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* FailedASpotCheck: Jimmy makes sure that the skaters memorize the make, color and license plate number of Mrs. Kettleman's car. They still screw this up and mistake a similarly looking car for hers.
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* MuggingTheMonster: The skaters try to pull a {{flopsy}} on Jimmy, not realizing that he is a lawyer and would see right through their scam. Jimmy and the skaters then try to pull the same trick on Mrs. Ketterman but end up accidentally targeting [[spoiler: Tuco Salamanca's grandma]].
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* MuggingTheMonster: The skaters try to pull a {{flopsy}} on Jimmy, not realizing that he is a lawyer and would see right through their scam. Jimmy and the skaters then try to pull the same trick on Mrs. Ketterman Kettlemans but end up accidentally targeting [[spoiler: Tuco Salamanca's grandma]].
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* ASimplePlan: Jimmy's plan to get hired as the Kettlemans' lawyer seems simple and foolproof. The skaters will pull a {{flopsy}} on Mrs. Kettleman and Jimmy will 'just happen' to be driving by and able to come to her rescue. She will be grateful to Jimmy and impressed by his skill as a lawyer and will then tell her husband to hire Jimmy to represent him in his embezzlement case. Unfortunately, the skaters FailedASpotCheck and targeted the wrong car which just happened to belong to [[spoiler: Tuco Salamanca's grandma]].
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* BreakoutCharacterBreakoutCharacter: From BreakingBad.
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** What the three clients did in the first episode.
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Electromagnetic hypersensitivity is a disorder with physiological symptoms, not a mental illness.
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** Jimmy's brother Chuck was once a successful lawyer and a named partner in a major law firm. Mental illness has crippled his ability to function outside his home and it's clear that he will never practice law again. However, he still clings to the idea that he will one day go back to work and resume where he left off. This makes it easy for his old partners to cheat him out of his share of the law firm by simply dangling the possibility that he could someday come back.
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** Jimmy's brother Chuck was once a successful lawyer and a named partner in a major law firm. Mental illness An [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_hypersensitivity EMS allergy]] has crippled his ability to function outside his home and it's clear that he will never practice law again. However, he still clings to the idea that he will one day go back to work and resume where he left off. This makes it easy for his old partners to cheat him out of his share of the law firm by simply dangling the possibility that he could someday come back.
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* MoralityChain: Chuck, Jimmy's brother is an ethical lawyer and it is clear that his influence kept Jimmy from fully turning into an unethical AmoralAttorney. Sadly Chuck's mental illness is slowly turning him into a BrokenPedestal.
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* MoralityChain: Chuck, Jimmy's brother is an ethical lawyer and it is clear that his influence kept Jimmy from fully turning into an unethical AmoralAttorney. Sadly Chuck's mental illness is stubbornness and bills are slowly turning him into a BrokenPedestal.
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* PresentDayPast: The first episode takes place in 2002 but in the scene where the skaters are following a car: a Jeep Wrangler Unlimited JK and a third generation Toyota Prius can be seen on the road, these vehicles were not available until 2007 and 2009 respectively.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler: Tuco had several ideas for punishing the skaters who insulted his grandmother, most of which involved torture, murder, or chopping limbs off. Jimmy had to talk him into just breaking one of their legs each.]]
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* [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even Bad Men Love Their Grandmas]]: [[spoiler: Tuco seems more annoyed by the skaters [[BerserkButton calling his grandmother a "biznatch"]] than he is about Jimmy trying to scam him.]]
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* BlackComedy: [[spoiler: Jimmy's back and forth with Tuco on deciding a punishment for the skaters.]]
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* BeneathTheMask: Jimmy McGill is a struggling professional trying desperately to make ends meet and find his place in the world. It is very clear that he is under massive amounts of stress and battles daily to keep his cool in the face of financial hardship, daily struggles, and an uncertain future. A far cry away from the confident, 'Saul Goodman' persona that defines him as a litigator.
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* BeneathTheMask: Jimmy McGill [=McGill=] is a struggling professional trying desperately to make ends meet and find his place in the world. It is very clear that he is under massive amounts of stress and battles daily to keep his cool in the face of financial hardship, daily struggles, and an uncertain future. A far cry away from the confident, 'Saul Goodman' persona that defines him as a litigator.
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* StartOfDarkness: Jimmy starts the series as a struggling small-time lawyer who while ethically-challenged is not yet a full on AmoralAttorney. Over the next few years he will lose his scruples and become the lawyer and money launderer for drug kingpins Gus Fring and Walther White.
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* StartOfDarkness: Jimmy starts the series as a struggling small-time lawyer who while ethically-challenged is not yet a full on AmoralAttorney. Over the next few years he will lose his scruples and become the lawyer and money launderer for drug kingpins Gus Fring and Walther Walter White.
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'''Better Call Saul''' is an American drama television series from Creator/{{AMC}}. It's a spin-off from the wildly successful and critically-acclaimed Series/BreakingBad, focusing on BreakoutCharacter Saul Goodman. It's a spin-off, prequel and sequel that focused on the life of small-time AmbulanceChaser lawyer Saul Goodman; it shows Saul seven years before his appearance on Breaking Bad when he was still Jimmy [=McGill=], his life during the events of Series/BreakingBad and events after Series/BreakingBad. It stars Creator/BobOdenkirk as Saul Goodman, with Creator/JonathanBanks, Michael [=McKean=], Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian and Michael Mando.
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'''Better Call Saul''' is an American drama television series from Creator/{{AMC}}. It's a spin-off from the wildly successful and critically-acclaimed Series/BreakingBad, focusing on BreakoutCharacter Saul Goodman. It's a spin-off, prequel and sequel that focused on the life of small-time AmbulanceChaser lawyer Saul Goodman; it shows Saul seven years before his appearance on Breaking Bad when he was still Jimmy [=McGill=], and his life both during and after the events of Series/BreakingBad and events after Series/BreakingBad. Series/BreakingBad. It stars Creator/BobOdenkirk as Saul Goodman, with Creator/JonathanBanks, Michael [=McKean=], Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian and Michael Mando.
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* BeneathTheMask: Jimmy McGill is a struggling professional trying desperately to make ends meet and find his place in the world. It is very clear that he is under massive amounts of stress and battles daily to keep his cool in the face of financial hardship, daily struggles, and an uncertain future. A far cry away from the confident, 'Saul Goodman' persona that defines him as a lidigator.litigator.
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** The FramingDevice of the series is a post-''Breaking Bad'' Saul, hiding out in Omaha and spending his nights watching tapes of his old commercials and reminiscing about his time as a lawyer.
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** The FramingDevice of the series is a post-''Breaking Bad'' Saul, hiding out in Omaha and spending his nights watching tapes of his old commercials and morosely reminiscing about his time as a lawyer.
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* StartOfDarkness: Jimmy starts the series as struggling small-time lawyer who while ethically-challenged is not yet a full on AmoralAttorney. Over the next few years he will lose his scruples and become the lawyer and money launderer for drug kingpins Gus Fring and Walther White.
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* StartOfDarkness: Jimmy starts the series as a struggling small-time lawyer who while ethically-challenged is not yet a full on AmoralAttorney. Over the next few years he will lose his scruples and become the lawyer and money launderer for drug kingpins Gus Fring and Walther White.
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* TheAllegedCar: Jimmy's car leaves much to be desired. To the point where he asked the skaters that tried to scam him what kind of payment they were expecting from someone with a car like his.
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* TheAllegedCar: Jimmy's car leaves much to be desired. To desired, to the point where he asked asks the skaters that tried who try to scam him what kind of payment they were expecting from someone with a car like his.
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* BeneathTheMask: Jimmy McGill is a struggling professional trying desperately to make ends meet and find his place in the world. It is very clear that he is under massive amounts of stress and battles daily to keep his cool in the face of financial hardship, daily struggles, and an uncertain future. A far cry away from the confident, 'Saul Goodman' persona that defines him as a lidigator.
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* TheAllegedCar: Jimmy's car leaves much to be desired. To the point where he asked the skaters that tried to scam him what kind of payment they were expecting from someone with a car like his.
--> "The only way that's a five-hundred dollar car is if there's a three-hundred dollar hooker inside of it!"
--> "The only way that's a five-hundred dollar car is if there's a three-hundred dollar hooker inside of it!"
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* StupidCrooks: Jimmy's clients in the series premiere broke into a mortuary, cut off the head off a corpse and then had sex with it. On top of it, they made a video of the whole event.
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* StupidCrooks: Jimmy's clients in the series premiere broke into a mortuary, cut off the head off a corpse and then had sex with it. On top of it, they made a video of the whole event. The prosecutor only needs to play the tape as his closing statement to get them sent to jail.
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'''Better Call Saul''' is an American drama television series from Creator/{{AMC}}. It's a SpinOff from the wildly successful and critically-acclaimed ''Series/BreakingBad'', focusing on BreakoutCharacter Saul Goodman. It's a spin-off, prequel and sequel that focuses on the life of small-time AmbulanceChaser lawyer Saul Goodman; it shows Saul seven years before his appearance on ''Breaking Bad'' when he was still Jimmy [=McGill=], his life during the events of ''Series/BreakingBad'' and events after ''Series/BreakingBad''. It stars Creator/BobOdenkirk as Saul Goodman, with Creator/JonathanBanks, Michael [=McKean=], Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian and Michael Mando.
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'''Better Call Saul''' is an American drama television series from Creator/{{AMC}}. It's a SpinOff spin-off from the wildly successful and critically-acclaimed ''Series/BreakingBad'', Series/BreakingBad, focusing on BreakoutCharacter Saul Goodman. It's a spin-off, prequel and sequel that focuses focused on the life of small-time AmbulanceChaser lawyer Saul Goodman; it shows Saul seven years before his appearance on ''Breaking Bad'' Breaking Bad when he was still Jimmy [=McGill=], his life during the events of ''Series/BreakingBad'' Series/BreakingBad and events after ''Series/BreakingBad''.Series/BreakingBad. It stars Creator/BobOdenkirk as Saul Goodman, with Creator/JonathanBanks, Michael [=McKean=], Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian and Michael Mando.
* {{Flopsy}}: The two skaters try to pull this scam on Jimmy. Jimmy then hires them to pull it on the wife of a potential big client so Jimmy can come to the rescue.
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** The FramingDevice of the series is a post-''Breaking Bad'' Saul, hiding out in Omaha and spending his nights watching tapes of his old commercials and reminiscing about his time as a lawyer.
** Jimmy's brother Chuck was once a successful lawyer and a named partner in a major law firm. Mental illness has crippled his ability to function outside his home and it's clear that he will never practice law again. However, he still clings to the idea that he will one day go back to work and resume where he left off. This makes it easy for his old partners to cheat him out of his share of the law firm by simply dangling the possibility that he could someday come back.
** The FramingDevice of the series is a post-''Breaking Bad'' Saul, hiding out in Omaha and spending his nights watching tapes of his old commercials and reminiscing about his time as a lawyer.
** Jimmy's brother Chuck was once a successful lawyer and a named partner in a major law firm. Mental illness has crippled his ability to function outside his home and it's clear that he will never practice law again. However, he still clings to the idea that he will one day go back to work and resume where he left off. This makes it easy for his old partners to cheat him out of his share of the law firm by simply dangling the possibility that he could someday come back.
* MoralityChain: Chuck, Jimmy's brother is an ethical lawyer and it is clear that his influence kept Jimmy from fully turning into an unethical AmoralAttorney. Sadly Chuck's mental illness is slowly turning him into a BrokenPedestal.
* MuggingTheMonster: The skaters try to pull a {{flopsy}} on Jimmy, not realizing that he is a lawyer and would see right through their scam. Jimmy and the skaters then try to pull the same trick on Mrs. Ketterman but end up accidentally targeting [[spoiler: Tuco Salamanca's grandma]].
* MuggingTheMonster: The skaters try to pull a {{flopsy}} on Jimmy, not realizing that he is a lawyer and would see right through their scam. Jimmy and the skaters then try to pull the same trick on Mrs. Ketterman but end up accidentally targeting [[spoiler: Tuco Salamanca's grandma]].
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* StupidCrooks: Jimmy's clients in the series premiere broke into a mortuary, cut off the head off a corpse and then had sex with it. On top of it, they made a video of the whole event.
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* StartOfDarkness: Jimmy starts the series as struggling small-time lawyer who while ethically-challenged is not yet a full on AmoralAttorney. Over the next few years he will lose his scruples and become the lawyer and money launderer for drug kingpins Gus Fring and Walther White.
* StupidCrooks: Jimmy's clients in the series premiere broke into a mortuary, cut off the head off a corpse and then had sex with it. On top of it, they made a video of the whole event.
* StupidCrooks: Jimmy's clients in the series premiere broke into a mortuary, cut off the head off a corpse and then had sex with it. On top of it, they made a video of the whole event.
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* PhonyDegree: As Saul, at least. It remains to be seen whether Jimmy McGill has a legitimate law degree.
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* PhonyDegree: As Saul, at least. It remains to be seen whether Jimmy McGill [=McGill=] has a legitimate law degree.
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* StupidCrooks: Jimmy's clients in the series premiere broke into a mortuary, cut off the head off a corpse and then had sex with it. On top of it, they made a video of the whole event.
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'''Better Call Saul''' is an American drama television series from Creator/{{AMC}}. It's a spin-off from the wildly successful and critically-acclaimed Series/BreakingBad, focusing on BreakoutCharacter Saul Goodman. It's a spin-off, prequel and sequel that focused on the life of small-time AmbulanceChaser lawyer Saul Goodman; it shows Saul seven years before his appearance on Breaking Bad when he was still Jimmy [=McGill=], his life during the events of Series/BreakingBad and events after Series/BreakingBad. It stars Creator/BobOdenkirk as Saul Goodman, with Creator/JonathanBanks, Michael [=McKean=], Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian and Michael Mando.
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'''Better Call Saul''' is an American drama television series from Creator/{{AMC}}. It's a spin-off SpinOff from the wildly successful and critically-acclaimed Series/BreakingBad, ''Series/BreakingBad'', focusing on BreakoutCharacter Saul Goodman. It's a spin-off, prequel and sequel that focused focuses on the life of small-time AmbulanceChaser lawyer Saul Goodman; it shows Saul seven years before his appearance on Breaking Bad ''Breaking Bad'' when he was still Jimmy [=McGill=], his life during the events of Series/BreakingBad ''Series/BreakingBad'' and events after Series/BreakingBad.''Series/BreakingBad''. It stars Creator/BobOdenkirk as Saul Goodman, with Creator/JonathanBanks, Michael [=McKean=], Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian and Michael Mando.
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* StupidCrooks: Jimmy's clients in the series premiere broke into a mortuary, cut off the head off a corpse and then had sex with it. On top of it, they made a video of the whole event.
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* AmbulanceChaserAmbulanceChaser: If Saul's tale of "Slippin' Jimmy" is to be believed, he was one of these even before becoming a lawyer.
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* DistantPrologue: The first episode begins after the end of ''Breaking Bad'', with Saul in his new identity as a lowly Cinnabon employee, looking over his shoulder at any suspicious customers, and pathetically watching a tape of his old commercials.
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* DistantPrologue: The first episode begins after the end of ''Breaking Bad'', with Saul in his new identity as a lowly Cinnabon employee, manager "Gene," looking over his shoulder at any suspicious customers, and pathetically drunkenly watching a tape of his old commercials.
*GildedCageGildedCage: The man who was once [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative the most famous attorney in Albuquerque]] and acquired a bit of celebrity and a load of money in that life is now an anonymous schmuck with a nice house in flyover country, and can never again hope to achieve anywhere near the same level of fame or fortune.
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* PhonyDegreePhonyDegree: As Saul, at least. It remains to be seen whether Jimmy McGill has a legitimate law degree.
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