Jimmy’s life is further complicated by his brother, Chuck McGill , a brilliant attorney who has become a reclusive shut-in due to a belief that he suffers from "electromagnetic hypersensitivity". Chuck lives in a darkened house with no electricity, working by lantern light. He pushes Jimmy to "build his own identity" rather than ride the coattails of their family name, which is shared by the prestigious firm Hamlin, Hamlin & McGill (HHM). The Scam and the Slip
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. Better Call Saul: 1Г—1
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 . Jimmy’s life is further complicated by his brother,
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 Scam and the Slip In the first