Better Call Saul Finally Reveals The Moment Jimmy Becomes Saul
When AMC premiered its Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul, one of the pilot episode’s most surprising turns was its title character’s identity. The eponymous antihero of Better Call Saul, previously seen in Breaking Bad, wasn’t reintroduced as Saul Goodman in the prequel. Instead, he was introduced under his real name, Jimmy McGill. In season 1, Jimmy is an up-and-coming lawyer trying to build up a client base despite lacking the flair and resources of larger firms like HHM.
Ever since the title character of Better Call Saul was reintroduced to audiences as Jimmy McGill, his inevitable transformation into the unscrupulous Saul Goodman has been the show’s most talked-about story thread. Better Call Saul’s early seasons revealed the vulnerable human being he used to be before he fully regressed into his flashy, colorful-suit-wearing, morally ambiguous alter ego. The question on every Breaking Bad fan’s mind was simple: when does Jimmy transform into Saul?
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The character was never known as Jimmy in Breaking Bad. It was hinted that “Saul Goodman” was an alias (and it was also pretty obvious, because it’s a pun), but it was never spelled out. In all his Breaking Bad scenes, Jimmy fully embodied the Saul persona – there’s no evidence left of the person he once was. Throughout six seasons of Better Call Saul, fans have been waiting for the definitive turn from Jimmy to Saul.
Jimmy’s transformation into Saul has been gradually revealed in stages throughout the spin-off’s six-season run. The name was introduced as an alias in Slippin’ Jimmy’s Sting-style cons. He later used it for the name of his low-rent ad agency, Saul Goodman Productions, which he used to
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