Better Call Saul Proves Kim Could’ve Stopped Breaking Bad
In a pivotal Better Call Saul season 6 scene, Kim Wexler makes a choice that determines the course of Breaking Bad. Throughout Better Call Saul's 5 seasons and counting, Jimmy McGill has found himself at many crossroads, where making a different choice would completely shift the future landscape of Breaking Bad. The conman-turned-lawyer has turned down multiple golden opportunities to go straight, and formed chance friendships that will eventually define his downfall. You could even argue Jimmy's «50% off legal services» sale in Better Call Saul season 5 began a chain reaction that causes Walter White's initial encounter with Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad.
While Jimmy's refusal to go straight and transformation into «Saul Goodman» fall entirely upon his own shoulders, misfortune and circumstance are also to blame for his criminal career path. Jimmy never exactly intended to become the cartel's favorite lawyer, but after first representing Krazy-8, then catching the eye of Lalo Salamanca, he wasn't exactly left much choice. And once you're in with the mob, resignations are typically accepted in blood only.
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Better Call Saul season 6's «Rock & Hard Place» sees Jimmy thrown a lifeline. Suzanne Ericsen (Better Call Saul's assistant district attorney) knows Jimmy represented Lalo Salamanca under a falsified name, and offers something resembling a plea bargain. If Jimmy provides evidence against Lalo and his associates, he won't face any kind of punishment for fraudulently defending known a murderer and drug trafficker using the alias «Jorge de Guzman.» When Kim tells Jimmy about Suzanne's offer, he's clearly tempted. Having felt constantly out of his
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