Better Call Saul: Why Jimmy Is Working In A Cinnabon (As Gene)
Better Call Saul contains flashforward sequences showing Jimmy McGill now working at a Cinnabon as Gene, and here's why he ended up there. Introduced in season 2 of Breaking Bad, Walt and Jesse's «criminal lawyer» Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) would become one of the most important characters in the series. He was also one of the few major figures to end the show alive, making the smart move to get the hell out of dodge — or in this case, Albuquerque — before things really hit the fan.
In Better Call Saul, fans have gotten to witness Saul's journey from small-time hustler Jimmy McGill, to briefly respectable attorney Jimmy McGill, to a go-to lawyer for the New Mexico meth trade. Well, he's not quite there fully yet, but presumably will be by the end of the spinoff. As Better Call Saul goes on though, it's becoming more and more like Breaking Bad, which doesn't seem to be bothering fans. Although the fact that Kim Wexler is never mentioned in Breaking Bad probably doesn't spell a bright future for her.
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As seen in Better Call Saul's black and white flashforwards, Jimmy clearly can't stand his existence as the manager of a Cinnabon in Omaha. Why did he agree to put himself in that position? It's simple, he had no other choice.
The fact that Saul Goodman is spending his time after Breaking Bad managing a Cinnabon in Omaha is a direct callback to the final conversation had between Saul and Walter White before they parted ways for good. Both men were holed up in a bunker owned by Ed, the man who specializes in making people disappear and giving them new identities. Saul says to Walt, lamenting their perilous situation at the time, "If I'm
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