It's Official: Jimmy McGill Is Dead In Better Call Saul
Warning: SPOILERS for Better Call Saul season 6.
Better Call Saul season 6 finally sees the death of Jimmy McGill and the true birth of Saul Goodman, the character audiences were first introduced to inBreaking Bad. Jimmy's transition into Saul Goodman has been a long process throughout all of Better Call Saul, however, the show finally embraces its namesake. Jimmy's character in the early seasons of Better Call Saul is defined by his struggle — and ultimate failure — to live up to the McGill name that his brother, Chuck McGill, made so prestigious in the world of law in New Mexico. The conflict between him and his brother leads Jimmy to the alienation he feels, as people constantly compare him to Chuck's unreachable standards. Never truly connected to the name McGill, over the years, Jimmy has constantly been trying to forge his own identity.
In Better Call Saul's season 4 finale, audiences believed they saw the final transformation as Jimmy legally changed his name to Saul Goodman and opened up his law practice under the same name. However, Jimmy's ties with Howard Hamlin, whose name is also included in Chuck's law firm, Hamlin Hamlin McGill (or HHM), meant that Jimmy never actually severed his connection to his family name. When Jimmy defended Lalo Salamanca in season 5, it once again seemed like Jimmy had completed his transformation into a lawyer who helps those dedicated to the wrong side of the law, similar to his work in Breaking Bad with Walter White and Jesse Pinkman. Yet it's actually in Better Call Saul season 6, episode 9, «Fun and Games,» that viewers finally see the completion of Jimmy's transformation into Saul Goodman.
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