@@kb4903 It's not black mail. What he said was absolutely within his legal right. They were trying to commit fraud. Saul had the perfect response. Either take the money or face criminal charges and have your house impound anyway.
@@kb4903 Let me explain this to your ignorant ass: The Pinkman's are trying to commit fraud here. Saul is giving them an ultimatum, because legally speaking he can have the house confiscated from them regardless, but like he said, he's more open minded and would want what's best for the Pinkman's in this situation and his "buyer". The Pinkman's are not being forced to do anything.
@@eleetfleet4506 so by saying this Saul empathizes that Layer does not want to spend time on a small-talk and goes straight to work-related stuff, hinting that it was not nice of him
Something that gets overlooked is how this scene shows how Saul uses his image to his advantage. He immediately gets recognized as "that lawyer on late night TV", and his catchphrase relaxes the Pinkmans and lowers their guard. Their lawyer meanwhile clearly doesn't take Saul seriously, so all the pieces are in place for Saul to throw off all of them when he mentions the meth lab. Suddenly, he holds all the cards, and none of them expected this "late night TV" lawyer to be so competent.
@@p.g.4881 It may not have been required, but I think Saul has a bit of a sadistic streak in him, particularly when it comes to rich, upper class people. He seems to really enjoy getting people to underestimate him and then twisting the knife to make them see they've fallen into his trap. See the scene in Better Call Saul when essentially blackmails the head of Mesa Verde. Jimmy/Saul clearly relished every moment of that and was considerably more vicious than he needed to be.
As someone who was familiar with jesses situation and could infer that the parents treated Jesse as chuck treated him, it must’ve been a joy to saul to hook Jesse up with such sweet vengeance
I think it's actually Saul's "you're goddamn right" moment but honestly more powerful, because instead of wringing out respect from someone he actually needs help from, like Walt, he gets to embarrass someone who didn't show him an ounce of respect to begin with.
It's him twisting the knife on a pompous lawyer who wrote him off as a shyster. The 'real' lawyer got bent over and spanked and Saul loved every second of it.
I am always reminded of the little detail of the parents having a stick figure family on their car window that doesn't include Jesse. Combine that with how well Jesse got along with Mike and I really think they failed him early in his life and gave up.
After BCS the thing I love most about this clip is the sheer pleasure Saul/Jimmy took in screwing over that condescending jerk of a lawyer-- kinda like Chuck
It still bothers me that Saul did that job pro bono. Jesse handed him $400K for a job to do. That money could cover legal costs and the price of the home, and closing costs. In the real world, Saul offers the parents $200K, and uses the other $200K to cover realtor, title transfers, and keeps the rest for his time and expertise.
Spoiler alert.. I'm pretty sure Jessie's parents get the property back. Doubt Jessie had a will. Although after Jessie trashing it again his parents likely will again break even selling lol
How you figure? They sold the house to him and he never died, El Camino confirmed this so technically it's still in his name until the bank or government takes it for failure to pay property tax
Great example of how Saul was actually a highly intelligent and skilled lawyer.
He is skilled but this is black mail.
@@kb4903 It's not black mail. What he said was absolutely within his legal right. They were trying to commit fraud. Saul had the perfect response. Either take the money or face criminal charges and have your house impound anyway.
@@danieljliverslxxxix1164 he’s using information to force someone to do something they don’t want to do.
@@kb4903 Let me explain this to your ignorant ass:
The Pinkman's are trying to commit fraud here.
Saul is giving them an ultimatum, because legally speaking he can have the house confiscated from them regardless, but like he said, he's more open minded and would want what's best for the Pinkman's in this situation and his "buyer".
The Pinkman's are not being forced to do anything.
@@kb4903
So…a lawyer.
I love how Saul immediately set the tone when he said, "I get it, flat fee client."
What does a flat fee client mean?
@@eleetfleet4506 It means they're not paying by the hour
@@Durwood71 thank you.
@@eleetfleet4506 so by saying this Saul empathizes that Layer does not want to spend time on a small-talk and goes straight to work-related stuff, hinting that it was not nice of him
Something that gets overlooked is how this scene shows how Saul uses his image to his advantage. He immediately gets recognized as "that lawyer on late night TV", and his catchphrase relaxes the Pinkmans and lowers their guard.
Their lawyer meanwhile clearly doesn't take Saul seriously, so all the pieces are in place for Saul to throw off all of them when he mentions the meth lab. Suddenly, he holds all the cards, and none of them expected this "late night TV" lawyer to be so competent.
there was really no need to lower their guard. He had the ace in his sleeve anyway....
the pinkmans’ counselor was such a smug dickhead. can’t stand that guy
It never gets old watching Saul basically own another lawyer that likely went to some fancy law school and doesn't take him seriously.
@@p.g.4881 Yeah but when you put that much stress on people its hard for them to come up with a counter argument.
@@p.g.4881 It may not have been required, but I think Saul has a bit of a sadistic streak in him, particularly when it comes to rich, upper class people. He seems to really enjoy getting people to underestimate him and then twisting the knife to make them see they've fallen into his trap. See the scene in Better Call Saul when essentially blackmails the head of Mesa Verde. Jimmy/Saul clearly relished every moment of that and was considerably more vicious than he needed to be.
As someone who was familiar with jesses situation and could infer that the parents treated Jesse as chuck treated him, it must’ve been a joy to saul to hook Jesse up with such sweet vengeance
It’s incredible how good detail Saul’s spin-off was. He’s wearing the very ring that belonged to Marco
And why he took a lot of pleasure in wiping the floor with this pompous attorney…
To me "how about it counselor, do you concur?" is Saul's most powerful line in BB.
I think it's actually Saul's "you're goddamn right" moment but honestly more powerful, because instead of wringing out respect from someone he actually needs help from, like Walt, he gets to embarrass someone who didn't show him an ounce of respect to begin with.
And also lets you know this isn’t the first time he’s dealt with pompous attorneys…
It's him twisting the knife on a pompous lawyer who wrote him off as a shyster. The 'real' lawyer got bent over and spanked and Saul loved every second of it.
Totally agree 100%%%%
Jesse parent's kicked him out by what they found which would be used against them to get them kicked out.
You know it's a good show when it doesn't need to spend a millions on VFX and just enjoy the writings
The one piece of information they used to evict Jesse was the information he used to name his price and get his house back!
People say how Jesse is a bad son "screwing" his parents...me, I think they all deserve each other. Great episode.
I am always reminded of the little detail of the parents having a stick figure family on their car window that doesn't include Jesse.
Combine that with how well Jesse got along with Mike and I really think they failed him early in his life and gave up.
This is the moment Jimmy became Heisenberg
There's only one Heisenberg
Underestimating Saul was a terrible move. He may be a bit goofy but he knows his job.
Wish the opposing lawyer was in BCS to explain his hostility.
What’s to explain? Like Chuck, he doesn’t view Saul as a “real” lawyer.
@@matthewriley7826 yeah Saul’s always getting underestimated.
He views Saul as a hospital chaseing, disingenuous piece of trash. Because at this point in the story, that's exactly who Saul is.
Mr. Gardiner is not impressed with "Better Call Saul".
No, but by the end of their first meeting he’s probably terrified he’ll get disbarred.
This was the moment Jesse remained nameless.
After BCS the thing I love most about this clip is the sheer pleasure Saul/Jimmy took in screwing over that condescending jerk of a lawyer-- kinda like Chuck
He probably did it since it reminds him of his treatment from Chuck
@@DaScorpionSting That would explain that smirk of satisfaction when Saul caught them 😂
Imagine after the offer of $400k, Saul should have said, "I can make it ZERO!" ... reference from BCS. 😂
Shieeeeeeeedd
Saul has that dog in him 😂😂
It still bothers me that Saul did that job pro bono. Jesse handed him $400K for a job to do. That money could cover legal costs and the price of the home, and closing costs. In the real world, Saul offers the parents $200K, and uses the other $200K to cover realtor, title transfers, and keeps the rest for his time and expertise.
Saul is an honest lawyer when it comes to his clients. He doesnt work for free, got paid plenty.
Spoiler alert.. I'm pretty sure Jessie's parents get the property back. Doubt Jessie had a will. Although after Jessie trashing it again his parents likely will again break even selling lol
How you figure? They sold the house to him and he never died, El Camino confirmed this so technically it's still in his name until the bank or government takes it for failure to pay property tax
Episode 2 not 3
😂😂😂😂 he's great 👍