@@perseusgaming7397 cash is never given away, Saul always keeps it. The only transaction made here is the fake Rolex for the $580 in the guys pocket. Given that it's a $20 chinese knock off I think it's a pretty good profit margin.
One of my favorite aspects of the show is that they really focus on the work and grind that Jimmy puts into his schemes. There’s a lot of meticulous set-up to the perfect situations that Jimmy pretends to stumble into. As smooth and creative as Jimmy is, he’s also a hard-worker who puts in the time.
Chuck even admitted that Jimmy was not lazy enough to slack off on such a big scam. " nobody ever accused you of being lazy. every other sin in the book, but not that one. " Jimmy McGill is the embodiment of " go big or go home. "
@@beatlecristian lol Saul never changed from slipping Jimmy, why should Chuck forgive him. Even he admits that it wouldn't be him if he wasn't cutting corners. And sure, as it's a series it's normal to root for Jimmy, however if this was real life, you wouldn't want a lawyer like this to exist. Getting lalo out of jail by making up everything, even though he murdered a kid. Chuck was in the right saying Jimmy was a like a monkey with a revolver, however he should have hired Jimmy and supervised him instead of letting him evolve into Saul.
@@It-s-me-P Chuck is the one who made Jimmy the person he is today, none of this would be happening if he had given even the tiniest amount of support for him.
I thought it was a reference to the Deer Hunter where the Vietnamese soldiers scream DIDI MAU at Christopher Walken to pull the trigger during russian roulette
Kerry Strother is right, it is a reference to the movie Deer Hunter. What they were yelling at the guys when they were playing russian roulette. simpsons also parodied it
@@perseusgaming7397 Fake money I bet. You can buy movie quality money online and in a dark alleyway a drunk guy might not notice. Or...they know in advance he's loaded.
@@perseusgaming7397 1)both find wallet with fake cash They share the wallet cash 2) Saul find the watch, the guy decides to take the watch instead and give him the wallet cash 3) in order to make things even the guy gives additional cash from his own wallet before leaving 4) saul is now in possession of the wallet cash, the guy cash but needs a new fake Rolex
When I first watched this, when Marco got up behind Jimmy I thought that he was about to attack him from behind. I was so relieved to see that they were friends.
@@nealmp Great catch, I hadn't noticed that! The address is also Luther St., referencing Luther Coleman, another character (played by James Earl Jones' father, Robert Earl Jones)
The address change on the copies is so intricate and obsessive it really speaks to how much running his cons is something he gets a personal thrill from. Helping Kim is just a bonus.
@@CJonesApple Through emotional manipulation. Chuck is a fake fuck who's the whole reason behind Jimmy's downward spiral after he had the perfect shot at a normal and healthy life. Chuck in the end got what he deserved. A bittersweet victory for Jimmy, but a victory nevertheless.
In reality the changed numbers would stick out like a sore thumb because the photocopier would pick up the shadow and contour of the tiny pieces of paper. He would have needed software to touch up the tiny details.
Despite Sauls reputation as a fool, he's still incredibly cunning and smart and thats whats probably the most dangerous thing about him Edit: By "reputation as a fool" I mean in the universe of the show
I remember another episode where they do that Rolex con one last time and Marco dies. "This was the greatest week of my life..." that was saddest moment in this series for me.
yo can someone post the fucking link already? i've asked multiple times and i do not have time to sift through hundreds of hours of footage to find it?
@@perseusgaming7397 Because they keep the wallet with cash and the person who takes the watch will always give Jimmy a few of their own dollars in cash to convince him to let them take the watch.
@@perseusgaming7397 the watch isn’t worth anything, but they make it seem like it is because the dudes wallet had so much cash on him so he must be rich right? So when they take the watch from jimmy he’s like well then I want some money in return. The person then gives the wallet back, and will most likely give some more money to make the trade “fair”. That extra money is what they’re scamming for
10:25 Jimmy had such a raw natural talent, not everyone could have pulled off something this elaborate or bothered to put in the time to do it right. And he's doing this while Chuck is SLEEPING, so he's working against an unknown timer to swap hundreds of pages. Chuck and Jimmy could've been a hell of a lawyer duo, if only the former let go of the hatred in his heart.
Also, I LOVE how Bob plays the moment Jimmy realizes it’s a rip off, at 1:03 His posture turns completely relaxed and his breathing slows, and he smiles very briefly bc he’s seems a bit impressed that they almost played him. But then he plays along for a few more moments bc he’s now interested in what their price will be.
Better Call Saul is essentially Jimmy's journey of 'breaking bad'. Walter was an underachieving loser with an inferiority complex, but still an innate ego problem, who broke down into crime out of necessity and became a cold monster through his journey while trying to survive in that world. While Saul was a jolly soulful person, trying to redeem himself, not waste his life away, struggling to succeed, make his brother proud, be a good man and be happy, he breaks bad slowly because of betrayal and abandonment from his brother, constantly having his victories stolen and being judged/shamed for his personality and past. Walter's story is way more dramatic and of higher stakes but Jimmy's is so much more relatable. Season 6 is going to be a heavy tragedy.
I don't know why so many people say jimmy was like he was because of chuck. The first thing we see in chronolohical order is jimmy stealing from his parents. Was it chuck's fault? Was he that made him Slippin'Jimmy and a professional conman in Cicero? Was chuck who made him organize all that scam when he ended up at tuco's abuelita's house? Or the other hustles with the kettlemans? Or the fake saving of the man who was removing his poster? Was chuck the one who made him make the video commercial at Davis&Main withouth asking permission? Chuck was right, he is like a chimp with a macchine gun. The law is attempt to make things right indipendently of the strongest or the smarter, and Jimmy is like a virus in the system. Chuck just did what a person who perfectly knew he was never gonna change would have done.
@@BrankyMusic Jimmy was notorious in his childhood and youth, but after he went to jail for the Chicago Sunroof incident (which he did only to hurt Chet, who slept with his wife), he was more than ready to better himself. He was grateful to Chuck for helping him and he turned down Marco for trying to get him into conning again. He worked hard in the mailroom, worked his ass off learning law and passed the BAR all on his own because he really meant to be good lawyer just like his brother. It was Chuck who made Howard reject him over and over again, and Chuck always tried to steal chances away from Jimmy because he was jealous of him. Had Jimmy been given positive reinforcement for his hardwork and commitment, he would've been better. But he was treated like "you'll never be good no matter how much you try, we just don't trust you." When you do that someone, they just can't get better.
@@BrankyMusic you arent wrong, but I think you're missing an important wrinkle in all of this...the law isn't actually about serving justice, it's about protecting the person with the most money. Saul recognized it and took advantage of it the same way a conman with connections will do 10 times out of 10
The Mesa Verde was really called for. They threw Kim under the bus, stole her client and acted like it was all just business. JImmy is the friend everyone needs in their life.
His friend was pretty awesome. I kind of wish he could have been a regular. I loved it when he told Jimmy that him giving up the con was like Miles Davis giving up the trumpet.
@@pedropradacarciofi2517 they were his brothers documents. He changed an obvious address his brother should know in order to make him look more mentally unstable.
I just watched the TV show the curse and it’s sorta added a real layer to that crew for me. These are not deep artists who are passionate in the cinematic story telling of film. These are young people who don’t want a normal job. And what is reality TV really? It is a big ol’ scam. You’re conning people into behaving a certain way and then you’re using editing and footage to tell a story that is often disconnected from the truth. Reality tv is a con and they’re all learning the trade.
Chuck's right, nobody could say Jimmy isn't a hard worker. 😂 The copyshop scam took a mind-blowing amount of time and concentration to make those docs primo.
The fact that Jimmy nearly broke down in tears after hitting that kid honestly made me so sad I hate seeing grown men cry or seem like they're going to
Fact remains that everyone cries at some point, even men. My dad cried two times that I saw: 1. When my sister was being a c**t and cut him out of her life for a while, and 2. When his wife died. Man or woman, that doesn't matter, as there are times when it's okay and appropriate to cry, regardless of your gender.
The really amazing thing about this show is that it’s all Saul remembering who he really is as Jimmy to psyche himself up and out of his depressing life as a Cinnabon manager.
Jimmy is the Yin. He deploys 'dark' means to solve problems, but he's a good person at the core (the white dot). Chuck on the other hand is like the knight in the shinning armour who can do no wrong, BUT with a dark dark dot. He wants Jimmy to always look upto him, while Jimmy on the other hand genuinely looks upto him for appreciation & kind word.
He lost his good core when he stopped being Jimmy, unironically, literally after he stops using the name Jimmy in BCS in the last few episodes after the climax of the flashbacks, he becomes a worse person, with him being Saul Goodman alone and eventually leading to BB and then after being a worse moralled character even more
I can't tell if it's sped up to make it more brutal or if they swapped in a stunt double (which is probably more likely since he really hit his back first legs up) it just looked really good
@@Durwood71 pretty sure I've since heard a commentary track where they explained they used CGI to stitch together one take of Bob and one of a stuntman. I think they said there were two or three frames they fudged a bit so that probably explains if it looks slightly off. Still pretty good for TV though
@@itsbekenotbecky man idk if it was the good weed i was smoking while watching it, or if the show was just that damn good, i suspect the latter, but the entire structure of the show is goddamn phenomenal!! you have got to finish it, i promise you wont be disappointed
No doubt. My thoughts exactly! I think after this series ends, I'm going to re-watch (in order) Better Call Saul, then Breaking Bad, and finish with El Camino. All three, truly brilliant television!
BB really liked to jump the shark at times which made the story seam unrealistic along with Jesse, Walt JR, and Skylar relentlessly disowning Walt. All the most interesting characters in BB were killed off and Better Call Saul got rid of the lacking characters and brought back the best. Also the whole ricin plotline was convoluted and poorly written.
@@kyle4345 there’s a reason breaking bad is close too or is the highest rated television show of all time. Opinions are good though. Hard to argue facts however
@@pryo2460 Lol high stakes you're one of the people who got fooled into thinking BB is in the same category as BCS, the wire, Sopranos because of the omg totally epic story beats. BCS excels in storytelling, dialogue, characterization, and anything else that matters besides epic redddit upvote moments
@@youtubeboxing719 I can't believe how painful that looked! It really looks like him too though it MUST have been a stunt double quickly inserted there - he went down really hard!
wangson I swear to god everytime I see that I die laughing it’s the veracity of the drop and the way the stick hits the drum he’s such a menace to society sometimes 🤣🤣🤣
The con at 2:24 is lifted almost straight from 'The Sting' with a bit of changes. Gondorff lives on Luther Ave. Luther is the character (played by James Earl Jones' father Robert Earl Jones) who pulls of the short con this is modeled on with Robert Redford's character.
Saul has a great skill for thinking things up, making the situation go in a way favorable to him, adapting to situations, getting out of bad circumstances, figuring things out, etc.
better call saul's goal at being realistic makes its goofy parts 100x better, compared to breaking bad where they dont stick out as much since the events are much less realistic and relatable
Hearing Di Di Mau during the scene where he needs the paper/ruler/razer had me in tears. My dad was in Korea in the Army, and always said that to me as a kid. Hearing it made me laugh, because that was exactly how he'd say it 🤣🤣
Swapping the numbers was my favourite scheme. Incredibly deciveing and gaslighty, he done it to undercut an asshole & give the case to somebody who earned it because the same asshole undercut him.
For those who wondering what Jimmy said at 10:17. He spoke in Vietnamese "Đi đi mau = Hurry up", as we all knew his Law office were in the back of the Vietnamese Nails Salon.
It's more likely that he got that from The Deer Hunter, since he's shown many times to be a movie buff. Also the same place where literally everybody knows that from.
I’ve seen Odenkirk in his various other roles and his standup. He’s ok in those. But, this character.. he was quite simply born to play this role. Other than Alan Alda playing Hawkeye, I don’t know a more perfect fit for a character in TV history.
6:11 during that episode I realized the lawyer never mentioned huell being arrested let alone for the reason he was, jimmy just told her and she didn't think anything was off
Nothing odd about that. They were supposedly taking up a collection for him and writing the court because they knew he was in jail and presumably what for.
To be honest, they're not douches. Just forget for a while that we're rooting for Jimmy and you have 2 smart businessmen trying not to get scammed by a suspended lawyer. Because that's what it is. Jimmy tries to sell a product that no sane person would buy. He's selling you the idea that you need 10 different ads for TV. Sure, that's his way of circumventing the contract with KWBV, and it's also an outrageous idea that anyone would need that. And on top of that he's holding the existing ad hostage if you don't pony up. The store owners weren't exactly nice about it, but let's facet it, Jimmy was trying doing what he does best in that scene too - trying to con them. It's just that this time someone saw through his con.
I worked at a public building and a slip-and-fall technician took a dive. He hobbled in and asked to call an ambulance. An older tenant walked in behind him and said,”go watch the security camera, then call the police too” the guy said there’s no security camera, my friend said,”you didn’t check behind the security fence, I was watching you.” The guy walked out, miraculously cured, yelling and swearing. We had no cameras, my friend watched him scope out the scene, and do a practice fall! We called the cops to tell them to watch out, they gave us his description!
BCS weirdly has a lot of brothers/twins in it. These guys from the music store. The salamanca twins. the skater twins who scam people. and that one from the court case.
Don't think I've ever noticed before that Jimmy almost gets scammed by a set of twins in the beginning, and then later scams a set of twins. Considering there's also the Cousins (who are twins), can someone smarter than me delve into the significance of twins in the Breaking Bad universe?
They seem to be not really significant just cool. Like the Salamanca Twins were just supposed to be introduced as 2 cool cartel hitmen. And the ginger twins are just dumb scam artists. If you are wondering why they chose twins. For the Salamanca's it is just a cool concept to have two twins with skulls on their shoes who talk less than they kill. For the ginger twins it just easily establishes that they are siblings for both us as the audience and everyone in universe, and comes into play in the later scene when Jimmy barters with Tuco to save their life. He can use the fact that they both share the same mom to spin a yarn about how their mother is a hardworking widow who raised two idiots.
It's a duality thing. Just like how there's two persona of Walt (Walter White and Heisenberg), there's also the two persona of Jimmy (Jimmy McGill and Saul Goodman)
I always loved how Jimmy was genuinely upset over "running over" a random guy and then immediately realized it was a scam
Umm... he set up the scam
and he dodged it with Nacho's help. Because Tucco would have killed them all
@@StephenSavage he means the first clip
@@StephenSavage Did you even watch the show?
@@StephenSavage shut up
It's so nice to have a main character who is a convincing liar.
lol unlike Walt
I dont understand how does that watch scam works, since they are the one giving away money by dropping wallet with cash !!
@@perseusgaming7397 cash is never given away, Saul always keeps it. The only transaction made here is the fake Rolex for the $580 in the guys pocket. Given that it's a $20 chinese knock off I think it's a pretty good profit margin.
@@parapalazula3935 Season 4 Episode 12?
@@merpleberg it's literally a part of Walts character that he's a bad liar it's pointless trying to find the few exceptions
One of my favorite aspects of the show is that they really focus on the work and grind that Jimmy puts into his schemes. There’s a lot of meticulous set-up to the perfect situations that Jimmy pretends to stumble into. As smooth and creative as Jimmy is, he’s also a hard-worker who puts in the time.
Chuck even admitted that Jimmy was not lazy enough to slack off on such a big scam.
" nobody ever accused you of being lazy. every other sin in the book, but not that one. "
Jimmy McGill is the embodiment of " go big or go home. "
@@taylorschott4659 Chuck was prideful, envious, and unforgiving.
Who was the bigger sinner?
@@beatlecristian lol Saul never changed from slipping Jimmy, why should Chuck forgive him. Even he admits that it wouldn't be him if he wasn't cutting corners. And sure, as it's a series it's normal to root for Jimmy, however if this was real life, you wouldn't want a lawyer like this to exist. Getting lalo out of jail by making up everything, even though he murdered a kid. Chuck was in the right saying Jimmy was a like a monkey with a revolver, however he should have hired Jimmy and supervised him instead of letting him evolve into Saul.
Yeah the part where he reattach all the destroyed paperwork gave me anxiety for real
@@It-s-me-P Chuck is the one who made Jimmy the person he is today, none of this would be happening if he had given even the tiniest amount of support for him.
A conman with a law degree is almost as dangerous as an reasonably unhappy man with a grocery bag
What is that reference
@@lennysummers6672 closest thing coming to my mind is the guy stopping the tanks at T. Square back in 1989
@@lennysummers6672 huell hit the officer with a grocery bag
a chimp with a machine gun.
Best comment I've read in a while
I like how young Jimmy is just old Jimmy with a mullet wig
😂
I mean he was basically in his mid to early 30s at that time so i understand why they didn’t go all out on de-aging him
😂😂😂😂😂
@@kingpleb6914 looks more like mid 60s
@@payamal-abid2651 He meant he was suppose to be 30-35 in the story during these seasons, so they didn't deaged him that much.
Saul tells the copier kid "di di mau" which is vietnamese for "hurry up". That's just great writing knowing his office is back of a nail salon.
Ooh, thanks for sharing its meaning. I remember Sgt. Osiris saying it in Tropic Thunder. I used to think it was just some gibberish for comedy.
Wow.. didn't know that... That's awesome
I thought it was a reference to the Deer Hunter where the Vietnamese soldiers scream DIDI MAU at Christopher Walken to pull the trigger during russian roulette
@@kerrystrother1560 which movie are you talking about
Kerry Strother is right, it is a reference to the movie Deer Hunter. What they were yelling at the guys when they were playing russian roulette. simpsons also parodied it
My fav scheme from Jimmy was the church scheme he pulled to try and get Huell outta jail .. freakin brilliant
Yup lol
It wasn't his though, it was Kim's scheme
Wait what? What season was this I dont remember that lol
"We got a couple of charter buses!"
That was the best one.
I love how he always has these kids hanging around him that he’s teaching the art of the con 😂
Yeah, the film crew is one of my favorite bits. Especially the grouchy cameraman. 😜
@@whyohwhy9679 That dude is wonderfully pretentious. Vince Gilligan knows his film students, they can be a bit full of themselves sometimes.
I dont understand how does that watch scam works, since they are the one giving away money by dropping wallet with cash !!
@@perseusgaming7397 Fake money I bet. You can buy movie quality money online and in a dark alleyway a drunk guy might not notice. Or...they know in advance he's loaded.
@@perseusgaming7397 1)both find wallet with fake cash
They share the wallet cash
2) Saul find the watch, the guy decides to take the watch instead and give him the wallet cash
3) in order to make things even the guy gives additional cash from his own wallet before leaving
4) saul is now in possession of the wallet cash, the guy cash but needs a new fake Rolex
When I first watched this, when Marco got up behind Jimmy I thought that he was about to attack him from behind. I was so relieved to see that they were friends.
It's a classic reference to the Sting - the fat guy's ID is the same name as one of the main characters of the Sting.
@@nealmp Great catch, I hadn't noticed that! The address is also Luther St., referencing Luther Coleman, another character (played by James Earl Jones' father, Robert Earl Jones)
oh of course you would just assume a large overweight person is just going to automatically "attack" people from behind.
@@nickclark18 sound like something an overweight person would say
@@nickclark18 bro wjat does weight have to do with this 💀
Other shows have their pros and cons, while Better Call Saul’s got a pro con
Clever bastard
Not sure if you got that from someone else, but if you created that line yourself, that’s brilliant.
Nice
1000th like 😩
GOT EM
The dude literally accomplished photoshop without photoshop
He did it in a photoshop, if that counts?
I mean, why do you think they named it that? Before the app there was… a shop.
@@ScreaminEmu this says alot about society
@@RebelShutze lmao
@@ScreaminEmu I wish you could favorite comments on UA-cam because this is so funny for some reason
The address change on the copies is so intricate and obsessive it really speaks to how much running his cons is something he gets a personal thrill from. Helping Kim is just a bonus.
And Chuck still caught him in the end. Jimmy might be good but his brother is better.
@@CJonesApple Through emotional manipulation.
Chuck is a fake fuck who's the whole reason behind Jimmy's downward spiral after he had the perfect shot at a normal and healthy life.
Chuck in the end got what he deserved.
A bittersweet victory for Jimmy, but a victory nevertheless.
@@CJonesApple I've always wondered that, anyone in the world would think that they made a mistake but not Chuck, not chuck
In reality the changed numbers would stick out like a sore thumb because the photocopier would pick up the shadow and contour of the tiny pieces of paper. He would have needed software to touch up the tiny details.
@@buca9696 is it reality? Nope it's not so stfu and enjoy
Despite Sauls reputation as a fool, he's still incredibly cunning and smart and thats whats probably the most dangerous thing about him
Edit: By "reputation as a fool" I mean in the universe of the show
He's also got surprisingly good work ethic
When exactly did Saul have a reputation as a fool?
@@rohansaji1082 the entirety of BB, with Walt downplaying him, people mocking his commercials, chucks minimization of him, etc
He’s definitely no fool at all.
@@ninjapancake9 He cultivates that reputation.
I remember another episode where they do that Rolex con one last time and Marco dies. "This was the greatest week of my life..." that was saddest moment in this series for me.
Hard to make a friend like that in this life; harder still when you lose them.
Agreed
That was a sad episode
Him and Huell are, and forever will be my favorite characters in probably any TV show, movie, book, anything
yo can someone post the fucking link already? i've asked multiple times and i do not have time to sift through hundreds of hours of footage to find it?
Seeing Jimmy be an ethical credit to his friends and others is heartwarming... but it's always fun to watch him "slip"
Both figuratively and 15:32 literally
I dont understand how does that watch scam works, since they are the one giving away money by dropping wallet with cash !!
@@perseusgaming7397 Because they keep the wallet with cash and the person who takes the watch will always give Jimmy a few of their own dollars in cash to convince him to let them take the watch.
@@perseusgaming7397 the watch isn’t worth anything, but they make it seem like it is because the dudes wallet had so much cash on him so he must be rich right? So when they take the watch from jimmy he’s like well then I want some money in return. The person then gives the wallet back, and will most likely give some more money to make the trade “fair”. That extra money is what they’re scamming for
Slippin' Jimmy
10:25 Jimmy had such a raw natural talent, not everyone could have pulled off something this elaborate or bothered to put in the time to do it right. And he's doing this while Chuck is SLEEPING, so he's working against an unknown timer to swap hundreds of pages. Chuck and Jimmy could've been a hell of a lawyer duo, if only the former let go of the hatred in his heart.
Chuck was completely right though.
Family and work/business don't go together usually.
They would never do good together, Chuck wouldn't say yes to any of Jimmy's methods
@@JonatasAdoM Worked pretty good for Hamlin, Hamlin and McGill.
@@JonatasAdoM At least you need to give it a try. Everything else is just heartless imo.
Also, I LOVE how Bob plays the moment Jimmy realizes it’s a rip off, at 1:03
His posture turns completely relaxed and his breathing slows, and he smiles very briefly bc he’s seems a bit impressed that they almost played him. But then he plays along for a few more moments bc he’s now interested in what their price will be.
He's like "thank god, it's just a scam"
10:02 He just brings those college film students into every big scheme he does, doesn’t he? He’s going to turn them into a force to be reckoned with
They are the BCS equivalent of Skinny Pete and badger, can’t wait to see what shenanigans happens to them in season 6
I dont understand how does that watch scam works, since they are the one giving away money by dropping wallet with cash !!
@@perseusgaming7397 saul keeps the wallet and extra bucks while the other guy run away with the rolex
@@perseusgaming7397 the person gives the wallet plus extra back to them for the watch
I like to think that they stuck with him all the way up to filming his commercials that we see in Breaking Bad.
Better Call Saul is essentially Jimmy's journey of 'breaking bad'.
Walter was an underachieving loser with an inferiority complex, but still an innate ego problem, who broke down into crime out of necessity and became a cold monster through his journey while trying to survive in that world.
While Saul was a jolly soulful person, trying to redeem himself, not waste his life away, struggling to succeed, make his brother proud, be a good man and be happy, he breaks bad slowly because of betrayal and abandonment from his brother, constantly having his victories stolen and being judged/shamed for his personality and past.
Walter's story is way more dramatic and of higher stakes but Jimmy's is so much more relatable. Season 6 is going to be a heavy tragedy.
I don't know why so many people say jimmy was like he was because of chuck. The first thing we see in chronolohical order is jimmy stealing from his parents. Was it chuck's fault? Was he that made him Slippin'Jimmy and a professional conman in Cicero? Was chuck who made him organize all that scam when he ended up at tuco's abuelita's house? Or the other hustles with the kettlemans? Or the fake saving of the man who was removing his poster? Was chuck the one who made him make the video commercial at Davis&Main withouth asking permission? Chuck was right, he is like a chimp with a macchine gun. The law is attempt to make things right indipendently of the strongest or the smarter, and Jimmy is like a virus in the system. Chuck just did what a person who perfectly knew he was never gonna change would have done.
@@BrankyMusic Jimmy was notorious in his childhood and youth, but after he went to jail for the Chicago Sunroof incident (which he did only to hurt Chet, who slept with his wife), he was more than ready to better himself. He was grateful to Chuck for helping him and he turned down Marco for trying to get him into conning again. He worked hard in the mailroom, worked his ass off learning law and passed the BAR all on his own because he really meant to be good lawyer just like his brother. It was Chuck who made Howard reject him over and over again, and Chuck always tried to steal chances away from Jimmy because he was jealous of him. Had Jimmy been given positive reinforcement for his hardwork and commitment, he would've been better. But he was treated like "you'll never be good no matter how much you try, we just don't trust you." When you do that someone, they just can't get better.
Noooo really???
Walter always had a superiority complex.
@@BrankyMusic you arent wrong, but I think you're missing an important wrinkle in all of this...the law isn't actually about serving justice, it's about protecting the person with the most money. Saul recognized it and took advantage of it the same way a conman with connections will do 10 times out of 10
When you fabricate a con so sophisticated that saying that it's been made up would sound ridiculous, you know you did a good one 😆
Time stamp?
I am not crazy!
All except the last one in this vudeo
He orchestrated it!
@@0tisAlexanderJimmy!
Better call Saul is so great in little scenes like these
You ruined his life, you destroyed him! 😭
Didnt think hell had internet
@@tahsinahmed5692 I think purgatory has it though, heard their up and down speeds are excellent.
I honestly enjoy it more than Bad
Oh my god its Heissemberg....
The Mesa Verde was really called for. They threw Kim under the bus, stole her client and acted like it was all just business. JImmy is the friend everyone needs in their life.
Yup!
Marco singing "Smoke on the water" as "butt-butt-hole, butt-butt-butt-hole" 🎶 made my day!
It's pretty easy to make your day
@@nadir2k Mine too
Time?
@@riceboybebop7018 It's not in this video
@@riceboybebop7018 3:48
"Hey man, we're not buttholes" best line in the series
“Oh, my mistake. Have a good evening gentlemen.”
5:58 when he got up, it scared me 😂 I thought he was gonna mess Saul up. I was pretty hurt when his friend died that episode
His friend was pretty awesome. I kind of wish he could have been a regular. I loved it when he told Jimmy that him giving up the con was like Miles Davis giving up the trumpet.
Yup, I thought he was gonna get his ass kicked HARD with that roundhouse kick and then maybe they use it as a moment of character development for him.
His death probably has the second biggest impact on Jimmy following Chuck's. With how he still kept wearing his ring and all.
Thought the same with the billboard guy. Didnt realize it was a setup... even after immediatly the guy saying it took him long enough. Lol
11:04 This is the exact moment when 1261 became 1216, flawless writing
Why did he do that thou?
@@pedropradacarciofi2517 they were his brothers documents. He changed an obvious address his brother should know in order to make him look more mentally unstable.
One year after the magna carta
@@CousinBowling wrong. He did it so Mersa verde will drop HHM to go back to Kim
@@fabiii9954 that was another motive. He needed to get Chuck to back down on his incessant meddling and wanting to expose Jimmy.
"You guys have liability insurance, right?" Killed me 😂😂
After this they went bankrupt and went on to work for Ari Gold, who then fired them. These guys can't make it in any business.
Most important thing for a business, people wanna sure you.
The most satisfying scene in the show. Those bastards deserved it
@@sickboy6477 The lawsuit alone would have cost them at least 50k, not including all their court fees then there's their lawyer fees.
@@METALMAN4Wii And they could have saved all that if they were willing to accomplish their promises
15:32 Are you telling me that a man just happens to fall like that, NO! HE ORCHESTRATED IT! JIMMY!
HE DEFACATED THROUGH A SUNROOF!!!
I love how impressed the acting students are whenever Jimmy does a con lmao
I just watched the TV show the curse and it’s sorta added a real layer to that crew for me.
These are not deep artists who are passionate in the cinematic story telling of film. These are young people who don’t want a normal job. And what is reality TV really? It is a big ol’ scam. You’re conning people into behaving a certain way and then you’re using editing and footage to tell a story that is often disconnected from the truth.
Reality tv is a con and they’re all learning the trade.
Reality is a con @@royorbit3800
Chuck's right, nobody could say Jimmy isn't a hard worker. 😂 The copyshop scam took a mind-blowing amount of time and concentration to make those docs primo.
And on top of that he was under a time limit
“Nobody ever accused you of being lazy jimmy … every other sin in the book but that!”- chuck
Oh man, the copy machine scene soundtrack is brilliant
Do you know what song that is?
@@Dreaded88 Why don't you do it - Little Barrie
@@Punkdebutique Thanks for sharing! :-)
@@Punkdebutique king
@@Punkdebutique wondering why it sounded like the intro
The fact that Jimmy nearly broke down in tears after hitting that kid honestly made me so sad
I hate seeing grown men cry or seem like they're going to
Fact remains that everyone cries at some point, even men. My dad cried two times that I saw: 1. When my sister was being a c**t and cut him out of her life for a while, and 2. When his wife died. Man or woman, that doesn't matter, as there are times when it's okay and appropriate to cry, regardless of your gender.
If that really happens to someone, there’s a brief moment of obscurity where you’re unsure what happened, but you know you may have just ended a life.
Exactly, makes me hate the twins even more. Imagine all the emotional turmoil theyve put people through :( they got off easy with their broken legs
Lmao never thought I’d see the deaf actress from The “Moms” skit as a profile pic
@@allsmilesguy scuse me??
fun fact! Actually the first scene was improvised, Bob Odenkirk actually hit a pedestrian and Vince Gilligan Wrote it into the story.
@Jase Vrabo bince!
That isn’t true
@@calebclark1821 it's in the script
@@trowftd Leave it to Mr. Bravo Vince to write an unscripted scene in the script. Legend
@@calebclark1821damn bruh u have no idea what a joke is
15:50 gotta love how the UNM crew realizes immediately what's going on and pull it off flawlessly
The really amazing thing about this show is that it’s all Saul remembering who he really is as Jimmy to psyche himself up and out of his depressing life as a Cinnabon manager.
Jimmy is the Yin. He deploys 'dark' means to solve problems, but he's a good person at the core (the white dot). Chuck on the other hand is like the knight in the shinning armour who can do no wrong, BUT with a dark dark dot. He wants Jimmy to always look upto him, while Jimmy on the other hand genuinely looks upto him for appreciation & kind word.
He lost his good core when he stopped being Jimmy, unironically, literally after he stops using the name Jimmy in BCS in the last few episodes after the climax of the flashbacks, he becomes a worse person, with him being Saul Goodman alone and eventually leading to BB and then after being a worse moralled character even more
15:32
The way he ate shit so hard on that fall made me gasp, even when I saw what he was planning a mile away.
I can't tell if it's sped up to make it more brutal or if they swapped in a stunt double (which is probably more likely since he really hit his back first legs up) it just looked really good
@@SloneStudios it must have been a stunt double but it was pretty seamless. CGI maybe?
@@dielaughing73 Yep
@@dielaughing73 It looked like a digital double. It has some serious Uncanny Valley vibes.
@@Durwood71 pretty sure I've since heard a commentary track where they explained they used CGI to stitch together one take of Bob and one of a stuntman. I think they said there were two or three frames they fudged a bit so that probably explains if it looks slightly off. Still pretty good for TV though
I'm still so happy that we have a Saul Goodman show, he was one of the best parts of BB. Can't wait for session 6.
Y la gente pensaba que iba a ser un chiste.
Darn straight. Proved all them wrong.
This makes me want to binge through the show again..
Nvr stopped binge watching it
@@itsbekenotbecky man idk if it was the good weed i was smoking while watching it, or if the show was just that damn good, i suspect the latter, but the entire structure of the show is goddamn phenomenal!! you have got to finish it, i promise you wont be disappointed
I just got done with it
No doubt. My thoughts exactly! I think after this series ends, I'm going to re-watch (in order) Better Call Saul, then Breaking Bad, and finish with El Camino. All three, truly brilliant television!
1:03 the exact moment Jimmy figured it out
@@leonrififi3543 this was the exact moment when Jimmy become Jimmy Neutron
I thought he figured it out when they asked for the money but you may be right! Lol
Lol nah I think you're all wrong and he knew it was a scam from the start. He isn't stupid; he was just acting
Nope he knew from the beginning. He was just playing with them.
At this scene when they ask him what he's going to do to make it right, you can see Jimmy trying to hold back a smile. That's insane acting skills.
I actually found better call saul better than Breaking bad. This is an actual genius creation.
Same, though I thank it may just because Saul/Jimmy is a more likeable lead for me
It’s very difficult to compete with BB on virtually any conceivable level.
Same. I especially loved how Chuck got what was coming to him.
BB really liked to jump the shark at times which made the story seam unrealistic along with Jesse, Walt JR, and Skylar relentlessly disowning Walt. All the most interesting characters in BB were killed off and Better Call Saul got rid of the lacking characters and brought back the best. Also the whole ricin plotline was convoluted and poorly written.
@@kyle4345 there’s a reason breaking bad is close too or is the highest rated television show of all time. Opinions are good though. Hard to argue facts however
“…before they go tuh slip.” Makes me howl every time. I always forget it
gotta love how after jimmy figures out the skateboarders' scam, he can barely suppress his smile. the man loves a good scam
This show feels so real to me and it taught some life advices.... Great character development and consistency of the show
I love the drumstick scam. It's so simple yet smart and he came up with it on the fly
Couldn't imagine any show coming even close to the excellence of Breaking Bad but BCS did it even surpassing it in few aspects!
Imo it was a lot better than Breaking Bad
Breaking bad is better coz of its high stakes and iconic scenes, otherwise they r both equally great
@@h3zxa how
@@pryo2460 Lol high stakes you're one of the people who got fooled into thinking BB is in the same category as BCS, the wire, Sopranos because of the omg totally epic story beats. BCS excels in storytelling, dialogue, characterization, and anything else that matters besides epic redddit upvote moments
@@joelglanton6531 chill
Jimmy falling in the music store had me pissing myself
Same 😂😂😂
By far the funniest shit I had ever seen , the way the drum stick hit the drum set after he slipped had me dying 🤣🤣🤣🤣
That doesn't look like a stunt double, either! Though it must have been...he hit the ground HARD!!
@@youtubeboxing719 I can't believe how painful that looked! It really looks like him too though it MUST have been a stunt double quickly inserted there - he went down really hard!
wangson I swear to god everytime I see that I die laughing it’s the veracity of the drop and the way the stick hits the drum he’s such a menace to society sometimes 🤣🤣🤣
2:24 if you can read the ID name it says Henry Gondorff, Paul Newman's character in The Sting who was known for pulling off big time cons
Another brilliant Vince Gilligan Easter egg
Thanks
very well spotted, true cinema A/V club level fan.
Vince got more easter eggs than GTA and the Easter bunny combined
The con at 2:24 is lifted almost straight from 'The Sting' with a bit of changes. Gondorff lives on Luther Ave. Luther is the character (played by James Earl Jones' father Robert Earl Jones) who pulls of the short con this is modeled on with Robert Redford's character.
Saul has a great skill for thinking things up, making the situation go in a way favorable to him, adapting to situations, getting out of bad circumstances, figuring things out, etc.
15:32 that slip has to be the most comedic and unexpected thing ive seen
Jimmy's photocopying scheme is possibly my favorite scam of the series. Relatively simple, purely hard work, expert craftsmanship
better call saul's goal at being realistic makes its goofy parts 100x better, compared to breaking bad where they dont stick out as much since the events are much less realistic and relatable
15:33 this is the exact moment that Saul became Slippin' Jimmy
You don’t need a criminal lawyer, you need a CRIMINAL lawyer.
That was a great line!
Better Call Saul
'ts all good, man.
just as Bob ACTUALLY falls in real life I get recommended this video lmao, hope he has a comfy recovery
That first clip had the most genuine and realistic reaction to hitting someone with his car
1:01 look at how he smiles, his whole composure changes when he realize the scam
I wish they'd make a short with the side characters. A day in the life of the college film crew kids would be something to watch.
I got so attached to the college film crew kids tbh hope they don't die in season 6
I agree, they’re underrated characters, especially the camera guy 😂 “Woof”
I love how they're "kids.". The main actor is 41 and the woman is 30.
They have a short series.
Filmmaker Training: Safety | Better Call Saul
15:07 Now this con/scheme is simple and clean. The classic Slip n' Fall case that is very common with many laywers.
I just love the team of jimmy.. The camera guys and that makeup girl is just fantastic
Hearing Di Di Mau during the scene where he needs the paper/ruler/razer had me in tears. My dad was in Korea in the Army, and always said that to me as a kid. Hearing it made me laugh, because that was exactly how he'd say it 🤣🤣
Wait im confused, di di mau is vietnamese- how did he pick it up in korea
@@cheese4987 no idea. Maybe from Vietnam vets? He was only a few years younger than those guys, probably guys who were still in at that point.
@@knux511 ohhh true true
@@knux511 I think it might be from the Russian Ruelette scene in the Deer Hunter movie
@@cheese4987 he heard it because the ladies from the nail salon he had his lil office/apartment were Vietnamese so he picked it up from them.
Love how he instantly realized after hearing "What are you gonna do to make it right?" And just went straight into character
I love how Jimmy always looks like he's about to cry
Swapping the numbers was my favourite scheme. Incredibly deciveing and gaslighty, he done it to undercut an asshole & give the case to somebody who earned it because the same asshole undercut him.
15:27 slipped on a banan
That "Yep, I just did that" look on Jimmy's face when he hangs up after his fake pastor phone call - brilliant!
My favourite con he pulled was the 'squat cobbler' he put over on the policemen. 😂
Jimmy's scams both individual, with the film crew or Kim (Giselle) along with Mike's montages are definitely my favorite parts of the show.
They became conmen because someone ripped them off to begin with. Everybody gets conned. And honor amongst thieves isn't a real thing.
Who did?
@@wj11jam78 Erik Andrew Nelson. Feel free to take whatever you want out of his ass.
@@wj11jam78 destroyed a perfectly good family unit over a disrespect. Legendary...
He is unquestionably the most profoundly influential person on my existence. Absolute legend.
"There's no honor amongst thieves" is the first piece of advice Saul gives Walt
that skateboarder jumping on Jimmy’s window set forth the events of breaking bad.
This is the moment Ernesto became Don Bolsa
FAK BOLSAAA
@@bubasaba SALAMANCA MONI
@@alguienconunvideojuego4606 SALAMANCA BLOD
DA BOS CAN SOK MI
I AM DE CARTEL
For those who wondering what Jimmy said at 10:17. He spoke in Vietnamese "Đi đi mau = Hurry up", as we all knew his Law office were in the back of the Vietnamese Nails Salon.
It's more likely that he got that from The Deer Hunter, since he's shown many times to be a movie buff.
Also the same place where literally everybody knows that from.
Jimmy pretending to be a dumb stoner and his buddy swatting at the stick going "ahhhrgh!" crack me up
He has an unbreakable will. He just trying and trying over and over until he gets what he wants!
I’ve seen Odenkirk in his various other roles and his standup. He’s ok in those. But, this character.. he was quite simply born to play this role. Other than Alan Alda playing Hawkeye, I don’t know a more perfect fit for a character in TV history.
Bryan Cranston as Walter white
tony soprano
Eliot Alderson
Despite his nickname, we only ever Saul pull the slip-and-fall scam one time in the entire BCS/BB universe.
14:21 It always warms my heart to see the Sklar brothers in stuff. I’m a big cheap seats fan.
“the whole thing catch fire and the flames LEAPED uptodawindowsill” 😭😭😭
06:50 my most favorite scene!!!!
Brilliant writing... excellence execution!
6:11 during that episode I realized the lawyer never mentioned huell being arrested let alone for the reason he was, jimmy just told her and she didn't think anything was off
Nothing odd about that. They were supposedly taking up a collection for him and writing the court because they knew he was in jail and presumably what for.
never thought I'd enjoy a character more than Walter White..... Jimmy, you're the actual winner.
15:42
"Somebody call an ambulance!"
"... but not for me!"
0:00 the exact moment the video starts
15:28
Saul pulls the oldest con in the book
14:05
These guys are the biggest douches and I loved seeing them get owned in this scene.
Not the one with the glasses he seems fine, the one wearing flannel was a fucking prick though
@@eddiediaz5518
“You wanna play it like that? $450 is now *hand gesture* off the table.”
He was a douche too.
To be honest, they're not douches. Just forget for a while that we're rooting for Jimmy and you have 2 smart businessmen trying not to get scammed by a suspended lawyer. Because that's what it is. Jimmy tries to sell a product that no sane person would buy. He's selling you the idea that you need 10 different ads for TV. Sure, that's his way of circumventing the contract with KWBV, and it's also an outrageous idea that anyone would need that. And on top of that he's holding the existing ad hostage if you don't pony up. The store owners weren't exactly nice about it, but let's facet it, Jimmy was trying doing what he does best in that scene too - trying to con them. It's just that this time someone saw through his con.
@@mac1991seth *after* they agreed to it and made a deal with him.
@@ScreaminEmu Actually they agreed to do one ad iirc. That's why Jimmy tried to sell them more.
I love how they pulled that first grift right out of The Sting. And the same thing ended up happening to an extent.
0:47 good foreshadowing
Actually that's not foreshadowing because their legs healed just fine after some time. Educate yourself.
@@WetBoy uh, you know what foreshadowing means?
@@yeye8915 I called you a racial slur but youtube auto deleted my comment within a few seconds
@@WetBoy well at least your honest about it
@@WetBoyahahahahaha 😂😂😂 bro ur hilarious
It’s so beautiful to watch jimmy work his scams
14:43 this is the moment the music store guys became obi-wan kenobi
that scene in the copy shop .. done so well, its beautifully shot .
haha the final touch where he wanted to bring the whole congregation to court was hilarious
I worked at a public building and a slip-and-fall technician took a dive. He hobbled in and asked to call an ambulance. An older tenant walked in behind him and said,”go watch the security camera, then call the police too” the guy said there’s no security camera, my friend said,”you didn’t check behind the security fence, I was watching you.”
The guy walked out, miraculously cured, yelling and swearing.
We had no cameras, my friend watched him scope out the scene, and do a practice fall!
We called the cops to tell them to watch out, they gave us his description!
BCS weirdly has a lot of brothers/twins in it. These guys from the music store. The salamanca twins. the skater twins who scam people. and that one from the court case.
One from the court case?
And the ones from the music store
15:55 The most satisfying scene in all the series
Don't think I've ever noticed before that Jimmy almost gets scammed by a set of twins in the beginning, and then later scams a set of twins. Considering there's also the Cousins (who are twins), can someone smarter than me delve into the significance of twins in the Breaking Bad universe?
They seem to be not really significant just cool. Like the Salamanca Twins were just supposed to be introduced as 2 cool cartel hitmen. And the ginger twins are just dumb scam artists. If you are wondering why they chose twins. For the Salamanca's it is just a cool concept to have two twins with skulls on their shoes who talk less than they kill.
For the ginger twins it just easily establishes that they are siblings for both us as the audience and everyone in universe, and comes into play in the later scene when Jimmy barters with Tuco to save their life. He can use the fact that they both share the same mom to spin a yarn about how their mother is a hardworking widow who raised two idiots.
It's a duality thing. Just like how there's two persona of Walt (Walter White and Heisenberg), there's also the two persona of Jimmy (Jimmy McGill and Saul Goodman)
The Salamanca Twins kinda got scammed by Gus too, when he set them up in the shootout with Hank.
You're catching me off guard, and I'm not sure I remember this right, but ...
... did Ted Beneke have twin daughters?
11:35 *This is the moment 1261 became 1216.*
Lol
One after magna carta
Saul Goodman is what I imagine to be a combination of Double D and Eddy from Ed, Edd n Eddy hahaha, got the con-man blood, but with smarts in the mix
My favourite one is the one with the Mesa Verde address!!! Creepy, bastard and clever as hell at the same time!!!
Lol like Chuck said “No one ever accused you of being lazy. Every other dirty sin but not that one.”
The students that help him are goated
Squat Cobbler is still my absolute favorite con
The shit he pulled to save the house in the desert was definitely up there
Dutch Apple Ass?