quality PG phone conversation

I’ve got your present.

You sound like every dumb criminal out there. If you keep this up, they will find out. For what, Jimmy, what is the point?

I’ve got your present, one sec.

You think I’d be caught dead driving that thing? It looks like a school bus for six year old pimps.

1x04 / 2x02

I got into the law for all the wrong reasons. The stuff I liked about it; selling people, convincing people - I don’t have to be a lawyer to do that.

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I’m not saying it didn’t have its moments, but like the stuff I liked about it…selling people, convincing people… I don’t have to be a lawyer to do that. Besides, people tell me how they see me, and it’s not as a lawyer.

Q: It’s funny that you used the phrase “racing ahead,” because one of the things you do in this premiere is you hit the brakes pretty hard on Jimmy reverting to his Slippin’ Jimmy ways. Why did you decide to do that?   A - Peter Gould: We were as surprised as anyone else. When we saw him drive away at the end of episode 110, we really felt like he was much closer to being Saul Goodman. He’s ready to throw off the bonds of conventional morality. He’s gonna go have some fun in the spirit of his friend Marco . But then, as we do, we have a lot of big ideas, but the most essential thing we do is to think about where the characters are at a particular moment. We realized that Jimmy had somebody else  he cared about other than Chuck in his life, and that’s Kim. We thought to ourselves, “Is he going to leave Kim high and dry after she’s gone out on a limb to set up this meeting?” And we said, “Of course not. He wouldn’t do that. He cares about her.” And then we asked what was really pulling him into wanting to take that job at Davis and Main. We came to the realization, that we don’t think was clear to us, but then we watched the episode, and it was crystal clear that a lot of it was about Kim and being closer to her. Suddenly, our focus changed a little bit, and we realized he’s not quite ready to throw off the bonds of conventional society. He has this one thing holding back, which is the fact that he’s carrying a torch for Kim. That became very important for us. Going back to the beginning of the show, the thing that worried all of us writers about starting a Saul Goodman show was it felt — one of these Hollywood terms is “the stakes are low,” but the problem really, was, how can he be hurt? Saul Goodman, when we meet him on Breaking Bad, seems so happy with himself, and so self-contained. I think the big invention in season 1 was to realize he has people he cares about, and he can be hurt. And, in fact, he has a dream that we learned about more in season 1. We really felt like we could go deeper into it in season 2. We were very interested in that. And it was a surprise to us, but as we looked back on season 1, the other surprise for us was how much we like Jimmy McGill, and how much we sympathize with him, and are interested in. I wouldn’t exactly call it putting the brakes on, because Jimmy in episode 1, he’s already afloat in a pool, and he scams. And you have to ask yourself, “What is it that stops him?” When he’s looking at the ring, what is it he’s thinking that causes him to take this Davis & Main job? – Alan Sepinwall

I’ve been doing the “right” thing for all these years now, and where has it gotten me? Nowhere.

Jimmy and Kim (Better Call Saul, S2 EP1)

better call saul: 2x01 ↳  is this what a midlife crisis looks like?

Can I borrow that when you’re done?

It’s like I’m at the watering hole and I’m watching the fattest, slowest water buffalo expose his neck to me, and I am the lioness ready to strike. Come Kim, join me. Join the pride.

Phillip W. Palmer, Larry Benjamin and Kevin Valentine for “Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series”  for episode 1x10, “Marco”