The easiest lie to sell is the one people already want to believe.
Jimmy tells the Kettlemans that they deserved a better lawyer.
[Jimmy]: “I have it on good authority that Craig here was not given proper counsel.”
[Betsy]: “We already knew that.”
[Jimmy]: “But did you ask yourselves why?”
[Craig]: “No.” *beat* “Why?”
[Jimmy]: “What if I told you that in your hour of need, the person who was supposed to be on your side was impaired?”
[Craig]: “Impaired?”
[Jimmy]: “A…’person of substance.’”
[Craig, not getting it]: “S..substance…”
[He looks at Betsy and they murmur a few words to each other, still confused. Jimmy rolls his eyes.]
[Jimmy]: “The substance in question being a certain illegal white powder.”
[A beat, and then Betsy suddenly understands]
[Betsy]: “That *awful woman* with the ponytail is a cocaine addict?”
[Jimmy]: “No, not Kim Wexler! No. Craig’s *lead* attorney. Howard Hamlin.”











