Saul Goodman
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| Name: | James Morgan "Jimmy" McGill (legal name) Saul Goodman (alias) Gene Takavic (alias) Viktor St. Claire (alias) |
| Occupation: | Con artist (formerly) Lawyer (formerly) Cinnabon manager (formerly) |
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| Fandom: | Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul |
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James Morgan "Jimmy" McGill, better known by his business name Saul Goodman, is a major character in the TV series Breaking Bad and the central character of the spinoff series Better Call Saul.
Canon
Breaking Bad
Better Call Saul
The series starts in 2002 with Jimmy working as a public defender, when a plan of his backfires Tuco Salamanca kidnaps Jimmy which kickstarts his career as a criminal. Jimmy then has a small success with elderly clients, leading Kim Wexler to suggest he practice elder law. He begins volunteering at retirement homes, hosting bingo, passing out meals and growing his client base.
He has a brief stint working for a Santa Fe law firm, Davis & Main. He becomes frustrated with their adherence to policy, and resolves to be fired without cause by dressing in gaudy suit and becoming a general nuisance to his co-workers, allowing him to keep his bonus.
Jimmy uses the alias Saul Goodman in order to sell burner phones to the criminals in Albuquerque. In season 5 Jimmy officially changes his name to this alias.
Throughout the series he has conflicts with his brother, Chuck McGill, who thinks Jimmy doesn't deserve to be a lawyer and who tries to end his career.
Fandom
Shipping
The most popular pairing is the canon ship of Saul Goodman/Kim Wexler with 720 works on AO3 as of January 2024.
Following this are Saul Goodman/Jesse Pinkman with 104 works and Saul Goodman/Mike Ehremantraut with 88 works on AO3 as of January 2024.
Example Fanworks
- And Afterwards by Sylvestris The law catches up with Gene. So does Kim.
- Anywhere But Here by the_real_emo_morty Jesse has some second thoughts about “disappearing” but Saul can tell he needs a change. He invites Jesse to his apartment and Jesse begrudgingly accepts.
- This Sick Shit, Too Dumb To Tell by DeadBeat666 A fic where Saul gets sick and Mike is the only one who recognizes it as a familiar poison.
Links and Resources
- Wikipedia:Saul Goodman
- Jimmy McGill on the Breaking Bad Fandom.com wiki
- Saul Goodman on the Villains Wiki (also at Fandom.com)
- Jimmy McGill | Saul Goodman works at AO3
- #Saul Goodman tag at Tumblr
References