OK? I thought — Peter Gould and I — ah hell, it’s a prequel, we know where it all winds up, this will be easy. As Better Call Saul seeks to flesh out very specific pre-game stories from that era-defining drama, a certain level of homage is not just expected, but also necessary given that certain characters and storylines from Breaking Bad were in motion before Walter White (Bryan Cranston) rose to power as the meth-making Heisenberg. I can't imagine Jimmy becoming Saul Goodman without losing Kim - either literally or metaphorically. Kim and Jimmy are close friends, an on-again, off-again couple, and as of Seasons 2 and 3, have opened up a law firm together (sort of). Now, after feeling conned by Jimmy/Saul’s play with Mesa Verde, she’s not so sure where his loyalties lie. And we were deluding ourselves. Both eventualities would fit with Jimmy's arc in Breaking Bad. No, when it comes to the end of Kim Wexler’s story, what if she’s missing from Breaking Bad not because she’s dead, but because she’s lost? James Morgan McGill, also known by his business name Saul Goodman and later known as Gene Takavic, is a fictional character who appears in the television series Breaking Bad and serves as the titular character of its spin-off prequel series Better Call Saul. After a difficult meeting with her client, Mesa Verde, Kim …
Set in the years prior to Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul shows a new side to its title character - that of Jimmy McGill. But even on their wedding night, there was an uneasiness about Kim and Jimmy's future.

The go-to source for comic book and superhero movie fans. More: Giancarlo Esposito Will Play 3 Major TV Villains In 2020. Naturally, the fate of his wife Kim Wexler — whose intelligence in the Breaking Bad universe is perhaps rivaled only by Walter White and Gus Fring — has always served as a conduit for said drama: is Saul going to get Kim killed? Better Call Saul is arguably one of the best spin-offs in television history but as you’d expect, being a prequel with direct ties to Breaking Bad comes with a number of challenges. Grow up,” which, if we take him at face value, establishes that Saul has been married at least twice. Kim is portrayed by Rhea Seehorn, and was created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould.

"It's an impending tragedy," Better Call Saul co-creator Vince Gilligan told Vulture about Kim. On Breaking Bad, "Ice Station Zebra Associates" is the name of the phony holding company Saul Goodman used to launder cash. If Kim leaves Jimmy, he might finally decide that she deserves better and resign himself to a life with lower aspirations because, after losing Chuck and Kim through his own self-interest, that's all he has left. Howard Hamlin is the name partner of Hamlin, Hamlin& McGill, a large law firm in Albuquerque. 2020 Showbiz Cheat Sheet, All Rights Reserved. One theory is that Jimmy and Kim break up. That will make Saul a "friend of the cartel," as Lalo told him.

What could happen to Kim Wexler in Better Call Saul that would ensure she's never even mentioned in Breaking Bad?

As such, it makes sense that Kim was never mentioned in Saul’s original story because they hadn’t thought of her yet. Some might even argue Better Call Saul is the better show. To date, Vince Gilligan's Breaking Bad prequel series Better Call Saul has aired a total of 50 episodes over its five seasons on AMC.

Although both a dramatic departure and a traumatic death are plausible endings for Kim in Better Call Saul, everything the spinoff has shown the audience so far points more heavily towards the second, permanent option. But Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul fans know how detailed the show-runners are. As Jimmy becomes a "friend of the cartel," his professional life as Saul Goodman is poised to take off.

A lawyer, she is the confidant and love interest of Jimmy McGill, whom she later marries.

Vince Gilligan's landmark TV series is packed with fascinating supporting characters, but perhaps none more so than Saul Goodman, the crooked lawyer hired by Walt as an accomplice in his meth empire. Craig first began contributing to Screen Rant in 2016, several years after graduating college, and has been ranting ever since, mostly to himself in a darkened room.

Prequels are delicate in nature.

Breaking Bad fans didn’t know about Kim Wexler until Better Call Saul premiered. A post shared by Better Call Saul (@bettercallsaulamc) on Mar 14, 2020 at 3:00pm PDT. If that wasn't bad enough, he's in the middle of the feud between Gus Fring and the Salamancas. So how come she isn't mentioned at all in Breaking Bad?

These are the exact questions that were raised as soon as Better Call Saul was announced, which was not long after the conclusion of its iconic predecessor, Breaking Bad. Between not trying to lean too heavily on the original intellectual property, to figuring out a way to create drama despite the fact that the future of their characters is already established, successfully telling the story of what came before is a high-wire act that usually goes wrong more often than it goes right.

I thought they were going to be easy.

And yet, despite the odds being firmly stacked against them, one of television’s most creative teams — Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, and co. — not only figured out a way to make Better Call Saul a competent and intelligent prequel, but they’ve created a series so well-respected that there are now some who argue that it’s just as good as, *if not better than* Breaking Bad itself. Jimmy claimed to their witness Huell that they are only getting married so Kim can't testify against him in court. Craig has previously been published on sites such as Den of Geek, and after many coffee-drenched hours hunched over a laptop, part-time evening work eventually turned into a full-time career covering everything from the zombie apocalypse to the Starship Enterprise via the TARDIS. Having previously written for various sports and music outlets, Craig's interest soon turned to TV and film, where a steady upbringing of science fiction and comic books finally came into its own. Warning: some minor SPOILERS for Better Call Saul below. Spoilers ahead for Better Call Saul Season 5.

As the end of Better Call Saul is officially on the horizon, fans will learn the truth soon enough. That was a tricky one.”. Eric is a New York City-based writer who still isn’t quite sure how he’s allowed to have this much fun for a living and will tell anyone who listens that Gotham City is canonically in New Jersey.

Vince Gilligan's landmark TV series is packed with fascinating supporting characters, but perhaps none more so than Saul Goodman, the crooked lawyer hired by Walt as an accomplice in his meth empire.Saul's wise-cracking ways and Bob Odenkirk's performance endeared … “I’ll tell you a tricky one,” Gilligan explained. It’s odd, then, that she is never mentioned at all in Breaking Bad. But Vince Gilligan has expertly interwoven the narratives of both shows, creating a virtually seamless timeline from one to the other. And if anything is going to make Jimmy become the loathsome Saul Goodman in earnest, it would be that he caused Kim's death by keeping her ignorant of his true involvement with the cartel.

Is Saul so scared because Lalo hurt Kim? This evolution is ultimately what starts to create tension in Jimmy and Kim’s relationship.

Contact him eric@brobible.com. Indeed, the first five seasons of Better Call Saul – which tracks the transformation of Bob Odenkirk's con-loving Jimmy McGill into Breaking Bad's ambulance chasing money launderer Saul Goodman — have seen homage a-plenty through dozens of subtle and not-so-subtle nods towards the iconic series that preceded it. When did he have a wife?

That indicates that perhaps the Saul we see in Breaking Bad did everything within his power to keep his private life with Kim a secret while he took on Walter White as a client. The reason Better Call Saul fans think Kim Wexler was in Breaking Bad AMC By Patrick Phillips / Aug. 13, 2020 12:56 pm EDT / Updated: Aug. 13, 2020 1:13 pm EDT However, Jimmy/Saul has never been one to settle.

Its name-drop on Better Call Saul initially seemed like a clever callback to Jimmy's future endeavors, but it may also signal a far more compelling twist for Kim and Jimmy.

After all, she never shows up in Breaking Bad — she’s never even mentioned — and that needs explaining. It should come as no surprise, though, as the framework for a compelling drama was always there: how did the almost cartoonish criminal lawyer Saul Goodman even come to exist in the first place? Better Call Saul season 5 premieres with "Magic Man" February 23rd on Netflix. A one-stop shop for all things video games.

Despite being on a better path, Jimmy struggled to put his conman ways behind him completely. Better Call Saul boss reveals season 6 worries.
One of the slyer winks came on Better Call Saul's second season, during a scene that found Jimmy and his partner Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) running game on a hot-shot banker in a local bar. For one, why isn't Kim Wexler on Breaking Bad?

So even if Lalo never finds out about this specific instance of betrayal, Saul will most likely continue to do Gus' bidding to the detriment of the Salamancas. "Let's say she's not in Breaking Bad in any fashion — does that still mean she's out of [Jimmy's] life?

marital privileges being a bit more complicated. Of course, the Breaking Bad universe is still alive and well thanks to Gilligan’s successful prequel series, Better Call Saul, which is expected to begin its fourth season […] But what will happen if Lalo learns that his release was all part of an elaborate revenge plot by Gus and that Saul facilitated it? Saul's wise-cracking ways and Bob Odenkirk's performance endeared the character to viewers and spawned a spinoff venture in the form of Better Call Saul. She and Chuck are the only things in the world keeping him from slipping over the edge.

Though Kim has frequently played voice of reason for Jimmy, she's also shown a propensity for breaking bad herself, as evidenced by her helping hustle that $10,000 check.