Better Call Saul: 10 Things You Only Notice Rewatching Season 1
6. Take You To The Nail Bar
Saul Goodman's determination for Walter White to launder his money through a nail salon in Breaking Bad is just one of many throwaway plotlines that form Jimmy McGill's transformation into Saul Goodman. As Better Call Saul begins, Jimmy is far from the showy, garish lawyer of Breaking Bad. He's struggling to make his way as a lawyer, taking low-paid public defender gigs, driving a scrappy yellow car, and caring for his brother.
Unable to afford the flashy office required of big successful lawyers, he's renting office space and living space in a cramped back room of a local nail salon. It's not 100% clear if Day Spa and Nail is the same salon that Jimmy wants Walt to invest in, or if it's the same one that Jesse meets him in. However, given how much he's upset the owner Mrs. Nguyen over the years, it wouldn't be surprising if he's gone elsewhere for his cucumber water.
Either way, Saul Goodman's nail salon obsession is clearly rooted in his own nostalgia for those public defender days, before he became a Friend of the Cartel.