Better Call Saul: 10 WORST Things Jimmy Has Done

With one season left to go, we’re all excited (and so anxious!) to see the final steps it will take for Jimmy McGill to fully transform into Saul Goodman.

On Breaking Bad, Saul was the overly enthusiastic, quick-witted, sleazy lawyer, who seemed to have all the legal loopholes and dubious connections needed for Walt and Jesse’s problems close at hand.

In contrast, on Better Call Saul we see Jimmy - the proto-Saul - a struggling lawyer who wants to do good and prove the world wrong. And yet, we know that inside him is a showman and trickster spirit that guides him into taking shortcuts to get what he wants.

To put it bluntly, Jimmy McGill is a very morally grey character and logically, his actions are not easily separated into good and bad. Instead, we as viewers find ourselves rooting for Jimmy to succeed no matter what, and only when it’s too late do we realise we were cheering him on for his selfish gains.

But what were the worst of those misdeeds?

Jimmy’s talent in stealing began when he was young, when his dad Charles ran a small corner shop. We see in a flashback that Jimmy worked alongside his dad at the shop, and his dad had a reputation of being gullible. This led to their shop being a frequent target to scam artists who easily preyed on Charles' naivety and easily swindled money out of him.

Seeing his dad repeatedly cheated time after time led Jimmy to steal from the till himself, after one of the scam artists offered him a lesson about people being wolves and sheep. Over the years, Jimmy stole over $14,000 straight from the till, which eventually led to its closure. Charles died six months after the shop closed and Chuck recalled that no one cried harder at the funeral than jimmy.

Worryingly, Jimmy would eventually get over his guilt and show little remorse over his dad losing the shop. He blamed his dad for being too generous and that this led to the closing of the shop and ignores the consequence of his own actions.