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Better Call Saul
TV Show
Better Call Saul is an American criminal drama television series. Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould invented it. It is a prequel to Gilligan's previous series Breaking Bad that takes place in the early and mid-2000s.1)
Headline
Better Call Saul recounts the narrative of Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk), a con guy turned small-time lawyer, six years before the events of Breaking Bad demonstrating his transition into criminal-for-hire Saul Goodman.2)
Jimmy And Mike
Jimmy is hired as a lawyer for former beat officer Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks), whose relevant skill set enables him to penetrate the criminal underworld of drug trafficking in Albuquerque, New Mexico.3)
Premiere
On February 8, 2015, AMC debuted the program.4)
Beginning Of Career
Jimmy is starting out as a low-paid solo practitioner, operating out of the back room of a nail salon as his home and office.5)
Kim Wexler
Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn), his buddy and love interest, works as a lawyer at Hamlin, Hamlin & McGill (HHM). Jimmy and she used to work in the mailroom there.6)
HHM
Jimmy's antagonist, Howard Hamlin (Patrick Fabian), and his brother, Chuck McGill, are also partners at HHM (Michael McKean).7)
Mike And Nacho
Mike engages in illegal drug operations alongside Nacho Varga (Michael Mando), as well as being the right-hand man for drug kingpin Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito), who runs a fast food restaurant as a corporate front.8)
Returning Actors
Odenkirk, Banks, and Esposito are all reprising their Breaking Bad roles.9)