Better Call Saul How Hank Helps Mold Breaking Bads Saul Goodman

Better Call Saul: How Hank Helps Mold Breaking Bad’s Saul Goodman

Better Call Saul season 5 sees Jimmy fully embrace being Saul Goodman, but he also picks up tips from unlikely sources, including the returning Hank.

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Better Call Saul How Hank Helps Mold Breaking Bads Saul Goodman

Jimmy McGill’s freewheelin’ legal approach in Better Call Saul is accidentally influenced by none other than Hank Schrader from Breaking Bad. As the halfway point approaches in Better Call Saul season 5, Jimmy is leading somewhat of a double life. At home, the lawyer is the doting partner of Kim Wexler, throwing beer bottles, brushing teeth and apparently dining exclusively on takeout food. In his working hours, however, Jimmy has become Saul Goodman. While Jimmy’s personality has always harbored a desire to bend the rules, it was the death of his’s brother, and Jimmy’s own part in it, that triggered the true birth of Saul, and now the Breaking Bad character is officially operating as an attorney in New Mexico.

Every season of Better Call Saul brings in a few familiar faces, and undoubtedly the most significant in season 5 is the return of Dean Norris as Hank Schrader. The DEA’s special agent extraordinaire, Hank (and his partner Gomez) made their Better Call Saul debut in “The Guy For This” when they interviewed the recently-incarcerated Krazy-8. Unbeknownst to the drug-busting duo (perhaps), Saul had been prepped by Krazy-8’s boss, Lalo Salamanca, to give information that would help take down turf rival, Gus Fring. Complicating the dramatic web further, Fring was informed of Lalo’s plan, and is currently making his own contingencies. In either case, Hank and Gomez interrogate Krazy-8, with Jimmy as his lawyer, and try to flip him into becoming an informant.

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The intention of the scene in last week’s Better Call Saul episode was to show Jimmy and Krazy-8 manipulating the two DEA agents, but it seems Hank and Gomez might’ve impressed the “criminal lawyer” more than Jimmy anticipated. In “The Guy For This,” Hank pretends his offer of cooperating with Krazy-8 in exchange for a lighter sentence is so good that he’s insulted when the convict and his legal representative try to negotiate the terms. Hank feigns disgust and moves to leave, even banging on the door to attract a guard. The ploy works, and Krazy-8 quickly comes around. In this week’s “Namaste,” Saul pulls exactly the same trick on the two junkies that went on a crime spree in “50% Off.” After hearing his fees, the duo consider getting free legal advice instead of hiring Jimmy. The lawyer acts like his $4000 offer is a personal favor and takes it off the table, moving towards the door and calling for the guard, just like Hank did previously. This tactic swiftly convinces the clients to reconsider and accept Jimmy’s terms without question.

It’s interesting to see Jimmy take a direct cue from Hank in Better Call Saul. Although the duo don’t clash as much as other pairings throughout Breaking Bad, they do compete in a few verbal sparring sessions over the interrogation table, most notably while Jimmy is representing Mike. These legal foes show very little tolerance for each other and there’s certainly no love lost between them, so it’s fascinating to see Jimmy pick out a leaf from Hank’s playbook after their very first meeting. While this might suggest Jimmy has more respect for Hank than he lets on in Breaking Bad, the repeated interrogation technique is perhaps more indicative of Jimmy’s cunning and adaptability.

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Previously in his legal career, Jimmy has mostly defended clients from misdemeanors and fraud, as well as briefly specializing in elder law. As Saul Goodman, Jimmy suddenly finds himself up against hardened, experienced federal agents, and is trying to con them at the behest of a formidable local drug lord. Most would be out of their depth at this point, but Jimmy has shown remarkable evolution since Better Call Saul began, and his emulating of Hank is an example of the killer survival instinct that sees Jimmy through all manner of scrapes and dangers.

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