Better Call Saul
Criminal lawyer Saul Goodman ’s catch phrase “ Better Call Saul ” originated inBreaking Badand is uttered a few clock time throughout the crime drama . These three words took on new aliveness when they became the championship of Goodman ’s own solo spin - off , Better Call Saul , which served as both a prequel and sequel toBreaking Bad . With Bob Odenkirk give his career - good performance as the fast - speak , street - smart attorney , the eccentric has been a fan - favourite amongBreaking Bad ’s audience . Often lark about a Bluetooth earpiece and dressed up in some vibrantly dark-skinned suits , Saul hear his best to make an approachable persona , and his timeless line sum to this friendly demeanor .
The relevancy of this particular piece of dialog can also be understood from how it becomes a tricky support to Saul ’s campy television ads ( the backstories of which are fleshed out inBetter Call Saul ) . Much like other randomBreaking Badlines that inspiredBetter CallSaulstorylines , the nominal idiom has shew to play a significant part in both series . WhileBreaking Badhas only five mentions of the phrase , Better Call Saulincorporates it twenty - two times . In the spin - off series , the three words can mostly be discover in the black - and - white scene in episodes that are ready after the events ofBreaking Bad .
9Breaking Bad Season 2, Episode 8, “Better Call Saul”
The first sentence Saul Goodman and Walter White mark way of life inBreaking Badis an episode very competently titled “ Better Call Saul . ” Throughout the episode , Saul represent one of Jesse Pinkman ’s secure friends and partner in crime , Badger , who is arrested by the DEA . With Saul sniffing out a remunerative chance to present Walter White and his operations , he offers his legal guidance to the chemistry teacher - turned - drug lord in an empty school testing ground . While Walter ab initio does n’t show much involvement , Saul is still at his flamboyant dependable and departs with his Graeco-Roman line . “ Better Call Saul ” will indeed become a much - want asking for Walter in future episodes .
8Breaking Bad Season 3, Episode 2, “Caballo Sin Nobre”
7Breaking Bad Season 4, Episode 2, “Thirty-Eight Snub”
6Breaking Bad Season 5, Episode 13, “To’hajiilee”
The fourthly - last episode in the series , “ To’hajiilee , ” is quite a crucial episode inBreaking Bad , given how it precedes Hank ’s dying in “ Ozymandias . ” Eager to protect Jesse from the antagonistic Todd , Walter approaches Jesse ’s girlfriend , Andrea . While Andrea does n’t know Jesse ’s whereabouts , she asks Walter to babble out to his attorney . Walter utters , “ Better Call Saul ” but adds that even the lawyer would be equally clueless . A few scenes later , an injured Saul himself approaches the car lavation handled by Walter and Skyler . The couple ’s son Walter Jr. instantaneously recognizes the attorney as the man from “ the hoarding , ” prompting Saul to charmingly render his line one more metre .
5Better Call Saul Season 1, Episode 1, “Uno”
The line is not as frequent as gestate for a show namedBetter Call Saul . This is perhaps because most of the initial episode deal with Saul ’s retiring career under his sound name Jimmy McGill . However , a gloomy black - and - lily-white scene in the show ’s pilot program enclose a mustachioed Saul Goodman watching his commercials on repeat ( each ending with “ Better Call Saul ” ) . The cheerful Saul from the ad is a far cry from his current State Department . WithJimmy solve as Gene at a Cinnabon , he struggle with a unexampled identity after the effect ofBreaking Bad . The echoes of “ Better call Saul ” are a fainthearted admonisher of his once - eventful past .
4Better Call Saul Season 5, Episode 1, “Magic Man”
3Better Call Saul Season 6, Episode 9, “Fun And Games”
The season 6 instalment “ Fun and Games ” opens with the cover - up ofHoward Hamlin ’s tragical death inBetter Call Saul . The rest of the narrative present emotionally - grueling situations for Saul and his effectual - romantic partner Kim Wexler . With Kim tearfully start out ways with the morally gray protagonist , a instant forward reveal Saul live a lucullan life in a manse , just like how he is describe inBreaking Bad . By this time , Saul has enough funds to gain more prevalent ad smear than before . As the successful lawyer drives his Cadillac DeVille , he listens to his own advert on the radio , with it ending at “ Better Call Saul . ”
2Better Call Saul Season 6, Episode 12, “Waterworks"
In its last time of year , comedy picture Carol Burnett guest - starred as Marion , an sometime woman whom Saul befriends under the guise of Gene . But in the next-to-last installment , the words “ Better Call Saul ” are heard againwhen Marion brings Gene ’s downfallupon let out his real identity . gaze at one of his older ads on her laptop computer , she expresses both treachery and fear . Matters deepen when Gene learns the cat is out of the bag . All he can do is gaze intensely at the laptop screen to hear himself from a unlike era . Saul himself can call nobody to end his difficulty .
1Better Call Saul Season 6, Episode 13, “Saul Gone”
The teardrop - jerk finale ofBetter Call Saulfeatures the highest number of time that the titulary phrase is spoken aloud . The first instance occurs at a police post when the pig who collar Gene wait through one of his honest-to-goodness TV advertizement . When Saul is finally doom in the final stage , he is instantly recognized by many other prisoners in the van en route to gaol . Cheering for him as a wedge , the prisoner protrude chanting “ Better Call Saul ” like a battle cry . Uncertain of his future and burdened by his roiled past tense inBreaking Bad , Saul finally breaks into a smile with all the unexpected attention .
