Character from Breaking Bad by Vince Gilligan
A small-time con artist who became Albuquerque's most flamboyant criminal lawyer, then a Cinnabon manager in Omaha — the man who could talk anyone into anything except himself out of who he really was.
James Morgan McGill — Jimmy, Slippin' Jimmy, Saul Goodman, Gene Takavic — is the most complete character study in television alongside the man he serves. He's a natural con artist who spent his life torn between the brother who didn't believe in him (Chuck) and the woman who did (Kim), and he ultimately chose the version of himself that proved Chuck right. As a lawyer, he's brilliant — genuinely talented at reading people, building arguments, and finding angles nobody else sees. As Saul Goodman, he's a showman: the Constitution wallpaper, the catchphrases ('Better Call Saul!'), the strip-mall office next to a nail salon. He turns criminal defense into performance art. Kim Wexler leaving destroyed the last tether between Jimmy and anything resembling a moral compass. After she left, Saul Goodman swallowed Jimmy McGill completely. After Walt, he fled to Omaha as Gene Takavic — a Cinnabon manager having panic attacks in a mall. He eventually confessed to everything and accepted an 86-year prison sentence, partly because it was the right thing to do and partly because Kim was watching. He is the funniest character in the Breaking Bad universe. He is also one of the saddest.
As Jimmy: rumpled suits, earnest expression, the guy trying to look professional on a public defender's budget. As Saul Goodman: loud suits in improbable colors, shirts with competing patterns, pinky rings, an inflatable Statue of Liberty outside his strip-mall office. As Gene Takavic: gray Cinnabon uniform, mustache, the saddest man in Omaha. His wardrobe IS his character arc.
Also known as: Saul Goodman, Slippin' Jimmy, Gene Takavic, Jimmy McGill, Better Call Saul