#jimmy mcgill attorney at law

[saturni-idae]

Better call a therapist!

yes I am looking at you, get out of the computer

[maplefiasco]

In an episode PACKED with heartbreaking, horrible sights and scenes, the winner for Most Devastating Thing I Had to See is the hand of an off-screen stranger comforting Kim Wexler mid-breakdown on an airport shuttle. The empathy! The humanity! The non-judgemental, tiny offering of grace and kindness when Kim has none for herself! Fuuuuck!

[xhylin]

going thru some tough times rn pass the badly doodled saul goodmeow

[iwalkthisemptystreetsblog]

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Better Call Saul Merch

#bettercallsaul #saulgoodman #jimmymcgill #bobodenkirk #bettercallsaulmerch #bettercallsaultshirt #tshirts #tshirtdesign #redbubble #tshirtstore #kimwexler #lalosalamanca #nachovarga #tvshows #lwyrup #law #cartoons #funny

[thekimspoblog]

First thing I do when I wake up

"Oh boy! Any new pictures of Blorbo & Blorbo?"

[abstracted-psychopomp]

What fictional lawyer would you choose to represent you in a court of law?

For this poll assume: they’re acting as a criminal defense attorney, they’re licensed to work in your state and/or country, the others you don’t choose will be working for the prosecution, and you didn’t do it.

Bonus question: Would your answer change if you did do it?

(If you include your reasoning in the tags you get a gold star and a candy of your choice)

[youngersiblingstournament]

Younger Siblings Tournament Bracket Reveal

A few things I want to mention before I reveal the bracket (and make the post really long because all the matchups will be listed in text):

Seeding of fictional characters in tumblr polls is inherently subjective. I did try to make it so that more popular characters/media would (most likely) face off against each other in later rounds, but I may be overestimating or underestimating the popularity of some characters/media, especially ones I'm not familiar with. There are some round 1 matchups that are probably a closer match but none of them are between the strongest candidates... I think.

The more niche characters will probably get obliterated in the first round as per Squimbus' Law. This is a tumblr poll and I do fully expect more popular characters to sweep, but that doesn't mean you can't encourage your friends to give your niche faves a fighting chance.

Also there are some matchups I literally just thought would be funny. Please don't take this too seriously.

I'm sorry BNHA fans.

(Preliminary Patch Notes 3/14: Swapped brackets 2 and 3, and brackets 19 and 21.)

[Image description: A 64-person tournament bracket labeled "younger siblings tournament" with a smiley face. The top-left quarter is labeled "quarter A" and color-coded red, the bottom-left quarter is labeled "quarter B" and color-coded green, the top-right quarter is labeled "quarter C" and color-coded purple, and the bottom-right quarter is labeled "quarter D" and color-coded gold. The starting brackets are labeled 1-32 and are as listed below. End ID]

Quarter A:

Ritsu Kageyama (Mob Psycho 100) vs. Ame (Wolf Children)

Malo (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess) vs. Cat Valentine (Victorious)

Danny Fenton (Danny Phantom) vs. Fern (Adventure Time)

Skeletor (Masters of the Universe) vs. Shuri (Marvel)

Ryotaro Nogami (Kamen Rider Den-O) vs. Princess Luna (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

Lilo Pelekai (Lilo & Stitch) vs. Sir Agravain (Arthurian Legend)

Dewey Wilkerson (Malcolm in the Middle) vs. Siobhan "Shiv" Roy (Succession)

Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto) vs. Razputin Aquato (Psychonauts)

Quarter B:

(9) Maya Fey (Ace Attorney) vs. Louie Duck (DuckTales)

(10) Falin Touden (Dungeon Meshi) vs. Saburo Yamada (Hypnosis Mic)

(11) Noelle Holiday (Deltarune) vs. Krel Tarron (Tales of Arcadia)

(12) Melinoë (Hades) vs. Han Yoohyun (The S-Classes That I Raised)

(13) Abel (The Bible) vs. Hiro Hamada (Big Hero 6)

(14) Lisa Simpson (The Simpsons) vs. Greg (Over the Garden Wall)

(15) Dante (Devil May Cry) vs. Alisaie Leveilleur (Final Fantasy XIV)

(16) Shoto Todoroki (My Hero Academia) vs. Kofuku (Real Life)

Quarter C:

(17) Luigi (Super Mario) vs. Genji Shimada (Overwatch)

(18) Yukio Okumura (Blue Exorcist) vs. Saki Tenma (Project Sekai)

(19) Fleabag (Fleabag) vs. Emerald Haywood (Nope)

(20) Sam Winchester (Supernatural) vs. Jiang Cheng (The Untamed)

(21) Nico Di Angelo (Percy Jackson) vs. Gaz Membrane (Invader Zim)

(22) Manny Heffley (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) vs. Jimmy "Saul Goodman" McGill (Better Call Saul)

(23) Sunny Baudelaire (A Series of Unfortunate Events) vs. Sunny (Omori)

(24) Miles "Tails" Prower (Sonic the Hedgehog) vs. Mugman (Cuphead)

Quarter D:

(25) Michelangelo Hamato (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) vs. The Knight (Hollow Knight)

(26) Vash the Stampede (Trigun) vs. Ruby Rose (RWBY)

(27) Sensei Wu (Lego Ninjago) vs. King Clawthorne (The Owl House)

(28) Dawn Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) vs. Katara (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

(29) Jinx (Arcane) vs. Caduceus Clay (Critical Role)

(30) Damian Wayne (DC) vs. Alluka Zoldyck (Hunter x Hunter)

(31) Hop (Pokémon Sword and Shield) vs. Mirabel Madrigal (Encanto)

(32) Rhyme Bito (The World Ends With You) vs. Alphonse Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Round 1 is ongoing! Matchups are linked (or if you prefer to scroll through the matchup posts, go to the "younger siblings tournament" tag on my blog)

[generic-man-in-suit-battle]

64 nearly identical, incredibly generic dudes have stepped to the plate to find the LAMEST, most BASIC man in a suit as determined by Tumblr.com! You, the viewer, get to choose who gets to continue and who has to go home and change!

Send propaganda for your favorites in the asks or in the reblogs when polls go live!

SIDE ONE begins June 5th. A week after, on June 12th, SIDE TWO begins. Matchups under the cut:

SIDE ONE, GROUP ONE: June 5th

Richard Watterson (The Amazing World Of Gumball) vs Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl)

Dad Egbert (Homestuck) vs Tony Dinozzo Jr. (NCIS)

SIDE ONE, GROUP TWO: June 6th

Spongebob Squarepants (Spongebob Squarepants) vs Herbert West (Re-Animator)

Trey MacDougal (Sex and the City) vs Jeff Winger (Community)

Tyrell Wellick (Mr. Robot) vs Patrick Bateman (American Psycho)

Pheonix Wright (Ace Attorney) vs The Narrator (Fight Club)

Kim Dokja (Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint) vs Bob Parr (The Incredibles)

SIDE ONE, GROUP THREE: June 7th

Mark Scout (Severance) vs Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman (Breaking Bad)

John Reese (Person of Interest) vs Dwight Fairfield (Dead By Daylight)

Tally Hall (Real Life) vs Nathaniel Plimpton III Esq. (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend)

Larry (Pokemon Scarlet/Violet) vs Agent Brick (Milo Murphy's Law)

SIDE ONE, GROUP FOUR: June 8th

The Elsen (OFF) vs RTGame (Real Life)

Shin (Dorohedoro) vs Stanley (The Stanley Parable)

John Constantine (DC Comics) vs super ☆ business ☆ dancing ☆ night (The Internet)

Vincent Freeman (Gattaca) vs Tad Strange (Gravity Falls)

SIDE TWO, GROUP ONE: June 12th

Frank (Subway Surfers) vs The Slenderman (The Internet)

Almond Cookie (Cookie Run) vs Julian Fawcett (BBC Ghosts)

Frederick (Fire Emblem Awakening) vs Paul Matthews (Hatchetfield)

Jim Halpert (The Office) vs Ted Templeton (The Boss Baby)

SIDE TWO, GROUP TWO: June 13th

Kishibe (Chainsaw Man) vs Anthony Lockwood (Lockwood & Co.)

Koutarou Amon (Tokyo Ghoul) vs Ianto Jones (Torchwood)

Brian Pasternack (Yuppie Psycho) vs David Tennant (Real Life)

Thomas "Neo" Anderson (The Matrix) vs Connor (Detroit: Become Human)

SIDE TWO, GROUP THREE: June 14th

Elder Price (The Book of Mormon) vs Roddy St. James (Flushed Away)

Frank Grimes (The Simpsons) vs Robert Philip (Disney's Enchanted)

Meursault (Limbus Company) vs The Entire Cast Of Succession (Succession)

Mumbo Jumbo (Hermitcraft) vs Roland (Library of Ruina)

SIDE TWO, GROUP FOUR: June 15th

Kaz Brekker (Six of Crows) vs James Wilson (House MD)

Castiel (Supernatural) vs Jonathan Harker (Dracula)

Tohru Adachi (Persona 4) vs Bobby (Company)

Aaron Hotchner (Criminal Minds) vs Francis York Morgan (Deadly Premonition)

All polls are in the tag #round one

[deadsprout]

an important difference between Chuck and Jimmy is that Chuck has such an upmost respect (borderline worship) of the Law, but he a corporate lawyer. Jimmy uses the Law as a tool to reach his own ends but as Jimmy McGill he is primarily a defense attorney and in elder law. It's easy for Chuck to hold the law as this divine thing when his use of it does not require justice. Jimmy and Kim interact with the law in more complex, more nuanced ways that actually affect people's lives. Chuck can say, "just follow the rules" at the same time his brother is going to his house every day to provide for him because in Chuck's mind he is better than Jimmy, so naturally it is Jimmy's role to serve him. It isn't just that Chuck views himself as a better lawyer but by being a "better lawyer" he is a better human being than Jimmy, even though his life has no positive impact on those around him.

[rynnthefangirl]

Albuquerque, 2011

Kim is driving on I-25 when she passes by a billboard for Desert Spring Dentistry - your best life begins with a smile!

She’d been wondering what the billboard would say now, had dreaded seeing it despite intentionally taking the route that she knew it was on. And it really was just perfect. The perfect blonde model with the perfect blinding white smile, on a perfect blue background, with the perfect empty slogan promising that the key to a good life was just to put on the brightest and fakest grin that Desert Spring Dentistry has to offer. Echoes of an advertisement from nine years prior of one James Morgan McGill, Attorney at Law. Blue suit, blonde hair, white grin, fake, fake, fake.

Honestly, it was fine. Amusing (comforting?) even, how the universe finds these ways to bridge the past and the present. Or maybe she’s just being melodramatic, seeing Jimmy in random dental advertisements.

Besides, it’s not the worst thing to be up on that billboard.

In those dark and blurry weeks after leaving Jimmy and the law, she’d distracted herself by bouncing all around Albuquerque, checking in on her former clients, making sure they were settled and happy with their new representation. She’d watched as the Saul Goodman advertisements began popping up in earnest around her, on commercials, park benches, newspapers. And on her third trip down I-25 South to meet with yet another distressed former client and explain why she was no longer available for legal services, she saw it. Saul Goodman— Better Call Saul!— towering down upon her from the exact same billboard where Jimmy McGill once dressed up as Howard Hamlin in a scheme to kick start his legal practice.

She’d nearly pulled over, to give herself a second to process the sudden sick feeling in her stomach. But she hadn’t, she’d kept driving, Jimmy’s ad still swimming before her eyes.

He hadn’t been wearing the outfit they’d used in the scam— whether because that’d be too on-the-nose or because it was off-brand for Saul Goodman, Kim didn’t know— but the shirt and tie were blue, and she knew that was no coincidence. No more than it was a coincidence that of all the billboards in the city of Albuquerque, Jimmy chose that one.

She could practically hear him calling out to her from it, voice dripping with spite and that same poisonous optimism he’d had after Chuck.

You see, he was saying. I’m doing fine. I’m thriving! What happened means nothing to me!

Howard means nothing to me.

Chuck means nothing to me.

You mean nothing to me.

She had gone and picked up the divorce papers later that day.

[yandere-toons]

Can I have some platonic and romantic hcs for Saul Goodman please please pretty pleassseee I'm famished

Saul Goodman | Jimmy McGill (Platonic & Romantic Headcanons)

WARNING: gross miscarriage of justice, psychological manipulation, toxic mindset.

A.N. - Not what I was expecting, but here we go!

PLATONIC:

Getting served is no cause for concern when Saul Goodman is here, or so he says. Hours after the summons arrives in the mail, Saul hears about the upcoming trial either through his job at the public defender's office or Kim at Hamlin, Hamlin & McGill.

Prepare for the phone to ring as Saul valiantly offers his legal services at a marked discount. Even if the workload and paperwork are too much for him to comfortably handle on his own, he refuses to share the case with any other law firm. Kim is inclined to help him before the two of them are estranged, and she voices her worries about Saul staying awake all night to rehearse his arguments and counter-arguments.

If jail time is involved, Saul tries his best to get the case thrown out on the slightest technicality. He badgers the prosecution outside of the courtroom so that, in court when tempers are still hot, he can argue a kangaroo court or get the prosecutor charged with contempt of court.

If he finds himself representing the opposing side, Saul has some hesitation in devoting himself to the case. His interest in another victory on his rap sheet ultimately convinces him to fight the case as he would any other. After the court proceedings, he makes a point of saying that it is not personal and hopes that it will not be held against him later in the relationship.

The threat of being disbarred prevents Saul from doing anything violent, but it does not stop his flamboyant tendencies in the courtroom. He delivers charismatic speeches in favour of the defendant as often as possible, tests the line between conman and lawyer, and does anything he can to sew seeds of doubt in the prosecution and their narrative.

Saul believes that proving himself to be a loyal companion is worth the risk, not to mention the fact that he expects lots of gratitude and favours for doing so.

Saul is less concerned with innocence versus guilt once he is accepted as the recurring attorney. He cares more about running scams to win the case or get it dismissed, such as digging up dirt on opposing witnesses to ruin the integrity of their testimony in the cross-examination.

ROMANTIC:

Another method of his is to go after the prosecution's evidence and find any reason why it should be considered inadmissible. A common strategy is for Saul to argue that the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution or any other amendment has been violated, as his entire defence is done with the intent of getting the charges dropped.

In the event of an arrest, Saul bullies the police officers who he finds entering the interrogation room before he does. He gives strict instructions to not speak unless he is in the room and has approved the exact words. After the initial interrogation, Saul fights to whittle down the charges or get the case dismissed entirely by schmoozing or bargaining with a district attorney.

From the back of Day Spa and Nail, Saul waits in his office for the call that says he landed the case. There are few limits to what he will do to win this case. The lengths to which he will go include starting a fake business to prove good character and changing the address on legal papers to make it look like the prosecution has accused the wrong person.

Having a clean record or at least no immediate charges means that Saul will ingratiate himself with friends and family. For example, a cousin with a drug problem or minor legal trouble is an easy target for Saul to represent and get into the good graces of the same social circle.

Saul wants to be seen as a good lawyer, but his understanding of what he wants from interpersonal relationships is more skewed. The first time he mentions the idea of a dinner date or an outing together is when he allows himself to be the real Jimmy, not the confident and meticulous lawyer.

Although Slippin' Jimmy is a persona that Jimmy wishes to leave behind, he still wants to be seen as fun and engaging. He accomplishes this by offering drinks and late-night TV marathons at whichever house or apartment he happens to be living.

However, Jimmy is prone to lying about his whereabouts the next day and arranging another meetup under false pretences. He claims that he was merely thinking about how much he enjoyed the previous meeting when, in reality, it is a poorly concealed plea to not be alone for the night again.

Do anything you want with my work, but never make me boring!

[caleblandrybones]

Here’s your summary: Set primarily in the early 2000s in Albuquerque, New Mexico, several years before Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul examines the moral declines of Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk), an earnest lawyer and former con artist who becomes the egocentric criminal-defense attorney Saul Goodman, and Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks), a former corrupt police officer who becomes a fixer and enforcer for drug traffickers. Other main characters include Jimmy's romantic interest and colleague Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn), his brother and rival Chuck McGill (Michael McKean), Chuck's law partner Howard Hamlin (Patrick Fabian), the drug dealer Nacho Varga (Michael Mando), the drug lord Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito), and the cartel enforcer Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalt

if I reply to your dms faster will you stop this abuse

[coriolis12]

Hi, my name is James Morgan “Jimmy” McGill and I have short brown hair (that’s completely unrelated to my name) that reaches the top of my head and warm brown eyes like a $7,000 cocobolo desk and a lot of people tell me I look like Bob Odenkirk (AN: if u don’t know who he is get da hell out of here!). [[I’m not related to  Viktor Saint Claire but I wish I was because he’s a major fucking hottie. I’m an attorney, but I specialize in elder law. I’m also a public defender, and I work in a town called Albuquerque in New Mexico where I’m Board Certified (I’m forty-three). I’m pretty wacky (in case you couldn’t tell) and I wear all kinds of mismatched colors. For example today I was wearing a light gray tattersall suit with matching pants and a mustard yellow cotton fabric button-up, a disgusting hot pink novelty tie and black dress shoes. I was walking outside the courtroom. A lot of prosecutors stared at me. I put up my middle finger at them. 

“Hey Jimmy!” shouted a voice. I looked up. It was…. Kim Wexler!

“What’s up Kim?” I asked. 

“Nothing.” she said shyly. 

But then, I heard the Judge call me and I had to go away. 

[lucillebarker]

I asked for chaos today…

And ChatGPT said:

Here's a potential cast for the actors in Better Call Saul in a musical production of Gypsy:

Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman - Bob Odenkirk as Herbie

Kim Wexler - Rhea Seehorn as Rose

Mike Ehrmantraut - Jonathan Banks as Pop

Chuck McGill - Michael McKean as Uncle Jocko

Howard Hamlin - Patrick Fabian as Tulsa

Nacho Varga - Michael Mando as Yonkers

Lalo Salamanca - Tony Dalton as Jocko Jr.

Gus Fring - Giancarlo Esposito as Mr. Goldstone

Kim's former boss, Rich Schweikart - Dennis Boutsikaris as Cigar

Jimmy's former cellmate, Huell Babineaux - Lavell Crawford as Tessie Tura

Kim's Mesa Verde colleague, Paige Novick - Cara Pifko as Mazeppa

Jimmy's former assistant, Francesca Liddy - Tina Parker as Electra

Jimmy's former law school classmate, Kim's friend, and fellow attorney, Rebecca Bois - Ann Cusack as Miss Cratchitt

In this cast, we see Bob Odenkirk as Herbie, the long-suffering agent and love interest of Rose, who is played by Rhea Seehorn. Jonathan Banks, who plays Mike Ehrmantraut, takes on the role of Pop, one of the three burlesque strippers who teach Rose's daughter to dance. Michael McKean, who plays Chuck McGill, is cast as Uncle Jocko, the owner of the Kiddie Troupe. Patrick Fabian, who plays Howard Hamlin, takes on the role of Tulsa, a dancer who falls for Louise, Rose's daughter.

Michael Mando, who plays Nacho Varga, is cast as Yonkers, another of the burlesque strippers. Tony Dalton, who plays Lalo Salamanca, takes on the role of Jocko Jr., Uncle Jocko's nephew. Giancarlo Esposito, who plays Gus Fring, is cast as Mr. Goldstone, the agent who books the burlesque show. Dennis Boutsikaris, who plays Kim's former boss Rich Schweikart, is cast as Cigar, a producer who hires the strippers.

Lavell Crawford, who plays Jimmy's former cellmate Huell Babineaux, is cast as Tessie Tura, one of the burlesque strippers. Cara Pifko, who plays Kim's Mesa Verde colleague Paige Novick, takes on the role of Mazeppa, another of the strippers. Tina Parker, who plays Jimmy's former assistant Francesca Liddy, is cast as Electra, the third stripper. Finally, Ann Cusack, who plays Jimmy's former law school classmate Rebecca Bois, is cast as Miss Cratchitt, a dance instructor.

Overall, this cast would bring a unique and diverse range of talents to a production of Gypsy, infusing the classic musical with a fresh energy and perspective.

Me: 😐😐😐😐

[anextrapart]

“Do I Need To Watch Breaking Bad to Enjoy Better Call Saul?”

This is for @actuallylorelaigilmore who I told I would compile a bit of info on BrBa for so that she could jump right into BCS without watching it, but I figured others might have the same interest so here it is.

Short answer is no, you do not. I don’t like BrBa at all (nobody @ me, it’s exhausting to watch and Walter White is trash) and BCS is my favorite show. My knowledge of BrBa has been compiled from the few episodes I watched, some general pop culture osmosis, and skim-watching for all of the Saul scenes in season two and on.

But if you want some basic Saul-specific knowledge so you’re on the same footing as the people who did watch BrBa, this should be enough (and much of this you may have known already just from how prevalent BrBa is in pop culture). It’s a great time to start BCS since the mid-season finale of the sixth and final season is tomorrow night- you’ll have time to catch up and can then suffer the back half of season six live with the rest of us. 

BrBa spoilers obviously, but only in like a very loose and general way.

Saul Goodman (real name Jimmy McGill, although I think when BrBa was airing he only referenced “McGill” once and didn’t give a first name) is a defense attorney in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This is a description of him in his first episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvlEqAjg8aU and that sums it up pretty well. 

He makes low-budget commercials (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqnHtGgVAUE), wears brightly colored gaudy suits, has the dumbest haircut in the world (fun fact: that was Bob Odenkirk’s idea/fault), and is in a lot of ways the comedic relief on the show. The main characters Walt and Jesse are cooking and selling meth, and they hire Saul to be their lawyer and launder the money they make in the drug business (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhsUHDJ0BFM). He has a lot of shady contacts and is able to help them form some connections throughout the show, and is overall pretty down with doing scummy things. There is at least one point where Walt has done something horrible and Saul tries to back out of working for him anymore, but he effectively gets intimidated into continuing.

At the end of the series when it becomes clear that law enforcement has figured out where the meth money is going and that Saul is involved, he goes to one of his contacts known as “the disappearer”, who runs a vacuum cleaner repair business and provides false identities and relocation to people looking to escape the law. He sets Saul up with a fake ID and tells him he’ll be going to Nebraska, and that’s the last we see of him.

That’s... kind of it, really. There are a number of characters in BrBa that are going to show up in BCS, but most of them are in a “oh hey look who it is!” kind of way. So while it may go over your head, I don’t think it will diminish your enjoyment of BCS at all since BCS is a prequel.

Maybe one other thing to keep in mind about Saul in BrBa is that we never see his home or learn anything personal about him or about his life outside of work. One of the biggest mysteries as we move forward in BCS is the question of “where is Kim?” during the BrBa timeline, because she does not appear at all. Certain people will insist that this must mean she’s dead, but those of us with critical thinking skills recognize that since BrBa came first, the character of Kim had not even been invented yet*. And while part of the draw of BCS is seeing what exactly is leading Jimmy McGill into becoming Saul Goodman, I pretty firmly take the stance that Kim dying isn’t it. Frankly, the writing has always been better than that. The show might ultimately tear our still-beating hearts out of our chests, but I’m very confident that the way they do it will be extremely nuanced and well-written.

If anyone with more BrBa knowledge wants to add anything (or if I made a mistake!) drop a reply :)

*BCS wasn’t even in the cards until much later, the character of Saul was only intended to be in a few BrBa episodes in season two and then they extended it because everyone liked him so much

[venialsun]

sitting twirling my hair doodling our initials together girlfriend jimmy mcgill attorney at law