Summary[]
Saul Goodman, whose real name is James Morgan "Jimmy" McGill, is one of the main characters in the Breaking Bad crime drama franchise. He is a major character in Breaking Bad and the main protagonist of its prequel/sequel series Better Call Saul.
Goodman is a charismatic and legally flexible criminal defense attorney who specializes in representing drug dealers and criminals in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He becomes the lawyer and adviser to many criminals, most notably Walter White, Jesse Pinkman, and Mike Ehrmantraut.
He was portrayed by Bob Odenkirk.
Moral Statistics[]
Moral Ranking: 3-
Origin: Breaking Bad
Names and other aliases: Jimmy McGill, Gene Takavic, Slippin' Jimmy, Viktor St. Claire
Classification: Charismatic Official
- Sub-Classifications
- Status: Alive
- Occupations: Con artist, Lawyer, Cinnabon manager, Prisoner
- Hobbies: Scamming people, Spending time with Kim, Dressing in flashy clothes
Gender: Male
Size:
- Height: Unknown
- Weight: Unknown
Age: 32, 44 (start-end of Better Call Saul), 48, 50 (start-end of Breaking Bad)
Life Involvement:
- Lives Taken: 9 (indirectly enabled)
- Lives Saved: 2
Primary Motive: Ambition
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Allies: Kim Wexler, Walter White, Jesse Pinkman, Mike Ehrmantraut, Skyler White, Marco Pasternak, Huell Babineaux, Patrick Kuby, Francesca Liddy, Nacho Varga, Ed Galbraith
Enemies: Chuck McGill, Howard Hamlin, Lalo Salamanca, Tuco Salamanca
Morality Standard: Common Hostility Negative, Safe Nobility Positive
- Atrocious (helped Walter White build a massive drug empire, ruined Howard Hamlin's life and reputation, got many criminals unfairly exonerated, including the very dangerous Lalo Salamanca, indirectly caused his brother's suicide, commit many scams)
- Multi-Convenient (saved Cal and Lars Lindholm from execution by Tuco Salamanca, built the Sandpiper case to prevent old folks from being scammed, helped care for his brother despite how he was mistreated, protected Kim Wexler from Lalo Salamanca, confessed to all of his crimes and took 86 years in prison when he could've got only 7)
Resourceful Capability: Skilled
Competency: Partially Successful
Tone Presence: Comic Relief (Breaking Bad), Minor Comic Relief (Better Call Saul)
- Clean Prevention (Is genuinely affable and respectful to everyone, is honorable to his clients, has done some good acts, cares about many people, ultimately redeems himself by confessing to his crimes in court)
- Ruined (His career was sabotaged by his own brother and he went through several traumatic events that created the Saul Goodman persona to mask his insecurities and troubles)
- Complete Moral Agency
External Links[]
- Saul Goodman on the Villains Wiki
- Saul Goodman on the Inconsistently Heinous Wiki
- Saul Goodman on the Breaking Bad Wiki