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Jimmy McGill, better known as Saul Goodman is a major character in crime drama Breaking Bad and the protagonist of the prequel Better Call Saul. A former con artist Jimmy attempted to reform but the discovery that his brother Chuck had betrayed him caused a chain of events that resulted in him disregarding moral scruples and ultimately becoming a major ally to Walter White's drug empire.

What Makes Him Sympathetic?[]

  • He genuinely tried to reform only for people to continue looking down on him, including his older brother who he always admired.
  • He was best friends with Marco Pasternak and was devastated by his death.
  • He genuinely loved Chuck, doing everything he could to support him with his electro magnetic hypersensitivity and trying multiple times to patch things up with him even after learning Chuck blocked his employment from HHM. He was also shown to be deeply hurt when Chuck claimed that he never loved him and ultimately admitted that he should have tried harder to fix their relationship.
  • Genuinely loves Kim and tries to be a good partner to her , helping her advance her career, supporting her after a car crash and even being willing to die to protect her from Lalo Salamanca.
  • He negotiates with Tuco to save the lives of the two skateboarders even though he easily could have left them to their fates and had nothing to gain from doing so.
  • He feels remorse for turning Irene's friends against her and works to fix it.
  • He tries to motivate Howard to fix HHM's reputation after Chuck's death.
  • He was reluctant about Kim's plan to ruin Howard's reputation and felt guilt about the indirect role he played in his death.
  • Encourages Jesse to talk to his girlfriend Andrea and fix their relationship.
  • Walter constantly looks down on and insults him.
  • He's disgusted by Walter's plan to poison Brock and tries to sever ties with him after discovering he was manipulated into helping send a child to hospital. The only reason he continues working with Walt afterwards is that he's intimidated into it.
  • Tries to talk Walt out of being angry at Skyler for giving his money to Ted Beneke and later urges him to turn himself in for the sake of his family.
  • Ultimately redeems himself by admitting to most of his crimes and taking 86 years in prison when he had the opportunity to get a much less severe sentence by lying to make himself into more of a victim.
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