Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and, often, against Jimmy, is “fixer” Mike Ehrmantraut. The series tracks Jimmy’s transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts “criminal” in “criminal lawyer".
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Final season ep5, Lalo breaks in to a home and we see a small dog behind a gate. He speaks briefly in Spanish to the dog but leaves it unharmed. Shortly afterwards the homeowner comes back and let’s the dog out of the gate. The dog runs and barks up at the stairs where Lalo is, but is quickly put back in the room and locked back up safely behind the gate. The homeowner explores upstairs but only finds an open window where Lalo has presumably escaped - so the dog is fine!
It’s extremely brief and in the background, but the courthouse ceiling is extremely dilapidated during the shot where Saul’s zoning out during Lalo’s hearing.
not inherently long term but there is a flashback of an intoxicated parent driving away and abandoning one of the main characters when they were a child
It can be argued Saul becomes the abuser against his brother Chuck. It's apparent Chuck doesn't treat his brother very well, mocks him, and looks down on him. The resentment at Chuck pushes Saul to ruin his brother's life and career.
Specifically, the entire plot of season one is revealed to be heavily informed by gaslighting in its final episode, and the character gaslit commits some as revenge in season two.
One of the ten unique episode intros each season features an image of a tarantula crawling around a necktie in a desert, but it lasts for only a few seconds.
In one episode, Jimmy and a friend are implied to trick 2 women into sex. This is confirmed when he is woken up by a women saying "Hey! You are NOT Kevin Costner!"
This is called rape by deceit and falls under the classification of sexual assault.
in s3e6, a character is distracted while sewing upholstery and the sewing machine pierces his hand. there is a close-up shot of the needle being pulled slowly out of the wound.
i wouldn't count it as "horror" per se, rather just the occasional very bloody shot. not meant to scare you -- more so meant to slightly gross out the squeamish.
In the second episode of season one a character threatens to cut off another character's finger with wire clippers. The finger is not cut off but a close-up shows a small cut with some blood.
As far as I'm aware nobody's eyes get attacked in season 6, someone is attacked quickly (and non-visibly) with a blade but the wound appears on their forehead.
There are a lot of deaths; most are in seasons 5 and 6. Most are not too graphic. The deaths in 4x2 and 5x10 are pretty graphic, the deaths in 6x3 and 6x9 are shocking but not very graphic, and the deaths in 3x10 and 4x10 are emotionally affecting, but not graphic. All others are no particularly graphic or from characters we know particularly well. There’s around ~30 deaths, ~20 of which are onscreen.
The MC's father die (mentioned), his mother die, and his brother kills himself.
Lalo Salamanca, the nephew of Hector, dies. Though he is evil
Nacho sacrifices himself for his father.
Matty's death was mentioned by his father.
A brief shower scene where only head and shoulders are shown. In another episode a shower is switched on while the occupant is fully clothed. In seaaon 6 there is a shower scene where the occupant is naked but partially obscured by the shower screen.
S1 E2 - Saul v* while out drinking. There is plenty of warning of it happening as there is lots of breaking of bread sticks, you won't be surprised it's coming.
S2 E5 - while in court saul points out a stain on another lawyers jacket. He replies saying "oh, that's v*". It doesn't look like anything, no other mention of it. Didn't personally find it triggering at all.
S3 - safe
S4 E5 - about 40/41mins in - a second guy is being taken by van to look at excavating the basement for Gus. He is making a lot of unhappy noise, clutching he stomach etc, obviously feeling very car s*. He tells Mike "I'm gonna t*u*". He does not actually v* though. After arriving and being given water he burps badly a couple of times but again, no v*. It did make me feel uncomfortable though.
S5 - safe
S6 E3 - Nacho appears to be s*. It happens about 8.20mins in. He was hiding in a fertiliser tank. As he climbs out once the salamancas are gone he is coughing and gagging. I wasnt totally sure if it was v* but it sounds nasty. It appears in silhouette and is very quick. So no obvious visual. Skip about 10 second from him climbing out and you'll miss it. I found it a bit uncomfortable from the sound but the visual wasn't too bad, kind of looked like water and is in silhouette.
in the second episode at around 22 minutes there is the sound of bone cracking twice. it’s off screen but you can clearly hear it and it’s paired with laughter and pained screams. and at around 26 minutes there are breadsticks cracking which reminds a character of the cracking bones.
One major character suffers a severe aversion to electricity and becomes visibly distressed when he realises he is about to be tasered by police. During a stay in hospital he receives no electro-therapy but is noticeably anxious about the electronic equipment used in his treatment.
There are several scenes where someone is in a hospital bed and at least two ambulance scenes. There is a lengthy scene involving someone in an MRI machine. There are also lengthy scenes of people talking in a hospital hallway and in a waiting room.
Season 6 Episode 11, Gene meets a man with cancer in a bar. It seems this man will also be in the next two episodes.
Walter White, a man with cancer, is also referenced.
Chuck is severely mentally ill and convinced he cannot come into contact with electricity. Jimmy/Saul has PTSD towards the end and much of his behavior is in line with that of someone with undiagnosed ADHD (the showrunners have not confirmed nor denied this). These problems are exacerbated by his refusal to go to therapy. Howard goes into a deep depression during season 4 but recovers. Lalo is most likely a sociopath or psychopath, and Tuco is a psychotic sociopath. One character commits suicide, though it’s less out of mental health issues and more out of the feeling that if he doesn’t do it, his enemies will. Another character also commits suicide, and in that case it is absolutely due to mental illness.
famously, yes
“I am not crazy! I know he swapped those numbers! I knew it was 1216. One after Magna Carta. As if I could ever make such a mistake. Never. Never! I just – I just couldn't prove it. He – he covered his tracks, he got that idiot at the copy shop to lie for him. You think this is something? You think this is bad? This? This chicanery? He's done worse. That billboard! Are you telling me that a man just happens to fall like that? No! He orchestrated it! Jimmy! He defecated through a sunroof! And I saved him! And I shouldn't have. I took him into my own firm! What was I thinking? He'll never change. He'll never change! Ever since he was 9, always the same! Couldn't keep his hands out of the cash drawer! But not our Jimmy! Couldn't be precious Jimmy! Stealing them blind! And he gets to be a lawyer!? What a sick joke! I should've stopped him when I had the chance! And you – you have to stop him! You-“
At one point in season 6, the two main characters are unknowingly stalking someone they’re heavily pranking who in turn has hired a PI to follow them. At the same time they are being watched by another main character who is being watched by a Major antagonist. It’s less confusing than it sounds, but suffice to say, people get watched without their knowledge.
yeah i'd definitely say so. chuck is implied to be mentally ill in some way, and jimmy is fully convinced he's crazy, and voices that opinion more than frequently.
In season 6, the main character makes accusations of antisemitism after being kicked out of a country club. However, the character is not actually Jewish and no antisemitism actually occurred.
One LGBT character is in mourning for their murdered same-sex partner, and is seeking revenge for their murder. The murder is not shown on screen but is referred to, and one episode features scenes from a memorial to the victim.
One character uses the word "boyfriend" in a mocking way to describe another character's same-sex partner. One minor character is prejudiced against people he describes as "ethnic types", an apparent reference to Mexicans.
Two characters have cancer and Hector is wheelchair bound and unable to speak due to suffering a stroke. Hector was also described as having a heart condition and taking pills for it.
There is a sudden, startling car accident where a pedestrian is hit by a car in the first episode. The person hit is found not to be seriously injured.
a character is rumored to have committed suicide by drowning himself, but this is false and thus is never shown on screen, and it's only spoken about for a limited time.