However, Mike sees Chris' car parked in Chow's driveway and senses that this is a trap. During Walt's time in hiding, Ed often visits Walt, bringing him supplies and chemotherapy, though he warns that if Walt leaves the location, their business relationship will be over for good. In addition, he claims to have never visited Albuquerque, where Marion says Jeff faced legal troubles. Jimmy worked in the mailroom of Chuck's firm, and Chuck's legal success inspired Jimmy to become an attorney himself. [98] In addition, Caldera sometimes renders "off the books" medical aid to criminals, enabling them to avoid having their wounds reported to the police. After Walt and Jesse witness him brutally assault and murder one of his henchmen, they plan to poison him by coating their next delivery of meth with ricin. He is horrified by the brutality at the higher levels of the drug trade particularly during later seasons, but remains involved with Walt out of necessity and loyalty. Jesse, played by the endearing Paul, is still just as vulnerable as he ever was and you cant help but miss him and root for him like old times. Hank connects Gale's death to Gus, the blue meth, and Heisenberg, and obsessively reviews Gale's lab notes, especially a dedication to "W. Eventually, Jeff wakes up and completes the robbery. When he returns home, however, Hank remains cold and brash, despite her attempts to make him comfortable, and Marie spirals back into kleptomania. To silence Leonel while he is in the hospital following his leg amputation, Gus distracts the police assigned to the security detail by bringing them food from Los Pollos Hermanos, giving Mike the opportunity to sneak into Leonel's room and administer a lethal injection. Like you got no responsibility, so it's okay for you to get high. Gene attempts to intimidate her into staying silent, but she uses her Life Alert button to call the authorities, forcing Gene to flee. Andrea is a recovering meth addict and single mother. Hank is eventually promoted to Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the DEA in Albuquerque but is still determined to solve the "Heisenberg" case, which ultimately leads to his demise. [38] Following the discovery of his car in the desert, it is revealed by Hank Schrader and Steven Gomez that Krazy-8 is actually the informant who had led them to Emilio and Jesse's lab in the first place during the ride along that had triggered Walt's interest in the drug trade. He gives her money and an attorney's business card and tells her that if she needs help she should say "Jimmy" sent her. He dies while moving No Doze's body from under a stack of cars in a junkyard; the stack shifts and catches his arm under it, partially severing it and causing him to bleed to death. Lalo thanks Gus for giving Hector first aid after his stroke and paying for his care, but also surveils Gus' subordinates in order to learn their regular activities. After the gang captures Jesse, Todd convinces his uncle to force Jesse to cook for them instead of killing him. Jesse cant ever make things right, which the film frequently reminds us, but he can try to make amends. [18] Forenall later appears as one of the nine incarcerated members of Gus' organization who Lydia lists to be killed. In El Camino, Pete and Badger give Jesse a place to sleep after he flees from Jack's compound in Todd's El Camino. After her Uncle Hank's unexpected death, which causes a nasty fight between Walter and Skyler, Walter kidnaps Holly to "punish" Skyler for attempting to stab him, but later has second thoughts and leaves her at a fire station. Hank asked Roberts to take the case of Walter's disappearance as a personal favor to Hank, believing Walter had one of his "episodes" wherein he forgot where he was and would turn up days later. Paige Novick (portrayed by Cara Pifko) is the senior counsel of Mesa Verde and one of Kim's clients. During the events of Better Call Saul, Gus allies with Mike when Mike finds his own family at risk from the Salamancas, and turns Nacho into a mole within the Salamanca organization after discovering that Nacho caused Hector to have a stroke by secretly replacing Hector's heart medication with fakes. Nacho opens the gate and flees. Yeah, Ed says. She tells Walter that she will be a complicit partner in whatever capacity so long as their children are not living with them. Don Eladio Vuente (played by Steven Bauer) is the head of a drug cartel in Ciudad Jurez which includes Juan Bolsa, Hector Salamanca, and Salamanca's nephews. After Victor is killed, Gus promotes him to serve as Mike's second-in-command, monitoring Walt and Jesse's activities both inside and outside the lab. [27] After Gus' death, Chow starts being questioned by the DEA, as he was on Gus' payroll at the time of Gus' murder. Tags. Roberts reappears in seasons 5 and 6 of Better Call Saul where he is the lead detective investigating the murder of Fred Whalen by Lalo Salamanca. Jesse Bruce Pinkman, also known by his clandestine pseudonym and business moniker Cap'n Cok, is a former chemist, manufacturer, and distributor who worked in. [68], Cheri, also known as Drama Girl or Make-Up Girl (played by Hayley Holmes),[69] assists Joey's film crew and also arranges hair and make-up for individuals preparing to appear on camera. [24] By the third season of Breaking Bad, Gale has broken in the lab's equipment but has been waiting for Gus to hire Walt to cook blue meth. A high school classmate of Jimmy's in Cicero, Illinois, they frequently worked cons together, including the "fake Rolex". He died of brain cancer on October 11, 2019, the same day the movie was released, though he appeared in Better Call Saul as Ed posthumously. Todd Alquist Jesse Plemons as Todd Alquist. Eventually, Walt and Skyler are able to purchase it for $800,000 after Skyler hires Kuby to perform a fake environmental audit on the car wash. He is unpredictable and prone to violent outbursts which are often amplified by his drug use. But getting in touch with him is the least, and probably only thing he could do. One day, she receives a call from Jimmy; she tells him to turn himself in, but he reacts angrily and mockingly tells her to do the same. [35], Ximenez Lecerda (played by Manuel Uriza) drives a truck that delivers supplies for Hector Salamanca's ice cream store, in which he smuggles cocaine from Mexico and carries cash back to the cartel. Feeling betrayed Jr. calls 911 when Walt fends off Skyler's knife attack, thus forcing Walt to leave and eventually end up on the most wanted list. Jesse decides to retrieve the RV, but Walter has warned Clovis that the DEA is looking for it, forcing Clovis to bring it to a junkyard to be destroyed. Jimmy's law license is still suspended, so he brings in Kim Wexler to defend Huell. She was again seen, with Brock, at Jesse's House shortly after Jesse returned from Mexico. At first glance Howard appears to be one of life's winners. He and Walt do a coin flip early on in the series to determine who has to dispose of Emilio with acid and who has to kill Krazy 8, but Walt struggles with his job. Walter interrupted their evening together to plead for his life ("Crawl Space"). Gene promises to bail out Jeff and calls Marion asking her to accompany him, but Marion becomes suspicious and uses the laptop Jeff bought her with the department store money to discover Gene's true identity as Saul Goodman. Prior to and in the early part of Better Call Saul, Jimmy tends to Chuck's daily care. Ron Forenall (played by Russ Dillen) is Mike Ehrmantraut's contact at Madrigal Electromotive's chemical warehouse in Houston. Gale asserts he could make better quality meth himself, but Gus says he has bigger plans for Gale. Unknown to Walter and Jesse, Krazy-8 is an APD informant, who acquires the customers of the dealers he rats out. They both attend JP Wynne High School. In the Season 5 episode "Hazard Pay", Pete is shown to be a talented pianist as he plays a small section of C.P.E. The Kettlemans and their children decide to stage a kidnapping and camp out in the hills behind their home. Hector has a stroke while meeting with Gus and Juan Bolsa, but Gus saves him with CPR. Rios also shared how she was prepared to produce projects on her own if need be to meet this goal as the future progresses. Lalo Salamanca later visits TravelWire and asks similar questions about Werner. She has had several meager sources of income: writing short stories, selling items on eBay, working as a bookkeeper, and ultimately helping her husband launder money. Jimmy's sabotage of Chuck's Mesa Verde work causes Kevin and Paige to return to Kim. Gustavo Fring (played by Giancarlo Esposito) is the Chilean-born proprietor of Los Pollos Hermanos, a highly successful fried chicken restaurant chain. [121] After Werner inadvertently revealed construction details to Lalo, Gus realized that Lalo could learn the whole plan and report him to cartel leaders, so he ordered Werner's death. Chuck did not consider Jimmy a "real" lawyer and surreptitiously conspired to prevent him from joining his firm, relegating Jimmy to low-level cases and public defender work. Huell is arrested after he inadvertently assaults a police officer while protecting Jimmy, and faces up to two and a half years in prison as a result. Mike also arranges for Jimmy to represent Daniel during an interview with police, in which Jimmy allays their suspicions by claiming Daniel has a fetish for "pie sitting" and kept videos of the act in his hiding place. Kenny later reappears in El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie harassing the imprisoned Jesse alongside Neil Kandy. A Todd Alquist and Jesse Pinkman centered canon compliant character study - but other characters participate. Jesse agrees, and when Neil reaches for his gun, Jesse shoots Neil with the Hammerless, which was concealed in his jacket pocket. ", Getz (portrayed by DJ Qualls) is an Albuquerque police detective who takes part in an undercover operation that results in him arresting Badger Mayhew for possession of meth. Gretchen married Elliott, Gray Matter became successful, and Gretchen and Elliott became wealthy, leaving Walt bitter about their success. Spooge attempts to repay Jesse by breaking open an ATM he has stolen from a convenience store. Like Walter White, Gus is a criminal who "hides in plain sight", using his anti-drug philanthropy to conceal his true nature. Andrea, who was Brock Cantillo's mother and Jesse Pinkman's love interest, was a recovering drug addict. After hiding out for a day, ravenously eating everything and shaving his captivity hair and beard down to his usual stubble and buzz cut, Jesse makes a break for it with an assist from the duo (Badger gives Jesse his car, then creates a ruse to make it look like Jesse is escaping for Mexico. [118] Mrs. Nguyen objects to him storing the phones at the salon, but Jimmy says that because he pays rent, he can do what he wants with the space. Though brutal, Hector is very loyal. Eventually, Gus trusts Jesse enough to bring him and Mike to Mexico as part of Gus's plan to kill Don Eladio and other cartel members. Before driving away, Jesse gave Ed Galbraith ( RIP Robert Forster) a letter to mail to someone. Lawson (played by Jim Beaver) is Walter White and Mike Ehrmantraut's gun dealer. [26], Bolsa's name, translated literally from Spanish, is John Bag or John Sack; this is a nod to the character John "Johnny Sack" Sacrimoni from the HBO drama The Sopranos. Jack's gang kills nine of Mike's men and their lawyer Dan Wachsberger in three prisons, within two minutes, which prevents any of them from warning the others or law enforcement authorities from adding extra protection. Realizing that the home price will plummet and they may be sued, Adam and Diane Pinkman reluctantly accept Saul's offer. When Mike secretly disrupts the Salamanca's trucking route for smuggling drugs from Mexico, Bolsa orders that Salamanca drugs will be transported by Gus's trucks, a result Gus worked with Mike to produce because it gave Gus more power over the Salamancas. Quezada reprises his role as Gomez in Better Call Saul, appearing in the fifth season episode "The Guy for This" in which he and Hank interview Domingo "Krazy-8" Molina after Molina is arrested following the discovery of a drug house belonging to the Salamanca family. Mike hears of Gus's death and races back to Albuquerque to furiously confront Walter and Jesse. Nacho surrenders to the cartel and falsely claims to be a mole for a rival gang (rather than Gus) in order to protect his father. After apologizing to his brother, Jake asks for his joint back; Jesse responds by crushing it on the sidewalk and informing his brother that the marijuana is of poor quality anyway. During Season 1, Badger leaves the job to cook crystal meth with Jesse. The pair then moved to Mexico and opened a chain of Los Pollos Hermanos chicken restaurants together. When she tells Gus that Jimmy convinced Lalo to send her instead of him, Gus deduces that the assassination attempt was a ruse. He later returns to pay Clovis for the repairs and damages and arranges to store the RV inside Clovis' gated lot for $500 per week. Later, after surrendering her law license, Kim mentions that Paige has agreed to take on her clients. Finding herself drawn in by Jimmy's schemes, Kim later decides to quit Schweikart & Cokely and representing Mesa Verde while continuing to handle pro bono criminal defense cases. Tuco eventually gives in, breaking one leg of each of the skateboarders as a warning and letting them go, though Nacho recognizes Jimmy as a shrewd lawyer. Jesse has a storied history with the Cantillo family, and this is his attempt to make amends to Brock (Ian Posada) after bringing repeated tragedy to their doorstep. In 2013, she began portraying newspaper reporter Adriana Mendez on the FX series The Bridge. Lalo visits Hector in the nursing home and enables Hector to communicate more effectively by giving him a front desk call bell, which Lalo kept as a souvenir after Hector killed a hotelier. However, amongst the pages, are several Best Quality Vacuum business cards, revealing that Caldera has connections to Ed and also possibly explaining how Saul ultimately first becomes aware of Ed and his services. [91] After Kim asks Jimmy to represent Everett Acker to prevent Acker from being evicted by Mesa Verde, Viola provides Kim frequent updates about Jimmy's machinations. When Kim becomes sympathetic to Acker's refusal to leave, she persuades Jimmy (as Saul Goodman) to represent him. Todd, Kenny, and Neil Kandy torment Jesse as Neil builds his new restraints. [29], Dr. Barry Goodman (played by JB Blanc) is Gus's personal doctor, treating him and Mike after the showdown at Don Eladio's residence. Mike and Jesse then decide to sell their portion of the methylamine to Walt and leave the business, with Mike using a portion of his profits to continue paying the members of Gus's organization for their silence. He confirms to Lalo that Gus is protected by the Cartel and enjoys the trust of Don Eladio, and Lalo realizes he will have to tread carefully if he opposes Gus. Andrea Cantillo/Jesse Pinkman (64) Mike Ehrmantraut & Jesse Pinkman (53) Skyler White/Walter White (45) Jesse Pinkman/Original Female Character(s) (44) Include Additional Tags Angst (196) Hurt/Comfort (163) Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence (113) Fluff (105) Trans Jesse Pinkman (99) . He tells her the money is for her to move out of her bad neighborhood and to help raise her son. Spooge (played by David Ury) is a drug addict who steals meth from Skinny Pete at knifepoint. In "Quite a Ride", a flashforward to 2010 shows Saul and Francesca frantically clearing out his office. Lenny (played by John Ennis) is a grocery store employee and amateur actor hired by Jimmy and Kim to impersonate judge Rand Casimiro in still photos, as part of their ploy to discredit Howard Hamlin and force a settlement on the Sandpiper Crossing class-action lawsuit. Dr. Delcavoli (played by David House) is Walt's physician during the first two seasons. Jane appears in a flashback in El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, reminding Jesse that sometimes the universe takes people towards bad places, and despite her freespirited nature she considers it better to make life's important decisions by yourself. Starting in Season 3, Andrea and her young son Brock (Ian Posada) came into Jesse's life at a time when he was in the throes of both grief and drug addiction. Jesse departs Pete and Badger's house in Badger's Pontiac Fiero. In the shows explosive 2013 finale, Jesse makes a break for it, escaping from the white supremacists and driving off in an El Camino, tears in his eyes and a maniacal laugh ripping from his throat. Gus repeatedly demands that Hector look at him so that Gus can gloat, but Hector refuses. This is revealed to be because, shortly before Lalo's death, he had revealed to Jimmy Nacho's role in the failed assassination attempt against him and Lalo implied that he believed that Jimmy was involved as well. After getting bailed out, Lalo initially plans to have the Cousins pick him up, but later changes his mind and has Nacho drive him to Mexico instead. And has Walt always been Heisenberg? As their activities have drawn police attention, the Cousins return to Mexico. Jesse Bruce Pinkman is a fictional character and the deuteragonist of the American crime drama television series Breaking Bad, played by Aaron Paul.He is a crystal meth cook and dealer who works with his former high school chemistry teacher, Walter White (played by Bryan Cranston).Jesse is the only character besides Walter to appear in every episode of the show. After the case is settled, Erin is the one to announce it to everyone on the phone. Cartel operatives cut off his head and place it atop a tortoise (tortuga is Spanish for "tortoise") with "HOLA DEA" ("Hello DEA") written across its shell. Howard suggests that Kim is throwing her career away at Jimmy's instigation; Kim is insulted and scoffs at Howard's belief that she cannot think for herself. As part of his plot to get Jimmy disbarred, Chuck manipulates Ernesto into hearing part of Jimmy's recorded confession to altering the Mesa Verde documents, assuming that even though Chuck has sworn him to silence, Ernesto will inform Kim and Jimmy. [86] When Jimmy, now practicing law as Saul Goodman, attempts to negotiate several plea deals at once, Suzanne refuses, so he arranges a situation that enables him to trick her into accepting. He once got in legal trouble as a juvenile for stealing a Baby Jesus from a Nativity display, but was helped by Kim Wexler who served as his public defender. He also comes to find his new status as a drug lord psychologically rewarding, leading him to become increasingly willing to resort to criminal acts such as theft, extortion, money laundering, depraved indifference, and murder.

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