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Saul Goodman Played by Bob Odenkirk

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Saul Goodman is Walt and Jesse's attorney. "You don’t want a criminal lawyer... you want a criminal lawyer," Jesse explains to Walt early in their partnership. Such is Saul, who operates out of a strip mall office and runs late night TV ads advising potential clients they'd "Better Call Saul" when in trouble with the law.

The kind of guy who "knows a guy who knows a guy," Saul finds Walt and Jesse a drug distributor, arranges for Walt to launder drug money through Walter, Jr.'s website (SaveWalterWhite.com), and dispatches a fixer to Jesse's apartment to clear away drug evidence after Jane overdoses. Though Saul doesn't know it, his operative, Mike, sometimes favors the interests of another employer, Gus Fring, over Saul's.

After Walt tells Skyler that he makes meth, Saul has Mike bug the White home to keep tabs on Skyler. "You're fired!" an outraged Walt screams at Saul. "I'm unplugging the website, so no more money laundering!" Saul screams back.

Ever the opportunist, Saul facilitates a deal between Jesse and Gus, who is using Jesse to lure Walt into cooking again. When Walt accepts Gus's $3 million offer, Saul immediately abandons Jesse, saying, "That's the way of the world, kid. Go with the winner."

Saul's suggestive one-liners don't impress Skyler, nor does his scheme to launder Walt's money through a laser tag franchise. "You don't need to be involved," Saul tells her curtly.

When Walt and Jesse fall out of favor with Gus, Saul finds himself in an uncomfortable situation, having to reveal Jesse’s whereabouts to Mike or face a beat down. Saul misdirects Mike and arranges for Walt and Jesse to meet at the laser tag arena. "You and I survive this? I am seriously rethinking my pricing," he tells Walt. "That goes double for you, Hip-Hop!" he tells Jesse.

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Saul Goodman Quotes

[To Badger] “What’s the kick? Why don’t you do it at home like the rest of us? Big flat screen TV, 50 channels of pay-per-view. In a Starbucks? — That’s nice.”
Season 2, Episode 8: “Better Call Saul”
“I’m gonna get you a second phone call, OK? You’re gonna call your mommy or your daddy or your parish priest or your boys cout leader, and they’re gonna deliver me a check for $4650.00. I’m gonna write that down on the back of my business card. Four, Six, Five, Zero, OK? And I need that in a cashiers check or a money order, doesn’t matter. Actually, ah, I want it in a money order and ah, make it out to “Ice Station Zebra Associates.” That’s my loan out. It’s totally legit… its done just for tax purposes. After that we can discuss Visa or Mastercard, but definitely not American Express, so don’t even ask, alright? Any questions?”
Season 2, Episode 8: “Better Call Saul”
“There are laws detective, have your kindergarten teacher read them to you. Right, go grab your juice box and have a nap!”
Season 2, Episode 8: “Better Call Saul”
“Should I call the FBI and tell them I found DB Cooper?”
Season 2, Episode 8: “Better Call Saul”
“Conscience gets expensive, doesn’t it?”
Season 2, Episode 8: “Better Call Saul”
Walt: “What are you offering me?”
Saul: “What did Tom Hagen do for Vito Corleone?”
Walt: “I’m no Vito Corleone.”
Saul: “No shit! Right now you’re Fredo!”
Season 2, Episode 8: “Better Call Saul”
“Congratulations, you’ve just left your family a second-hand Subaru.”
Season 2, Episode 9: “4 Days Out”
“Look, let’s start with some tough love, all right? Ready for this? Here goes: You two suck at peddling meth. Period.”
Season 2, Episode 11: “Mandala”
“As to your dead guy, occupational hazard. Drug dealer getting shot? I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say it’s been known to happen.”
Season 2, Episode 11: “Mandala”
“Let’s just say I know a guy… who knows a guy… who knows another guy.”
Season 2, Episode 11: “Mandala”
“10! 20! 30 bucks a pop, all paid in full, nice and neat, untraceable from the good-hearted people of the world to Mr. Walter H. White, Cancer Saint. I’m getting a warm and fuzzy feeling just thinking about it.”
Season 2, Episode 12: “Phoenix”
“Just promise me you’re not going to hang yourself in the closet, OK?”
Season 3, Episode 2: “Caballo Sin Nombre”
“Way of the world, kid: Go with the winner.”
Season 3, Episode 5: “Mas”
“Did you not plan for this contingency? I mean the Starship Enterprise had a self-destruct button. I’m just saying.”
Season 3, Episode 6: “Sunset”
“Yo Adrian, Rocky called… he wants his face back.”
Season 3, Episode 7: “One Minute”
“Congratulations. You are now officially the cute one of the group. Paul meet Ringo. Ringo, Paul.”
Season 3, Episode 7: “One Minute”
“I’m just gonna call you Skyler if that’s ok. It’s a lovely name, reminds me of a… big beautiful sky. Walt never told me how lucky he was, prior to recent unfortunate events. Clearly his taste in women is the same as his taste in lawyers: “Only the very best, with just the right amount of dirty.”
Season 3, Episode 11: “Abiquiu”
“If you’re committed enough, you can make any story work. I once told a woman I was Kevin Costner, and it worked because I believed it.”
Season 3, Episode 11: “Abiquiu”
“My very own P.I. is threatening to break my legs. That’s like Thomas Magnum threatening that little prissy guy with the mustache!”
Season 3, Episode 13: “Full Measure”
“You and I survive this? I am seriously rethinking my pricing. That goes double for you, Hip-Hop!”
Season 3, Episode 13: “Full Measure”