Better Call Saul season 1

Better Call Saul (season 1)
Season 1
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No. of episodes	10
Release
Original network	AMC
Original release	February 8 (2015-02-08) – April 6, 2015 (2015-04-06)
Season chronology

The first season of the American television drama series Better Call Saul premiered on February 8, 2015 and concluded on April 6, 2015. It consisted of ten episodes. Better Call Saul is an American comedy-drama series, and a spin-off of Breaking Bad. Its first season mainly takes place in 2002. It features Bob Odenkirk as James Morgan "Jimmy" McGill, a lawyer who later becomes known as Saul Goodman.

Cast and characters

Main cast

• Bob Odenkirk as James "Jimmy" McGill (aka Saul Goodman)
• Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut
• Rhea Seehorn as Kim Wexler
• Patrick Fabian as Howard Hamlin
• Michael Mando as Nacho Varga
• Michael McKean as Charles "Chuck" McGill

Recurring cast

• Jeremy Shamos and Julie Ann Emery as Craig and Betsy Kettleman
• Kerry Condon as Stacey Ehrmantraut
• Steven Levine and Daniel Spenser Levine as Lars and Cal, twin skateboarders and small-time scam artists.
• Míriam Colón as Tuco's grandmother.
• Eileen Fogarty as Mrs. Nguyen

Guest Breaking Bad character reprisals

• Raymond Cruz as Tuco Salamanca
• Cesar Garcia and Jesus Payan Jr. as No-Doze and Gonzo, Tuco's henchmen.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	"Uno"	Vince Gilligan	Vince Gilligan & Peter Gould	February 8, 2015 (2015-02-08)	6.88
After the events of Breaking Bad, Saul Goodman is working at a Cinnabon in Omaha, Nebraska. At home, he watches a VCR cassette of his old television advertisements. In 2002, James Morgan "Jimmy" McGill is a struggling lawyer in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Jimmy comes across Mike Ehrmantraut, who is working the parking validation booth at the courthouse. Jimmy, low on money from a lack of lucrative cases, lives and works out of a small storage room in the back of a nail salon. He there receives a letter from Hamlin Hamlin & McGill, a law firm where his brother Chuck McGill is a partner. He rips up the cheque after reading it. Jimmy, trying to act in his brother's best interests, wants the firm to cash out his brother's share. At the HHM offices, Jimmy gets into a heated argument with Howard Hamilin, one of the partners. He then visits Chuck, who is revealed to be suffering from electromagnetic hypersensitivity and is unable to leave his house. Jimmy tries to convince Chuck to cash out from the firm, which Chuck opposes to. At a diner, Jimmy unsuccessfully tries to convince potential clients Craig and Betsy Kettleman, a county treasurer accused of embezzlement and his wife, to hire him to defend their case; the Kettlemans are later seen at the offices of HHM, to Jimmy's disappointment. Later, Jimmy tries to set up a scam with Lars and Cal—twin skateboarders who run scams themselves—to secure the Kettlemans as clients. The twins accidentally target someone else, and the episode ends with Jimmy taken hostage in the house of gangster Tuco Salamanca.
2	"Mijo"	Michelle MacLaren	Peter Gould	February 9, 2015 (2015-02-09)	3.42
Inside the house, the skateboarder twins explain to Tuco that his grandmother ran Lars over, and that she committed a felony by driving away from the scene. After insulting Tuco, he knocks the skateboarder twins unconscious. Jimmy knocks on the door, and Tuco grabs a revolver before opening the door. With the revolver, Tuco drags Jimmy into the house and demands to know who he is. Jimmy then explains about his scam and how the twins were part of his operation, only they got the wrong car. Tuco leads Jimmy to the garage, where the twins are tied up on the ground. Tuco then hands a knife to Jimmy to cut them lose, but as he does this, Lars reveals to Tuco that this was all Jimmy's idea. Furious, Tuco takes the knife back and aims the gun at Jimmy. Jimmy, now tied up himself, is dropped to his knees in the desert, while Tuco demands to know who he is and why he is coming after him. Under pressure, Jimmy lies about being an FBI agent. Nacho, however, sees through this and makes Jimmy reveal that he is a lawyer. Jimmy is then released, but soon turns around to try to talk Tuco out of killing the twins. Jimmy successfully convinces Tuco to only break their legs. Jimmy then drives the twins to an emergency room, with the twins claiming he "is the worst lawyer in the world." Later, at the nail salon in his office, Jimmy is visited by Nacho, who reveals his scheme to steal the million dollars from the Kettlemens. Jimmy tells Nacho that he is a lawyer, not a criminal and that he cannot help him. Surprised, Nacho leaves his number with Jimmy, when he decides he's "in the game."
3	"Nacho"	Terry McDonough	Thomas Schnauz	February 16, 2015 (2015-02-16)	3.23
During a flashback, Chuck meets with Jimmy in prison as he may be labelled a sex offender. Jimmy requests for Chuck's help. Back in 2002, Jimmy is still working on the Kettleman's case and warns them they are at risk of getting robbed. As Jimmy returns to the Kettleman's house, he's informed they have been kidnapped. He calls Nacho urging him for their release, although Nacho denies this and wants Jimmy to prove his innocence. He comes up with a theory that the Kettlemans have kidnapped themselves and strives to prove this matter. The police do not believe Jimmy's theory, but Mike believes him. Jimmy later finds the Kettlemans within a tent close to their house. They obtain a bag that contains millions of dollars inside.
4	"Hero"	Colin Bucksey	Gennifer Hutchison	February 23, 2015 (2015-02-23)	2.87
In a flashback, Jimmy with the help of a friend, cons a man he met in a bar out of a thousand dollars using a fake rolex watch. Back in 2002, Jimmy asks the Kettlemens after discovering their stolen million dollars to represent them but they turn him down and offer him a bribe. Jimmy successfully gets Nacho free, and explains why he warned the Kettlemens which Nacho excepts. It is revealed that Jimmy took the bribe and he uses it to purchase a suit that looks like Hamlin's. The next day, Hamlin shows Kim a billboard Jimmy has purchased that exactly imitates Hamlin and HHM's logo. Hamlin orders a cease and desist and forces Jimmy to take the billboard down. Jimmy uses this as a way to try to make Hamlin look bad through college media, and in the meanwhile stages a rescue of a billboard worker who has fallen off. The next day, Jimmy's actions make it on the news, much to Hamlin's disgust. Jimmy then makes his daily drop off at Chuck's, but keeps the local paper out of his supplies. The episode ends with Chuck running outside to steal the neighbor's newspaper and reading about Jimmy's "heroic" act.
5	"Alpine Shepherd Boy"	Nicole Kassell	Bradley Paul	March 2, 2015 (2015-03-02)	2.71
The episode begins with the neighbor Chuck stole from, calling the cops on him. The cops begin to knock on Chuck's door, and begin to suspect that Chuck is a tweaker due to the nature of his house. They break in and taze him. Jimmy, meanwhile begins to earn clients from his hero act, but begins to see that all clients he attracts are very strange. Jimmy finally runs into an old lady who needs a will and finally earns some legit business from her. Later that night, Jimmy is hanging out with Kim in the nail salon, telling her about his day of strange clients. Kim mentions that elder law is a good field, which catches Jimmy's attention. Kim receives a call from Hamlin, who informs her that Chuck is in the hospital. Jimmy and Kim rush to the hospital to find Chuck paralyzed by the surrounding electromagnetism. Jimmy frantically turns off all the machines and removes all electric devices from his room. Chuck then snaps out of it, and begins to explain his condition to the doctor. The doctor turns on his bed panel as he is doing so, because she suspects it's all in Chuck's head. Jimmy then returns Chuck home, and explains to Chuck that because of his heroic act, he is now receiving legitimate business. Jimmy then purchases a new suit based off of Matlock, and begins his specialty in elder law. Jimmy runs into Mike once again and gives him his business card, explaining he does elder law now. As the night continues, Mike finishes his shift, and leaves to eat breakfast at Loyala's Cafe. After, Mike drives down to his daughter-in-law's house and stakes himself outside. Mike leaves for home after Stacey stares him down, and the episode ends with the police showing up at Mike's door.
6	"Five-O"	Adam Bernstein	Gordon Smith	March 9, 2015 (2015-03-09)	2.57
In a flashback, Mike gets off a train, and is picked up by his daughter-in-law Stacey. Mike meets his granddaughter, and talks to Stacey about his son Matty and the night he died. Stacey explains she suspects Mike had something to do with Matty's heated phone call the night before he died, but Mike tells her it was not him. Mike leaves Stacey's house, and with the help of his taxi driver, finds a vet who will sew up his gunshot wound. The vet offers him a job, but Mike turns him down. Back in 2002, Mike is taken down to the station and demands his lawyer which is Jimmy. Jimmy comes down to represent him, and Mike asks him that he bring a coffee. Mike asks Jimmy to spill a coffee on the younger detective, which he refuses but does anyway. Mike steals the notebook and reads through it to see Stacey had called them down to New Mexico. Mike storms down to Stacey's house and angrily explains to her that Matty was not dirty and was a good man. In a flashback, it is revealed that Mike finds out the truth behind's Matty's murder, and tells the two cops that killed him that he knows it was them. After a night at the bar, Mike drunkenly stumbles out of the bar, and is picked up by the two cops. Mike reveals he knows they killed Matty, and they drive him down to an empty lot. They plan on killing Mike with his gun, but Mike kills them first. In 2002, Mike returns to Stacey's house, and tearfully explains that Matty did not want to take the bribe, but Mike convinced him too. Matty took the money, but the dirty cops were scared he would rat on them and killed him. The episode ends with Stacey asking him what happened to those cops and Mike strongly inferring he was behind their deaths.
7	"Bingo"	Larysa Kondracki	Gennifer Hutchison	March 16, 2015 (2015-03-16)	2.67
Mike and Jimmy are called down to the station, and the younger detective accuses them of stealing his notebook. Jimmy returns the notebook and assures him they found it in the parking lot outside. Mike and Jimmy are then allowed to go and Mike tells Jimmy to go home. The next day, Jimmy takes Kim to his new office and offers Kim a partnership but she refuses. Back at HHM, Kim presents to the Kettlemens their best deal which would send Craig to jail for 16 months instead of 30 years. After hearing the deal, Betsy fires Kim and leaves HHM with Craig. Meanwhile Jimmy is hosting a bingo game with the elderly and is contacted by the Kettlemens. They all meet at Loyala's again, and the Kettlemens demand that he represent him and they want no jail time. Jimmy turns them down and strongly encourages them to go back to Kim. They inform him that in order for them to take the deal, they would need all the money, including the bribe Jimmy took. Later that night, Jimmy hires Mike to steal the Kettlemen's million dollars from their home, and returns all the money that he took from the bribe. The next day, Jimmy visits the Kettlemens and tells them he took their money, and forces them to take Kim's deal. Jimmy returns the Kettlemens to HHM, and visits the office he had to give up inorder for the deal to go through. The episode ends with Jimmy angrily kicking an office door shut and sobbing on the floor, only to pull himself together to answer a phone call.
8	"RICO"	Colin Bucksey	Gordon Smith	March 23, 2015 (2015-03-23)	2.87
In a flashback, Jimmy works at the mailroom at HHM with Kim. Jimmy shows Kim his passing letter of the law bar exam and she kisses him on the lips. Jimmy then shows Chuck his passing letter, and Chuck seems to be happy for him. After, there is a party to celebrate Jimmy's good news, but is interrupted by Hamlin and his bad news that HHM can't hire him. In 2002, Hamlin announces Craig took the deal on TV, and Jimmy visits some clients at a care home called Sandpiper Crossing. Jimmy visits a client, and discovers that sandpiper controls all her monetary assets. Jimmy returns to Chuck's house, and points out fraud in the sand piper crossing wills. Chuck tells Jimmy he needs more information. Jimmy returns to Sandpiper, but is thrown out. Meanwhile, Mike is called by Stacey, and is asked to watch Kaylee. Later that night, Jimmy searches the dumpster of Sandpiper for shredded documents. He brings bags of the shredded documents to Chuck's house, but makes no progress and falls asleep. Chuck manages to put some of the documents together, which proves Sandpiper's guilt. Mike meanwhile spends the day with Kaylee, and is asked by Stacey what she should do with the money Matty accepted. Mike tells her to spend it and returns to the vet for a job. Jimmy meanwhile sets up a meeting with Sandpiper's lawyers at Chuck's house, and Chuck demands 20 million dollars from them. After, Chuck explains he sees a way to win which Jimmy is visibly ecstatic. The next day, Jimmy returns to Chuck's house with new clients and naps on his sofa. Chuck, absentmindedly walks outside to Jimmy's car to grab some documents Jimmy forgot. The episode ends with Chuck and Jimmy standing outside in amazement.
9	"Pimento"	Thomas Schnauz	Thomas Schnauz	March 30, 2015 (2015-03-30)	2.38
10	"Marco"	Peter Gould	Peter Gould	April 6, 2015 (2015-04-06)	2.53

Broadcast

In December 2013, Netflix announced that the entire first season would be available for streaming in the U.S. and Canada after the airing of the first season finale, and in Latin America and Europe each episode will be available a few days after the episode airs in the U.S. In Australia, Better Call Saul premiered on the streaming service Stan on February 9, 2015, acting as the service's flagship program. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the series was acquired by Netflix on December 16, 2013 and the first episode premiered on February 9, 2015, with the second episode scheduled for release the following day. Every subsequent episode will be uploaded each week thereafter.

The series premiere became the biggest in cable history, drawing in 4.4 million and 4 million in the 18–49 and 25–54 demographics, respectively, and received an overall viewership of 6.9 million.