Season 4

Complete listed story — includes the ending

S4E1 · Smoke

In a flash forward, following his collapse while working at the Omaha Cinnabon, "Gene" has a worrying encounter with a hospital clerk who needs his personal information for billing purposes. During his taxi ride back to the mall, Gene becomes suspicious of the driver, when he spots an Albuquerque Isotopes air freshener; he exits before reaching the mall and walks around the corner out of the driver's sight. In 2003, Jimmy and Kim learn of Chuck's death, and believing himself responsible, Jimmy falls into depression. Howard arranges Chuck's funeral, and later admits that he believes his decision to dismiss Chuck from HHM caused Chuck's suicide. Howard explains that Chuck's malpractice insurance rates had become exorbitant – not realizing Jimmy was to blame for reporting Chuck's instability to the insurers; Jimmy allows Howard to take the blame and quickly regains his happy-go-lucky demeanor. Meanwhile, Mike decides to perform actual security and safety consulting for Madrigal Electromotive and details a list of violations he uncovered on his first site visit. Following Hector's stroke, the cartel bosses direct Nacho and Arturo to take over Hector's drug operation. Gus remains suspicious of Nacho and has Victor follow him, spotting him disposing of the dud pills.

S4E2 · Breathe

With his law license suspended, Jimmy interviews for a job as a salesman at Neff Copiers and spots an opportunity to steal a valuable Hummel figurine. Rebecca and Kim meet with Howard to review the disposition of Chuck's estate. Unaware of Jimmy's role in the events, Kim has an explosive confrontation with Howard in which she lambastes him for treating Jimmy poorly ever since. Meanwhile, Lydia informs Mike that his security consulting is meant to be a paper transaction to facilitate the laundering of the money he stole from the Salamancas, but Mike insists on continuing actual inspections, arguing they provide a plausible explanation in case anyone looks into the payments. Gus discreetly pays a skilled doctor to help Hector recover from his stroke. When Nacho and Arturo come to his facility to acquire more drugs, Arturo strong-arms his way into taking more than he is supposed to. He brags about his success as they leave, but Gus ambushes and kills him. Gus reveals that he knows Nacho attempted to murder Hector, but the Salamancas do not, so Nacho is now under Gus' control.

S4E3 · Something Beautiful

Jimmy approaches Mike to steal the Hummel, but he is unwilling to do it, so Jimmy hires Ira. The crime is nearly a bust due to the unexpected development of the owner living at the Copiers, but they manage to escape with the figure. Kim returns to working with Mesa Verde but is concerned about their planned rapid expansion. Victor and Tyrus arrange Arturo's death to look like a gang attack, deflecting attention from Nacho and hiding his involvement with Gus. The staged attack includes bullet wounds for Nacho, who calls Leonel and Marco ( the Cousins ) for aid. They succeed in getting Nacho to Dr. Caldera alive; he covertly saves Nacho but recommends Nacho seek proper care to ensure there are no complications. The Cousins alert the cartel that the attack looks like the one carried out previously on one of their trucks (the one Mike attacked secretly). Concerned that their Mexican routes are vulnerable, Juan Bolsa directs Gus to seek local manufacturers. Gus visits the university to check on the quality of meth samples he gave to Gale Boetticher for testing. Kim tells Jimmy about the disposition of Chuck's will, giving him a letter purportedly from Chuck, which is undated but contains condescending praise for Jimmy. Jimmy calls it "nice", but Kim is visibly upset by it.

S4E4 · Talk

Jimmy is quickly bored with managing a cellular phone store and tries to boost business. He later meets with Ira, who sold the stolen Hummel for more than expected and offers to carry out future thefts. Bored herself with Mesa Verde work, Kim observes Judge Munsinger's courtroom, hoping to rekindle her interest in the law by taking on pro bono defense counsel work. Meanwhile, Victor sells the drugs from the fake attack on Nacho to the Espinosas. Nacho tells the Salamancas that the Espinosas carried out the attack, so the Cousins kill the Espinosas, retrieve the "stolen" drugs, and return to Mexico. Nacho realizes that by eliminating the Espinosas, Gus secured himself more territory, but does not see the full scope of Gus' plan. Mike confronts Henry in their support group for falsely claiming to have a wife who died. Later, he inspects another Madrigal site and provides a list of items to fix. He meets with Gus, who feigns anger that Mike did not tell him about Nacho's intent to kill Hector, but Mike says he promised only not to kill Hector himself. He realizes Gus' ulterior motive and tells him to provide information about "the job" he wants done.

S4E5 · Quite a Ride

In a flash forward (taking place during Breaking Bad ' s " Ozymandias "), Francesca quickly shreds documents and Saul frantically collects cash, mementos, and paperwork from his office before contacting his "disappearer" for a new identity. In 2003, Jimmy convinces a customer to buy several prepaid cellular phones as a way to maintain his privacy and then gets the idea to profit by reselling prepaid phones on the street. He sells them all, but the venture proves unsuccessful because he is mugged by three teenagers. As Kim treats his wounds, he blames himself for not recognizing the threat and promises to see a psychologist, but instead goes to work the next day as usual. Kim is assigned as pro bono counsel for several defendants. When a problem arises with recent Mesa Verde paperwork, Kim sees her current case through to completion before responding, for which Paige later reprimands her. Meanwhile, Mike discreetly escorts foreign structural engineers through the industrial laundry so they can evaluate the space below as a site for Gus' planned meth "superlab". Gus is impressed by one, Werner Ziegler, and offers him the job of planning and overseeing the construction of the facility.

S4E6 · Piñata

In a flashback, Kim and Jimmy work in HHM's mailroom. Third-year law student Kim demonstrates her legal knowledge, impressing pre-sickness Chuck and piquing Jimmy's curiosity. In 2003, Kim juggles Mesa Verde work with pro bono criminal defense cases, and Jimmy struggles financially during his suspension. Kim joins Schweikart & Cokely, enabling her to handle both Mesa Verde and criminal cases, but disappointing Jimmy, who realizes the death of his dream to restart the Wexler-McGill office. Jimmy is informed that Geraldine, his first eldercare client, has died, and he grieves for her more than for Chuck. Jimmy tries to rouse a depressed Howard with a "tough love" speech. He uses his $5,000 inheritance to buy prepaid cell phones for street resale. This time, Jimmy intimidates his three teenage assailants into leaving him alone. Meanwhile, Mike creates secret living and recreation facilities for Werner's crew, who begin constructing Gus' meth "superlab". Gus visits a hospitalized, unconscious Hector and previews their future by relating a childhood story about trapping a coati that ate the fruit from a lúcuma tree Gus nursed to health. Rather than humanely killing the injured coati after catching it, Gus held it and let it suffer until it died.

S4E7 · Something Stupid

In a time jump sequence of several months that advances to early 2004, Jimmy and Kim are shown to be drifting further apart. Kim's arm has healed, and to Jimmy's chagrin, she thrives at Schweikart & Cokely, with Mesa Verde's expansion continuing on schedule and Kim finding time to work on the pro bono criminal defense cases that give her satisfaction. Jimmy plans his return to practicing law, including searching for an office. His business re-selling prepaid phones on the street continues to grow, and he increasingly uses his "Saul Goodman" alias. Huell is arrested for assaulting a police officer who tries to get Jimmy to end his phone business, and Jimmy involves Kim in defending him. He tries to get her to smear the police officer so the charges will be dropped, but she refuses, telling Jimmy she has a better way. Meanwhile, Hector begins recovering from his stroke, so Gus dismisses Dr. Bruckner, in effect trapping Hector's recovered mind in his unhealed body. Mike observes Werner's crew during construction of the underground meth lab; work proceeds more slowly than expected, frustrating the crew, and Mike has to step in to break up a fight.

S4E8 · Coushatta

Kim enlists S&C employees in Huell's defense and indicates she'll bury prosecutor Suzanne Ericsen in paperwork. Jimmy takes a bus ride, uses a variety of pens and paper to write supportive mail for Huell, and enlists other passengers to help. The mail is sent with return addresses and postmarks from Coushatta, Louisiana, Huell's hometown. Suzanne investigates, but Jimmy has arranged for a fake church website and pay-as-you-go cellular phones that Jimmy and his TV ad film crew answer. The phony support causes Suzanne to accept a plea that keeps Huell out of jail. Kim is elated, and tells Jimmy she wants to engage in similar behavior again. Meanwhile, Mike arranges a strip club outing for Werner and his crew. Kai starts a fight, but the real problem is Werner, who drunkenly discusses underground concrete construction details with strangers. A fully healed Nacho takes prominence in the Salamanca organization and trains Domingo to punish dealers who do not meet their weekly quota. However, he is then surprised by the unexpected arrival of Lalo Salamanca, who unlike Hector, is interested in the everyday details of the business, which concerns Nacho. At home, Nacho keeps a safe with cash and fake Canadian IDs for himself and his father.

S4E9 · Wiedersehen

Jimmy and Kim surreptitiously replace approved plans for Mesa Verde's Lubbock, Texas branch with plans for a bigger building. Jimmy answers the questions eloquently at his reinstatement hearing, but his application is denied. The chairman suggests Jimmy's answers were "insincere", and when he recounts the details to Kim, she explains to Jimmy that he did not mention Chuck; Jimmy's relationship with Chuck caused his suspension, so the panel expected Jimmy to discuss it. He defensively accuses Kim of "slumming" with him whenever she needs something, while Kim says she is always supportive and Jimmy causes his own problems. That night, Jimmy starts moving out, but Kim stops him and offers to help him win reinstatement. Meanwhile, Lalo visits Hector and improves his communication ability with a concierge bell Lalo kept as a souvenir after Hector killed a hotelier and burned the building. Lalo thanks Gus for saving Hector's life and paying for his treatment. He then asks Nacho to show him where the Salamancas receive their drugs after Gus' trucks bring them from Mexico. Later, Werner's crew blow up the rock preventing construction of the elevator and celebrates that their work is almost done. Werner misses his wife and in desperation, escapes.

S4E10 · Winner

In a flashback, Chuck feigns enthusiasm on the day Jimmy becomes an attorney. In 2004, Kim helps Jimmy's appeal by arranging public displays where he feigns grief for Chuck. Jimmy participates in interviewing Chuck's scholarship candidates and connects with one whose past includes shoplifting. He tells her the other panel members didn't select her and counsels her that the powerful will never look past her youthful mistake, so she should do whatever is necessary to get ahead. At his appeal, Jimmy speaks extemporaneously about how he wants to bring credit to the McGill name. His appeal succeeds, but he reveals to Kim that it was a con, and his declaration that he will not practice under his own name stuns her. Meanwhile, Lalo surveils Gus' drug operation and learns about its regular activities. Werner plans a rendezvous with his wife, with Mike obtains in hot pursuit, learning of his location from a money wire clerk. Lalo finds Mike's actions suspicious so investigates himself, killing the clerk. Lalo tricks Werner into revealing lab construction details over the phone before Mike ends the call. Under Gus' orders, Mike reluctantly agrees to kill Werner, so Werner calls his wife at the airport and sends her home, after which Mike shoots him. Gus shows Gale the still-in-progress lab.