Season 1

Complete listed story — includes the ending

S1E1 · Uno

Following the events of Breaking Bad, Saul Goodman lives as "Gene Takavic," manager of a Cinnabon in Omaha, Nebraska. After work, he watches a VHS tape of a 2005 Saul Goodman TV ad. In 2002, Jimmy McGill (Saul's birth name) is a struggling public defender in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He attempts to convince Craig and Betsy Kettleman, who are accused of embezzlement, to retain him. Jimmy cares for his brother Chuck, who is semi-reclusive and believes he has electromagnetic hypersensitivity. Jimmy also confronts Howard Hamlin of Hamlin, Hamlin & McGill (HHM) when Howard attempts to buy Chuck out with a token payment, demanding that HHM pay Chuck for his partnership's full value. The Kettlemans hire HHM, so Jimmy orchestrates a phony vehicle-pedestrian accident involving Betsy, in hopes of getting another opportunity to win her over. Jimmy's accomplices, twins Lars and Cal, accidentally target the wrong car, which is driven by an elderly woman whom they follow into her house. Jimmy arrives soon after and is pulled into the house at gunpoint by Tuco Salamanca.

S1E2 · Mijo

Jimmy learns that the elderly woman was Tuco's abuelita (grandmother) and he kidnapped Cal and Lars for insulting her. Jimmy attempts to explain about the mistake, only for Lars to immediately implicate Jimmy. Tuco and his associates take Jimmy and the twins to a remote desert site. Jimmy informs Tuco that he is a lawyer and one of his associates, Nacho Varga, convinces Tuco that killing a lawyer would bring unwanted attention. Jimmy then manages to persuade Tuco from not killing the twins and to show mercy by breaking one leg each; he later rushes them to the hospital. A few days later, Nacho tells Jimmy he wants to steal the $1.6 million the Kettlemans embezzled, for which he will pay Jimmy a finder's fee. Jimmy declines, telling Nacho he is not a criminal. Nacho leaves his phone number, advising Jimmy to call when he realizes that he is "in the game".

S1E3 · Nacho

In a flashback, Jimmy is jailed in Cicero, Illinois, facing multiple charges and sex offender status for a scatological "Chicago Sunroof" revenge prank. Chuck agrees to defend Jimmy if Jimmy agrees to cease running cons and move to Albuquerque to work a legitimate job. In 2002, Jimmy still hopes to represent the Kettlemans and notices Nacho conducting surveillance of their home from his van. Disguising his voice, Jimmy calls from a pay phone to warn them of the impending theft. The next day, Jimmy learns that the Kettlemans have been kidnapped, with Nacho arrested as a person of interest. Nacho accuses Jimmy of setting him up and threatens to kill him unless he proves his innocence. Jimmy comes to believe that the Kettlemans staged their own kidnapping, and based on advice from Mike Ehrmantraut, Jimmy finds them hiding in the nearby hills along with the embezzled $1.6 million.

S1E4 · Hero

In a flashback to Cicero, Jimmy and his partner in crime, Marco, use a fake Rolex watch to con a bar patron. In 2002, the Kettlemans agree to return home and pay Jimmy $30,000 to ignore their stolen funds. Jimmy gets an embittered Nacho released from jail. He then uses his ill-gotten gains to compete with HHM by creating a billboard that mimics HHM's logo and Howard's signature look. This results in a cease and desist order and Jimmy is required to remove the advertisement. In an attempt to generate sympathetic media coverage, he fakes the rescue of the worker who is removing the billboard. To Howard's annoyance, Jimmy's scam generates positive local news coverage and new clients. Jimmy hides the scam from Chuck, but he learns of it after taking his neighbor's newspaper.

S1E5 · Alpine Shepherd Boy

Chuck's neighbor reports him for taking her newspaper, and due to his living conditions causing the police to believe he is producing meth, they kick in his door and tase him. Chuck is hospitalized, and the doctor, believing that his "disease" is psychosomatic, wants to have him committed, but Jimmy declines. Jimmy's newfound fame attracts less than promising clients. Among them is an elderly woman who he helps prepare her will; her bequests consisting almost entirely of leaving her Hummel figurines to various friends and family members. Jimmy's rapport with her leads his colleague Kim Wexler to suggest that he specialize in elder law. Jimmy begins promoting himself at a nursing home, wearing clothes like the fictional TV lawyer Matlock. Meanwhile, Mike is visited at home by several Philadelphia police officers.

S1E6 · Five-O

In a flashback a few months prior, Mike arrives in Albuquerque and visits Dr. Caldera, a veterinarian, to have his wounded shoulder treated. In 2002, Mike is at the police station, requests Jimmy as counsel, and asks him to spill coffee as a diversion so Mike can steal a detective's notebook. Mike learns that his daughter-in-law, Stacey, called the police after she found money her husband Matt hid in a suitcase. Mike reveals to Stacey that Matt was a clean cop in a precinct of corruption that included Mike. Mike counseled him to participate for his own safety, but Matt's partner and another cop killed him for fear that he might turn them in. In another flashback, Mike manipulates the two cops into confirming they were the ones who killed Matt. They attempt to kill him, but he kills them, and is wounded in the process.

S1E7 · Bingo

Jimmy and Mike return the detective's notebook. The two Philadelphia detectives are unsatisfied with their explanation, though one privately tells Mike he has nothing to fear from their investigation. Jimmy finds Chuck standing outside his home, claiming he is building up a tolerance to electromagnetic waves. He stores legal documents at Chuck's house as part of a plan to pique Chuck's interest in cases, hoping to get him back into practicing law. Jimmy asks Kim to join him in a law partnership, but she declines, citing her loyalty to HHM. The Kettlemans fire HHM and hire Jimmy after Kim tries to convince them to accept a plea bargain that includes jail time for Craig. Jimmy also attempts to persuade them, but Betsy blackmails him, pointing out that the "retainer" the Kettlemans paid could be considered a bribe. Jimmy later discovers that Kim has been demoted to the document review office because she lost the Kettlemans as clients. Together, Mike and Jimmy steal the embezzled money from the Kettlemans. Jimmy returns the bribe/retainer money to the stolen funds and gives everything to the prosecutors, compelling Craig to accept the plea bargain to keep Betsy out of jail.

S1E8 · Rico

In a flashback to before 2002, Jimmy is working in the HHM mailroom and passionately celebrates with Kim over passing his bar exam results. Jimmy shows Chuck his results and explains that he studied law at the University of American Samoa via distance learning. Chuck tells Jimmy he is proud of him, however later Howard tells Jimmy that HHM will not hire him as an attorney. In 2002, Jimmy continues to work in elder law. While assisting a resident of the Sandpiper Crossing home with her will, Jimmy discovers that the company overcharges residents for expenses. After speaking to several other residents, Jimmy suspects elder abuse and presents a hastily written demand letter warning Sandpiper against destroying evidence. He is escorted from the facility but can hear the staff shredding documents, so he searches the dumpster and finds the shreds. Jimmy and Chuck put the pieces together and recover an incriminating document. Realizing the potential of the case as a class action lawsuit, Chuck agrees to aid Jimmy. In the excitement, Chuck goes to Jimmy's car for more documents and is shocked to realize he went outside without suffering any electromagnetic hypersensitivity symptoms.

S1E9 · Pimento

Sandpiper Crossing buries Jimmy and Chuck in paperwork, and Chuck convinces Jimmy the case is too big for them, so they bring it to HHM. Howard is eager to take it but makes clear Jimmy will not continue to participate, offering instead a small of counsel fee and a percentage of the settlement or judgment; Jimmy angrily refuses. Later, Jimmy discovers Chuck braved his electromagnetic hypersensitivity symptoms to make a pre-meeting phone call to Howard, in which he asked Howard to prevent Jimmy's participation. Chuck admits he has never regarded Jimmy as a peer, owing to his conman's past and unconventional legal training, also admitting it was he who insisted HHM not hire Jimmy back when he passed the bar exam. Jimmy decides to stop taking care of Chuck and allows HHM to take the case. Meanwhile, to make more money for Stacey and Kaylee, Mike takes a job as a bodyguard for pharmaceutical employee Daniel Wormald, who sells Nacho stolen pills. Despite Wormald's inexperience and nervousness, Mike ensures the deal goes well.

S1E10 · Marco

In a flashback, Jimmy says goodbye to Marco in Cicero, explaining that as part of Chuck's work to get him out of jail, he has agreed to take a legitimate job in Albuquerque. In 2002, Jimmy has a breakdown while calling bingo at the senior center due to Chuck's betrayal, and returns to Cicero, where he reminisces with Marco. Jimmy's agreement to do a con with Marco leads to a week of scams, which ends after Marco suddenly dies. Kim calls Jimmy to say the Sandpiper case is so big that HHM intends to work with Davis & Main of Santa Fe. D&M's partners know Jimmy has a good rapport with the elderly clients, so they want to hire him. Jimmy returns to Albuquerque to meet with them but hesitates and then drives out of the courthouse parking lot. He questions Mike why they didn't keep the Kettleman money, which Mike recalls that Jimmy wanted to do the "right thing". Jimmy assures Mike that he will not make that mistake again and drives off.