Breaking Bad (TV Series)

Better Call Saul (2009)

Aaron Paul: Jesse Pinkman

Photos 

Quotes 

• Jesse Pinkman : You don't want a criminal lawyer... you want a "criminal" lawyer,

• Jesse Pinkman : What, dude wouldn't take a bribe? That dude in there? Saul Goodman we're talking about?

  Walter White : Yeah. "Morally outraged," he said. Threatened to call the police.

  Jesse Pinkman : Wait, and Badger is gonna spill?

  Walter White : Like the Exxon Valdez.

  Jesse Pinkman : So, what do we do about it?

• Jesse Pinkman : Sooner or later, this was gonna happen. You want your exponential growth, guys are gonna get busted. Simple as that.

  Walter White : [seeing Saul's strip-mall law office]  So how about we get him a real attorney? I mean, what the hell is this? This is who he hires?

  Jesse Pinkman : What? Are you kidding me? This is the guy you want. This is the guy I'd hire.

  Walter White : Oh, it's the guy you'd hire.

  Jesse Pinkman : Look, you remember Emilio? Okay, this dude got Emilio off, like, twice. Okay? Both times, they had him dead to rights, yo. And then, poof. Dude is like Houdini.

• Jesse Pinkman : We got 10, 20, 30, 44, five each.

  Walter White : Three pounds should be 48 each. Who's short?

  Jesse Pinkman : Don't freak, all right? We didn't get ripped off. But Badger hasn't kicked in his full amount. I know he was planning on pulling an all-nighter, so he's probably still in the sack.

  Walter White : Then wake him up. He can sleep after we're paid.

• Saul Goodman : Okay, you're now both officially represented by Saul Goodman and Associates. Your secrets are safe with me under threat of disbarment, all right? Take the ski mask off. I feel like I'm talking to the Weather Underground here.

  Walter White : Just do it.

  Saul Goodman : [Jesse reluctantly does so]  Okay, so if a prison shanking is completely off the table... and we're sure of that?

  Jesse Pinkman : [seeing Walt considering it]  No shanking!

  Saul Goodman : All right, all right. The way I see it is somebody's going to prison. It's just a matter of who.

• Saul Goodman : 1963, James Edward Kilkelly is convicted of stealing a vending machine. 1975, breaking and entering. 1982, grand theft auto. 1984, armed robbery. 1987, 1992, you get the idea. And here he is today. Better known as Jimmy In-N-Out. City, state, and federal, he's spent 44 of the last 58 years inside.

  Walter White : Hmm. Entire life behind bars.

  Saul Goodman : Jimmy provides a very special service. For a price, Jimmy will go to prison for you.

  Jesse Pinkman : On purpose? The guy goes to prison on purpose?

  Saul Goodman : He's actually more comfortable inside. The outside world hasn't been too kind to him. Sometime during the Clinton administration, Jimmy figured out how he could use his talents to turn a profit.

  Walter White : So, when does all this happen?

  Saul Goodman : It's already happening. The buy is set for tomorrow. Cops bust Jimmy, Badger gets out, everybody's happy, and all it's gonna cost you is 80,000 and one pound of your finest meth.

  Walter White : $80,000 for eight years of his life, huh?

  Saul Goodman : First of all, he's not gonna do eight years. I'm gonna represent him, and I guarantee there's gonna be some unexpected problems with the prosecution's case. Second, he gets 30. Fifty goes to me.

  Jesse Pinkman : You get 50? For what?

  Saul Goodman : For facilitating. Who's taking a bigger risk here? He likes prison. You did bring the cash, didn't you? Look, if this option is too expensive, uh, you can still always...

  [pantomiming a shanking with a letter opener] 

  Saul Goodman : ...ugh! Badger in the chow line.