Cash-strapped lawyer Jimmy McGill juggles penny-ante cases, spars with parking-booth Mike, and stages a skateboard con that misfires, steering everyone straight into the desert wrath of Tuco Salamanca.
Jimmy negotiates freedom from Tuco's cabin fever with a leg-breaking plea, gains Nacho's cautious respect, and glimpses the lethal stakes of slinging shortcuts in Albuquerque's underworld.
Suspecting Nacho plans to grab the Kettlemans' embezzled cash, Jimmy tips the family, finds them 'kidnapped' in the woods with the loot, and starts edging from low-rent advocate toward slippery fixer.
After rescuing himself from his own fake billboard tumble, Jimmy basks in viral fame, clashes with Chuck's strict ethics, and tastes how one daring publicity stunt can mint, or taint, a reputation.
Eccentric new clients keep Jimmy afloat while Chuck's agoraphobia erupts into a police standoff, forcing Jimmy to choose between cashing in on oddballs and safeguarding his brother's fragile image.
The Kettlemans kidnap their bribe money back, but Jimmy and Mike stage a piecemeal heist to return it, pushing the couple toward a plea, Kim toward trouble, and Jimmy toward reluctant integrity.
Dumpster diving at Sandpiper Crossing, Jimmy uncovers systemic billing fraud, teams with a newly energized Chuck, and files a class action that finally makes courtroom glory feel within reach.
As Mike proves himself a one-man army on a bodyguard gig, Chuck secretly blocks Jimmy's partnership deal, betraying him at HHM and turning a breakthrough lawsuit into a soul-crushing setback.
Reeling, Jimmy reunites with con-buddy Marco for one last Cicero scam spree, finds bittersweet closure, and drives off vowing never again to ignore the easy-money road--setting Saul Goodman in motion.
