Honestly, nobody in this show deserves a lawyer as good as Saul. Dude goes above and beyond what your usual lawyer would do and they all treat him like garbage.
He is honestly the best crooked lawyer in existence, if his story was real it probably would've ended with him making millions working for the cartel as their lawyer/legal counsel.
@@sobgray I have. He's not necessarily the most moral guy in the world. Doesn't change the fact that he goes way above and beyond for the characters in BB. And those characters treat him like a nuisance that isn't constantly trying to keep them alive, out of jail and swimming in money.
In a way... but to his core, Saul knows Walt and Jesse are actually a timebomb waiting to go off. All of his 'help' really seems to be Saul desperately trying to keep his own interests ahead of the game.
And it's even more amazing, when you realize how much trouble, Gus, Mike and Saul could've avoided if Saul had just listened to Mike and avoided Walter.
@@generalgrievous3423 it's even more amazing how much trouble Mike would have avoided if he had listened to Mike. I can totally hear his thoughts as he was waiting to die wondering why he didn't do what he knew he should have done.
@@jamessanders145 S5 Mike sure, but any seasons below that Mike is under Gus' orders. He can wish to kill Walter all he likes with the no-half-measures stuff but going against Gus would just make it worse, Gus needed Walter, so Mike sees Walter as unkillable until then.
Saul was quite literally the best consigliere they ever could have had. The fact that they refused to listen to him is why Walt's empire collapsed as quick as it did
I'd trust Saul with my pincode, despite his dirty tactics. Dude knows his stuff, keeps you outta trouble, cleans your cash, holds no moral qualms. The ideal lawyer for a criminal.
Saul is the ideal partner in crime cuz he knows that being useful and honest with his clients results in way more profit than just scamming someone and burning that bridge.
"So you want me to buy this place so I can pay taxes? I'm a CRIMINAL, yo" "Yeah. And if you want to stay a criminal, and not become, say, A CONVICT, you'll grow up and listen to your lawyer" this is amazing
At the start I thought Saul is just an extra character that's gonna circle around Walter and Jesse, trying to squeeze a lot of money out of them, being a con man looking for easy money. Then I realized he's way too good for Walter and Jesse.
@@shannonbutler-williams7261 I'm sure you're breaking one of Goodman's rules there: never, ever, admit, in fact never even talk about anything related to what you are accused for.
@@JoshSweetvale you defined each one of them in the right words and believe me when I say that being stubborn it's maybe the worst... I had people like that in my life that I really tried to care about them in a saul goodman fashion but oh boy they just won't listen. I also had to deal with the worst kind of people which are those who feel like Heinsenberg/Gus but are nothing more than losers and pricks
He’s young and reckless... that’s his whole character... if he’s the type that listened to advise then he wouldn’t have become who he was at the start of the series lol I actually love those flaws of his because they’re just personally relatable
I believe its because the writers were pretty much day to day when it came to writing Jesse's character. Cause remember, Jesse wasn't originally written to last past the first season.
That idea of buying a salon to launder your money doesn't make up to me, how are you gonna explain then with what money you bought the salon in the 1st place? And how are you gonna make it look like this salon makes you lots of money? lmao, this makes you even more suspicious. In such case I'd advice just to keep your money away from the bank etc and only use it for things that won't be checked on, like regular expenses. Best is if you have legit money when you wanna buy a house or a car. Only if you don't, or have no legit income then it becomes bit difficult.
@@bekeneel lol bro, once you start paying taxes they literally won't care where you got the initial cash cos they'll be getting their cut. That's all they care about.
The "Church" of Scientology took on the IRS and won. They had enough resources to fight the IRS and tie them up in court for years at great expense. Eventually the IRS threw up its hands and gave them the tax exemption they wanted. Designating Scientology as a religion shows the IRS can be beaten, it won't work for individual tax payers but it did for that insane cult.
Had an accounting teacher who very carefully explained more than once the difference between Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance. The second protects you from the first....
I was thinking the same thing. "Like, dude? You wanna shut the F up about the crimes we're committing until the ladies leave the room? Why do I even need to say this?"
@@staycleandontdodrugs Yeah the reason why Saul had Jesse in the first place was because he knew the people, just like with "Danny" and his laser tag place. They were aware of the money laundering and would ask no questions as long as they could be in business.
It's only because of his fat level... He appears younger because he's skinny and doesn't have a mullet-like hairdo in bcs but has a lot more wrinkles on his face as compared to when he was in bb
The fact that Jessie didn't understand the fundamentals of taxes and laundering and needs a grade-school level explanation for him to put 2 and 2 together and still come up short frustrates me.
Yea it is a scripted show, Jessie's character would not last a day on the streets in the real world. His character would be incapable of running low tier licks or trap distribution!
@@byronschroedel432 Walt and Jesse would've both gotten popped in major weight but where Walt finds Jesse at the beginning? He'd be fine. He's white and he lies well. That's all you need for small time work. Maybe a couple charges here and there but no major time.
These scenes where Walt and Jesse are being told by Saul how to manage their criminal money is one of the sole proof that they wouldn't have gotten as far as they did without Saul (and other people that have actually been in the game and doing their jobs for them).
@@jh6025 Saul Goodman is the most loyal honest hardworking lawyer there ever is. Anyone that says he is crooked is absolutely wrong! If your ever in any legal trouble you BETTER CALL SAUL!! 😂
@@trevorsanchez2470 absolutely 💯👌. In my experience, defense lawyers can be jerks. Not Saul Goodman! Reasonable fees, for the best legal defense west of the Mississippi.
Every time I rewatch a Matt Foley sketch, I can hear Saul telling Jesse that he'll be "living off a steady diet of government cheese, in a van down by the river."
@@RockoEstalon People really forget that Bryan Cranston's first huge show was Malcolm in the Middle. He still gets residuals from being a comedic actor.
@@Whytho2401 It's apparently rated highly enough to get on the front page of the 637 comments on this video. Just what do you think "underrated" means?
this is honestly the best explanation of money laundering, I study law and 2 different teachers have showed us this clip to explain what money laundering is
@@juanin200 If you watched the video, its very accurate. FYI, The IRS HATES businesses that are cash heavy, so laundering is just the beginning. You have to keep impeccable records to back up your transactions because you WILL get audited.
He looks all around the laser tag place for a minute, exasperated, just winds up going to the actual cash register. "Alright here Jesse, gimme one of the twenties in your pocket. Okay, see, I put that twenty of your naughty meth money in this row, that's the 'placement'. I mix it with some of the twenties from this other row here, that's the 'layering'. Then bish bash boom, it's all the same thing, your money is now 'laundered'. Don't look at me like that, this woulda worked way better with, like, q-tips and cotton balls, trust me."
Jese = laser gun New Batteries = his money Storage box with old batteries = nail salon Saul mixes the new batteries with the old batteries in the box and presto! The money is white in the box!
Saul really is a wolf in sheeps clothing. Smarter than his clients. Because of his laid back attitude, people may not fear him or respect him, but Saul knows how to play the system better than anyone
@@GBOAC bcs is not about him failing at being a lawyer because he’s bad at it but struggling because chuck is actively working to undermine him. that was literally a key part of the plot
Saul is legitimately one of the smartest characters in the series. Reminds me of the first time he appears in BB and Jesse says "When the going gets tough, you don't want a criminal lawyer, you want a CRIMINAL lawyer"
Which made no sense. Jessie was the one who got Saul involved, who trusted Saul to get his boy out of trouble, but when it actually came time to listen to him, he blew him off. That makes absolutely no sense at all.
we are sometimes watching his chemistry clips in our sience lessons XD for example: our teacher showed us the clip, where they used termite to open the door in the chemical warehouse.... to teach us about the reaction of termite... yes, germany has nice teachers too... XD
I love Saul. So often, he teaches us that it's not always clear who's the bigger criminal -- the criminal himself or the lawyer who helps him break the law.
Or the government forcing you to pay up and letting all the drug business go to only people who are willing to break the law instead of weakening crime by legalizing it.
@@luizcastro5246 So true. But let's be fair, when it comes to drug laws, I think it's pretty clear that they tend to follow the ebb and flow of public opinion as much as anything. Two dramatic examples come to mind -- prohibition and its eventual repeal, and the fairly recent wave of marijuana legalization across the country. Personally, I believe ALL drug use should be legalized -- without exception! Drug production, sales and distribution should still be strictly regulated, but it's nobody's business what we put in our own bodies (and just to put a fine point on it, I've NEVER used drugs other than alcohol, and haven't even had a drink in probably thirty years).
@@pcbacklash_3261 This is the same argument Gale made as to why he chose to work for Gus. I guess the only strong argument against you or Gale's philosophy to hazardous drug manufacturing is that hard drugs are directly linked to violent criminal activity. How true this argument is I have no idea. But if the number of addicts increases and that directly is linked to the number of violent crimes then the current drug laws make sense.
I understand Jesse’s skepticism but to this day I don’t understand the straight ignorance. Saul was 100% right about this. In the end it didn’t really matter of course cuz Jesse ends up using his money to buy himself a new life but if Walt and Jesse were ever gonna make their business work long term it would’ve been the smart thing to listen to Saul here.
To me, it was the 5% line that Jesse said. I guess he thought Saul was working him into buying the salon, so he could launder his money and Saul would get a cut of all that money that Jesse & Walter worked for.
Nah, pay the Danny and make the transaction look cheaper or even just the Danny is giving the business over to an old friend of his who helped him in times in need.
This scene and the one where Saul visits a beat up Jesse in the hospital and tells him “this is the best thing that’s ever happened to you” with zero compassion are one of the funniest scenes in this show
Kind of reminds me of the Better Caul Saul scene where Daniel shows up in a Hummer with spinning rims, and Mike immediately decides to stop working with him because he knew Daniel was a moron who was going to get himself caught by spending his money stupidly.
@@GeeNee25 But think of the story (and video!) Jimmy had to come up with to get him out of questioning when he was dumb enough to call the cops after being robbed! He's lucky that Saul's a genius, lololololololololol.
To be fair I finally learnt what money laundering is from this scene. I've seen that phrase thrown around over many years and no website/definition I've read manages to explain it in a way I understood. Bravo Vince!
Well, if you ask me, money laundering has to be the most stupid thing to criminalize. It's basically criminals figuring a way to pay taxes, nothing else.
@@AsSw33tAsHoney That is just stupid. It's like saying that pool halls have a lot of criminal activity. So we are going to make pool illegal so we can investigate over crimes taking place behind pool playing.
@@AsSw33tAsHoney In order to prove money laundering, they have to prove there was a crime. So claiming money laundering illegal to uncover the crime is absurd.
I just realized that, despite never taking Saul’s advice, buying a huge house and a bunch of stuff like a stereo and tv and video games, and even getting caught once with a large duffel bag filled with money, the IRS never came for Jessie.
The entire series takes place over the course of two years and Jessie was enslaved by the Neo-Nazis for 1 of those years. By the time that happened, they probably had a case, but since he completely disappeared...
The vast majority of people with illegal earnings never get caught because they never get *noticed*. The thing with Jesse and Walt is that they were running such a huge operation, coming to the attention of the feds was inevitable.
That jibes with the reality of being a criminal. Despite his fully past the limit no survivors kick the dog moment of selling drugs at an NA meeting, he maintained a life more sympathetic than Walt's because of his constant remorse and achilles heel of little kids.
It's because Jesse is a good guy despite being a criminal. Mike made the difference of being a bad guy and a criminal clear in BCS. "I've known good criminals and bad cops, bad priests, honorable thieves- you can be on one side of the law or the other, but if you make a deal with somebody, you keep your word. . . You're now a criminal; good one, bad one- that's up to you." ~Mike Ehrmantraut
3:08 Jesse: So you want me to buy this place so I can pay taxes. I'm a criminal yo Saul: Yeah and if you want to stay a criminal and not become say a convict, then you should grow up 😂😂
@@snowchips9596 The implication is that Jimmy acquired the nail salon in between, or else why is he personally offering it for sale to Jesse? There's no reason he couldn't have upgraded the salon with profits from his law practice.
@@snowchips9596 we don't really know what Saul was up to between BCS and BB. Judging by the fact that he's already running his shady business in BB but still doesn't know anything about Gus and his operation in Season 5 of BCS means that something big is going to happen in Season 6 or after that.
any cash based business can be, if you ran a used car dealership you can sell a jalopy for 4000 cash but put in your records the customer paid 6000 because you've added and an extra two grand of drug money.
basically anything service oriented or with a high inventory turn over works well. Any place you've ever been in that offered a cash discount was running some kind of game to cheat the tax man.
This is true,I used to sweep in a barber shop that was a total front for laundering. Didn’t find out until I went to work one day and EVERYTHING was gone and there was a ton of guys in suits asking questions. I told them I came for a haircut and never came back
Yeah, we got this "pet store" down the street. It's been there for years and there's hardly ever any cars there. LoL I always joked they were selling crack, but this is probably more accurate.
Lived in two different places that had fronts all over. One place had a minimall where there were a few tacquerias and an ice cream shop near my house that hardly ever had customers, yet they were open 7 days a week. A few blocks down was a clothing store that didn't even have anywhere handy to park. Where i'm at in NJ there are all kinds of bars, restaurants, and similar places that do good business and are known to be or have been fronts. With a little common sense it's easy to get up and going.
@@jpjpjp453 Dude, where I live, there is a car lot, and honest to God, there is almost never anybody there. Sometimes I'll take a note of the vehicles out front, and every 6 months or so a few will change. I drive by it daily, and have never once seen anyone there.
@@TheRealCaptainJamesTKirk Not so fast. I know one too, but it's more of a 'holding lot' for trade-ins and repos. Totally legit. You might not see anyone in the office, but a lot of car salesman in town will know of it and whats in it.
For Saul it was about personal gain. It is in his interest that the money gets laundered properly so he can get his share the most safe way possible for him. He makes Walt and Jesse take all the risks.
Saul was very compelling. IRS investigators have given the show high marks for accuracy. A cash business where you can inflate the revenue with illegal funds, pay some taxes , and live your dream life. Walts problem was that he nade too much money to be able to launder with a single carwash. Gus Frings chain of restaurant was genius because it gave him dozens of locations to spread around the money plus a delivery system for his product
Plus, because Gus was running the operation for years, his chain made sense because it GRADUALLY GREW. If you own 500 million or so dollars, you're not going to buy 5 locations at once- the G men would know that you're making bank off the books.
@@seliamila1005 Disagree, Gus has just been doing this longer. Every time the two clashed, Walt always came out on top. Gus couldn't even kill Walt when he wanted to most because Gus always needed Walt.
@@seliamila1005 Nah. That's an empty supposition. Walt's entire motive was to get enough money to afford his cancer treatment and take care of his family, not to build a criminal empire to begin with, so it wouldn't have made sense for him to start with an intention to expand limitlessly. Neither would that gel with the speed of his growth, but laundering is only really a factor in the spending of money, because nobody is going to know if you have a giant pile of cash somewhere if you don't do anything with it.
Sometimes people are pretty crappy at explaining things, either by muddling up the explanation by using double speak or technical jargon. That's what I love about Saul in this scene, he explains it simply enough so both Jessie and the audience can understand it on a fundamental level.
@@Amadeus8484 not sure about the government but a professor mentioned she uses this scene as an explainer in her classes th-cam.com/video/U0e7OCfAO64/w-d-xo.html
True fact: This scene was originally part of a training film created by the FBI for its white-collar crime division. Vince Gilligan, who was originally training as an FBI agent, liked the scene so much that he decided to quit his job and go to film school, just so he could build an entire TV show around this scene.
I loved that line and the line where he says Walt has "perks of seniority" because he realizes that Walt is that rare combination of dangerously intelligent, completely unpredictable, and 100% the kind of guy you want to follow and not stand in the way of. Sure, 17% of $100k is nice but 5% of $100mil is even better, and with the added bonus of earning the loyalty of one of the most dangerous people around. Unlike all the other criminals Walt is neither as stupidly murderous as Tuco nor does he just randomly kill his own men like Gus, he's willing to take risks but only after ensuring that while he _appears_ to be taking a huge risk he's actually ensured he's planned against failure and stacked the deck in his favor.
@@arthas640 “doesn’t randomly kill his own men” Apparently “Gliding Over All” and his random, idiotic killing of Mike never happened. Walter became downright psychotic in the last season, only a step below Tuco.
@@jaydenslaptop It was only an “accident” in the sense that his rage got the better of him. But anybody who flies off the handle that easily is not going to be in charge for long, hence why he ended up alienating or killing everybody who ever worked with him.
I love how this nail salon was given more meaning with BCS, makes this scene with Saul trying to turn it into a money laundering scheme actually quite sad
The conversations surrounding this show are always fun to see and this scene like so many others really nail why this show is so enjoyed as well as Better Call Saul.
The dialogue is what made this show so great. It always felt so real. Especially the way Walt was always able to twist and manipulate conversations and people to his will. It was so deliciously satisfying to watch how it would unfold. In so many scenes I got the feeling that had Walt not been there or had he said one thing a bit differently, that would’ve been the end for him and Jessie. It was this balancing act of tension that kept you on the edge of your seat. Same thing could be said for Saul. This show would not have been what it was if not for Bob Odinkirk. All around brilliant writing and casting.
@@basedpliskin The deal with a lot of the old school gangsters was that the law KNEW they were guilty, they just couldn't PROVE they were guilty or they were crooked cops who had no interest in catching them. Any evidence or witnesses had a tendency to disappear mysteriously and the vast majority of local cops were on they payroll. There's a reason why government agencies had to get involved for anything to happen. Hence, tax evasion. THAT they could prove. Even if they couldn't prove where his money came from, they could prove he didn't pay taxes on it.
thing I love most about this show, is has some of the best character developments and growths I've seen in any show, from Jesse, to Walt, to Hank, they all grow and change in horrifically beautiful ways.
This Saul guy is so charismatic and fascinating to watch, I hope they would make a TV show about him!! and maybe a cartoon too about his childood, I'm sure the kids would love that.
I never understood why Saul didn't pitch the laser tag place to Jesse. It would make more sense for him to own that place instead of Walt due to his age and what he likes doing in his spare time.
@@benconrad5127 I'm pretty sure it was set up. Vince confirmed Pryce (the bald guy who sold meds to Nacho) owned the store, so it was set up during the BCS timeline/pre BB.
clarifying this concept was key to understand some of the plot points, so kudos to the writers for designing the explanation and Bob for his brilliant delivery.
Jesse was so unbelievably stupid at times they literally had to write in major redeeming moments for him otherwise no one would believe Walt would want to continue associating with him.
His stupidity is the exact reason that Walt keeps him as his partner….. he could never have an assistant/partner who has the potential to be smarter than him (Gale)…. even his marriage to Skyler! He left Gretchen cause she came from an affluent family while Skyler was working at a Denny’s! Walt loves being in charge of those he views as an intellectual/social inferior cause of his nuclear ego/pride.
If you had a lawyer as good as Saul, he absolutely deserves the 17%. Not to mention that the salon could appreciate in value and Jesse could have sold it for more than it was originally worth down the line
Honestly, nobody in this show deserves a lawyer as good as Saul. Dude goes above and beyond what your usual lawyer would do and they all treat him like garbage.
He is honestly the best crooked lawyer in existence, if his story was real it probably would've ended with him making millions working for the cartel as their lawyer/legal counsel.
@@MrNommerz And whenever anyone needed something illegal, like guns, a hit man, money laundering scheme, etc, they always went through Saul.
Watch better call saul. He isn't perfect.
@@sobgray I have. He's not necessarily the most moral guy in the world. Doesn't change the fact that he goes way above and beyond for the characters in BB. And those characters treat him like a nuisance that isn't constantly trying to keep them alive, out of jail and swimming in money.
In a way... but to his core, Saul knows Walt and Jesse are actually a timebomb waiting to go off. All of his 'help' really seems to be Saul desperately trying to keep his own interests ahead of the game.
It's amazing how much trouble Jesse and Walt could have avoided if they just listened to Saul or Mike.
And it's even more amazing, when you realize how much trouble, Gus, Mike and Saul could've avoided if Saul had just listened to Mike and avoided Walter.
But they're not trying to be successful. They're just trying to satisfy egos.
@@generalgrievous3423 it's even more amazing how much trouble Mike would have avoided if he had listened to Mike. I can totally hear his thoughts as he was waiting to die wondering why he didn't do what he knew he should have done.
@@jamessanders145 S5 Mike sure, but any seasons below that Mike is under Gus' orders. He can wish to kill Walter all he likes with the no-half-measures stuff but going against Gus would just make it worse, Gus needed Walter, so Mike sees Walter as unkillable until then.
The best way to learn sometimes is "The hard way"!
Can’t believe that speech didn’t convince Jesse. Bob Odenkirk got me wanting to buy that nail salon lol
Is this the same ordikirk that made Thumb Wars, and Franken Thumb?
Officers, another one here!!
@@natekong3596 what did i do?
I hate the fact that they treat Saul like he is Nobody !! ;-)
It's because you're sensible. Jesse isn't exactly sensible. (That said, don't sell drugs, don't do drugs.)
Saul was quite literally the best consigliere they ever could have had. The fact that they refused to listen to him is why Walt's empire collapsed as quick as it did
Yes
It's better this way, otherwise Saul ended up dead sooner
as chuck said: you will always be slippin jimmy, saul´s law slippin is perfect for any criminel
Mike probably could've avoided getting the money for his granddaughter seized if he did it through Saul.
@@sombodythatyouusedtoknow9046 truly a chimp with a machine gun
Bob Odenkirk is so badass, he didn't even use a stuntman for that scene.
Running on tiles with wet feet is extremely dangerous.
when he jumped from his chair to pursue Jesse, i was thinking how dangerous that could have been for him if he slipped.
That's what I thought, it's dangerous asf, also in 3:45 you can see he slipped and almost fell
Well, you could say he was risking to become... slippin' jimmy.
Bravo Vince
What makes you think he didnt use a stuntman? Bc you didnt notice? Luls
“If they can get Capone they can get you.”
Truer words were never spoken.
It's actually good advice.
@@jasondyrkacz8270 nonetheless, truer words haven’t been spoken
I'm just wondering but doesn't Capone's big name popularity factor in
@@swapnil165 are u trying to say that it is like anecdotal or what?
@@bosej.2621 nah I was just wondering if that might've contributed a lot because I don't know much about it to have much of an opinion
I'd trust Saul with my pincode, despite his dirty tactics. Dude knows his stuff, keeps you outta trouble, cleans your cash, holds no moral qualms. The ideal lawyer for a criminal.
Ideal lawyer for anyone really 🤣 unless for your enemy
Same bruv.
Saul is the ideal partner in crime cuz he knows that being useful and honest with his clients results in way more profit than just scamming someone and burning that bridge.
Afterall he isn't a "criminal lawyer", he's a "criminal" lawyer.
Ikr, the guy as dirty as it gets, but the man gets the job done and loyal as long as you’re paying him right
"So you want me to buy this place so I can pay taxes? I'm a CRIMINAL, yo" "Yeah. And if you want to stay a criminal, and not become, say, A CONVICT, you'll grow up and listen to your lawyer" this is amazing
Honestly Jesse and Saul would be good friends
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Off-topic, but you've got a damn good avatar.
@@The.Man... thanks :D
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Sure thing!
@@copyangelstopmotion6103 Brock thinks otherwise
At the start I thought Saul is just an extra character that's gonna circle around Walter and Jesse, trying to squeeze a lot of money out of them, being a con man looking for easy money. Then I realized he's way too good for Walter and Jesse.
You don’t want a criminal lawyer, you want a *criminal* lawyer
I wish he were my lawyer right now frankly. I bumbled my way into criminality recently and need someone as smart and compassionate as him.
@@leblanc3536 All for the price of a $1 retainer...
@@shannonbutler-williams7261 I'm sure you're breaking one of Goodman's rules there: never, ever, admit, in fact never even talk about anything related to what you are accused for.
@@leblanc3536 Saul is a criminal + civil lawyer.. expertise in both
I always hated how jesse rejected every single piece of advice that was given to him.. but this was by far the worst
Everyone has their flaws.
Walt wants to show off, Gus is petty, Saul/Jimmy assumes anybody can be reasoned with...
But Jesse? Jesse's *stubborn.*
@@JoshSweetvale you defined each one of them in the right words and believe me when I say that being stubborn it's maybe the worst... I had people like that in my life that I really tried to care about them in a saul goodman fashion but oh boy they just won't listen. I also had to deal with the worst kind of people which are those who feel like Heinsenberg/Gus but are nothing more than losers and pricks
He’s young and reckless... that’s his whole character... if he’s the type that listened to advise then he wouldn’t have become who he was at the start of the series lol I actually love those flaws of his because they’re just personally relatable
I believe its because the writers were pretty much day to day when it came to writing Jesse's character.
Cause remember, Jesse wasn't originally written to last past the first season.
@@JoshSweetvale Lol for like a full 30 seconds I thought you said gus was "pretty" and thought, yeah I can see that.
-What conclusion do Tax man makes?
-I'm a drug dealer
-ERR Wrong! 1000000 times worse
*You're a Tax Cheat!*
Realest moment on the show
IRS? More like IRA amirite?
If Uncle Sam ain't getting his cut, holy shit you got problems.
That idea of buying a salon to launder your money doesn't make up to me, how are you gonna explain then with what money you bought the salon in the 1st place? And how are you gonna make it look like this salon makes you lots of money? lmao, this makes you even more suspicious. In such case I'd advice just to keep your money away from the bank etc and only use it for things that won't be checked on, like regular expenses. Best is if you have legit money when you wanna buy a house or a car. Only if you don't, or have no legit income then it becomes bit difficult.
@@bekeneel lol bro, once you start paying taxes they literally won't care where you got the initial cash cos they'll be getting their cut. That's all they care about.
I love how his answer to "What was your mistake?" wasn't crime, it was the extra steps needed to do crime properly.
He wasn't wrong though.
Which is exactly why he said "Well, if you want to _stay_ a criminal, then maybe you should grow up, and listen to your lawyer"
That sums up the entire show.
Crime is hard work.
TBF, that's the difference between your street level drug dealer compared to a white collar criminal IRL
"Don't break more than one law at a time"
"I'm crazy enough to take on Batman, but the IRS? Noooooo thank you!"
- The Joker
Where this scene comes from ?
@@OutCast907 It's an episode from Batman The Animated Series
@@Fossfuris Haha did he really say that lmao
The "Church" of Scientology took on the IRS and won. They had enough resources to fight the IRS and tie them up in court for years at great expense. Eventually the IRS threw up its hands and gave them the tax exemption they wanted. Designating Scientology as a religion shows the IRS can be beaten, it won't work for individual tax payers but it did for that insane cult.
@@geneobrien8907 thats because the Church of Scientology is making literal bank on donations from cuckoos. Its valued at near two billion
One of the most poignant lines of the series "nope, worse. You're a tax cheat!" He's not wrong, look how they got Capone
Had an accounting teacher who very carefully explained more than once the difference between Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance. The second protects you from the first....
-He's not wrong, look how they got Capone-
True, but that was partially because of a dickwaving contest between the Department of Justice and the IRS.
Man Saul could sell sand to a camel !! 🐫 😜
Yess
Al Sharpton is doing fine with it
I love how he is screaming money laundering in the middle of the store in front of the workers. What a savage. Amazing actors.
I was thinking the same thing.
"Like, dude? You wanna shut the F up about the crimes we're committing until the ladies leave the room? Why do I even need to say this?"
That's not a store
Saul and Jesse needed to have more scenes together in the show.
@@GoodAvatar he says they are involved getting 5 percent of the cut
@@staycleandontdodrugs Yeah the reason why Saul had Jesse in the first place was because he knew the people, just like with "Danny" and his laser tag place. They were aware of the money laundering and would ask no questions as long as they could be in business.
It's amazing how much younger Bob Odenkirk is here but how much older he makes Saul seem compared to Jimmy in BCS. Quality acting.
It's only because of his fat level... He appears younger because he's skinny and doesn't have a mullet-like hairdo in bcs but has a lot more wrinkles on his face as compared to when he was in bb
@@shreyanshswarnakar2583 which still takes hardwork you cringe nerd🤓
@@shreyanshswarnakar2583 that's literally like telling your friend you got more marks than me coz you studied more
And every time you see younger Jimmy, you noticed that they just give him a wig but his face still look like an old man.
@@malhaar2271 That's usually how it works, yeah
Bob Odenkirk is such an incredible actor, able to merge comedy with drama and action seamlessly.
@@jake9854 ok insane
He really is. I don't understand why he never made it huge *before* this. Even with Mr. Show he was the best.
You should watch Nobody. Great movie.
@TopTierBoss2000 it's better than John Wick imo
He does have a Robin Williams'esque quality to him
The fact that Jessie didn't understand the fundamentals of taxes and laundering and needs a grade-school level explanation for him to put 2 and 2 together and still come up short frustrates me.
Yea it is a scripted show, Jessie's character would not last a day on the streets in the real world. His character would be incapable of running low tier licks or trap distribution!
@@byronschroedel432 eh disagree
@@alfa01spotivo I am going to assume you have time on the streets?
@@byronschroedel432 you do?
@@byronschroedel432 Walt and Jesse would've both gotten popped in major weight but where Walt finds Jesse at the beginning? He'd be fine. He's white and he lies well. That's all you need for small time work. Maybe a couple charges here and there but no major time.
I just hated Skyler when she said "Finally Saul was actually useful" Dang it woman he saved your husband's life like 5 times lol
I just hated Skyler. Period.
It always sucked how cowardly Jimmy is, if he was as menacing and confident as Walt he would’ve been way scarier than Gustavo.
@@mike353 that’s why he’s alive and they are all dead
@@damnbruh6183 Jessie is alive as well. But they had way worse than any other character. Dying is the greatest mercy.
Skyler was pretty much an obnoxious character the whole series.
These scenes where Walt and Jesse are being told by Saul how to manage their criminal money is one of the sole proof that they wouldn't have gotten as far as they did without Saul (and other people that have actually been in the game and doing their jobs for them).
@3rd Way true. Those two (and Gus) destroyed an empire that took decades to build.
And that Chuck had a point about people getting hurt….
if Walt didn't have Saul, Skyler would have told him to launder his money, she is an accountant
@@invizig9137that's why they said other people too
I quit watching the show because they continued to be dumb, which was poor writing for show as far as I was concerned.
I love how the ladies at the door just sit casually as a crooked lawyer teaches his young crook to launder money.
As long as they get paid enough, they won't care. Same with any organization
They probably can't understand anything they're saying.
Saul is not crooked. He is an honest overachiever.
@@jh6025 Saul Goodman is the most loyal honest hardworking lawyer there ever is. Anyone that says he is crooked is absolutely wrong! If your ever in any legal trouble you BETTER CALL SAUL!! 😂
@@trevorsanchez2470 absolutely 💯👌. In my experience, defense lawyers can be jerks. Not Saul Goodman! Reasonable fees, for the best legal defense west of the Mississippi.
Getting a comedy writer-actor to play Saul was a genius casting decision.
A good deal of the actors in Breaking Bad had comedy backgrounds. It's really cool that they got a lot of them to do this kind of stuff.
Every time I rewatch a Matt Foley sketch, I can hear Saul telling Jesse that he'll be "living off a steady diet of government cheese, in a van down by the river."
Thank you
@@RockoEstalon People really forget that Bryan Cranston's first huge show was Malcolm in the Middle. He still gets residuals from being a comedic actor.
Getting an actor focused on comedy to play, what is basically, a con man. Plus people like that study the human condition rather in depth.
This is the moment when Jesse becomes a pink nail polish bottle.
Pink nail polish. Pinkman. Makes sense.
Such a underrated comment
@@Whytho2401 It's apparently rated highly enough to get on the front page of the 637 comments on this video.
Just what do you think "underrated" means?
@@MadHatter42 actually don't answer that because I don't want to get too deep into that
@@MadHatter42 that's what I fucking thought;)
this is honestly the best explanation of money laundering, I study law and 2 different teachers have showed us this clip to explain what money laundering is
So they DO teach how to do money laundering properly in law schools?
Where do they reach how to...
*ahem*
"Cook the books"?
@@juanin200 If you watched the video, its very accurate. FYI, The IRS HATES businesses that are cash heavy, so laundering is just the beginning. You have to keep impeccable records to back up your transactions because you WILL get audited.
...They only teach this for studying criminal law... right? *right?!*
@@pkmntrainerred4247 can't confirme or deny anything
See, Saul is smart. He couldn't have done the visual analogy at the laser tag place.
Walt didn't need the visual aid.
You underestimate his power.
He looks all around the laser tag place for a minute, exasperated, just winds up going to the actual cash register.
"Alright here Jesse, gimme one of the twenties in your pocket. Okay, see, I put that twenty of your naughty meth money in this row, that's the 'placement'. I mix it with some of the twenties from this other row here, that's the 'layering'. Then bish bash boom, it's all the same thing, your money is now 'laundered'. Don't look at me like that, this woulda worked way better with, like, q-tips and cotton balls, trust me."
@@kevinw712 TH-cam thrives on comments such as yours.
Jese = laser gun
New Batteries = his money
Storage box with old batteries = nail salon
Saul mixes the new batteries with the old batteries in the box and presto! The money is white in the box!
"Ladies, this is Jesse-san."
lol that's why I like Saul Goodman. He just has this way with words that makes him so likable.
Even funnier considering it's a Vietnamese nail salon, not Japanese.
Jesse-kun
watashi wa Jesse desu
Yo Whito Sensei!
Sempai Heisenberg
Saul really is a wolf in sheeps clothing. Smarter than his clients. Because of his laid back attitude, people may not fear him or respect him, but Saul knows how to play the system better than anyone
He is a significantly better lawyer than his brother. The crux of the entire BCS narrative.
@@circattle lol there’s an entire spin off series on how he fails at being a lawyer
@@GBOAC bcs is not about him failing at being a lawyer because he’s bad at it but struggling because chuck is actively working to undermine him. that was literally a key part of the plot
This.
he's incredibly smart, since better call Saul we learn way more about him
Saul is legitimately one of the smartest characters in the series. Reminds me of the first time he appears in BB and Jesse says "When the going gets tough, you don't want a criminal lawyer, you want a CRIMINAL lawyer"
not smart enough to not get involved with wild card Walter
@@epicstyle1000 Chuck is actually the smartest
@@protocetus499 he was succeeded by Sneed
Which made no sense. Jessie was the one who got Saul involved, who trusted Saul to get his boy out of trouble, but when it actually came time to listen to him, he blew him off. That makes absolutely no sense at all.
walt teaching chemistry and this scene are the most informative scenes in the whole of television history .
Ahhhh. Wire!
...Copper
we are sometimes watching his chemistry clips in our sience lessons XD
for example:
our teacher showed us the clip, where they used termite to open the door in the chemical warehouse.... to teach us about the reaction of termite... yes, germany has nice teachers too... XD
Chernobyl also
Did you not know how money is laundered before hand?
I love Saul. So often, he teaches us that it's not always clear who's the bigger criminal -- the criminal himself or the lawyer who helps him break the law.
Or the government forcing you to pay up and letting all the drug business go to only people who are willing to break the law instead of weakening crime by legalizing it.
@@luizcastro5246 So true. But let's be fair, when it comes to drug laws, I think it's pretty clear that they tend to follow the ebb and flow of public opinion as much as anything. Two dramatic examples come to mind -- prohibition and its eventual repeal, and the fairly recent wave of marijuana legalization across the country.
Personally, I believe ALL drug use should be legalized -- without exception! Drug production, sales and distribution should still be strictly regulated, but it's nobody's business what we put in our own bodies (and just to put a fine point on it, I've NEVER used drugs other than alcohol, and haven't even had a drink in probably thirty years).
@@pcbacklash_3261 This is the same argument Gale made as to why he chose to work for Gus. I guess the only strong argument against you or Gale's philosophy to hazardous drug manufacturing is that hard drugs are directly linked to violent criminal activity.
How true this argument is I have no idea.
But if the number of addicts increases and that directly is linked to the number of violent crimes then the current drug laws make sense.
Or the people that make the laws.
This show sparks conversation this deep. That's how good this show is.
I understand Jesse’s skepticism but to this day I don’t understand the straight ignorance. Saul was 100% right about this. In the end it didn’t really matter of course cuz Jesse ends up using his money to buy himself a new life but if Walt and Jesse were ever gonna make their business work long term it would’ve been the smart thing to listen to Saul here.
It's also exactly, *literally* what Gus Fring did with Los Pollos.
Except that dude didn't have a store to launder his money, he had a *FRANCHISE!*
@@GoodAvatar Gus had it backward, he cooked in his laundry business and laundered in his restaurant business.
To me, it was the 5% line that Jesse said. I guess he thought Saul was working him into buying the salon, so he could launder his money and Saul would get a cut of all that money that Jesse & Walter worked for.
@@Gareth-410 gus was playing 3d chess to throw off the feds.
At least Walt and Skyler later on buy the old car wash Walt worked at to use as their front while Jesse just continues to be an impulsive idiot
after this, I'm convinced to buy that nail salon and I'm not a drug dealer. How good a lawyer this man is, hope he gets his own show one day.
*This comment is from 2010 and better call saul hasn't been announced yet.*
@@Hyper_Gogeta wait why does it say 1 month ago?
@@petersansgaming8783 because gus is having gay thoughts
Great Idea,would be great If they name the show better call saul
the impact of this comment would be 10 times better if it was way before bcs...
To be fair, the IRS would immediately look at a young kid with no job in question how the hell he raised to be capital necessary to buy the business.
They probably have a solution for this too
Nah, pay the Danny and make the transaction look cheaper or even just the Danny is giving the business over to an old friend of his who helped him in times in need.
Gambling, obviously!
They could, but the moment they see him paying his taxes, the could pull out some of the pressure
@Dougy brown Brown can you prove it?
Cucumber water for customers only!
Slippin' Jimmy always helping himself to the cucumber water!
@@jonathanlee5314 He missed his cup of cucumber water in the desert with mike.
@@jonathanlee5314 Sippin' Jimmy
Jimmy: Steals plastic cup only
@@lsw3364 Sippin' Jimmy? Switch those Ps into Ss and Ss into Ps
Bob Odenkirk really really hit this character out the park. Masterful performance.
It’s a shame his character is brought down by Kim Wexler. BCS could be so much better
@@will_of_europa What are you on, because I’ll buy your entire stock that must be some strong stuff?
@@will_of_europa based
Jesse: "Trust me, you want a criminal lawyer"
Also Jesse: "Man, I ain't listening to no criminal lawyer!"
This scene and the one where Saul visits a beat up Jesse in the hospital and tells him “this is the best thing that’s ever happened to you” with zero compassion are one of the funniest scenes in this show
Saul to Jesse in hospital : "Rocky Called, he wants his face back" lol
Kind of reminds me of the Better Caul Saul scene where Daniel shows up in a Hummer with spinning rims, and Mike immediately decides to stop working with him because he knew Daniel was a moron who was going to get himself caught by spending his money stupidly.
“midlife crisis of a vehicle”
A school bus for 6 year old pimp
Nevertheless, 5 seasons passed, and he never had been caught afaik.
@@GeeNee25 But think of the story (and video!) Jimmy had to come up with to get him out of questioning when he was dumb enough to call the cops after being robbed! He's lucky that Saul's a genius, lololololololololol.
Good thing nacho told the guys at the chop shop to take care of it
"You're out on the town, you're knocking boots with the chicky-babes"
Never been a better sentence spoken
i was just thinking about this the other day xD
Except the next sentence. "Million times worse. You're a tax cheat."
To be fair I finally learnt what money laundering is from this scene. I've seen that phrase thrown around over many years and no website/definition I've read manages to explain it in a way I understood. Bravo Vince!
Well, if you ask me, money laundering has to be the most stupid thing to criminalize. It's basically criminals figuring a way to pay taxes, nothing else.
@@pepelapiu2004Well if they catch you money laundering, they can investigate more to find the source of the money.
@@AsSw33tAsHoney That is just stupid. It's like saying that pool halls have a lot of criminal activity. So we are going to make pool illegal so we can investigate over crimes taking place behind pool playing.
@@pepelapiu2004 Money laundering is always 100% linked to other crimes, pool halls are not.
@@AsSw33tAsHoney In order to prove money laundering, they have to prove there was a crime. So claiming money laundering illegal to uncover the crime is absurd.
I just realized that, despite never taking Saul’s advice, buying a huge house and a bunch of stuff like a stereo and tv and video games, and even getting caught once with a large duffel bag filled with money, the IRS never came for Jessie.
The entire series takes place over the course of two years and Jessie was enslaved by the Neo-Nazis for 1 of those years. By the time that happened, they probably had a case, but since he completely disappeared...
I guarantee if Hank ever got the IRS on him, the series would have ended sooner
@@timfortune9 I don't think he was enslaved for a whole year, more like a few months
@@persey7241 He was still imprisoned by them for the entire year though as he's taken by them after Hank's death.
The vast majority of people with illegal earnings never get caught because they never get *noticed*. The thing with Jesse and Walt is that they were running such a huge operation, coming to the attention of the feds was inevitable.
There is so much footage of Jimmy walking barefoot, he could've been cast as a hobbit
Or in some bizzaro Tarantino movie
Hahahhah genius
Yeah he almost busts his ass there at the end when he's walking on that slick floor with wet feet. I never noticed that before lol
@@dmsmhic Slippin' Jimmy
His wiki feet must be popping
THIS is the scene where Jessie became Jessie, but now he knows about money laundering and chicky babes.
What
Seriously what
@@jackass9867 Which part are you struggling with? :)
@@mog398 I want you to explain in full what the actual hell you meant by chicky babes
@@mog398 :) please
always liked how saul explained things to regular people like jesse in simple terms like a grown up teaching a baby with toys haha 😂
and in some cases, teaching the audience, i learned what was money laundering from him XD
Saul really added a great balance to the show. Comic relief amidst the drama of a drug operation.
"I'm a criminal yo"
Yet cries and can't handle the guilt of being a criminal.
Jesse moment
The reason I could never stand his whiny ass.
That jibes with the reality of being a criminal. Despite his fully past the limit no survivors kick the dog moment of selling drugs at an NA meeting, he maintained a life more sympathetic than Walt's because of his constant remorse and achilles heel of little kids.
@@chrisj8662 he wasn't whiny lmao, Walter was just a piece of shit
It's because Jesse is a good guy despite being a criminal. Mike made the difference of being a bad guy and a criminal clear in BCS.
"I've known good criminals and bad cops, bad priests, honorable thieves- you can be on one side of the law or the other, but if you make a deal with somebody, you keep your word. . . You're now a criminal; good one, bad one- that's up to you."
~Mike Ehrmantraut
3:08
Jesse: So you want me to buy this place so I can pay taxes. I'm a criminal yo
Saul: Yeah and if you want to stay a criminal and not become say a convict, then you should grow up 😂😂
You know, the fact they made Saul goodman just as much of an Icon as Walter white is a testament to the sheer talent of everyone working on the show.
Having seen better call saul, its obvious he laundered his money through the nail salon, its definitely been upgraded.
BCS is before BB
@@snowchips9596 nobody stated the opposite
@@loganreed23 he's saying that he probably ended up laundering his money bc it's been upgraded, but that makes no sense bc BCS is before, not after BB
@@snowchips9596 The implication is that Jimmy acquired the nail salon in between, or else why is he personally offering it for sale to Jesse? There's no reason he couldn't have upgraded the salon with profits from his law practice.
@@snowchips9596 we don't really know what Saul was up to between BCS and BB. Judging by the fact that he's already running his shady business in BB but still doesn't know anything about Gus and his operation in Season 5 of BCS means that something big is going to happen in Season 6 or after that.
A nail salon is always a perfect place for money laundering.
And cucumber water
@@alexandruserban2151 but cucumber water for customer only
any cash based business can be, if you ran a used car dealership you can sell a jalopy for 4000 cash but put in your records the customer paid 6000 because you've added and an extra two grand of drug money.
In Northern California, the mafia used to have pizza restaurants.
basically anything service oriented or with a high inventory turn over works well. Any place you've ever been in that offered a cash discount was running some kind of game to cheat the tax man.
This is true,I used to sweep in a barber shop that was a total front for laundering. Didn’t find out until I went to work one day and EVERYTHING was gone and there was a ton of guys in suits asking questions. I told them I came for a haircut and never came back
So you told them you were there for a close shave, but instead you nearly had a close shave?
Yeah, we got this "pet store" down the street. It's been there for years and there's hardly ever any cars there. LoL I always joked they were selling crack, but this is probably more accurate.
Lived in two different places that had fronts all over. One place had a minimall where there were a few tacquerias and an ice cream shop near my house that hardly ever had customers, yet they were open 7 days a week. A few blocks down was a clothing store that didn't even have anywhere handy to park. Where i'm at in NJ there are all kinds of bars, restaurants, and similar places that do good business and are known to be or have been fronts. With a little common sense it's easy to get up and going.
@@jpjpjp453 Dude, where I live, there is a car lot, and honest to God, there is almost never anybody there. Sometimes I'll take a note of the vehicles out front, and every 6 months or so a few will change. I drive by it daily, and have never once seen anyone there.
@@TheRealCaptainJamesTKirk Not so fast. I know one too, but it's more of a 'holding lot' for trade-ins and repos. Totally legit. You might not see anyone in the office, but a lot of car salesman in town will know of it and whats in it.
Jesse reminds me of Chuck in this scene
He interprets Saul's advice as a method of personal gain rather than a genuine attempt to help
For Saul it was about personal gain. It is in his interest that the money gets laundered properly so he can get his share the most safe way possible for him. He makes Walt and Jesse take all the risks.
@@Eskolol And now he took all the risks for them.
“For a price, Jimmy will go to prison for you.”
@@nont18411They refused his risk-free way of laundering their money through a nail salon or laser tag.
"When the going gets tough, you don't want a criminal lawyer. You want a CRIMINAL lawyer." - Jesse
Saul sliding on accident from his wet feet at the very end is the cherry on top of this
"Slippin' Jimmy"
Was looking for this comment. Whoever came up with that is genius lmao
If I had a lawyer like Saul I probably would have never went to prison
Did you get your cheeks busted in prison?
@@albinotangerine5556 no does thought of that something you fantasize about
Well he did talk down a death sentence to six months probation. He's the best lawyer ever
💀💀
Jessie clearly forgot "you don't need a criminal lawyer, you need a CRIMINAL LAWYER" 😂
Saul was very compelling. IRS investigators have given the show high marks for accuracy. A cash business where you can inflate the revenue with illegal funds, pay some taxes , and live your dream life.
Walts problem was that he nade too much money to be able to launder with a single carwash. Gus Frings chain of restaurant was genius because it gave him dozens of locations to spread around the money plus a delivery system for his product
Walter is not as smart as Gus that's the cold hard truth
Plus, because Gus was running the operation for years, his chain made sense because it GRADUALLY GREW. If you own 500 million or so dollars, you're not going to buy 5 locations at once- the G men would know that you're making bank off the books.
@@seliamila1005 Disagree, Gus has just been doing this longer. Every time the two clashed, Walt always came out on top. Gus couldn't even kill Walt when he wanted to most because Gus always needed Walt.
@@seliamila1005 Nah. That's an empty supposition. Walt's entire motive was to get enough money to afford his cancer treatment and take care of his family, not to build a criminal empire to begin with, so it wouldn't have made sense for him to start with an intention to expand limitlessly. Neither would that gel with the speed of his growth, but laundering is only really a factor in the spending of money, because nobody is going to know if you have a giant pile of cash somewhere if you don't do anything with it.
@@jessicaberry5596 and when he HAD opportunities to, Walt shut them down.
"Pink--Pinkman, get it?" Still remains one of the best lines in the series.
I was thinking top 5 comments, but no , had scroll way down to find the 2nd best line in the series ,
ya man 🤣
That line is when Jimmy McGill becomes Saul Goodman
"On the outside it's a nail salon, on the inside it's the best money laundry a growing boy could ask for" LMAO
I think they should give this guy a spin off show he seems cool
@Cio Lake honestly id rather have an animated spinoff based on his life as a child, that would probably be waaaaay better.
@@usedhalfcart yeah call it something like, fallin james? wait no slippin jimmy! also put crypto references even tho its set in the 70s
@Cio Lake I think it could work
@@dp-g5iunfortunately yes. It's so disconnected from everything else, though.
I've had two lawyer friends explain to me what money laundering is and I still didn't understand it until I saw this scene.
it ain't rocket science lmao
I am not a smart man
Sometimes people are pretty crappy at explaining things, either by muddling up the explanation by using double speak or technical jargon. That's what I love about Saul in this scene, he explains it simply enough so both Jessie and the audience can understand it on a fundamental level.
Vince Gilligan directed commercials in the past so it may be his ability to impart information clearly and simply from that background.
What’s really interesting is the government actually uses this scene as a basic description of money laundering.
Can you post a link? :)
@@Amadeus8484 not sure about the government but a professor mentioned she uses this scene as an explainer in her classes th-cam.com/video/U0e7OCfAO64/w-d-xo.html
It’s a good way to explain basic money laundering to your average person
True fact: This scene was originally part of a training film created by the FBI for its white-collar crime division. Vince Gilligan, who was originally training as an FBI agent, liked the scene so much that he decided to quit his job and go to film school, just so he could build an entire TV show around this scene.
That's how they nail you.
I love that this is the nail salon from Better Call Saul. Saul’s old office was in the back of that salon. 😂
2:18 the most white collar response
So you can stay a criminal and not a convict -best dialogue of Saul g
I loved that line and the line where he says Walt has "perks of seniority" because he realizes that Walt is that rare combination of dangerously intelligent, completely unpredictable, and 100% the kind of guy you want to follow and not stand in the way of. Sure, 17% of $100k is nice but 5% of $100mil is even better, and with the added bonus of earning the loyalty of one of the most dangerous people around. Unlike all the other criminals Walt is neither as stupidly murderous as Tuco nor does he just randomly kill his own men like Gus, he's willing to take risks but only after ensuring that while he _appears_ to be taking a huge risk he's actually ensured he's planned against failure and stacked the deck in his favor.
@@arthas640 “doesn’t randomly kill his own men”
Apparently “Gliding Over All” and his random, idiotic killing of Mike never happened. Walter became downright psychotic in the last season, only a step below Tuco.
@@georgerockwell149 To be fair his killing of Mike seemed more like an accident.
@@jaydenslaptop It was only an “accident” in the sense that his rage got the better of him. But anybody who flies off the handle that easily is not going to be in charge for long, hence why he ended up alienating or killing everybody who ever worked with him.
My favorite line from the show is "i'm a drug dealer" "eghh, million times worse,...you're tax cheat!" 😂
This was the scene that made me realize that not only was Bob Okenkirk a terrific actor, but that he was my favorite character in the show.
I love how this nail salon was given more meaning with BCS, makes this scene with Saul trying to turn it into a money laundering scheme actually quite sad
2:16 - Saul busting out Golden Age of TV Drama's best dad joke.
The conversations surrounding this show are always fun to see and this scene like so many others really nail why this show is so enjoyed as well as Better Call Saul.
haha “nail”. get it
@@babylonian You get it.😉
The dialogue is what made this show so great. It always felt so real. Especially the way Walt was always able to twist and manipulate conversations and people to his will. It was so deliciously satisfying to watch how it would unfold. In so many scenes I got the feeling that had Walt not been there or had he said one thing a bit differently, that would’ve been the end for him and Jessie. It was this balancing act of tension that kept you on the edge of your seat. Same thing could be said for Saul. This show would not have been what it was if not for Bob Odinkirk. All around brilliant writing and casting.
Only 8 episodes left now!!!!
3:44 Slippin' Jimmy almost slipped for real right there!
Literally Slippin' Jimmy at 3:45...
‘When they get Al capone then can get you too’
- slipping jimmy at its best
That's really how Al Capone ended up in prison.
Bootlegging? Racketeering? Murder? Extortion?Failure to pay your taxes? That’s how they get you.
@@basedpliskin The deal with a lot of the old school gangsters was that the law KNEW they were guilty, they just couldn't PROVE they were guilty or they were crooked cops who had no interest in catching them. Any evidence or witnesses had a tendency to disappear mysteriously and the vast majority of local cops were on they payroll. There's a reason why government agencies had to get involved for anything to happen. Hence, tax evasion. THAT they could prove. Even if they couldn't prove where his money came from, they could prove he didn't pay taxes on it.
thing I love most about this show, is has some of the best character developments and growths I've seen in any show, from Jesse, to Walt, to Hank, they all grow and change in horrifically beautiful ways.
It seems so fitting now that Saul was getting his feet done
You better love Saul! He is genius and a great great actor! Damn, how I miss these shows!
great actor i concur
Dude gave him the best and simplest way to explain how he can evade prison and still managed to get a pass😂😂😂
Jesse's "I'm a criminal Yo" had me laughing on the floor.
Saul getting a foot massage really came full circle now 💀
😳✨👀
Breaking Feet
why?
@@tuririririip7961 Bob Odenkirk was caught following feet fetish accounts
Wexluh, put your feet away
2:45 This is the moment Saul Goodman became Slippin' Jimmy
1:56 "You're partying hardy you're knocking boots with the chicky babes"
2:03 in the background you can see a woman laughing. When I notices this I chuckled so loud! 😂😂😂
She looks like she's crying
Way he jump off that water onto a tiles was scariest thing I've ever seen in that show. That could cost him breaking bad!
This Saul guy is so charismatic and fascinating to watch, I hope they would make a TV show about him!! and maybe a cartoon too about his childood, I'm sure the kids would love that.
This is excellently written exposition, and it doesn’t get enough credit.
Bob Odenkirk made the seedy lawyer archetype into an incredibly likable and charismatic character
I never understood why Saul didn't pitch the laser tag place to Jesse. It would make more sense for him to own that place instead of Walt due to his age and what he likes doing in his spare time.
My two cents is he didn't have that set up at this time.
@@benconrad5127 I'm pretty sure it was set up. Vince confirmed Pryce (the bald guy who sold meds to Nacho) owned the store, so it was set up during the BCS timeline/pre BB.
This is a great way to explain to the audience how money laundering works in a simple way with it making sense in-universe
clarifying this concept was key to understand some of the plot points, so kudos to the writers for designing the explanation and Bob for his brilliant delivery.
Walt’s ego never made me as angry as Jesse’s stupidity.
Okay, but the BS 17% Saul threw at the end would have turned me off with the deal too
@@JustinCage56bro your laundering money.
I wish I had a lawyer like Saul. He makes me want to buy that salon and launder money through it. 😂
Jesse was so unbelievably stupid at times they literally had to write in major redeeming moments for him otherwise no one would believe Walt would want to continue associating with him.
His stupidity is the exact reason that Walt keeps him as his partner….. he could never have an assistant/partner who has the potential to be smarter than him (Gale)…. even his marriage to Skyler! He left Gretchen cause she came from an affluent family while Skyler was working at a Denny’s! Walt loves being in charge of those he views as an intellectual/social inferior cause of his nuclear ego/pride.
@1:10 Jesse realises that Saul is talking about doing something illegal and he's very put off by that, totally relatable
Gus was right: Never trust an addict.
2:46 - 2:49 "And I slip it into the salon's nice clean cash flow" our Slippin' Jimmy 🥰
2:57 The way he says “your filthy drug money” cracks me up
The Asian lady working Saul's feet definitely scoffed to herself when he said "for free?" 😂
lmao
Joker: Im crazy enough to take on Batman, but the IRS, no thank you!
Ayyyy you know!
i love how this place comes back in better call saul.
Origins....
If you had a lawyer as good as Saul, he absolutely deserves the 17%.
Not to mention that the salon could appreciate in value and Jesse could have sold it for more than it was originally worth down the line